The call for speakers is now closed!

Let’s talk!

WordCamp Glasgow is a small local gathering, so we’re looking for new, nearby, and first-time speakers – in addition to friends from afar with a little more experience!

Our sessions will be 25 minutes long with 10 additional minutes for Q&A with the audience. If you have more than one great idea, please submit them all, and we’ll pick the one that fits the best.

We are planning two tracks, loosely structured around code/development and business/design/content. The cut-off for speaker applications is Monday 6 January.

What can I talk about?

We are looking for speakers who can tell great stories about WordPress and the work they do with it. What have you learned? What problems have you solved? How do you use certain plugins in your business? What’s something amazing you’ve done, and how did you do it? What’s an issue we need to pay more attention to?

If you’d like some inspiration, have a look at the talks which were given at WordCamp Edinburgh 2018, WordCamp Edinburgh 2017, and WordCamp London 2018.

If you want to discuss your idea ahead of submission just do so using the form.

How does this work?

• We’re happy to mentor first-time and nervous speakers. We were all there once!
• Your talk will be filmed for uploading to wordpress.tv, and all successful speakers will be required to sign an A/V release form.
• We will inform successful speakers beginning in early January. If you are accepted, please don’t announce your talk until we announce the full schedule; that’s so we can ensure all prospective speakers can still attend, and so that we can offer slots to backup speakers.
• We will have a green room for you to relax and prepare for your talk.
• As a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event, we are unable to pay for speakers’ travel & accommodation. You do get a free ticket, though, so if you’re applying to speak, don’t buy a ticket just yet!

Is there anything else I should know?

As with everything at WordCamp Glasgow, all talks need to follow our Code of Conduct. Also, remember that WordCamp talks are for you to share your expertise, not to sell your products and services, so anything that looks or smells like an advert is a no-no!