Community Blog posts about Conference

ICYMI: WPCampus is co-hosting a free online event with Human Made next week on Thursday, July 18. The event will draw on key themes relevant to everyone working with WordPress in higher education and should provide a great preview of what's to come later this month at WPCampus 2024. You can still sign up for…

As an organization, WPCampus is working to produce high-quality, informative, and engaging content that provides value to the higher education community throughout the year (and not just at our annual conference). To get the ball rolling, we are excited to announce an upcoming free event, perfect for anyone working with WordPress in higher education. Join…

Great news! We've extended the Early Bird pricing and the speaker proposal deadline for WPCampus 2024. You now have until Wednesday, May 22 to take advantage of these opportunities. We hope to see you at WPCampus 2024! Register for WPCampus 2024 Early Bird tickets are available for $175 until Wednesday, May 22. After this date, prices…

WPCampus is thrilled to announce our WPCampus 2024 conference location: Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. We are also introducing our new Job Board, our search for a new Director of Events, and changes to our leadership model.

Interested in bringing the annual WPCampus conference to your campus this summer? Let’s talk! WPCampus is inviting interested schools to apply to host the 2024 annual WPCampus conference. WPCampus is a community of web professionals, educators, and people dedicated to the confluence of WordPress and accessibility in higher education. The WPCampus annual conference is a…

The WPCampus 2023 planning committee is thrilled to announce that Anna Cook, a Senior Inclusive Designer at Microsoft, will join us in New Orleans to present the first-ever keynote presentation at a WPCampus conference. At WPCampus, our organization (and conference) has three areas of focus: WordPress, accessibility, and higher education. But accessibility is much more…

Early bird pricing ends on Monday, May 8 We know how challenging it can be to deal with budgets in a higher education environment. Since we are just now releasing the schedule, we are granting one more business day to grab early bird pricing. Pro tip: use the $50 you save on the general admission…

Format of past events For past in-person WPCampus events, we have always live-streamed our sessions during the event and published them online for free (you can access our content in the WPCampus Learning Library). Otherwise, we have limited the majority of interactions at our in-person events to our in-person attendees. We mostly contained the event…

The WPCampus community is thrilled to announce that registration for WPCampus 2023 will open next week on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. And registration won’t be the only thing up for grabs: you will also be able to reserve your on-campus lodging, respond to our call for presenters, and become a sponsor. Visit the WPCampus 2023…

Hello, friends! WPCampus has been patiently waiting to host an event in New Orleans, and we are thrilled to head to Tulane University in New Orleans (USA) on July 12-14, 2023 (Wednesday – Friday) for WPCampus 2023, our annual (sometimes online, sometimes in-person) summer conference. WPCampus 2023 will be our fourth attempt to host an…

Hello everyone, and happy summer! I come bearing great news, a piece of bad news, and an update on our leadership transition process. WPCampus 2022 will not take place The bad news is that, as I'm sure you have guessed by now, we will not have an event in September. WPCampus 2022, our annual in-person…

The video recordings from the WPCampus 2021 Online presentations are now available and accessible via the event schedule. All videos are captioned and will soon include full transcripts. Planning ahead for WPCampus 2022 COVID-pending, we hope we will be able to gather in person at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana for WPCampus 2022. The event…

One of our WPCampus traditions is to use the “previously allocated to swag” portion of our event planning budget to support a nonprofit organization. Swag is fun, but it can be wasteful. We choose to use those funds to help people in and outside of our community. Traditionally, we sponsor a fundraising campaign to support…

WPCampus 2021 Online is right around the corner and the organizing committee needs your help to nominate panelists for two conference sessions. If you would like to participate or would like to nominate someone else who you think would be a good fit, we encourage and ask you to fill out our nomination form. Registration…

The WPCampus community is thrilled to announce the schedule for WPCampus 2021 Online and open registration. The event will take place September 21-22, 2021. Register for WPCampus 2021 Online What's different for WPCampus 2021 Online We had so many outstanding proposals for this year's online event that we had to add a third track and add a second round…

ICYMI: The WPCampus community has announced our 2021 conference, WPCampus 2021 Online, in an online format on September 21-22 (Tuesday-Wednesday). Here are a few updates regarding the event, including: Our call for volunteers Our call for sponsors Reminder about our call for proposals (ends May 26) Call for WPCampus 2021 volunteers WPCampus is 100% powered by volunteers and…

The WPCampus community is excited to announce we will present our 2021 conference, WPCampus 2021 Online, in an online format on September 21-22 (Tuesday-Wednesday). About the event WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for the WPCampus community, a gathering of web professionals, educators, and people dedicated to the confluence of accessibility and WordPress…

Due to COVID, and the ongoing instability surrounding in-person events, WPCampus 2021 will be presented in an online format. Not being able to spend time together in-person (again) is rough, but we hope to be able to meet in New Orleans for WPCampus 2022. Besides, being online means greater access and increased opportunities for all…

One of our WPCampus traditions is to use the “previously allocated to swag” portion of our event income to support a nonprofit organization. Traditionally, we sponsor a fundraising campaign to support a local organization. For WPCampus 2019, we raised $3,000 for Free Geek in Portland, Oregon. For WPCampus 2020 Online, we decided to recognize and support…

The WPCampus 2020 Online planning committee is proud to announce the WPCampus 2020 Online schedule and open registration. How to register for the event WPCampus 2020 Online is a free event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. You can register for WPCampus 2020 Online on the event website. Registration is required to access…

One of our WPCampus traditions is to use the "previously allocated to swag" portion of our event income to support a nonprofit organization. Swag is fun, but it can be wasteful. We choose to use those funds to help people in and outside of our community. Traditionally, we sponsor a fundraising campaign to support a…

On April 23, the Drupal Association announced “the first-ever virtual DrupalCon” which will take place July 14-17, 2020, the same time period as WPCampus 2020 Online. We felt there is enough crossover in our community to at least consider moving our dates so community members can attend both events. We surveyed the community and the…

The WPCampus community decided to pivot our 2020 in-person event to an online conference and re-scheduled to convene in New Orleans, Louisiana, for WPCampus 2021. WPCampus 2020 Online will take place July 15-17, 2020. The three-day online conference will include a variety of formats, including general lectures, lightning talks, longer-form sessions like workshops, and more.…

The impact of COVID-19 is being felt around the world. While WPCampus 2020 is still four months away, the effects of COVID-19 are rapidly evolving, and the emotional and physical health of our members is our primary concern. We also strive to be positive global citizens. Doing our part to stop the spread of the…

The call for WPCampus 2020 session proposals is open! Join us in New Orleans for our fifth-annual conference and share all of the incredible things you're doing to advance Higher Education through WordPress and Accessibility. Apply to speak at WPCampus 2020 What is WPCampus 2020? WPCampus 2020 is a three-day conference event filled with sessions, networking,…

The WPCampus community is excited to announce that our WPCampus 2020 call for proposals will be opening next week! We’re looking forward to another year of wonderful ideas, demonstrations, brainstorming, and benchmarking. What is WPCampus 2020? WPCampus 2020 is a three-day conference event filled with sessions, networking and social events. It will cover a variety…