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A Ride into WordCamp Bhopal 2016

The Day started when the attendees reached the registration desk, where they were handed their kits meanwhile the online attendance was being taken, everyone was on their best foot and things at registration went really well with the breakfast being a cherry on top of icing.

The Event took a head start with Puneet Sahalot’s (Founder IdeaBox Creations) Session which was on ‘Introduction to WordPress’, he gave a brief history of how WordPress evolved from a blogging platform to a CMS.

The next session was followed by Aditya Kane (Chief Cultural Officer at Yapapaya) on ‘Why choose a career in open source (WordPress)’ where he talked about ‘What is open-source. OSS impact on the world Free and open web. Why do we need to protect it? Why WordPress GPL, Software as philosophy and career prospects.

The tea break was followed by Swapnil Patil (Organizer WordCamp Pune) giving a brief on ‘How to Translate a WordPress Theme/Plugin’, Nirav Mehta’s (Developer of Plugins) session on ‘Why We Indian Developers Fail; And what you can do about it’ intrigued the attendees, Nirav’s storytelling interaction worked tremendously good .

It has been rightly said, “Hunger makes a thief of any man”. So the Lunch started soon after Nirav’s session, concurrently few had interaction with the sponsors on their separate desk. Our gold sponsors for the event were like JetPack, WooCommerce and rtCamp. Whereas Godaddy Pro, Bluehost, Milesweb  were the silver sponsors for the Event. Wpml.com with many others were bronze sponsors.

Soon after everyone was back under the same roof few more sessions were orated, where Amit Singh (Founder and CEO Wpoets) talked about: “Stop coding, Start assembling websites”. This was followed by Alexander Grounder’s (Ink my web) session on ‘The ways of Contributing to WordPress.’

Next speaker of the session was Saurabh Shukla (Chief Strategist at Yapapya and the Chief Mentor at BaapWP.me) and he spoke on Collaboration Oriented Development. The last session was by Rahul Bansal (CEO of rtCamp) on ‘How to build high-quality WordPress agency in Bhopal’. A Panel discussion on “How do WordPress agencies hire” was engaged for creating awareness about how WordPress offers you to see your career in it.

The event ended by a Vote of Thanks to all the Sponsors that helped the WordCamp 2016 come alive, Speakers for being a constant preceptor throughout the journey of WordCamp Bhopal 2016, and also the Organizers, Volunteers, and Attendees for their support in making the event a ‘Grand Success’.

This year WordCamp Bhopal 2017 is back with more enthusiasm for you Techies, Join Us on this 17th December.

WordCamp Bhopal 2016 Schedule

“Celebrate what you have accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.”

So here we are to help you raise your bars. The official schedule for WordCamp is here not just interesting sessions for you but some delicious food and perks for you.

Find out what is the schedule given below,

TIME MAIN EVENT
9:00 am Registrations & Breakfast
10:00 am Inaugural Session, Introduction to WordCamp Bhopal 2016
10:30 am An introduction to WordPress by Puneet Sahalot
11:00 am Contributing to WordPressAlexander Gounder
11:30 am Break
11:40 am Why choose a career in open source (WordPress)Aditya Kane
12:10 pm Why We Indian Developers Fail… And what you can do about it..Nirav Mehta
12:40 pm Building high quality WordPress agency in India!Rahul Bansal
1:10 pm Lunch and Networking
2:30 pm Nurturing local WordPress community – Panel Discussion
3:10 pm How to Translate a WordPress Theme/PluginSwapnil Patil
3:40 pm Stop coding, start assembling your websitesAmit Singh
4:10 pm Break
4:30 pm Collaboration Oriented DevelopmentSaurabh Shukla
5:15 pm End Credits, Feedbacks & Goodbyes

Get ready to dive into the ocean of WordPress.

BuddyBoss is our Bronze Sponsor

We are happy to announce BuddyBoss as our bronze Sponsor.

BuddyBoss helps entrepreneurs to create successful BuddyPress communities. We build and sell a suite of products for building social networks, including themes, plugins and packaged solutions. We have a team of specialized designers and developers who understand BuddyPress inside and out. Oh, and we’re hiring.

