Schedule

Foundation Friday

Time	101	201	301
8:00 am	Registration Opens
9:00 am	WordPress 101 Shanta R. Nathwani Favorite session: WordPress 101	WordPress Wizardry Without Code Suzette Franck Favorite session: WordPress Wizardry Without Code	A Website Is Not A Poster Michelle Schulp Favorite session: A Website Is Not A Poster
10:30 am	Getting the Most out of WordPress.com Mel Choyce Favorite session: Getting the Most out of WordPress.com	Shortcode Shenanigans Kyle Maurer Favorite session: Shortcode Shenanigans	There’s No Place Like 127.0.0.1 Marc Benzakein Favorite session: There’s No Place Like 127.0.0.1
12:00 pm	Lunch – On Your Own
1:00 pm	Comprehensive Dashboard Walkthrough Dustin Filippini Favorite session: Comprehensive Dashboard Walkthrough	Intro To Jetpack Michele Butcher Favorite session: Intro To Jetpack	Introduction to Custom Theming Heather Acton Favorite session: Introduction to Custom Theming
2:30 pm	Choosing and customizing WordPress themes (no code required!) Favorite session: Choosing and customizing WordPress themes (no code required!)	Why Setting Up Themes is a Niche in Itself, What to Know Zac Gordon Favorite session: Why Setting Up Themes is a Niche in Itself, What to Know	Admin as a User Experience: The Quest for Simplicity Jamie Sanchez Favorite session: Admin as a User Experience: The Quest for Simplicity
4:00 pm	Using and Installing Plugins Joshua Alexander Favorite session: Using and Installing Plugins	Information Architecture Strategy Session Gloria Antonelli Favorite session: Information Architecture Strategy Session	Understanding WordPress Filters and Actions Ian Wilson Favorite session: Understanding WordPress Filters and Actions

Foundation Friday 401 is an unconference track, so bring your ideas, questions, and thoughts!

Saturday, June 14th

Time	Architect - Lake Rm	Engineer - Loop/River Rm	Foreman - Dining Rm
8:00 am	Registration Opens
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	WordPress Security – It’s All About the Basics Tony Perez Favorite session: WordPress Security – It’s All About the Basics	A Walk Around the Loop Kelly Dwan Favorite session: A Walk Around the Loop	No Regrets Web Design Hilary Fosdal Favorite session: No Regrets Web Design
10:00 am	Color Theory for Web Developers Aaron Jorbin Favorite session: Color Theory for Web Developers	How NOT to develop (With WordPress) Dan Beil Favorite session: How NOT to develop (With WordPress)	Develop Very Mild Superpowers with Git Brent Shepherd Favorite session: Develop Very Mild Superpowers with Git
11:00 am	UX Real-Time Site Personalization Jesse Friedman Favorite session: UX Real-Time Site Personalization	You Don’t Need jQuery Josh Broton Favorite session: You Don’t Need jQuery	how to not design like a developer Tracy Apps Favorite session: how to not design like a developer
12:00 pm	Activities – Lightning Talks, Architecture Tour, Networking Favorite session: Activities – Lightning Talks, Architecture Tour, Networking
1:00 pm	Lunch – On Your Own
2:00 pm	Responsive Design with WordPress Joe Casabona Favorite session: Responsive Design with WordPress	Designing for Interaction Travis Totz Favorite session: Designing for Interaction	Taking Your JavaScript Further Gregory Cornelius Favorite session: Taking Your JavaScript Further
3:00 pm	Do Big Things With A Small Team Pete Mall, Brian Krogsgard, Sara Cannon Favorite session: Do Big Things With A Small Team	Modular JavaScript K.Adam White Favorite session: Modular JavaScript	Wireframing Essentials James Barrett Favorite session: Wireframing Essentials
4:00 pm	Are you ready to learn a bit about Pricing Steve Zehngut, Chris Lema Favorite session: Are you ready to learn a bit about Pricing	Smart Design: Icon Fonts, SVG, and the Mobile Influence Sara Cannon Favorite session: Smart Design: Icon Fonts, SVG, and the Mobile Influence	WP-to-JS and back again Nick Pelton Favorite session: WP-to-JS and back again
5:00 pm	Advanced Topics in WordPress Development Andrew Nacin Favorite session: Advanced Topics in WordPress Development	101 Ways to Elevate Yourself and Demand Higher Fees Troy Dean Favorite session: 101 Ways to Elevate Yourself and Demand Higher Fees	Designing for the First Five Seconds Ross Johnson Favorite session: Designing for the First Five Seconds
6:30 pm	After Party – 3rd Floor Rooftop Terrace Favorite session: After Party – 3rd Floor Rooftop Terrace

Sunday, June 15th

Time	Architect - Lake Rm	Engineer - Loop/River Rm	Foreman - Dining Rm
10:00 am	Building Your First Widget Josh Leuze Favorite session: Building Your First Widget	Content Calendars for WordPress: Tips & Tools Mike Hale Favorite session: Content Calendars for WordPress: Tips & Tools	Moving your Plugin to GitHub: Trials, Tribulations, and Testing George Stephanis Favorite session: Moving your Plugin to GitHub: Trials, Tribulations, and Testing
11:00 am	Check & Double Check: Internal QA is Vital Lisa Sabin-Wilson Favorite session: Check & Double Check: Internal QA is Vital	Accessibility Ready: Theming for a larger audience Joe Dolson Favorite session: Accessibility Ready: Theming for a larger audience	A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future Lisa Ghisolf Favorite session: A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future
12:00 pm	From Zero to WordPress Hero Ben Lobaugh Favorite session: From Zero to WordPress Hero	Introduction to IDEs and Debugging Aaron Holbrook Favorite session: Introduction to IDEs and Debugging	Building and Managing Large Multisite Networks Sam Hotchkiss Favorite session: Building and Managing Large Multisite Networks
1:00 pm	Lunch – On Your Own
2:30 pm	Project Management or How to Herd Cats Becky Davis Favorite session: Project Management or How to Herd Cats	Multisite and Multi-network John James Jacoby (JJJ) Favorite session: Multisite and Multi-network	Passwords: The Weakest Link in WordPress Security Brennen Byrne Favorite session: Passwords: The Weakest Link in WordPress Security
3:30 pm	Put Your Content to REST With WP-API Rachel Baker Favorite session: Put Your Content to REST With WP-API	Solutions Before Development: Creating WordPress Products That Actually Sell Rebecca Gill Favorite session: Solutions Before Development: Creating WordPress Products That Actually Sell	Use Google Analytics to Improve Your WordPress Website Yesenia Sotelo Favorite session: Use Google Analytics to Improve Your WordPress Website
4:30 pm	Surviving Support: 10 Tips for Saving Your Users and Yourself Julie Cameron Favorite session: Surviving Support: 10 Tips for Saving Your Users and Yourself	Speed as a Feature: Getting a Handle on Page Load Time Zack Tollman Favorite session: Speed as a Feature: Getting a Handle on Page Load Time	Freemium For the Rest of Us Patrick Rauland Favorite session: Freemium For the Rest of Us

KEY
		Development
		Advanced Development
		Design
		Business/Project Management
		General Interest

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