Have you got a WordPress question that has been bugging you? Do you wish you could sit down with an expert and your website and get it figured out?

Announcing the return of the WordCamp Vancouver Happiness Bar.

We are lucky to have some of the top WordPress minds speaking at our WordCamp, and they will be available throughout the day at the Happiness Bar to help you with your tech support questions — live!

Tricky configuration question? Plugins issues? Wanting to bring WordPress in your enterprise but wondering if it’ll fit in? Other? Bring it on, the experts will help.

This year we received over 35 speaker applications for WordCamp Vancouver. It took several hours of deliberation and a lot of difficult decisions. We could only fit 14 speakers in our two main tracks, so this made it especially difficult to choose when so many great individuals applied. We’ve decided to introduce a third track where we’ll be hosting several shorter talks.

Take a look at our speaker line-up. https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/speakers/ You will find that there is something for everyone, of all levels and many interests. In particular, there are a lot of development and power user / power entrepreneur talks.  If you’re new to WordPress, we also have a couple of talks for you that will give you great tips to get started.

Schedule: https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/schedule/

Have you bought your ticket yet? You have only one week, until July 17th, to purchase it at the early bird price of only $20. https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/attend/

If you are a company or an individual who is interested in supporting the WordPress community, it’s not too late. There are sponsorships and microsponsorships available. In addition to getting your ticket(s), you get a few other perks as well. https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/sponsor/

One of the perks is getting recognized on our website. A big thank you to the sponsors that we have so far, as seen in our sidebar on most pages: BCIT, DreamHost, Code Poet, CACloud.com, 10up, Forge and Smith, SFN Design, WPML .org, Michael Swanton, and IvyCat Web Services.

If you would prefer to show your support by volunteering, the volunteer applications are here: https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/volunteer/

We are looking forward to seeing you for a great day on Saturday, August 17th!

Tickets are now on sale! Buy yours before July 17th for our early bird price of only $20. On July 17th, it goes up to $25. Lunch as well as a drink or two at the after party will be included with every ticket.

We are looking forward to seeing you on August 17th!

https://2013.vancouver.wordcamp.org/attend/

We’re super excited to announce that WordCamp Vancouver is back for another edition in 2013. Today we’ve got a number of details to share with you!

WordCamp Vancouver 2013 will be on Saturday August 17th 2013 at BCIT Downtown Campus, in Vancouver.

We’re still planning the event, so some details are still to be confirmed. However, here’s what we can share and ask of you, wonderful WordPress community:

• Take a look at the about page for details on the venue, address, and other details.
• In order to be able to fund WordCamp Vancouver, we need the community’s help. If you’re a WordPress-based business or use WordPress, or just love WordPress, please consider sponsoring WordCamp.
• What good would WordCamp be without great presentations? If you’re interested in speaking, please apply! The deadline for speaker submissions is July 3rd.
• We need day-of volunteers to help out with all sorts of things; the event just wouldn’t be possible without some smiling faces to give us a little help. Take a look at our volunteering page.
• Just looking to attend? Of course you are! We’d love for you to be there :). There will be talks appropriate both for designers/developers and for end-users. Tickets will go on sale on June 17th, at the early-bird ultra-good-deal price of $20. On July 10th, we’ll announce speakers and sponsors; and on July 17th the price will go up to the full price (but still very affordable) of $25. Lunch as well as a drink or two at the after party will be included with every ticket. We’ll have just about 300 tickets for sale and you’ll need to purchase it in advance; no walk-ins this year.

If you’d like to get updates as we make them available, or if you want to be reminded as these dates approach, please subscribe in the sidebar. If you need to get in touch with the organizers, about anything else, please visit the contact page.