Participation in events

List of past and future participations in WordCamp, Meetup and New format events, and other type of events

Independent events, which are not official WordCamp events, are also mentioned (such as WPTech, WPSessions, WordFest Live, Cloudfest/Hackathon).
My role is mentioned when I was a speaker, (co-)organiser, volunteer, microsponsor, or just a simple happy attendee.

I hope those will exist in the future, I would definitively attend: WordCamp India, WordCamp LATAM, WordCamp Africa

2025

• WordCamp Europe – city and dates to be announced later, June 2025. I’ll probably be an organiser for the 2nd year
• WordCamp Asia in Manila – Philippines, February 2025. If I go (TBC), I will probably apply as a speaker or volunteer

2024

• WordCamp Bretagne – France, date to be announced. Event supporter and probably volunteer or speaker
• WordCamp Europe in Torino – Italy, 13-15 June 2024, organiser, Volunteer team lead
• Switzerland Community Day – Murten, Switzerland, 23 March 2024, organiser. (information on NextGen events on wp.org)
• Cloudfest – Europa-Park, Germany, 18-21 March 2024, attendee
• Cloudfest Hackathon – Europa-Park, Germany. 16-18 March 2024, “Can Everyone Use” project participant

I would also love to attend/speak/volunteer again at WordCamp events in 2024 in France, Spain and Italy (in addition to WCEU)

“Event supporter” (aka “WordCamp Mentor”) for the following WordCamp:

• WordCamp Bretagne 2024, France, Date to be announced

2023

• WordCamp Verona – Italy, 17-18 November 2023, Copper sponsor with Interaction.Site and speaker (see here)
• WordCamp Madrid – Spain, 4-5 November 2023, attendee
• WPSessions’ WooSesh – online event, 10-12 October 2023, attendee
• WordCamp Biarritz – France, 6 October 2023, event supporter and volunteer
• WordCamp US, Fort Washington – MD – USA, 24-26 August 2023, volunteer and a “backup-speaker” (every speaker came, I didn’t give a talk)
• Community Summit, Fort Washington – MD – USA, 22-23 August 2023, thank you for the invitation!
• WordCamp Europe in Athens – Greece, 8-10 June 2023, volunteer and speaker (panelist, see the recording) + and independently organised side-event organiser on 7 June: Picnic in the park
• WP’s 20th anniversary – Big meetup (mini-WordCamp style) Geneva, 27 May 2023, organiser
• Atarim’s Web Agency Summit – online event, 25-28 April 2023, attendee
• WordCamp Torino – Italy, 14-15 April 2023, Copper sponsor with Interaction.Site
• WordCamp Switzerland in Morat/Murten – Switzerland, 31 March-1 April 2023, organiser in charge of sponsors and attendees

“Event supporter” (aka “WordCamp Mentor”) for the following events:

• WordCamp Biarritz 2023 (see above)
• WordCamp Netherlands 2023 (didn’t attend)
• WordCamp Vienna 2023 (didn’t attend)

2022

• WordFest Live – online event, 16 December 2022, attendee and donor
• WordCamp Italia in Milano – Italia, 11-12 November 2022, microsponsor with Interaction.Site
• WordCamp Lyon – France, 28 October 2022, volunteer
• WPSessions’ WooSesh – online event, 11-13 October 2022, attendee
• WordCamp Europe in Porto – Portugal, 2-4 June 2022, volunteer
  and (independently organised) side-event organiser on 1 June Picnic in the park
• WPSessions’ WordSesh – online event, 16-20 May 2022, attendee
• WordCamp Genève – Switzerland, due to COVID-19, the WordCamp Genève (Geneva), initially planned for 20-21 March 2020 has been first postponed to 9-10 October 2020, then cancelled and was finally held on 9 April 2022, lead-organiser
• WordFest Live, online event, 4 March 2022, attendee

2021

• WPSessions’ WooSesh – online event, 12-15 October 2021, attendee
• WordFest Live – online event, 23 July 2021, attendee
• WordCamp Europe online – due to COVID-19, the event happened online on 3-5 June 2021, attendee
• WPSessions’ WordSesh, online event, 24 May-4 June 2021, attendee
• WordFest Live, online event, 22 January 2021, attendee

2020

• WPSessions’ WooSesh, online event, 12-14 October 2020, attendee
• WPSessions’ WordSesh EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, Africa) online event, 2 Sep 2020, speaker
• WordCamp Europe “online” – due to COVID-19, the event initially planned to be held in Porto, Portugal, 4-6 June 2020, became an online event, attendee
• WordCamp Paris – France, due to COVID-19, the WordCamp Paris, initially planned for 17 April 2020 has been postponed to a later date or cancelled, I was scheduled to be a speaker
• WordCamp Genève, postponed, see 2022, lead-organiser

2019

• WordCamp Milano – Italy, 22-23 November 2019, microsponsor with gatheringwp.com (now WPMondo)
• WordCamp Zurich – Switzerland, 13-14 September 2019, organiser in charge of sponsors
• WordCamp Europe in Berlin – Germany, 20-23 June 2019, volunteer
• Meetup-day (mini-WordCamp style) Geneva, 9 March 2019, organiser

2018

• WordCamp Milano – Italy, 16-17 November 2018, volunteer
• WordCamp Lausanne – Switzerland, 28-29 September 2018, co-organiser in charge of sponsors, replacement speaker (as 4 didn’t come!) and panel participant + bronze sponsor with Virtuaza
• WPTech in Lyon – France (out of official WordCamp program) 28 April 2018, attendee
• WordCamp Torino – Italy, 6-7 April 2018, attendee
• WordCamp Paris – France, 9 March 2018, backup speaker (every speaker came, I didn’t give a talk)

2017

• WordCamp Milano – Italy, 17-18 November 2017, volunteer
• WordCamp Marseille – France, 15 September 2017, speaker
• WordCamp Bern – Switzerland, 8-9 September 2017, co-organiser in charge of sponsors
• WordCamp Europe in Paris – France, 15-17 June 2017, volunteer
• WordCamp Torino – Italy, 7-8 April 2017, microsponsor with interaction.site (old version 😉 )

2016

• WordCamp Geneva – Switzerland, 18-19 November 2016, lead-organiser,
  microsponsor with interaction.site (old version 😉 )
• WordCamp Milano – Italy, 21-22 October 2016, microsponsor with CollectifWP (now defunct)
• WordCamp Europe in Vienna – Austria, 24-26 June 2016, attendee

2015

• WordCamp Switzerland in Zurich – Switzerland, 19-20 September 2015, volunteer
• WordCamp Lyon – France, 5 June 2015, attendee
• WordCamp Paris – France, 23-24 January 2015, microsponsor with CollectifWP (now defunct)

2014

• WordCamp Switzerland in Zurich – Switzerland, 3-4 May 2014, speaker (but the talk never made it onto WordPress TV)
• WordCamp Paris – France, 17-18 January 2014, attendee

2013

• WordCamp Europe in Leiden – The Netherlands, 5-7 October 2013, attendee (it was my first ever WordCamp!)