Schedule

Each year WordCamp Montreal strives to offer a wide variety of talks and discussions about and around WordPress. Our speakers are passionate, expert volunteers who want to teach you about WordPress and publishing on the web.

About the presentations

The event is organized into three different rooms that each have something going on at any given moment. Our goal is to ensure that any WordPress user, whether they are an experienced WordPress developer or a novice blogger, always has at least one talk going on that will be interesting to them. Not all talks are appropriate for all users, but we are confident that anyone could walk away form WordCamp with lots of new knowledge and ideas for making the most of WordPress.

Presentations are 45 minutes long, including time for questions with 15 minutes between talks for switching rooms if necessary, unless otherwise indicated.

Please note that the schedule is subject to change. Please double check the schedule the day of the event. As our speakers are volunteers, we occasionally have unavoidable last minute cancellations.

WordCamp Montréal 2015

Sunday June 28 / le dimanche 28 juin

11:30-14:00 Pique-nique WordCamp PicnicParc Mont-Royal, Parc Ave, Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument

This year we are organizing a number of special workshops the week before WordCamp. These are hands-on workshop. A special ticket to each workshop is required, in addition to your general WordCamp ticket. Space is limited. Be sure to read the prerequisites for each workshop carefully.

WordCamp Montréal 2015

Hands-On Workshops

Monday June 29 /
le lundi 29 juin
Tuesday June 30 /
le mardi 30 juin
Wednesday July 1 /
le mercredi 1 juillet
Thursday July 2 /
le jeudi 2 juillet
19:00-21:00 WordPress for Beginners
Elida Arrizza
Workshop Track
SOLD OUT (Special Ticket Required)
Sid Lee : 8 rue Queen
“Hello World” of WordPress Theming: An Introduction to WordPress Theme Building
Alex Dankoff
Workshop Track
SOLD OUT (Special Ticket Required)
SidLee : 8 rue Queen
Holiday /
Jour de congé
Let’s Install Vagrant and a WordPress Development Environment
Paul Bearne
Workshop Track
SOLD OUT (Special Ticket Required)
Sid Lee : 8 rue Queen
19:00-21:00 Discover the World of Object-Oriented Programming
Carl Alexander
Workshop Track
SOLD OUT (Special Ticket Required)
Centre cloud.ca 420 Rue Guy
Develop your First WordPress Plugin
Yannick Lefebvre
Workshop Track
SOLD OUT (Special Ticket Required)
Centre cloud.ca 420 Rue Guy
Holiday /
Jour de congé

