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Today we welcome Gold Sponsor, @Jetpack. Whatever type of site you’re running, Jetpack’s features are designed to keep your site secure, to help you elevate your brand, and to help you build engagement among your readers. From Related Posts, share buttons, publicize, comments and the subscription system, to site stats and site monitor, you will love Jetpack.

Thank you Jetpack for sponsoring WordCamp Bern 2017 and drop by their booth to get an even deeper understanding of what they can do for your websites.

Say hello to #WCBRN sponsors

Sponsors are one of the most important parts of WordCamp Bern. With their help, we keep the ticket price low, and the conference open to everyone. While in Bern, visit their booths, say hello to them, and talk with them about their products and services. Wondering who these companies are? Visit our sponsors page.

Today we welcome our first Gold Sponsor – @WooCommerce, who have more than 350 contributors and over 7 million downloads to date. Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow.

Thank you WooCommerce for sponsoring WordCamp Bern 2017
(and don’t forget to stop by their booth)!

Say hello to #WCBRN sponsors

Sponsors are one of the most important parts of WordCamp Bern. With their help, we keep the ticket price low, and the conference open to everyone. While in Bern, visit their booths, say hello to them, and talk with them about their products and services. Wondering who these companies are? Visit our sponsors page.

Thank you to our sponsors for being an important part of WordCamp Bern <3

Meet our first group of WordCamp Bern speakers – Maja Benke, Thomas Bruehl, András Guseo, Pascal Birchler and John Mueller.

The WordCamp is taking place in 25 days on the 9th September in the Uni S in Bern. Get your ticket as soon as possible as we are ordering the T-Shirts tomorrow.

We’d like to present our first group of speakers to you.

Maja Benke

Maja studied landscape architecture but soon discovered her love for WordPress and traveling the world. Now she works as a web designer with a passion for UX and accessibility and has a blog for WordPress newbies.

Thomas Bruehl

Thomas ist hauptberuflich im IT-Bereich einer Versicherung als IT-Security Officer tätig. Nebenbei kümmert er sich um eine steigende Anzahl WordPress Installationen. Mit WordPress angefangen hat er 2004 mit seinem Blog her.ein.de und der WordPress Version 1.2 (Mingus). Seit September 2013 ist er einer der Organisatoren des WordPress Meetup Köln, hat das WordCamp Cologne MMXV mitorganisiert, hilft Plugins zu übersetzen und ist im WordCamp Central Deputy Team.

András Guseo

András has built his first website in 1997 learning HTML in 3 days. Ten years later, while starting up his web design business he discovered WordPress and never looked back. He moved to Switzerland in 2009 and started focusing on SMEs, helping them establish and strengthen their online presence through
WordPress driven websites. He is a promoter of focused work, and clean, efficient designs. He likes to work with the Divi theme and is running a blog at divi-magazine.com since 2015.

He is also proud to be a member of the support team at Modern Tribe – the team behind the plugin The Events Calendar and co. – and loves to help people solve their issues.

Pascal Birchler

Pascal is a student and Core Developer based in Zurich, Switzerland. He’s been working with WordPress for half of his life and passionate about helping other people and cooking. Most recently he’s been improving updates and i18n in WordPress.

John Mueller

Since joining Google in 2007, John has worked closely with many teams around Google’s Web-Search, such as with Search Console / Webmaster Tools, Webmaster Central, Sitemaps, and Search Quality. He’s driven by espresso, as well as the desire to help others to make their content easily accessible & useful through search.

Prior to joining Google, John finished his studies of robotics & business administration at the ETH Zurich and built up a software company. When not on the line, he’s sometimes found hacking on the next generation of 3D-printed robot gizmos that will soon take over the world (or help mow the lawn, whichever comes first).

We are looking for speakers to share their knowledge, skill, experience and stories within our welcoming community at WordCamp Bern on 9th September 2017. Maybe you know about theme and plugin development, or perhaps you’ve created a great platform using WordPress.

All topics and ideas are welcome: we only ask that you follow these guidelines when choosing your topic.

• Your proposal should be related to WordPress, or immediately applicable and relevant to our WordPress audience.
• Your proposal should be respectful of the WordPress community, the WordCamp code of conduct, and the GPL.

Format

Lightning talk: 10 minutes, without a question round.

Long-form talk: 30 minutes including a question round. You should plan to complete your talk in about 25 minutes, with approx. 5 minutes at the end for questions.

Panel: 30 minute discussion amongst up to four people, all answering questions from the audience about a specific topic.

Workshops: about an hour each, in the form of sessions run by an instructor covering a specific topic within WordPress.

Language

You are welcome to give your talk either in German or English, it’s up to you. Your talk may reach a wider audience if you present in English, as we expect to welcome attendees from all over Switzerland and the rest of Europe.

Submission deadline

The deadline is 23rd June 2017 at midnight. We will inform all applicants by 10th July whether their proposal has been accepted or not.

Apply as a speaker

Do you have a topic you would like to talk about? Great! We are looking for a great and diverse speaker submission pool. Both new and experienced WordCamp speakers are welcome to apply.

Don’t be shy: you don’t need to be an expert, a programmer or a designer to submit a proposal! All we ask is that you be able to present your chosen topic passionately and respectfully.

Call for speakers have closed.

WordCamps are non-profit events, organized by people from within the community on a voluntary basis. Regular meetups in Swiss towns and cities like Bern, Luzern, Zurich and Geneva all contribute towards a strong sense of community, and Swiss WordCamps give local and international friends and colleagues the opportunity to participate, share ideas, get to know each other, and exchange knowledge and ideas about how to improve WordPress and the sites it powers.

To help make WordCamp Bern 2017 a success, we’re looking for sponsors in the following categories.

Gold: CHF 2500 (Not available)

• Large space to demo / chat with attendees / give away goodies
• On projector/slides between presentations (large size)
• Acknowledgment and thanks in opening and closing remarks
• 3 free tickets
• 3 spots for speakers’ dinner on Friday evening
• Name and logo on the WordCamp Bern website
• Individual blog post thanking sponsors shared on social media

Silver: CHF 1000 (Not available)

• Small space to demo / chat with attendees / give away goodies
• Acknowledgment and thanks in opening and closing remarks
• On projector/slides between presentations (smaller size)
• 2 free tickets
• 2 spots for speakers’ dinner on Friday evening
• Name and logo on the WordCamp Bern website
• Shared blog post thanking sponsors shared on social media

Bronze: CHF 500

• Shared space to demo / chat with attendees / give away goodies
• Acknowledgment and thanks in opening and closing remarks
• On projector/slides between presentation (smaller size)
• 1 free ticket
• 1 spot for speakers’ dinner on Friday evening
• Name and logo on the WordCamp Bern website
• Shared blog post thanking sponsors

Micro: CHF 150

• 1 ticket included
• Name and logo on the WordCamp Bern website
• You can buy a ticket at CHF 150 on the ticket page

Interested?

If your company would like to support this open source event, download our Factsheet and fill out the form below.