The Full WCANT Schedule

Friday, march 27th 2020

Conference day #1

Location: University of Antwerp (Stadscampus), entrance: Grote Kauwenberg 2, 2000 Antwerpen.

Time	Django	Thelonious	Ella	Community Room
9:30 am	Registration & Coffee
10:00 am	Opening remarks Favorite session: Opening remarks
10:30 am	Who wants a cookie? Pieter Carette Favorite session: Who wants a cookie?		Getting started with Docker for local plugin/theme development Toon Van de Putte Favorite session: Getting started with Docker for local plugin/theme development	Community booths & Sponsors, Helpdesk & more Favorite session: Community booths & Sponsors, Helpdesk & more
11:30 am	The Accessibility Business Case Taeke Reijenga Favorite session: The Accessibility Business Case		Hacking WordPress Nestor Angulo de Ugarte Favorite session: Hacking WordPress
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Practical tips on how to meet new people at a WordCamp Karin Berning Favorite session: Practical tips on how to meet new people at a WordCamp	From WordPress to Gatsby Dimitri Mestdagh Favorite session: From WordPress to Gatsby	Fighting malware with Shell Scripting Brecht Ryckaert Favorite session: Fighting malware with Shell Scripting
1:45 pm	Tips & Tricks for remote working Anke Van Reeth Favorite session: Tips & Tricks for remote working
2:00 pm	How Drupal led me to WordPress Edmund Turbin Favorite session: How Drupal led me to WordPress
2:30 pm	Contributing to WordPress design is not (only) about making things pretty Monique Dubbelman Favorite session: Contributing to WordPress design is not (only) about making things pretty	ESNext: Proposals to look forward to Bramus Van Damme Favorite session: ESNext: Proposals to look forward to	Modern development techniques with WordPress Julien Lambé Favorite session: Modern development techniques with WordPress
2:45 pm			Relaxation with continuous integration Wouter Van de Wille Favorite session: Relaxation with continuous integration
3:00 pm			WordPress as a dependency Romain Luyten Favorite session: WordPress as a dependency
3:30 pm	Coffee break
4:00 pm	Charlie Magazine – Online publishing with WordPress Marc Nuijten Favorite session: Charlie Magazine – Online publishing with WordPress	Do you know CSS? Eva Brarens Favorite session: Do you know CSS?	Let’s get you geared up to tackle legacy code Frederick Vanbrabant Favorite session: Let’s get you geared up to tackle legacy code
4:15 pm		How to slow down your site with style, not substance Frank Goossens Favorite session: How to slow down your site with style, not substance
4:30 pm		A journey into building a community for women who code in Belgium Eva Brarens, Claudia Reynders Favorite session: A journey into building a community for women who code in Belgium
5:00 pm	Bar time (Agora Caffee UA)

Contributor Evening

Location: ViaVia Antwerpen, Wolstraat 43, 2000 Antwerpen

Find out how the WordPress Project works and how you can contribute yourself on our Contributor Evening (you need to register separately for the contributor evening).

Saturday, march 28th 2020

Conference day #2

Location: University of Antwerp (Stadscampus), entrance: Grote Kauwenberg 2, 2000 Antwerpen.

Time	Django	Thelonious	Ella	Community Room
9:00 am	Registration & Coffee
9:30 am	Opening remarks Day 2 Favorite session: Opening remarks Day 2
10:00 am	Hallo wereld: de uitdagingen van een meertalig WordPress-project Rosanne van Staalduinen Favorite session: Hallo wereld: de uitdagingen van een meertalig WordPress-project	Approach it like a programmer would Anne-Mieke Bovelett Favorite session: Approach it like a programmer would	Just another platform. About headless WP, JAMStack and GraphQL… Tom Hermans Favorite session: Just another platform. About headless WP, JAMStack and GraphQL…	Community booths & Sponsors, Helpdesk & more Favorite session: Community booths & Sponsors, Helpdesk & more
11:00 am	A talk that nobody wants to hear Csaba Varszegi Favorite session: A talk that nobody wants to hear	How to choose the right theme and plugin for your project? Roelinde Brons Favorite session: How to choose the right theme and plugin for your project?	When performance matters: hosting a shitload of WordPress sites Jachim Coudenys, Ike Devolder Favorite session: When performance matters: hosting a shitload of WordPress sites
11:15 am		4 veel gemaakte fouten met backups Richard van Denderen Favorite session: 4 veel gemaakte fouten met backups
11:30 am		Wat komt er na de “famous 5-minute install”, deel twee van de WordPress installatie. Cedriek Vos Favorite session: Wat komt er na de “famous 5-minute install”, deel twee van de WordPress installatie.
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Sustainable freelancing! Wendie Huis in t Veld Favorite session: Sustainable freelancing!	Designing with blocks: is it even possible? Dave Loodts Favorite session: Designing with blocks: is it even possible?	Why is my site so slow? Herre Groen Favorite session: Why is my site so slow?
1:15 pm	Boost your Business with a Personal Brand Christina Arntz Favorite session: Boost your Business with a Personal Brand
1:30 pm	Becoming a better developer, by stepping out of your comfort zone Coen Jacobs Favorite session: Becoming a better developer, by stepping out of your comfort zone
2:00 pm	Hoe manage je het beste je projecten én je opdrachtgever? Christien van de Sande Favorite session: Hoe manage je het beste je projecten én je opdrachtgever?	Growing & Managing a WordPress agency in 2020 Jeroen Buggenhoudt Favorite session: Growing & Managing a WordPress agency in 2020	IoT, from GPS tracker to WordPress & co Kristof Bernaert Favorite session: IoT, from GPS tracker to WordPress & co
2:15 pm		Site migrations: SEO best practices Mathias Noyez Favorite session: Site migrations: SEO best practices
2:30 pm		WordPress Speed Improvement Tips You May Not Know Rhys Wynne Favorite session: WordPress Speed Improvement Tips You May Not Know
3:00 pm	Heal the internet Danny van Kooten Favorite session: Heal the internet	“Waarom en hoe ik AMP HTML uit mijn website heb gesloopt en welk effect had dit?” Herman Maes Favorite session: “Waarom en hoe ik AMP HTML uit mijn website heb gesloopt en welk effect had dit?”	Continuous WordPress Michelangelo van Dam Favorite session: Continuous WordPress
4:00 pm	Closing remarks Favorite session: Closing remarks
4:30 pm	Bar time (Agora Caffee UA)

After party

Location: Antwerpse Brouw Compagnie (Taproom), Indiëstraat 21, 2000 Antwerpen. Check the venue page for more info.

After the conference, we’ll have our traditional after party: be sure to stay in town and enjoy the conversations in one of Antwerps own breweries. The after party will start from 20:00.

Sunday, march 29th 2020

Community Afternoon

Location: The old city, meeting point Grote Markt 1

We’ll end the weekend with a Community Afternoon. Walking through Antwerp with the Community, exploring hotspots, hearing the not-touristic info about Antwerp, doing some fun team-activities and make new WordPress friends (you need to register separately for the community afternoon).