Call for Speakers

We’re thrilled to announce that WordCamp Karachi 2018 is officially accepting speaker applications!

Last date to apply for speaker is 14-07-2018

Why speak?

Presenting at WordCamp takes some work but is very rewarding. You get to share your passion, convince people you’re worth hiring and help everyone learn about WordPress, all at the same time. Speakers also receive free admission to WordCamp.

Karachi is the heart of Pakistan, It has everything from Beaches, Seaview, Museums, Malls, Parks, Movie theaters to Bays that attract speakers and attendees from across the country and even the world. We’re looking to build a program packed with amazing presentations which reflects the incredible diversity of the WordPress community, and we want you to be a part of it!

What we’re looking for?

WordCamp Karachi would like to showcase the best of WordPress and the WordPress Community. We’re particularly interested in hearing from those who have used WordPress in interesting, innovative, and significant ways. Whether the open source software was used to deliver something technically amazing, or whether WordPress was the foundation for creating something meaningful in the community, we want to know about it. We’re also looking for dynamic and versatile speakers to talk about how they use WordPress to grow their business, develop advanced plugins, tell their stories, and much much more. Everybody has a unique WordPress story to tell, and we want to hear yours.

Presentations

The ideal speaker has a WordPress-related topic they are passionate about and that they can present in 10 or 45 minutes with attractive slides and detailed, coherent explanations. Designers, bloggers, businesses, and developers are all welcome to apply! Talks can be in English or Urdu. Your topic should be specific to WordPress.

Show us what you’ve made with WordPress and explain how you did it, or what you learned in the process. Give us concrete examples: code snippets, 10 important lessons you learned, specific advice on how to avoid problems, etc. Nothing is too hardcore, advanced, simple or beginner-level. We’re looking for diversity.

WorkShops

Have a great idea for a WordPress-related activity, could be a development of a plugin or child theme or shiny tiny Gutenberg block 😉

Lightning Talks

We’re seeking talk submissions for 10-min short presentations. These are bite-sized formats great for short demos, quick tips, and inspirational stories.

Topic Ideas

Here’s a list of topics we’d love to see at WordCamp. These are just examples!

• Finding the perfect themes/plugins
• WordPress for bloggers
• Using child themes
• Monetizing your website
• Case studies of large projects
• Creating Multilingual sites
• CSS tips for WordPress
• SEO for Bloggers and E-commerce
• Security for WordPress
• Messanger bot, Future of Ecommerce
• Email Marketing Guides
• Creating plugins (intro or in-depth)
• Releasing and/or selling themes/plugins
• Automating WordPress Development using WPCLI
• Complete Email Marketing setup & funnel
• Facebook Marketing & Google Adwords
• WordPress as Career
• WordPress in Govt and Edu
• GPL/Free Software and what it means for WordPress Plugins and themes
• Others (Any other topic or suggestion could be considered as well)

APPLY TODAY!

Please fill out the form below if you want to apply for Speaker. The last date to submit Speakers Application is 14th July 2018 but don’t wait for the last day, submit it now.

 

 

If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.

Note: We reserve the right to refuse any submissions.