2018 WordCamp Chicago Schedule

Saturday, April 28th

Time	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
8:00 am	Registration
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am		Converting new website visitors into paying customers Joe Howard Favorite session: Converting new website visitors into paying customers	Choosing Hosting for Your WordPress Site Kim White Favorite session: Choosing Hosting for Your WordPress Site
9:45 am	Don’t just survive, thrive as a freelancer Christina Varro Favorite session: Don’t just survive, thrive as a freelancer	Analyze, Plan and Execute: Creating an effective SEO & Content Marketing Plan Ryan Erwin Favorite session: Analyze, Plan and Execute: Creating an effective SEO & Content Marketing Plan	Data Science and Web Development Joshua Alexander Favorite session: Data Science and Web Development
10:30 am	Making Systems Work in Your WordPress Business Angelica Yarde Favorite session: Making Systems Work in Your WordPress Business	WooCommerce Success Patrick Elward Favorite session: WooCommerce Success	Voice is Becoming the New Keyboard: Voice Interfaces in 2018 and Beyond Keanan Koppenhaver Favorite session: Voice is Becoming the New Keyboard: Voice Interfaces in 2018 and Beyond
11:15 am	Erasing the Stigma: Mental Health and Tech JD Flynn Favorite session: Erasing the Stigma: Mental Health and Tech	Promotional Podcasts: How they can earn you trust, grow your audience, and market yourself Jeff Large Favorite session: Promotional Podcasts: How they can earn you trust, grow your audience, and market yourself	The Next-Level WordPress developer Gabriel Pleszowski Favorite session: The Next-Level WordPress developer
12:00 pm	Lunch
12:30 pm	Lunchtime Session: Our Community is Dead Robert Jacobi Favorite session: Lunchtime Session: Our Community is Dead
1:30 pm	Freelance to Agency: How To Make The Leap Jessi Favorite session: Freelance to Agency: How To Make The Leap	Intermediate SEO Strategies Pam Ann Aungst Favorite session: Intermediate SEO Strategies	Making Security Make Sense to Users/Clients Adam Warner Favorite session: Making Security Make Sense to Users/Clients
2:15 pm	Expanding Your WordPress-Based Business Jeff Matson Favorite session: Expanding Your WordPress-Based Business	Bootstrap Marketing; Getting in the Game Devin Sears Favorite session: Bootstrap Marketing; Getting in the Game	Let’s learn Git. No more excuses. Dwayne McDaniel Favorite session: Let’s learn Git. No more excuses.
3:00 pm	90 Days to Live: Finding Your Place in the WordPress Community Joe A. Simpson Jr. Favorite session: 90 Days to Live: Finding Your Place in the WordPress Community	Scoping Digital Projects as a Non-Developer Jay Hoppie Favorite session: Scoping Digital Projects as a Non-Developer	Basic Debugging for WordPress Andrew Wikel Favorite session: Basic Debugging for WordPress
3:45 pm	The 4th Wall of WordPress John Jacoby Favorite session: The 4th Wall of WordPress	How To Design WordPress Themes To Increase Sales and Convert Visitors Into Customers Bruce Chamoff Favorite session: How To Design WordPress Themes To Increase Sales and Convert Visitors Into Customers	The Care and Feeding of Child Themes Dane Morgan Favorite session: The Care and Feeding of Child Themes
6:00 pm	Afterparty at AceBounce Ping Pong Bar (details TBA)

Sunday, April 29th

Time	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
10:00 am	The Gig Economy – Saying Yes Matthew Christensen Favorite session: The Gig Economy – Saying Yes	Streamline your UX workflow with WordPress Gloria Antonelli Favorite session: Streamline your UX workflow with WordPress	Let’s Party! Making Third Party Plugins Work Without Breaking WordPress Jennifer Brueske Favorite session: Let’s Party! Making Third Party Plugins Work Without Breaking WordPress
10:45 am	Pay Now or Pay Later T-Rave Favorite session: Pay Now or Pay Later	Content for the Modern World Machielle Thomas Favorite session: Content for the Modern World	Meta and Schema: Defining the Content about your Content Jim Birch Favorite session: Meta and Schema: Defining the Content about your Content
11:30 am	Blogging for Business Andy Nathan Favorite session: Blogging for Business	Designed to Sell: The Huge Impact of Small Decisions Michelle Favorite session: Designed to Sell: The Huge Impact of Small Decisions	Developing for Gutenberg – Converting a shortcode to a block! Jeremy Josey Favorite session: Developing for Gutenberg – Converting a shortcode to a block!
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Google Data Studio: One Report To Rule Them All Dan Baran Favorite session: Google Data Studio: One Report To Rule Them All	Falling in Love with Accessibility Chris Wagoner, Nick Goodrum Favorite session: Falling in Love with Accessibility	Professional Advanced Custom Fields Pro: How to Make Your Clients Happy Joshua Michaels Favorite session: Professional Advanced Custom Fields Pro: How to Make Your Clients Happy
2:30 pm	The Great State of Design with CSS Grid Layout and Friends Stacy Kvernmo Favorite session: The Great State of Design with CSS Grid Layout and Friends	Make Money with WordPress for Bloggers Nile Flores Favorite session: Make Money with WordPress for Bloggers	Plugins vs Themes. Functionality vs Format. Austin Adamson Favorite session: Plugins vs Themes. Functionality vs Format.
3:15 pm	Gutenberg: You Can’t Teach an Old Dev New Tricks Mike Hale Favorite session: Gutenberg: You Can’t Teach an Old Dev New Tricks	So, you want to UX? Tracy Apps Favorite session: So, you want to UX?	Roundtable Discussion: What is the GDPR and how to prepare your site Susan Hayse, Heather Acton Favorite session: Roundtable Discussion: What is the GDPR and how to prepare your site
4:00 pm	Closing Remarks – Main Auditorium – 10 Minutes