2017 WordCamp Chicago Schedule

Saturday, April 29th

Time	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
8:00 am	Registration
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	You Are Not Your Audience: How To Create User Centered Design. Tracy Apps Favorite session: You Are Not Your Audience: How To Create User Centered Design.	Fun with Chome’s Developer Tools Steve Stern Favorite session: Fun with Chome’s Developer Tools	The Tough Stuff: When and How to Fire a Customer Wendy Bolm Favorite session: The Tough Stuff: When and How to Fire a Customer
10:00 am	SEO for Business and Bloggers Ryan Erwin Favorite session: SEO for Business and Bloggers	Categories, tags and custom taxonomies – oh my! Becky Davis Favorite session: Categories, tags and custom taxonomies – oh my!	5 Steps to Personal and Website Security Adam W. Warner Favorite session: 5 Steps to Personal and Website Security
11:00 am	The Time I Broke WordPress.org John James Jacoby Favorite session: The Time I Broke WordPress.org	Using Branded Podcasts to Grow Your Business and Increase Your Bottom-line Jeff Large Favorite session: Using Branded Podcasts to Grow Your Business and Increase Your Bottom-line	SSL: What It Is, How To Do It, and Why You Should Care Jessica Gardner Favorite session: SSL: What It Is, How To Do It, and Why You Should Care
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Talking Clients Out of Bad Decisions Joshua Alexander Favorite session: Talking Clients Out of Bad Decisions	So, You Want To Sell Online? Zach Stepek Favorite session: So, You Want To Sell Online?	Be the expert: Stop scope creep and gain more creative control Shelby Elliott Favorite session: Be the expert: Stop scope creep and gain more creative control
2:30 pm	Better Mousetraps: A Content-Driven Approach to Conversion Optimization Andy Crestodina Favorite session: Better Mousetraps: A Content-Driven Approach to Conversion Optimization	Be The Loop You Want To See In The World Allison Tarr Favorite session: Be The Loop You Want To See In The World	Sneaking in Good UX Without a UX Budget Anthony D. Paul Favorite session: Sneaking in Good UX Without a UX Budget
3:30 pm	PANEL: Navigating Your WordPress Career Emil Wisch, Ryan Erwin, Patrick Smith, Michelle Schulp, Heather Acton Favorite session: PANEL: Navigating Your WordPress Career	Every project is a story: Applying storytelling to your client interactions Dwayne McDaniel Favorite session: Every project is a story: Applying storytelling to your client interactions	Interrupting WordPress Boone Gorges Favorite session: Interrupting WordPress
4:30 pm	Forecasting the Future: Business Practices and financial forecasting for a growing WordPress business Jason Knill Favorite session: Forecasting the Future: Business Practices and financial forecasting for a growing WordPress business	Pixel Imperfect: A Practical Approach To Responsive Design Michelle Schulp Favorite session: Pixel Imperfect: A Practical Approach To Responsive Design	Being a Good Citizen in the WordPress Community Aaron D. Campbell Favorite session: Being a Good Citizen in the WordPress Community
6:00 pm	After Party

Sunday, April 30th

Time	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
9:00 am	Blogging for Business Andy Nathan Favorite session: Blogging for Business	From zero to launch: A walk-through of the website process Lisa Ghisolf Favorite session: From zero to launch: A walk-through of the website process	Tactics for Selecting the Best WordPress Theme for the Job Scott Winterroth Favorite session: Tactics for Selecting the Best WordPress Theme for the Job
10:00 am	To the Word and Beyond! Extending WordPress Past a Simple Blog Meagan Hanes Favorite session: To the Word and Beyond! Extending WordPress Past a Simple Blog	From freelancer to “feelancer”: Three keys to less stress and more success Antti Koskenrouta Favorite session: From freelancer to “feelancer”: Three keys to less stress and more success	Google Quality Guidelines 101 for WordPress Bloggers Nile Flores Favorite session: Google Quality Guidelines 101 for WordPress Bloggers
11:00 am	Use a Site Builder Theme to Deliver a Powerful Product When Client Budgets are Limited Kurt Cruse, Chris LaFrombois Favorite session: Use a Site Builder Theme to Deliver a Powerful Product When Client Budgets are Limited	The 5 Star Customer Service Experience Michele Butcher-Jones Favorite session: The 5 Star Customer Service Experience	What the Heck is BuddyPress? Dustin Filippini Favorite session: What the Heck is BuddyPress?
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	User Empathy: Prioritizing users in your UX process in WordPress Mary Fran Wiley Favorite session: User Empathy: Prioritizing users in your UX process in WordPress	Building a Developer Friendly WordPress Plugin Mike Hale Favorite session: Building a Developer Friendly WordPress Plugin	How to Develop a WordPress Theme from Scratch Tania Rascia Favorite session: How to Develop a WordPress Theme from Scratch
2:30 pm	Support Starts Here: How to go the extra mile to make and KEEP your customers happy Lauren Jeffcoat Favorite session: Support Starts Here: How to go the extra mile to make and KEEP your customers happy
3:30 pm	Closing Remarks