{"id":2584,"date":"2015-10-09T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampmontreal.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-20T22:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T02:53:50","slug":"wordcamp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/en\/wordcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About WordCamp Montreal<\/h2>\n<p>WordCamp Montreal is a conference about the world&#8217;s most popular blogging and CMS software, WordPress. Developers, designers, and bloggers will come together for WordPress-related talks, workshops and networking.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamps are held across the world, wherever there are enough users of the software to self-organize. The WordCamp.org site summarizes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For up-to-date information on the next\/most-recent WordCamp Montreal please visit\u00a0<a title=\"WordCamp Montreal \" href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2023\/\">wcmtl.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>History of WCMTL<\/h2>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2009: JULY\u00a011<\/h3>\n<p>Our first event took place\u00a0 in July 2009 at the <a title=\"Societe Des arts Technologiques\" href=\"https:\/\/sat.qc.ca\/?lang=en\">SAT<\/a>, and was a huge success with almost\u00a0150 participants attending the two days of activity. <a title=\"WordCamp Montreal 2009 Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/en\/wordcamp\/wordcamp-2009-archive-2\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2009<\/a> was organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afroginthevalley.com\/\">Sylvain Carle<\/a> and <a title=\"Jeremy Clarke - WordPress developer from Montreal.\" href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2010: AUGUST 28-29<\/h3>\n<p>A year later we held our second event August 28-29, 2010 at the UQAM Coeur des Sciences, where almost\u00a0200 people came to teach and learn about WordPress. <a title=\"WordCamp Montreal 2010 Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/en\/wordcamp\/wordcamp-2010-archive\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2010<\/a> was organized by\u00a0<a title=\"Cafe Noir Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a>, <a title=\"Brendan Sera-Sriar - Digibomb\" href=\"http:\/\/digibombinc.com\/\">Brendan Sera-Sriar<\/a> and <a title=\"Jeremy Clarke - WordPress developer from Montreal.\" href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>,<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2011: JULY 9-10<\/h3>\n<p>In 2011, WordCamp Montreal again took place at UQAM, and we had almost 300 attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2011\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2011<\/a> was organized by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.horseandcartagency.com\/\">Brendan Sera-Shriar<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2012:\u00a0AUGUST 18-19<\/h3>\n<p>In 2012, we had\u00a0almost 350 attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2012<\/a>\u00a0was again organized by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.horseandcartagency.com\/\">Brendan Sera-Shriar<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2013: JUNE 29-30<\/h3>\n<p>In 2013, we had\u00a0almost 400 attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2013\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2013<\/a>\u00a0was organized by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\">Alex Ruaux<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richardmtl.ca\/\">Richard Archambault<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kwight.ca\/\">Kirk Wight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2014:\u00a0AUGUST 16-17<\/h3>\n<p>In 2014, we had just over\u00a0400 attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2014\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2014<\/a>\u00a0was organized by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simianuprising.com\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\">Alex Ruaux<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richardmtl.ca\/\">Richard Archambault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2015: JULY 4-5<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2015\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2016: JULY 23-24<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>WORDCAMP MONTREAL 2017:\u00a0AUGUST 12-13<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2017\/\">WordCamp Montreal 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To hear about the next WordCamp Montreal, please <a title=\"Mailing List\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/contact\/liste-denvoi\/\">sign up to our mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About WordCamp Montreal WordCamp Montreal is a conference about the world&#8217;s most popular blogging and CMS software, WordPress. Developers, designers, and bloggers will come together for WordPress-related talks, workshops and networking. WordCamps are held across the world, wherever there are enough users of the software to self-organize. The WordCamp.org site summarizes: WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/en\/wordcamp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WordCamp Montreal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3769,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2584","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-featured"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9prEZ-FG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2724,"url":"https:\/\/wpmtl.org\/en\/about-wpmtl-org\/","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":0},"title":"About the Montreal WordPress Community","author":"jeremyclarke","date":"3 March, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"About wpmtl.org wpmtl.org\u00a0is the permanent home\u00a0for the Montreal WordPress community (wpmtl.org\u00a0stands for WordPress Montr\u00e9al). 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