The WPCampus planning team and community is proud to present the schedule for our 2017 conference. Our program consists of a variety of topics, presenters, and formats for our attendees, all dedicated to the confluence of WordPress in higher education.
Get to know the presenters who will be sharing their insight, experience, and know-how at the event.
Sessions times are in EST straight from Buffalo, New York. The schedule is subject to change.
All sessions (save one) were recorded and have been uploaded.
Check the schedule below or visit our main videos page to view the videos.
Check the schedule below or visit our main videos page to view the videos.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
7:00 pm (EDT)
10:00 pm
Friday, July 14, 2017
8:00 am (EDT)
9:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am (EDT)
Registration and coffee networking
Commons
9:00 am (EDT)
9:15 am
9:00 - 9:15 am (EDT)
Opening remarks
Commons
9:30 am (EDT)
10:15 am
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
Don’t Push Rocks Uphill: Deploying WordPress with Capistrano and Composer
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Charles Fulton
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
Every project is a story: Applying storytelling to your client interactions
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Dwayne McDaniel
9:30 - 10:15 am (EDT)
The Canisius College workflow: MU Wordpress, Divi and MailChimp
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Leah MacVie
10:30 am (EDT)
11:15 am
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
Them and us: Using the WordPress REST API to display both public and private content
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
David Dashifen Kees
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
Acceptable application of analytics for your academic areas
Room 1004
Hands-on Workshop
Michael Fienen
10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT)
A survey of WordPress online learning plugins
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Chris Lema
11:30 am (EDT)
12:15 pm
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
Acceptable application of analytics for your academic areas
Room 1004
Hands-on Workshop
Michael Fienen
11:30 - 12:15 pm (EDT)
Tools and approaches for managing content, accessibility and web identity at scale
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Jeremy Felt
12:15 pm (EDT)
2:00 pm
2:00 pm (EDT)
2:45 pm
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
Finding eternal REST: An undead guide to building JavaScript front ends for WordPress
Room 1004
Hands-on Workshop
John Rhea
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
How to scale WordPress across a university
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Jenny Kijowski
Peter Arbaugh
Malik Singleton
Kelsey Buttendorf
2:00 - 2:45 pm (EDT)
Open access publishing and WordPress
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Bethany Seeger
3:00 pm (EDT)
3:45 pm
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
So, you redesigned your website… Now what?
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Jennifer Stroth
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
WordPress high performance hosting
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Guillaume Molter
3:00 - 3:45 pm (EDT)
Finding eternal REST: An undead guide to building JavaScript front ends for WordPress
Room 1004
Hands-on Workshop
John Rhea
3:45 pm (EDT)
4:15 pm
3:45 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Snack Break
Commons
4:15 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Interview like a journalist, write like a marketer: Telling stories with heart… and accuracy
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Donna Talarico
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Mobilizing 300 reluctant content creators
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Brian DeConinck
4:15 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Level up your WordPress security
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Mitch Canter
5:00 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm (EDT)
Dinner on your own
Saturday, July 15, 2017
8:00 am (EDT)
9:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am (EDT)
Coffee networking
Commons
9:00 am (EDT)
9:45 am
9:00 - 9:45 am (EDT)
The builder’s dilemma: No layout left behind
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Travis Totz
9:00 - 9:45 am (EDT)
Exploring navigational hierarchy on higher ed websites
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Jennifer Witkowski
9:00 - 9:45 am (EDT)
Code reviews: People use it, so it must be fine
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Ronnie Burt
Joe Fusco
10:00 am (EDT)
10:45 am
10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT)
A look at the modern WordPress server stack
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Carl Alexander
10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT)
Let's rethink web design classes
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Mike Demopoulos
11:00 am (EDT)
11:45 am
11:00 - 11:45 am (EDT)
Winning hearts and minds: Effective communication throughout a website redesign
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Mike Kirby
11:00 - 11:45 am (EDT)
A technical plan for success: Preparing to optimize 4,000+ sites at NYU
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Daniel Cunsolo
12:00 pm (EDT)
1:15 pm
1:30 pm (EDT)
1:45 pm
1:30 - 1:45 pm (EDT)
Aprendo: An interactive Spanish language textbook
Room 1028
Lightning Talk
Ben Johnston
1:30 pm (EDT)
2:15 pm
1:30 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Bringing ideas to life: Talking tech for non-technical folks
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Pat Riley
Andrew Bauer
1:30 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Managing a gigantic Multisite installation and surviving to tell the tale
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Mike Richwalsky
1:45 pm (EDT)
2:00 pm
1:45 - 2:00 pm (EDT)
Accessibility case study: WCAG and screen reader solutions for accordions and tabs
Room 1028
Lightning Talk
Andrew Ortolano
2:00 pm (EDT)
2:15 pm
2:00 - 2:15 pm (EDT)
Building sane, reusable WordPress templates with Twig and Timber
Room 1028
Lightning Talk
Jesse Janowiak
2:30 pm (EDT)
3:15 pm
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
Automated browser testing using Selenium
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Shawn Hooper
2:30 - 3:15 pm (EDT)
A four-step guide on how to succeed at practically anything
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Lori Packer
3:30 pm (EDT)
4:15 pm
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
Using the REST API to power your campus communications
Room 1004
General Lecture Session
Cory Crowley
John Gough
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
On the move: Website migrations debunked
Room 1053
General Lecture Session
Jonathan Perlman
3:30 - 4:15 pm (EDT)
How WordPress saved our open educational services program
Room 1028
General Lecture Session
Leah Root
4:30 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm
4:30 - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Closing Remarks
Commons
5:00 pm (EDT)
5:00 pm (EDT)
Dinner on your own
7:00 pm (EDT)
Sponsors
President Sponsor
Vice-President Sponsor
Graduate Sponsors
Undergraduate Sponsors
