Hey there! So you’ve purchased your ticket, and now you want to know where it is, what to bring and how to get your lunch. Well fear not, I plan to lay it all down here.
1. A little prep goes a long way
If you are attending the workshops on day 1, there is some homework to complete before the Workshops. Make sure you have prepared to get the most out of your workshop experience.
This year we are having a contributor day on the Saturday after WordCamp. This is a great opportunity to contribute (or learn to contribute) back to WordPress. If you want to learn more about the the Contributor day, please read this article.
2. Socially Trending
The official hashtag for WordCamp Cape Town 2018 is #wcct2018, so make sure you tag up your social media posts. Every year we manage to get the hashtag trending on Twitter, lets try again shall we?
3. Location
This years event will be taking place at the White Space venue, which is situated on the 2nd floor of 97 Durham Avenue, Salt River in Cape Town.
You can read more about this amazing new venue in this blog post.
4. Parking
If you know the Woodstock/Salt River area you know parking is a mission, fortunately the venue has secured parking for us at the Shelley Street Sports Field, which is a mere 2 minute stroll through a lovely park to the venue. There will be someone on duty to help with parking and keep an eye on your cars. We will also be posting volunteers at the parking to assist you with where to go.
5. Entrance
The easiest entrance to the venue is on the Durham Road side, under the 97 Durham road sign, next to Explosive Functional Fitness. (if you are early enough you might even be able to squeeze in a gym session). If you are walking from the parking and you don’t feel like walking around Ecco Cafe to the front entrance, there is a rear entrance on Cecil Road, which is to the right of the Devil’s Peak taproom. Once you are at security, let them know you are going to the White Space for WordCamp and they will direct you to the elevator. Travel to the 2nd floor and the venue reception will direct you from there.
6. Registration
On entering the venue please proceed to the registration area, where our volunteers will mark you as attended. Your next stop will be the attendee badges area, where you can collect and customise your attendee badge. We’re keeping things interesting this year in that you will be able to customise your badge with stickers and markers, which can be used to indicate such important information as your name, what you’re here to learn about, your chosen pronoun, anything you feel like putting on the badge. The last stop after registration will be to collect your official WordCamp Cape Town swag. This year we’ve made it really interesting, so make sure your laptop bag has enough free space 😉
7. Where to next
Once you are inside you will be able to grab a freshly brewed coffee from the Hetzner coffee stand, or help yourself to the morning coffee/tea and snacks in either the auditorium or cafe areas. You will also be able to meet and chat with our amazing sponsors in the auditorium. If you need some fresh air, you can also go up stairs and enjoy the amazing views from the rooftop area.
8. Lunch
Unlike previous years, we will not be serving lunch buffet style. To help save costs and wastage, we are going with a packed lunch route. There will be two food stations, one each at the back of the two conference rooms, so you can just swing by and pick up your lunch from any of these locations.
If you purchased your ticket before 29 October and included your special dietary requirements, please look out for Tammi, who will have a clipboard with a list of your names. She will assist you with getting your lunch.
9. After Party
The official WordCamp after party will take place in the upstairs bar area of the venue on Friday after the last talk. We will be serving light finger snacks and, in keeping with our alcohol free plans, soft drinks and mock-tails, professional prepared by our bar-tending service.
If you really crave something stronger after the conference, there is a Devil’s Peak Taproom just downstairs, where you can buy and enjoy whatever they have on offer.
10. Useful links
To make the most of your WordCamp Event, here are a few useful links
The schedule – please try and be seated promptly before each workshop talk. If we hit capacity for the workshops (100 seats per workshop) we will be closing the doors.
Homework to complete before the Workshops – make sure you are ready to get the most of it.
The organising team — if you have any issues, simply find one of us and we’ll help.
Our amazing sponsors – the folks who make this all possible.
Read all about Contributor day.