Schedule

WordCamp Ann Arbor 2016 will be taking place on October 14th and 15th, 2016.

User

Developer

Business

Designer

Friday October 14

Time	Pendleton	Pond	Wolverine
7:00 am	Registration
8:00 am	WordPress Introduction Peter Shackelford Favorite session: WordPress Introduction	Hiring, Firing and Subcontracting: What We’ve Learned – Panel Ross Johnson, Adam Silver, Cory Miller, Rebecca Gill Favorite session: Hiring, Firing and Subcontracting: What We’ve Learned – Panel	Local Development Workshop Marc Benzakein Favorite session: Local Development Workshop
9:00 am	Getting Acclimated to WordPress Anthony Montalbano Favorite session: Getting Acclimated to WordPress	Selling and Managing WordPress Projects – Panel Kyle Maurer, Kevin Skarritt, Thomas Stirling, Ian Wilson Favorite session: Selling and Managing WordPress Projects – Panel
9:30 am			Version Control Workshop Joel Worsham Favorite session: Version Control Workshop
10:00 am	Getting Dialed In Seth Alling Favorite session: Getting Dialed In	Organizing WordPress Events – Panel Kyle Maurer, Sarah Collins, Angela Bergman, Michelle Schulp Favorite session: Organizing WordPress Events – Panel
11:00 am	Getting Advanced Angela Samuels Favorite session: Getting Advanced	Building Software that Sells and Scales – Panel Chris Christoff, Justin Ferriman, Adam Warner, Rebecca Gill Favorite session: Building Software that Sells and Scales – Panel	Unit Tests Workshop Ben Cool Favorite session: Unit Tests Workshop
12:00 pm	Final Considerations Ross Johnson Favorite session: Final Considerations
12:30 pm	Lunch

Friday lunch groups

Friday afternoon activities

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Developer

Business

Designer

Saturday October 15

Time	Auditorium
7:00 am	Registration
8:00 am	Opening Remarks
8:15 am	Keynote Cory Miller Favorite session: Keynote

Time	Amphitheatre	Assembly Hall	West Conference Room
9:00 am	DIY Design: Think Like A Designer When Creating Your Site Michelle Schulp Favorite session: DIY Design: Think Like A Designer When Creating Your Site	Rightsizing your WordPress Site Build: Knowing when to do it yourself, hire a freelancer, or a WordPress agency Karim Marucchi Favorite session: Rightsizing your WordPress Site Build: Knowing when to do it yourself, hire a freelancer, or a WordPress agency	Constructing a Large Informational Site Becky Davis Favorite session: Constructing a Large Informational Site
9:50 am	Ecommerce Fundamentals Andrew Wikel Favorite session: Ecommerce Fundamentals	How to build an email list and generate qualified leads using WordPress AJ Morris Favorite session: How to build an email list and generate qualified leads using WordPress	More Core Functions You (Maybe) Don’t Know Exist Nicole Arnold Favorite session: More Core Functions You (Maybe) Don’t Know Exist
10:15 am	WordPress, SEO and You Rebecca Gill Favorite session: WordPress, SEO and You	Your Theme Does Not Dictate Your Business Russell Aaron Favorite session: Your Theme Does Not Dictate Your Business	If I Knew Then What I Know Now Ian Wilson Favorite session: If I Knew Then What I Know Now
11:05 am	A Behavior-oriented Approach to Design and Function Alex Beaudin Favorite session: A Behavior-oriented Approach to Design and Function	Where to Find the Right WordPress Help For You Rich Robinkoff Favorite session: Where to Find the Right WordPress Help For You	Creating an Effective WordPress Website Annie Wolock Favorite session: Creating an Effective WordPress Website
11:30 am	Lunch
1:30 pm	What’s a REST API and why should I care? Topher DeRosia Favorite session: What’s a REST API and why should I care?	I ❤️ Code Reviews and So Can You Brian Richards Favorite session: I ❤️ Code Reviews and So Can You	Getting Off the Factory Floor: Doing What You Love and Getting Paid for It Adam Warner Favorite session: Getting Off the Factory Floor: Doing What You Love and Getting Paid for It
1:55 pm	WP Battles: Webmaster vs. Hacker Kyle Maurer, Adam Silver Favorite session: WP Battles: Webmaster vs. Hacker	Creating the Perfect Client Experience Thomas Stirling Favorite session: Creating the Perfect Client Experience	Designers != Pixel Pushers Tracy Apps Favorite session: Designers != Pixel Pushers
2:45 pm	Don’t Be A Search Engine Optimist Angela Bergman Favorite session: Don’t Be A Search Engine Optimist	Mastering the Design Approval Process Ross Johnson Favorite session: Mastering the Design Approval Process	Insider Secrets For Getting Timely Support For Premium Themes & Plugins Justin Ferriman Favorite session: Insider Secrets For Getting Timely Support For Premium Themes & Plugins
3:10 pm	Immediately Practical Ways to Use the WP REST API Brian Richards Favorite session: Immediately Practical Ways to Use the WP REST API	I want the REMOTE: Business, culture and hiring for the remote world Krystle Herbrandson Favorite session: I want the REMOTE: Business, culture and hiring for the remote world	Amp it UP! Using Google Accelerated Mobile Pages with WordPress Mike Hale Favorite session: Amp it UP! Using Google Accelerated Mobile Pages with WordPress
4:00 pm	Explode Your WordPress Business! Steve Bennett, Kevin Skarritt Favorite session: Explode Your WordPress Business!	Taking the Web Offline Steve Grunwell Favorite session: Taking the Web Offline	Rockstar Support Andrea Rennick Favorite session: Rockstar Support
4:45 pm	Closing Remarks
7:00 pm	After Party

Saturday lunch groups

2016 WordCamp Ann Arbor is over. Check out the next edition!