Sarah Cada

How to go to WordCamp Manila

Make sure you’re going to the right place!

WordCamp Manila 2017 will be at the iACADEMY Plaza, 324 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Brgy. Bel-air, Makati City. (And it will be on November 11, 2017 at 8:30AM – 5:00PM.)

You can check out the Google Map here:

Uber/Grab/Drive

Protip: use Waze! You can open this link on your phone to open see the venue in the app: http://waze.to/?ll=lat=14.56154&lon=121.01951 On desktop? You can check the live map instead.

The iAcademy website has also laid out several routes you can take depending on where you’re coming from.

There are limited parking slots for free at iAcademy Plaza, so it’s better to use Uber or Grab.

Commute from EDSA-Ayala

1. Make your way to the jeep terminal at the back of Shell Ayala.

2. Ride one of the jeeps with “Ayala-Washington” route.

3. Go down at RCBC Plaza.

4. Walk towards H.V. Dela Costa St.

– Facing RCBC Plaza, H.V. Dela Costa St. will be on your right.
– Turn left at H.V. Dela Costa St.

5. Walk along H.V. Dela Costa St. You’ll find iAcademy Plaza on your left.

See you there!

Reminder: Get your Gravatar on

Are you registered for WordCamp? Yes? Awesome!

Is your name in our page of awesome attendees? Yes? Great!

Is there a photo of your face on top of your name? No? Uh-oh.

Don’t have a lame shadowman on your ID! Make sure that you:

have an email account associated with Gravatar
actually have a photo in your Gravatar

If you don’t have one yet, follow the instructions in creating your Gravatar account and upload a Gravatar photo. We will automatically use your image from that account to be used in your Identification Badge in the event.

Do this as soon as you can because we will be printing IDs before the event!

The schedule is now available!

Been wondering what you can expect from WordCamp Manila 2017? We’re preparing a full day of learning about WordPress! We’ve got a lineup of international speakers and local experts who will be sharing their valuable experience. There will be over 200 enthusiasts like you who are attending, so get ready to connect with the community, too!

Time	Main Auditorium
8:15 am	Opening Remarks Favorite session: Opening Remarks
8:30 am	WordPress First – Times: How You Find Best Practices Favorite session: WordPress First – Times: How You Find Best Practices
9:30 am	My WordPress Site, My Rules! : Customize WordPress your way using Customizer Favorite session: My WordPress Site, My Rules! : Customize WordPress your way using Customizer
10:30 am	From Freelancer to Community Happiness Manager: Working Remotely with WordPress Favorite session: From Freelancer to Community Happiness Manager: Working Remotely with WordPress
11:30 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Empowering MSMEs to do E-Commerce with WordPress Favorite session: Empowering MSMEs to do E-Commerce with WordPress
2:20 pm	The Importance of Communication in Business Favorite session: The Importance of Communication in Business
3:30 pm	Afternoon break
3:45 pm	Panel discussion Favorite session: Panel discussion
4:40 pm	Raffle and Class Photo Favorite session: Raffle and Class Photo

For afternoon sessions, choose your own adventure! We have breakout sessions tracks for Developers, Designers, Bloggers, and folks interested in Security and Maintenance. At the same time in the main hall, we will be talking about using WordPress for Business.

Time	Developer's Track - Rm 1	Designer's Track - Rm 2	Blogger's Track - Room 3	Security & Maintenance Track - Rm 4
11:30 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	WP REST API for babies Favorite session: WP REST API for babies	Build Beautiful websites fast with WordPress page builder plugins Favorite session: Build Beautiful websites fast with WordPress page builder plugins	Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Blogging Favorite session: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Blogging	Don’t just design and build a Death Star, maintain it too Favorite session: Don’t just design and build a Death Star, maintain it too
2:20 pm	Headless WP in VueJS Favorite session: Headless WP in VueJS		Applying Academic and Professional Skills in Blogging Favorite session: Applying Academic and Professional Skills in Blogging	WordPress Security Favorite session: WordPress Security
3:30 pm	Afternoon break

After that, we’ll have a panel discussion with our speakers, and give out some raffle prizes!

Are you excited? We are! Make sure to keep an eye on upcoming announcements!