WordPress Users Across Southeast Asia to Converge at WordCamp Kuala Lumpur 2018
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WordPress Users Across Southeast Asia to Converge at WordCamp Kuala Lumpur 2018
30 October 2018, Kuala Lumpur – WordCamp Kuala Lumpur (WCKL) returns for its second edition on 17 and 18 November 2018 at the Royale Chulan Bukit Bintang hotel with the theme “The WordPress Melting Pot” to emphasise the diversity of the WordPress (WP) community.
WordPress user community celebrating its 15th year anniversary in Kuala Lumpur recently
WordCamp Kuala Lumpur is a part of a series of global conferences held around the world about WordPress, the global web publishing platform that powers over 31.9% of websites on the web as reported in w3techs.com, an independent web technology survey. Organised by a team of volunteers, WCKL 2018 will also feature several sessions in Bahasa Malaysia for the first time. Attendees will be immersed in talks about blogging, website traffic, search engine optimisation (SEO), website design and development topics and more. The one-day conference will bring together over 200 small business owners, NGO leaders, bloggers, designers, developers and professional content writers from across Malaysia and around the region.
“Everyone can use WordPress because it’s free and open-source software. Similarly, WordCamp is a casual, friendly conference that is inclusive of the entire community,” said Rindy Portfolio, Lead Organiser for WordCamp KL this year. “Whether you’ve used WordPress for years, or you are newly learning about it, WordCamp is a welcoming event that is both educational and lots of fun!” Co-organisers include Malaysians David Wang of ClickWP, Sam Suresh of MU.DOT.MY and Andy Saw of WP Web Host.
Contributor Day at DOJO KL
While Saturday offers a full day of speaker presentations, Sunday will feature Contributor Day, held at co-working hub DOJO KL. Contributor Day consists of breakout working sessions where volunteers offer their time and know-how to the WordPress project. Learn how to get involved with open-source software. There are many ways to contribute, and group leaders will explain concrete ways to do so, for folks who are new. It’s a great way to give back to WordPress, and it’s included in the cost of a WCKL ticket.
“Our goal is to grow the local WordPress community. We’ve had great success with our monthly Meetups, but WordCamp KL – plus Contributor Day – is a larger event which will help introduce WordPress to a larger audience,” said co-organiser David Wang from Kuala Lumpur.
The speaker line-up includes:
- Justin Kopepasah – a Senior Web Engineer at 10up a New York-based web design firm that boasts clients like Microsoft, Tech Crunch, TIME, ESPN, Google on their portfolio.
- Lorna Timbah – a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and a Google Cloud Platform consultant with over 20 years experience in web development. Lorna has long taught free coding and tech classes to women and youth groups and is a longtime WordPress user..
- M Asif Rahman – a long time WordPress Enthusiast, Serial Entrepreneur and Tech Evangelist who recently announced his retirement at the age of 34 from his position as CEO of weDevs, a large WordPress product company. Asif has appeared in nearly 100 WordCamps all around the world and spoken in over 20 WordCamps.
- Sara Khong – a popular cookbook writer and food and lifestyle blogger who writes at New Malaysian Kitchen.
- Adrian Oh – co-founder of ecInsider.my, an eCommerce site that provides insights, know-how and inspiration to drive the eCommerce industry. He also co-founded Neowave Solutions, makers of the eCommerce platform webShaper, which empowers merchants to build their own branded stores and sell via multiple channels to Lazada, Shopee etc.
WordCamp KL is generously sponsored by Themeum, Exabytes, RunCloud, WooCommerce, JetPack, Teleawan, GoDaddy, Bluehost, Cleverus, WPDeveloper, MU.DOT.MY, Shifter, and Web Hosting Secrets Revealed.
WCKL 2017 drew participants from more than 15 countries. Tickets are still available at RM70 from https://2018.kualalumpur.wordcamp.org/tickets/. For more information, please visit https://2018.kualalumpur.wordcamp.org. For media enquiries, please email kualalumpur@wordcamp.org
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Photos
- WordCamp 2017 was attended by 200+ participants from 15 countries. Click here for original file.
Iszuddin Ismail of E-Sentral.com presenting at WordCamp 2017. Click here for original file.
WordCamp is a great opportunity to meet with fellow WordPress users and score some freebies from our generous sponsors. Click here for original file
WordCamp Kuala Lumpur will feature local and international speakers. Click here for original file
WCKL is organized by a local team of WordPress enthusiasts, pictured here celebrating WordPress’s 15th anniversary. Click here for original file
Fact sheet
What is WordPress.org?
WordPress started in 2003 when Mike Little and Matt Mullenweg created a fork of b2/cafelog. The need for an elegant, well-architected personal publishing system was clear even then. Today, WordPress is built on PHP and MySQL, and licensed under the GPLv2. It is also the platform of choice for over 31% of all sites across the web.
The WordPress open source project has evolved in progressive ways over time — supported by skilled, enthusiastic developers, designers, scientists, bloggers, and more. WordPress provides the opportunity for anyone to create and share, from handcrafted personal anecdotes to world-changing movements. People with a limited tech experience can use it “out of the box”, and more tech-savvy folks can customize it in remarkable ways.
What is WordCamp?
WordCamps are casual, locally-organised conferences covering everything related to
WordPress, the free and open source personal publishing software that powers over 75 million sites on the web. There have been over 800 WordCamps so far, spread out over 68 cities in 65 countries. View pictures and read more at https://wordcamp.org.
At WordCamp KL, you will hear from great speakers covering topics such as WordPress development, security, running a blog, website, or business with WordPress, copy-writing, and more. Some topics are technical, while others are geared towards business, academic, or general users. WordCamp is for everyone. All types of users at all experience levels can gain something from attending a WordCamp. The best part of WordCamp is meeting everyone!
About WordPress Meetup KL
WordPress Meetup KL is a group of local WordPress developers, designers, and publishers who get together to share our knowledge and experience, and to meet other WordPress users in Kuala Lumpur. Please visit our website and join our next event! http://wp.org.my/
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