It’s been a while since I have been involved with organizing a WordCamp. After a 4-year break, this is changing now. I am very excited that WordCamp Zurich is taking place on September 14, 2019.
Back in 2014 and 2015, we already hosted two amazing WordPress conferences in Zurich. After a small local event in Switzerland in 2011, those were the first bigger WordCamps with a more international audience. We called them WordCamp Switzerland, as the Swiss community felt we were to small to host city-named events.
In the following years, many things have changed. The Swiss WordPress community was — and still is — flourishing. This year’s WordCamp Europe in Berlin is excellent proof for that, as there were about 30 attendees from Switzerland present, which I think is amazing.
Many new WordPress meetups throughout the country have been started since the last WordCamp Switzerland. There have been WordCamps in Geneva, Bern, and Lausanne in the last three years. As a community, we thought now is a good time to go back to Zurich for once.
What to Expect at WordCamp Zurich
WordCamp Zurich is not just a local WordPress conference. It is a collaboration between WordPress enthusiasts and friends from all over Switzerland, joining forces to make sure this event will be just as awesome as the previous conferences.
Conference Day
The main event is taking place on Saturday, September 14th in the heart of Zurich. This is gonna be one full day with talks from speakers from both local and international speakers, in German and English.
The Call for Speakers for this conference day is going to open soon, so make sure to subscribe to any news updates.
Contributor Day
On September 13, the day before the actual conference, we are organizing a so-called Contributor Day. This event gives you a special opportunity to learn more about how you can contribute to the WordPress open source project.
This will be a smaller gathering at a different venue. Once registration is open, we will communicate it on the WordCamp website and all social media channels.
Call for Sponsors
To make this event a success, the Swiss WordPress community needs your support! WordCamps are non-profit events, organized by people from within the community on a voluntary basis. We rely on companies and individual sponsors to support us, so that we are able to provide attendees with a great event at very affordable ticket prices.
If you are interested in sponsoring WordCamp Zurich, please check out our Call for Sponsors post.