Third batch of speakers announced

Tom Hermans

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WordCamp talk of Tom: Let’s talk about the REST API
Tom Hermans is a Belgian Web Developer, developing end-to-end solutions, but with a strong focus on UX, design & front-end code. His goal is to create working solutions from a user-perspective and with clean code.
Worked in the past few years for Sony, Unicef, Studio100, Axe and nowadays working as a frontend designer on the new Yelo web platform for Telenet along with a few freelance projects.
He speaks regularly at the Dutch WordCampNL or meetups in Belgium and Holland and is pretty opinionated on the way the web can move forward. He’s also been pushing the WordPress wagon in Belgium for years and is glad to have met more like-minded people to make this first WordCamp in Belgium a success. Designer of our fries logo, played with Lego as a kid according to his Twitter bio and can also communicate fluently in gifs and Star Wars memes.
Twitter: @tomhermans

Bas van der Lans

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WordCamp talk of Bas: WordPress, just another interface – Connect WordPress to Grow your Business
Bas van der Lans loves to make complex technology as clear as a cow. Whether it is a large WordPress website, iBeacon system or complex connection between software. Bas believes technology is no rocket science and anything is possible.Bas van der Lans believes anything is possible in technology. His agency Van Ons works on large scale WordPress websites and complex connections between various software. In his spare time Bas works together with clients on innovative technologies like iBeacons.
Twitter: @delans

Mathieu Viet

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WordCamp talk of Mathieu: With BuddyPress, WordPress has the power to “democratize” collaborative or community intranets.
Mathieu “imath” Viet is a BuddyPress core developer and a WordPress / BuddyPress / bbPress plugin author. With two of his friends, he also produces a monthly podcast over at Very French Trip and is one of the founding members of the “WP Paris” association, a non-profit organisation to federate WordPress enthusiasts living in & around the city of Paris. Mathieu blogs at imathi.eu.
Twitter: @imath

Ines van Essen

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WordCamp talk of Ines: So You’ve Released A WordPress Product… Now What?
Ines has been working with WordPress for a number of years, of which the past 5 years have been specifically aimed at user support. First as a freelancer, and now as a Support Ninja for WooCommerce at Automattic.
Twitter: @themotherofcode

Felix Arntz

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WordCamp talk of Felix: Multisite & Multinetwork – How it can help you and how you can help it
Felix Arntz is a web developer from Germany who specializes in WordPress development with a focus on complex web applications, helpful plugins and backend. He has been a freelancer since 2012, providing WordPress solutions for various clients. He also develops plugins for the WordPress plugin repository regularly and has been a Core Contributor for about a year.Besides his work, he is studying Applied Computer Science. When not coding, he enjoys making music, playing soccer and going out. He is also a movie geek and drinks a lot of Mountain Dew.
Twitter: @felixarntz

Thorsten Frommen

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WordCamp talk of Thorsten: One Website, All the Languages – How to Set up a Multilingual WordPress Website With MultilingualPress
Thorsten is a web developer since 2000, working with (and on) WordPress since 2005. Currently, he is a WordPress engineer and technical project lead at Inpsyde, Germany’s biggest WordPress agency. He is part of Inpsyde’s QA team, and leads the development of MultilingualPress, the multisite-based free open source plugin for multilingual websites. Thorsten is a certified PHP engineer, web development professional and tester.
Twitter: @thorstenfrommen

Edmund Turbin

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WordCamp talk of Edmund: WordPress gets responsive: Images for all devices”
Edmund Turbin is a London based Solutions Engineer at WP Engine originally from New York. He has been building CMS based websites for over 10 years and has been involved in the media, publishing and ad tech industries. His recent development work has contributed to the success of websites for Columbia University, the University of Surrey and Coty. Edmund is passionate about front end development workflow, making it easier to manage complex tasks via automation and building out next generation scalable systems for high traffic web properties. When the laptop is closed, Edmund enjoys producing Tech House in the studio, cycling and traveling the globe with his family.
Twitter: @spicecadet

Ryan King

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WordCamp talk of Ryan: Rapid Prototyping & Theme Design with Sketch
Ryan King has been designing and coding webpages for 14 years and has specialized in WordPress custom theme design and development, plugins and other customizations. His skills include HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL. He specializes in cross-disciplinary and cross-platform design centered around creating rich and engaging user experiences and has deep technical knowledge of SEO back-end assessment and implementation. He holds a B.A. in Sociology and Art History and a M.A. in Exhibition Design.
Twitter: @ryancanhelpyou

Author: Dave Loodts

Building sites since 2006. Yep, that long. Run a webdesign company called davel.be from 2006 to 2022, now renamed to Woofers where we do only WooCommerce projects. Gave back to the WordPress community as: - Co-fouder & former co-organizer of WordCamp Antwerp (Belgium) - Co-founder & former co-organizer of WordPress Meetup Antwerp (Belgium) - Founder & rormer co-founder of WordPress Meetup Hasselt (Belgium) Say hi to me on Twitter.

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