Schedule

We’ve got an exciting schedule (subject to change, of course), so make sure to get your ticket so you don’t miss out!
Though we’ve allotted an hour for each session, each session will actually be ~30min with 10min for questions, leaving you with a comfortable 20min break between them. Enjoy!

Saturday, August 18
Time	User	Community	Developer	Themes
8:00am	Registration Opens
8:30am	Opening Remarks — Brian Richards
9:00am	WordPress: Up & Running AJ Morris	Using WordPress to Start and Grow Your Business Justin Razmus	Intro to Plugin Development Topher DeRosia	CSS3 and WordPress Themes Jonathan Calvin
10:00am	WordPress Admin: A Guided Tour Chad Warner	How to Keep Them Coming Back For More Kimanzi Constable	Awesome Helper Functions in WP Core John P Bloch	Every Theme Sucks and Nobody Cares Ryan Imel
11:00am	Everything is Relative (Frameworks, Plugins & SEO) Andy Stratton	Stop Selling SEO Paul Kortman	Developing for Committees Tim Shangle	No, I Didn’t Read The Instructions, Just Do It For Me. Jake Caputo
12:00pm	LUNCH! (Everyone for themselves)
1:00pm	WordPress Security -or- Why Google Says You Shouldn’t Visit My Church Justin Jones	BuddyPress or bbPress? Which to use and Why. John James Jacoby	Web Apps for the Masses David Tufts	The Overlap of Emotion and Usability Ross Johnson
2:00pm	Exploring WordPress Multisite Lisa Sabin-Wilson	Getting Started with Video Blogging Benjamin Lotter	Extensible Plugins Pippin Williamson	Developing Child Theme-friendly Themes Chip Bennett
3:00pm	Podcasting with WordPress Dustin Hartzler	Getting Familiar with PODS Tharon Rodriguez	WordPress and Version Control: An Introduction Aaron Holbrook	320px and Up, Getting Started with Responsive Design Brad Parbs
4:00pm	Live Podcast Recording (and Q&A) Dustin Hartzler	Social Media Broadcasting – Using Online Tools & Metrics to Build Your Tribe Timothy Burns	Deploying WordPress with WPStack Mark Jaquith	WPatterns Reid Peifer
4:45pm	Closing Remarks — Brian Richards
5-7pm	DINNER! (Everyone for themselves)
7-10pm	WordCamp Grand Rapids After Party

Pretty exciting, no?

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But wait, there’s more!

Sunday, August 19 (WordPress Study Hall)
Time	Personal	Community	Developer	Unconferenced
10am	Finding Your Inspiration Ryan Imel	Intro to the WordPress Support Forums Lisa Sabin-Wilson	Intro to Trac and Contributing to Core John James Jacoby & Mark Jaquith	N/A
11am	Getting Started	Starting to Help	Your First Ticket	Unconference Session
12:00pm	LUNCH! (Everyone for themselves)
1pm-4pm	Improving Your Site	Helping Others	Hackathon!	Unconference Sessions
4:00pm	See you next year!

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