Jennifer Bourn

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019

All the WordCamp Sacramento Food Details You Need To Know

As a person with food issues—I have a dairy allergy and issues with wheat—I know how stressful it can be to go to an event and not know if you’ll be able to eat anything. It’s why I always travel with a load of “Jen-friendly” snacks. One unexpected bite has the potential to derail my entire event experience.

That’s why we’re sharing ALL of the food details for WordCamp Sacramento in advance. Find out exactly what we’ll be serving below so you can prepare accordingly.

August 27, 2019

Food Trucks, Lunch, And Options

With the return of WordCamp Sacramento comes another delicious lunch opportunity. We’ve been blessed the last couple of years with yummy food trucks that offer a variety of options and customizations for most diets.

This year the food trucks are back and because we’re at a new venue, they can park right outside, which means no walking several blocks to the park for lunch!

What You Need To Know

WordCamp Sacramento will have four food trucks serving you, each with multiple lunch selections. Below you’ll find the menus for each truck, so you can review the options, consider any customizations you may require, and identify what will work best for you.

Before you review the food truck menus, please note that each lunch selection with available customizations will be labeled:

vg = vegetarian option available
v = vegan option available
gf = gluten free option
df = dairy free option

This means that an item with the labels “gf, df” can be made gluten-free and/or dairy-free with customizations.

June 27, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 6 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

This is it. This is the last speaker announcement for WordCamp Sacramento 2019, which means you’ve now been introduced to all of the amazing speakers we have on tap for this year’s event and tickets are going to go on sale very soon!

As a reminder, we have sold out completely every year, sometimes with ticket releases selling out in a matter of hours, so don’t put off snagging your ticket until later. When the ticket announcement is made, buy your ticket—tickets are only $40 and include all sessions, lunch, snacks, a party, swag, and more, so it’s pretty much a no-brainer.

Also, be sure to fill out our session survey! We’re trying to figure out room assignments for the sessions (all three rooms are different sizes) and want to see which topics will be most popular so we have room for everyone!

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 5 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

“Always in motion is the future,” warns Yoda when talking to Luke Skywalker on Dagobah Empire Strikes Back. It’s the perfect advise too because the future is always changing—especially in open-source software.

From security issues and bug fixes, to the whole new Gutenberg editor, WordPress is constantly changing and evolving. Constant change is the nature of technology and as members of the WordPress community, WordPress users, and those who make a living with the software, we’re often looking to the future, forecasting what’s to come, and improving our knowledge and skills to remain competitive.

If you have thought about the future of WordPress, where the open source platform is going, and how you can best grow your skills, WordCamp Sacramento—happening September 21-22, 2019—is the perfect place for you to be.

For 2019, we’ve got an incredible lineup of speakers across three tracks and we’re excited to introduce you to the fifth round of speakers today:

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 4 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

In Return of the Jedi, Yoda says to Luke Skywalker, “When gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be. The Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned.” And this got us thinking…

While some people may work with WordPress for their entire career, others may work with WordPress, get involved in the community, and even speak at events like WordCamp for a short time. No matter what your level of involvement in the open-source project is, one thing is for certain: The power of WordPress is strong. It runs throughout the community and many of us are happy to pass on what we have learned and help those around us succeed.

This sentiment is especially true for our fabulous WordCamp speakers who volunteer their time (and pay their own way) to create and deliver valuable presentations for you.

In this post, we’re introducing you to our fourth round of WordCamp Speakers:

June 10, 2019June 11, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 3 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

As Obi-Wan Kenobi says, “In my experience there is no such thing as luck.” That’s why we leave nothing to chance when planning WordCamp Sacramento. We hand-craft the Beginner Track curriculum, find speakers and create sessions on topics you specifically asked for, and invite our community to apply to speak.

Securing speakers is one of the hardest parts of organizing a WordCamp—public speaking is the number one, biggest fear after all—but this year we received awesome applications and we’re confident that when we publish the schedule, you’ll be just as excited as we are.

For now though, get to know our second round of awesome speakers:

June 7, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 2 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

Just as Leia Organa relied on Obi-Wan Kenobi, saying, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope,” we rely on speakers to volunteer their time and craft presentations that educate and entertain. We also rely on new people joining the WordPress community and getting involved to continue the project for years to come.

With this in mind, the organizing team is thrilled to bring you another round of speaker announcements today, with one of our speakers clocking in at only 13 years old!

June 6, 2019

Speaker Announcement Round 1 For WordCamp Sacramento 2019

The WordCamp Scaramento organizing team has been hard at work behind the scenes nailing down the details for our fifth annual two-day WordPress conference—and we’re so excited to finally begin the speaker announcements. I know that every year we say, “This is going to be the best year ever,” and every year we truly mean it.

The lineup of speakers for the 2019 event, happening September 21-22, 2019, is pretty spectacular and today we’re starting the official announcements (done in no particular order).