Our goal is to spread the word about BuddyPress, to contribute to the BuddyPress community, and to help organizations build fantastic, lively communities for their fans and followers.

You can Follow BuddyBoss on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

CybroGeek is supporting us as a bronze Sponsor

CybroGeek Corporation is in to the business of IT Resourcing from past 6 years. Having its HQ in Daman UT, an IN Territory it has its consequtive branches in Mumbai , California US, Lagos Nigeria providing development services & may more addons in it .

Know more about CybroGeek:

We are global provider of end-to-end Information Technology Services, based in India. And it was started by a group of entrepreneurs with a sole mission of establishing a dedicated Research & Development Cell and bringing the findings to the benefit of budding Engineers.

CybroGeek Corporation provides Web Designing, App Development, Digital Forensic, Cyber Forensic, learning & hosting Services.

Following this we have 4 sister concerns namely O9L Networks, Imhosts, Cybrogeek IT Academy and ZamZam Computers running under one roof.

You will be glad to know, we are hiring! Spot us at WordCamp to share some happy talks.

WPML is a Global Bronze Sponsor

WPML is our Bronze Global Sponsor. We are glad to have their support in making this WordCamp and many more across the globe happen.

WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org

Bluehost is our Global Silver Sponsor

Bluehost is our Silver Global Sponsor. We are glad to have their support in making this WordCamp and many more across the globe happen.

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over one million WordPress sites. Their goal is to provide outstanding hosting services and customer support for the best possible price. Bluehost is also constantly innovating and upgrading their services and infrastructure at no additional cost to their customers. Join the millions of other website owners that have already chosen Bluehost and see how they can help you with your site.

You can follow Bluehost on facebook and twitter.

GoDaddy is our Silver Sponsor

GoDaddy is our Global  silver Sponsor. We are glad to have their support in making this WordCamp and many more across the globe happen.

 

GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. With more than 12 million customers worldwide and 57 million domain names under management, GoDaddy gives small business owners the tools to name their idea, build a beautiful online presence, attract customers and manage their business.

Bhopal and WordCamp

The glorious month of September will witness the grand celebration of the WordPress Community Bhopal. WordCamp Bhopal 2016 is going to be the first ever event in the history of Bhopal at such a tremendous level , bringing laurels to the prestige of Bhopal.

WordCamp Bhopal 2016 will be a one of a kind event , organised by some college students who inherits passion for WordPress and a knack for open source.

Bhopal, the startling city

Also called as- The city of lakes, The city of Nawabs and the capital of Madhya Pradesh was originally founded by the 11th century ruler, Raja Bhoj and thus named Bhojpal. The present city was established by an Afgan named Dost Mohammad in 1770s.

The city has religious attractions like ancient temples, old mosques and the the imprints of the patricians of the city. The city has the traces of different primeval cultures from Hindus, Moguls to Buddhists and Afghan. Bhopal comprises of a fascinating blend of a scenic beauty with lakes, museums, statues, parks and resides the headquarters of the state government of Madhya Pradesh.

Major tourist attractions like Kanha Tiger Reserve, Sanchi Stupa, National Museum of Mankind, Moti Mazjid & Jama Mazjid, Bheembetka, Van Vihar are some which you should never miss while you are in Bhopal.

We Bhopalis are both foodaholics and affable. Don’t let the fast lane fool you about the fun you can have in Bhopal.

Inimitable WordCamp

The community comprehending college students as organizers and volunteers, not only established in accordance with an area of interest but their dedication, passion and enthusiasm made this WordCamp possible. The Wordcamp community comprises of freelancers, publishers, writers and developers sharing common interest, owed to WordPress.

Get engage with WordCamp Bhopal 2016.

If you’re Bhopali or live near Bhopal, you can join the Meetup group and start attending the meetups at WordPress Bhopal Meetup Group.

You can join us by volunteering, speaking or by sponsoring us. The forms will be out soon.

Do subscribe WordCamp Bhopal 2016 for regular updates and also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the same. You can contact organisers using the contact form and ask any question related to WordCamp Bhopal 2016.

WordCamp Bhopal is over. Check out the next edition!