Introducing Combell as our Gold sponsor

What do you do and what is the connection with WordPress?

Combell offers hosting for every kind of website or application, for every CMS. WordPress being the most popular CMS, we have a lot of customers for whom we provide WordPress hosting. Many members of the Combell team also have a thorough expertise in WordPress and are actively involved in the WordPress community.

About which topics can you help our visitors during the WordCamp?

By helping our customers work out the best possible infrastructure for their WordPress hosting, our team has built up a rich experience in optimization of the hosting & infrastructure for WordPress. They address problems with performance and security, and know how to make use of cache for optimization.

We also want to inform visitors about our brand-new offer that’s coming soon: Managed WordPress hosting. By taking care of an important part of the technical side of the maintenance of the website (updates, security, …), the site becomes safer, which makes the internet a safer place too. And meanwhile the user can fully focus on his content. We believe that Managed WordPress is the future.

How long do you work with WordPress?

We work about 17 years with WordPress – since its very beginning – that would be the bigger part of our own existence (our company was established in 1999). In all those years, we have developed various hosting flavors to be a perfect fit for this CMS – from small websites for SME till big corporate websites.

Why do you sponsor WordCamp Antwerp?

Because our company and our customers benefit from the ease and strength of the WordPress CMS, we want to give something in return. That is why we have been supporting the community for many years.

For this edition, we are also looking for the best WordPress ambassadors to test our new product that’s coming soon: Managed WordPress. We are interested in their feedback, and are eager to learn how we can improve it even more.

Why should people come to WordCamp Antwerp?

WordCamp Antwerp is the best place for all WordPress users and developers to learn about the newest features and best practices. With so many WordPress experts present, it is a good place to establishing partnerships, to getting to know the newest services on the market, such as our new Managed WordPress offer.

And of course, it is always a great place for networking with other WP enthusiasts who think alike. Here you not only build businesslike relations, but also friendships, and both will benefit you in the long run.

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Apply as a speaker

Apply as a Speaker!

[The call for speakers has been closed on Jan 31st.]

WordCamp Antwerp will take place from 27th until 29th March 2020. And of course, we need some great speakers for the Conference Days!

We’re expecting around 225 web designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, bloggers and trainers, from Belgium and beyond, all equally passionate about WordPress.

So with pleasure we now invite you to apply as a speaker!

Everyone can apply!

Talks can be held in Dutch, English and/or French. We offer different kinds of formats: workshops, talks and lightning talks. You can choose whatever subject and duration feels right for you. A short talk does not necessarily have to lack depth, for instance. Please mention in your application whether you expect your audience to have some kind of prior knowledge.

Also, it is important to mention the language in which you will be speaking (Dutch, English and/or French). If you speak both, we’ll choose the language ourselves since we want a good balance between Dutch and English talks in our program. Feel free to do several applications if you’ve got more than one idea. We’ll choose which presentation fits the program best. We kindly ask you to mention one idea/talk per application.

No speaker experience? No worries, we’ll help!

We offer personal counselling for new speakers like we did last WordCamp. Everyone has something interesting to say. Of course, this guidance is optional for every WordCamp speaker: from newbies to experienced speakers who simply want some feedback on their presentation. Good to know: our personal counselling also assists you when you want to submit your application for a talk.

You can also practice your talk during one of our WordPress Meetup groups, visit wpbelgium.be for more information.

Mail us for more info about the personal counselling for new speakers.

Need some inspiration?

Not sure what subject you can talk about? WordCamp Europe made a list of topic ideas or get in touch and start a conversation about the possibilities!-


[The call for speakers has been closed on Jan 31st.]