WordCamp Sydney 2019 Schedule

Please note that this schedule may change from time to time as we shuffle spaces and speakers around.

Similar to previous years, this year we’re not allocating rooms to a specific track. We do this to shake things up, get you moving and promote networking.

If you have any questions about the sessions, maybe you need some clarification or more information, please ask us.

Session Categories

We’ve broken the sessions down into simple categories that we feel each session delivers to a primary audience type.

There may be overlap with other categories.

Advertising

These sessions cover all aspects of advertising content, from PPC to Facebook, LinkedIn TV and Radio.

Building With WordPress

Using themes and plugins to build stuff in WordPress.

Business Owners

These sessions target specific business operations to help you grown and scale your business.

Content Marketing

Copywriters, bloggers, and everyone else who writes and creates content with the purpose of attracting views

Networking

A chance to do some networking with other attendees.

Non-Technical

You won’t find any code or baffling mumbo jumbo in these talks. Practical and no-nonsense information.

SEO & SEM

Everything about optimising and marketing your site content to the Google gods.

Technical

Expect to see some code and hear about some advanced techniques in these talks. Brush up on your TLA’s.

UI & UX

All about how your visitors interact and experience your site and its content.

Hallway Tracks

This year we are trialling some hallway tracks. Small informal sessions in the hallway where you can ask and answer questions from like-minded folks. No projectors or fancy AV here!

Saturday, November 16th

Time	Room 1	Room 2	Hallway Workshops
11:05 am	Gutenberg Block Editor Tips & Tricks Cath Hughes Favourite session: Gutenberg Block Editor Tips & Tricks	Preparing For The Flood. How Do You Conduct Load Testing To Ready Your WordPress Site For Viral Events? Robert Li Favourite session: Preparing For The Flood. How Do You Conduct Load Testing To Ready Your WordPress Site For Viral Events?
11:50 am	Building Powerful Subscription And Membership Sites That Scale Adrian O’Hagan, Ben May Favourite session: Building Powerful Subscription And Membership Sites That Scale	Why No One Is Reading Your Blog Posts (And How To Change That) Kate Toon Favourite session: Why No One Is Reading Your Blog Posts (And How To Change That)	Getting Involved With WordPress And Its Community Dion Hulse Favourite session: Getting Involved With WordPress And Its Community
12:35 pm	Lunch
1:40 pm	Don’t Panic: How To Troubleshoot Your WordPress Site Jordan Gillman Favourite session: Don’t Panic: How To Troubleshoot Your WordPress Site	Zero To Website: From Planning To Launch In 9 Steps Emma Kate Favourite session: Zero To Website: From Planning To Launch In 9 Steps	Speed Networking Wil Brown Favourite session: Speed Networking
2:25 pm	Website Delivered – It’s The START Of The Relationship! Jane Tweedy Favourite session: Website Delivered – It’s The START Of The Relationship!	Planning Your Website Roadmap: Why Every Website Project Needs One To Save It From Expensive Mistakes Jasmine Andrews Favourite session: Planning Your Website Roadmap: Why Every Website Project Needs One To Save It From Expensive Mistakes
3:10 pm	Afternoon Break
3:25 pm	7 Ways To Generate Your First 1,000 Customers Nik Cree Favourite session: 7 Ways To Generate Your First 1,000 Customers	Divi 4.x and WooCommerce Changes Lisa Hewitt Favourite session: Divi 4.x and WooCommerce Changes	ACF \| Advanced Custom Fields Wil Brown Favourite session: ACF \| Advanced Custom Fields
4:10 pm	Panel of Experts – Q&A – Business Ops Briana Graydon, Ben May, Shaan Nicol Favourite session: Panel of Experts – Q&A – Business Ops
4:55 pm	Closing Remarks Day 1
6:00 pm	Networking & After Party Favourite session: Networking & After Party
8:30 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome Back to WordCamp Sydney
9:15 am	Pre-Selling A Premium Plugin With WordPress Luke Carbis Favourite session: Pre-Selling A Premium Plugin With WordPress	Our Wild Journey Implementing A Headless WordPress Blog Jo Minney Favourite session: Our Wild Journey Implementing A Headless WordPress Blog
10:00 am	The Healthy Baker – Flipping the Brief George Pappas Favourite session: The Healthy Baker – Flipping the Brief	When Good Clients Go Bad Brook McCarthy Favourite session: When Good Clients Go Bad	Elementor Support Session Michael Viller Favourite session: Elementor Support Session
10:45 am	Morning Break

Sunday, November 17th

Time	Room 1	Room 2	Hallway Workshops
11:05 am	The Science of WordPress Andrew Wright Favourite session: The Science of WordPress	Ways To Use Zapier And WordPress To Automate Your Life Shaan Nicol Favourite session: Ways To Use Zapier And WordPress To Automate Your Life
11:50 am	WordPress Hosting Survival Guide Ricky Blacker Favourite session: WordPress Hosting Survival Guide	Let’s Get Engaged Briana Graydon Favourite session: Let’s Get Engaged	Beaver Builder James Carmody Favourite session: Beaver Builder
12:35 pm	Lunch
1:40 pm	WordPress Plugins – Initial Growth to Global Scale – What I Wish I Knew Before! Chris Bryant Favourite session: WordPress Plugins – Initial Growth to Global Scale – What I Wish I Knew Before!	Positioning For Profit Corey Dodd Favourite session: Positioning For Profit
2:25 pm	The Future Of WordPress SEO – What’s New In 2020 Jeff Deutsch Favourite session: The Future Of WordPress SEO – What’s New In 2020	Strategy Is Not Negotiable Shikha Colwill Favourite session: Strategy Is Not Negotiable	Gravity Forms Wil Brown Favourite session: Gravity Forms
3:10 pm	Afternoon Break
3:25 pm	Panel of Experts – Q&A – Page Builders James Carmody, Ricky Blacker, Jo Minney, Michael Viller, Luke Carbis Favourite session: Panel of Experts – Q&A – Page Builders
4:55 pm	Closing Remarks & Farewells