Agenda

The Business Of WordPress Conference is a curated conference; we selected the topics for a non-technical business audience and then recruited the presenters and panelists to participate. While this agenda is now essentially finalized we reserve the right to make last minute changes to improve the conference experience for all.

June 23rd Conference

Start	End	Session	Auditorium	Room A	Room B	Room C
Ask the Experts Ask the Experts Best Practices Best Practices General Session General Session Hand's On Workshop Hand's On Workshop How To How To Overview Overview Panel Panel Presentation Presentation Road Map Road Map Roundtable Roundtable Solution Selection Solution Selection What's Possible What's Possible
7:30am	8:30am	Conference Registration	—	—	—	—
8:30am	9:20am	Opening Session	Keynote: The Defacto-Standard Web Platform for Business Session Types: General Session, What's Possible
9:30am	10:30am	Morning Session #1	The ABCs of WordPress: Themes, Plugins and More. Session Type: Overview	So what is YOUR "WordPress Strategy?" Session Types: Presentation, Road Map, What's Possible	Operations: Support, Maintenance, Disaster Recovery, and Scaling Session Types: Best Practices, How To, Presentation, Road Map, Solution Selection	Q&A: Themes, SEO, Social Media, Twitter Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
10:40am	11:50am	Morning Session #2	Adapting a Visual Design to your Budget Session Types: Ask the Experts, Panel, Presentation	Integrating eCommerce Solutions into WordPress Session Types: Panel, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Navigating your Choices for Hosting Session Types: Presentation, Road Map, Solution Selection	Q&A: Mobile, Risk Management, Hosting/Scaling, Plugins Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
12:00pm	1:20pm	Lunch (Conference)	—	Lunch (Conference)
1:30pm	2:20pm	Afternoon Session #1	Using WordPress to Close More Real Estate Sales Session Types: How To, Road Map, Solution Selection	Using WordPress for Online Content and Media Websites Session Types: Best Practices, Panel, Road Map, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Using WordPress in Your Non-Profit Organization Session Types: Best Practices, Presentation, Road Map, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Q&A: Themes, SEO, Social Media, WPMU/Multisite Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
2:30pm	3:20pm	Afternoon Session #2	Interacting with your Audience via Email and Advanced Contact Forms Session Types: Panel, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Ratcheting up Revenue for Local Business with WordPress Session Types: Best Practices, How To, Road Map, Solution Selection	How to Select a Consultant or Agency Session Types: Best Practices, How To, Presentation, Road Map	Q&A: SEO, Social Media, Twitter, eCommerce Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
3:30pm	4:20pm	Afternoon Session #3	Servicing Members with a WordPress-based Membership Site Session Types: Panel, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Incorporating Video, Photos and other Media Session Types: How To, Presentation, Solution Selection, What's Possible	Drawing Traffic: Search Engine and Social Media Optimization Session Types: Best Practices, How To, Presentation, Road Map, Solution Selection	Q&A: Membership and Verticals (Real Estate, Local, Non-Profit, Media) Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
4:30pm	5:15pm	Closing Session	Closing Panel: What's your Next Step with WordPress? Session Types: General Session, Overview, Presentation, Road Map			Q&A: Email, Forms, Twitter, Analytics & Testing Session Types: Ask the Experts, How To
Start	End	Session	Auditorium	Room A	Room B	Room C
Ask the Experts Ask the Experts Best Practices Best Practices General Session General Session Hand's On Workshop Hand's On Workshop How To How To Overview Overview Panel Panel Presentation Presentation Road Map Road Map Roundtable Roundtable Solution Selection Solution Selection What's Possible What's Possible

June 22nd/23rd Boardroom Pass Roundtables

Learn more about our Boardroom Pass option for those serious business professionals who are interested in the highest value conference experience.

Start	End	Session	Boardroom
Ask the Experts Ask the Experts Best Practices Best Practices General Session General Session Hand's On Workshop Hand's On Workshop How To How To Overview Overview Panel Panel Presentation Presentation Road Map Road Map Roundtable Roundtable Solution Selection Solution Selection What's Possible What's Possible
1:00pm	2:00pm	Roundtable #1 - June 22nd	Roundtable #1: Why WordPress and Not Something Else? Session Type: Roundtable
2:15pm	3:15pm	Roundtable #2 - June 22nd	Roundtable #2: Converting Existing Websites to WordPress Session Type: Roundtable
3:30pm	4:30pm	Roundtable #3 - June 22nd	Roundtable #3: Common Sense Business Planning for Websites Session Type: Roundtable
9:30am	10:30am	Roundtable #4 - June 23rd	Roundtable #4: Achieving World-Class Web Design Session Type: Roundtable
10:40am	11:50am	Roundtable #5 - June 23rd	Roundtable #5: Establishing your "WordPress Strategy" Session Type: Roundtable
1:30pm	2:20pm	Roundtable #6 - June 23rd	Roundtable #6: Prioritizing Features to Optimize Website ROI Session Type: Roundtable
2:30pm	3:20pm	Roundtable #7 - June 23rd	Roundtable #7: Hosting and Staffing Required Session Type: Roundtable
3:30pm	4:20pm	Roundtable #8 - June 23rd	Roundtable #8: Business Concerns for a High Traffic Website Session Type: Roundtable
Start	End	Session	Boardroom
Ask the Experts Ask the Experts Best Practices Best Practices General Session General Session Hand's On Workshop Hand's On Workshop How To How To Overview Overview Panel Panel Presentation Presentation Road Map Road Map Roundtable Roundtable Solution Selection Solution Selection What's Possible What's Possible

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