Schedule

The following is the complete WordCamp San Diego schedule for April 23-24, 2016. Schedule and speakers subject to change.

Saturday Schedule

Time	Designer Track	Development Track	Happiness Bar (Help Desk)	Plugin Track
7:45 am	Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am Favorite session: Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES} Mark Uraine Favorite session: Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES}	Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts Konstantin Obenland Favorite session: Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES} Carolyn Sonnek Favorite session: Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES}
9:50 am	Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas! Mary Baum Favorite session: Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas!	Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development Stephen Carnam Favorite session: Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES} Kyle Maurer Favorite session: Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES}
10:40 am	A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES} Lisa Ghisolf Favorite session: A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES}	Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API Josh Pollock Favorite session: Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Forms: Beyond the Basics Scott Stewart Favorite session: Forms: Beyond the Basics
11:30 am	Zen & the Art of WordPress Deena Mayne Favorite session: Zen & the Art of WordPress	A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack Carl Alexander Favorite session: A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES} Verious B. Smith III Favorite session: The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES}
12:10 pm	Lunch Break
2:00 pm	Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders” Adam Silver Favorite session: Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders”	Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss Alicia St Rose Favorite session: Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES} Andrew Behla Favorite session: WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES}
2:50 pm	How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert Sarah Benoit Favorite session: How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert	Understanding HTTPS and TLS Zack Tollman Favorite session: Understanding HTTPS and TLS		Ask Me Anything About Plugins Pippin Williamson Favorite session: Ask Me Anything About Plugins
3:40 pm	Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action Nile Flores Favorite session: Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action	Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES} AJ Zane Favorite session: Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES}		Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES} Brian Bourn Favorite session: Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES}
4:30 pm	Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you Kevin Koehler Favorite session: Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you	WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES} Josh Cummings Favorite session: WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES}		Plugin Development Best Practices Sam Hotchkiss Favorite session: Plugin Development Best Practices

Sunday Schedule

Time	Admin Track	Beginner's Bootcamp	Business Track	Happiness Bar (Help Desk)	Open Discussion
5:10 pm				Closing Remarks
7:00 pm				After Party Favorite session: After Party
12:00 pm	Keynote: Chris Lema – Your next five years with WordPress Chris Lema
12:40 pm	Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You? Greg Taylor Favorite session: Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You?	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment DesktopServer Team Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment	Business Track Steve Zehngut, Carrie Dils, Jason Rosenbaum, Jennifer Bourn, Tom McFarlin, Chris Ford, Tony Perez Favorite session: Business Track	Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
1:20 pm	Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES} Erick Hitter Favorite session: Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES}	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting Matt Cromwell Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
2:00 pm	Dude, Speed Up That Website! Evan Scheingross Favorite session: Dude, Speed Up That Website!	Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking Lucy Beer Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
2:40 pm	WordPress Support Toolkit Jarrett Gucci Favorite session: WordPress Support Toolkit	Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS Matt Cromwell Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk	Open Discussion on WordPress Russell Aaron Favorite session: Open Discussion on WordPress
3:20 pm	WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES} Dustin Meza Favorite session: WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES}	Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site Christina Hills Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site		Help Desk Favorite session: Help Desk
4:00 pm	Closing Remarks

Sunday Business Track Details

Time	Business Track Details
12:40 pm	Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to? Tony Perez Favorite session: Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to?
1:10 pm	Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it? Chris Ford Favorite session: Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it?
1:40 pm	Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES} Tom McFarlin Favorite session: Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES}
2:10 pm	Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge? Jennifer Bourn Favorite session: Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge?
2:40 pm	Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls? Jason Rosenbaum Favorite session: Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls?
3:10 pm	Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want Carrie Dils Favorite session: Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want
3:40 pm	Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it? Steve Zehngut Favorite session: Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it?

* Schedule and speakers subject to change.

WordCamp San Diego 2016 is over. Check out the next edition!