On Saturday evening, WordCamp Long Beach will engage in the time-honored tradition of the WordCamp After Party!

We’re hosting our after party in Downtown Long Beach, at a beautiful loft above Pine Ave., a bustling street full of restaurants and nightclubs.

Come hang out, chat with fellow attendees, and relax with cupcakes, some light snacks, and drinks (one ticket per person). We’ve got an awesome photobooth from SnapYourself so you can take some seriously fun photos.

After Party Details

The WCLB After Party is from 7:00 to 9:30pm.

Sessions end at 5pm on Saturday, and you’re on your own for dinner. We’ll be serving light snacks only.

SUPER IMPORTANT: YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BADGE ON YOUR PERSON TO ATTEND. Only registered WCLB attendees are able to attend the after-party. Sorry, no plus-ones are allowed. There are no exceptions! (We still have some tickets left if you want to bring someone!)

Our After-Party is all-ages, though anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Our event ends promptly at 9:30pm! After that, the venue will turn into a nightclub. If you are over 21, you are welcome to stay at the venue, but please note, it will no longer be an official WordCamp event.

Venue

Shannon’s At the Top

201 S Pine Ave. (entrance off of Broadway)
Long Beach, CA 90802

At the Top is upstairs from the Carvery restaurant. The entrance to the venue is around the corner from the restaurant, just a few feet down on Broadway. Look for the WordCamp Long Beach sign! At the Top is up a few flights of stairs (it’s at the top!), but there is an elevator for full accessibility.

Parking

The closest parking is one block away in the 24/7 parking structure located off of Pine Avenue between 3rd and 4th St. You can enter off of 3rd (one way) or 4th. The first two hours are free, for 5 hours it’s $8 (max of $12, get pricing details here)

City Place C
50 E. 3rd St.
(Google map link)

One block up is another structure:

City Place B
50 E. 5th St.
(Google map link)

Hope to see you there!

Saturday, October 5 is the first day of WordCamp Long Beach and the schedule and session descriptions are now LIVE!

On Saturday, we are featuring two tracks: one focused on Users, folks who use WordPress for their own websites, and the other geared toward Professionals, folks who build or manage WordPress websites for other people and businesses.

Users Track

The Users Track starts with the basics in Justice Anderson‘s talk
“Zero to WordPress: Building Your First WordPress Site” and ends with Sabrina Zeidan‘s talk on one of the most often-asked questions about WordPress … how do I speed up my website?

In between, we feature a talk on must-have plugins from Christina Hills, a discussion about the block editor (aka Gutenberg!) from Chris Reynolds, and how to revive a “dead” site with Ramuel Gall.

We also feature an important talk on accessibility, which is a topic everyone needs to know more about, from Joe A. Simpson, Jr.

• Check out the full Users Track schedule and session descriptions here.

Professionals Track

The Professionals track is a mix of discussion and how-tos for folks who use WordPress to create sites and content for other people and businesses.

We kick things off on a personal note with an inspirational (and aspirational) talk from Linda Gunn on her journey from soloprenuer to WP agency owner with more than 20 full-time employees.

On the how-to tip, we’re featuring a topical talk on data literacy from Evan Volgas and an overview of using WP-CLI to streamline development from Diana Thompson.

And on the discussion side of things, we’re featuring Mike Demo on how to sell the plugin you’ve built, Anastassia Zukova‘s take on builder themes and plugins, and closing out with Roy Sivan and his experiences with the trials and tribulations of WordPress at the enterprise levels.

• Check out the full Professionals Track schedule and session descriptions here.

Our goal was to provide a little bit of something (or a lot of bit of something!) for every level of WordPress user, from those just starting out to seasoned professionals. We’re excited about the breadth and depth of our Saturday talks, and we hope you are too!

And stay tuned, because the schedule and sessions descriptions for Sunday’s The Future of WordPress track are coming soon!

Don’t miss out on any of this WordPress goodness. Be sure to buy your ticket for WordCamp Long Beach today!

We are delighted to announce the speaker lineup for the inaugural WordCamp Long Beach!

As we get closer to Camp, we’ll be providing more details on each session our awesome speakers will be presenting as well as the final schedule, but here is your first look at the full lineup for both days! You can check out the bios for all of the speakers on our Speakers Page.

Can’t wait to hear what they have to say? Head on over to our Tickets page to get your ticket to WordCamp Long Beach. (Pro tip: Sign up before September 11 to get the official WCLB t-shirt!)

WordPress Users Track

Joe A Simpson Jr. – Ouch! WordPress Accessibility that should not hurt

Chris Reynolds – How the Block Editor in WordPress Changes the Conversation for Content Editors and Developers

Justice Anderson – Zero to WordPress: Building Your First WordPress Site

Christina Hills – The Top 10 Plugins Every Website Needs and Why

Ramuel Gall – WordPress Necromancy: The Art (and Science) of Bringing a Site Back from the Dead

Sabrina Zeidan – 5 Steps to a Faster Website

WordPress Professionals Track

Roy Sivan – WordPress in Enterprise: Is It Possible? Do You Want It To Be?

Diana Thompson – Take Command of WordPress with WP-CLI

Linda Gunn – How to Scale: My Journey to Brick-and-Mortar WP agency owner

Anastassia Zukova – What You See Is NOT What You Get

Evan Volgas – Data Literacy: What Everyone Needs to Know about Data, Physics, Memory, and Information (or, How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Focus My Attention)

Mike Demo – If You Build It, You Can Sell It

The Future of WordPress Track

Gabriel Mays – The Future of WordPress: Reducing Fragmentation & Complexity

Steve Zehngut – Breaking Out of the WordCamp “Bubble”

Brett Dunst – Hand Over the Logs and No One Gets Hurt

Natalie MacLees – The Tangled Web We’re Weaving

Andrea Middleton – Will What Got Us Here, Get Us There? WordPress Community at Scale

Jonathan Wold – WordPress: An Operating System for the Open Web

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Are you as excited as we are? We hope you will join us for this epic weekend of WordPress. Get your tickets now!

The WordCamp Long Beach Call for Speakers is officially open … and you are invited to apply!

WordCamps are local, volunteer-organized events, focused on WordPress and reflecting the local WordPress community. We are inviting developers, designers, bloggers, small business owners, artists, and entrepreneurs from all across Southern California to gather for the first WordCamp Long Beach.

What we’re looking for

Saturday will be a more traditional WordCamp, with practical topics for developing, designing, marketing, and managing WordPress websites. We will feature two tracks: one focused on Users–folks who use WordPress for their own websites; and the other geared toward Professionals–people who build or manage WordPress websites for other people and businesses. We’re looking for talks that address these audiences with useful, applicable knowledge.

Sunday we’re hosting a single track exploring the more philosophical side of WordPress. We’re looking for talks and panels that focus on the future of WordPress.

Potential topics

Who should apply?

You! It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran speaker or this will be your first public speaking experience. WordCamp Long Beach speaker applications are open to anyone who has a passion for sharing their knowledge.

General guidelines

• Your talk must be related to WordPress or WordPress users
• All talk must be respectful of the community, the WordCamp code of conduct, and the GPL
• Talks should be 30-40 minutes in length (you can also propose a workshop or panel!)
• All sessions will be recorded for publication on WordPress.tv, and you will be asked to sign a waiver before giving your talk
• Speakers will be provided a complimentary ticket to WordCamp Long Beach and an invite to a pre-camp dinner, but will not receive any additional compensation

Submit Your Speaker Application Today!
Apps will be open through Aug 23.