WordCamp Montréal 2015

Saturday July 4 / le samedi 4 juillet

Lecture Room H-407 Alumni Auditorium H-110 de Sève Cinéma LB-125 Atrium LB building (ground floor)
8:00-8:30 Coffee / Pause-café • Atrium LB building (ground floor)
8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks / Ouverture • Alumni Auditorium H-110
9:00-10:00 WordPress Customizer: For Themes and More
Rick Radko
Code Track
L’interface WordPress pour les nuls
Jennifer Doré Dallas
User Track
WordPress Design Trends
Mel Choyce
UX Track
Happiness Bar
10:00-11:00 Speed Up Your Site!
Meagan Hanes
Code Track
Posts vs. Pages & Categories vs. Tags
Shanta R. Nathwani
User Track
Typography, Web Fonts, and Your Site
Jennifer Ecker
UX Track
11:00-12:00 Créer votre propre Shortcode
Michael Bontyes
Code Track
Conquer Your Files… A Basic Lesson in Content Organization
Veronica Louis
User Track
How to Create a Website That Doesn’t Suck (Using SMART Objectives, Personas and Wireframes)
Dana Salman
UX Track
12:00-12:30 Lunch (catered) / Dîner (service traiteur) • Atrium LB building (ground floor)
12:30-13:00 Comment stimuler vos neurones avec du fun? Anna Takahashi / Special TrackAtrium
13:00-14:00 WP-CLI: Save Time by Managing WordPress from the Command Line
Shawn Hooper
Code Track
Share Your Success Story / Partagez vos réussites
User Track
Beyond UX: Designing for Delight
Belinda Darcey
UX Track
Happiness Bar
14:00-15:00 Combining Custom Post Types, Fields, and Meta Boxes to do the Impossible with WordPress
Allison Levine
Code Track
Don’t Let It Die On The Vine: Essential Tips For Managing Your New WordPress Site
Sarah Marie Lacy
User Track
Du contenu sur mesure (sur papier!)
Michal Bluma
UX Track
15:00-15:30 Break / Pause • Atrium LB building (ground floor)
15:30-16:30 Comment écrire du code sécure
Stéphane Boisvert
Code Track
Ça coute combien un site Web?
Shannon Smith
User Track
A CSS Adventure
Kathryn Presner
User Track
Happiness Bar
16:30-17:30 Building Client Side Web Applications with WordPress and WP-API
Roy Sivan
Code Track
Do You *Really* Need a 2kg Pocket Knife? Choosing the Best Ecommerce Solution for Your Site
Kate Newbill
User Track
Discussion entre blogueuses : « la parole des femmes sur le Web »
Élise Desaulniers / Marianne Prairie
Special Track
20:00 Afterparty • Bar Salon Cinémathèque Québécoise, 335 De Maisonneuve Blvd East

WordCamp Montréal 2015

Sunday July 5 / le dimanche 5 juillet

Lecture Room H-407 Amphitheatre H-110 de Sève Cinéma LB-125 Atrium LB building
8:00-8:30 Coffee / Pause-café • Atrium LB building (ground floor)
8:30-9:00 Comment stimuler vos neurones avec du fun? Anna Takahashi / Special Track • Atrium
9:00-10:00 Faites décoller votre site avec Jetpack
Richard Archambault
User Track
Gestion de Communauté 101
Jean-Pierre Valery
Marketing Track
Themes That Make You Go Hmmmm: Theme Strategies for Designers
Elana Rudick
Theming Track
Happiness Bar
10:00-11:00 Discover the Power of Browser Developer Tools
Yannick Lefebvre
Code Track
Use Content Marketing to Better Reach Your Ideal Audience
Brian Rotsztein
Marketing Track
Jetpack for Theme Developers
Kelly Dwan
Theming Track
11:00-12:00 Travailler localement avec Vagrant
Nick Adams
Code Track
How to Turn Your WordPress Site into a Marketing Machine
Liesl Barrell / Mohamed Hamad
Marketing Track
Why the Plumber Always Wins
Luca Sartoni
Theming Track
12:00-12:30 Lunch (catered) / Dîner (service traiteur) • Atrium LB building (ground floor)
12:30-13:00 How to Boost your Brain with Fun? Anna Takahashi / Special TrackAtrium
13:00-14:00 Renouvelez votre amour de WordPress avec Bedrock
Louis-Michel Couture
Code Track
Top Tips to Trigger Traffic
Chrissie Pollock
Marketing Track
WordPress Accessibility – The Fundamentals of Web Accessibility
Jordan Quintal
Theming Track
Happiness Bar
14:00-15:00 Put a Map On It! Enhanced Geolocation and Mapping with Geo Mashup
Jeremy Clarke
Code Track
Optimiser Google Analytics pour WordPress
Bernard Prince
Marketing Track
Plonger dans les plugins
Francisco Sottolichio
Theming Track
15:00-16:00 How I Made a Career Using WordPress Without Knowing a Line of Code
Andrea Zoellner
Special Track
How to A/B Test with WordPress: Conversions Aren’t Just for Landing Pages
Brendan Sera-Shriar
Marketing Track
Be a Customer Service Superstar with Customized WP-Admin
Sarah C. Hines
Theming Track
16:00-16:30 Closing Remarks / Fermeture • Alumni Auditorium H-110