Author: Sarah Cada

For WordCamp Manila 2018, we have a new addition to our Pinoy Wapuus! Please meet Sorbetero Wapuu!

Sorbetes is the traditional variation of ice cream made in the Philippines. It’s made from coconut or carabao milk and cassava flour, and served in sugar cones or bread buns . In Manila, you will see often see a sorbetes peddler–a sorbetero–pushing a colorfully painted wooden cart and ringing their small, handheld bell.

We’re delighted to have a Wapuu that celebrates this iconic part of Manila and Filipino life.

We’ll have Sorbetero swag at the WordCamp. Make sure you have your ticket! Get yours now at our tickets page.

We’re pleased to do the second round of #WCMNL2018 Speaker Announcements! If you don’t have a ticket yet, make sure to get yours in our ticket page while you still can!

Omkar Bhagat

Omkar is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic. Apart from being a WordPress enthusiast, he is also an illustrator, and uses his drawings to explain things in his Youtube channel TheCuriousEngineer, which has over 79K subscribers. Previously, he was also worked with the popular YouTube channel MinuteEarth to explain cool stories about our planet.

Session: Optimizing the Speed of your WordPress site

Nathaniel Budikey

Nathaniel hails from Baguio City. After attending a WordPress code camp, he will be sharing his experience of starting from zero.

Session: Starting from Zero: Learning WordPress Bootcamp-style

Andrew Garcia

On a daily basis, Andrew maintains over 100 WordPress websites with a company that works with some of the top restaurants and hotels in Queensland, Australia. In his free time, Andrew volunteers with Philippine Tech Communities, an informal but committed group of volunteer leaders in the technology space in the country. Together, they help organize events and initiatives to serve the Philippine IT community. Andrew has been in the organizing team of WordCamp Manila since 2016, and has spoken and facilitated at various meetups, seminars and workshops by the WordPress User Group Philippines.

Session: Lessons and Rewards of Working with the WordPress Community

WordCamp Manila 2018 is fast approaching, and we’re excited to present the first round of #WCMNL2018 Speakers. If you don’t have a ticket yet, make sure to get yours in our ticket page while you still can!

Justin Kopepasah

Justin is a Senior Web Engineer at 10up, and will be sharing about Gutenberg and the Evolution of WordPress.

My first experience with computer technologies in school was with the same teacher who introduced me to tennis. While I did not grow up to be a tennis champion, my love for technology never faded and lead into a long term passion for open source and the World Wide Web.

Session: Gutenberg and the Evolution of WordPress

James Lee S. Tabao

James is currently working as a Web Developer / Software Engineer in a company in Ortigas, and previously worked as a Web Developer / Development Head in a Web Development Company in Malolos, Bulacan. He enjoys speaking in public a lot and mostly does it for fun and the experience.

Session: Not Just Another Typical WordPress Site

Cherry Sireetorn Prommawin

Cherry Prommawin is a Search Quality Analyst at Google Asia Pacific, ensuring good quality of organic search results, and specializing in web spam and webmaster relations for South East Asian countries. Prior to this, Cherry was a Senior Online Specialist and a Subject matter expert focusing on non-search products such as Google Analytics, Google My Business, Merchant Center and Google AdWords. Though Cherry is originally from Thailand, she has been in living in Singapore for close to 10 years.

Session: Google on Website Security and Manual Actions

Tonyo Cruz

Tonyo is a blogger, opinion columnist, social media strategist and advocate. His blog is a winner in the Philippine Blog Awards, and he currently writes for the Manila Bulletin. He has worked for marketing and advertising agencies, partylist representatives and SMEs.

Session: Breaking News, Fake News

Renee Campanilla

Renee is a software developer at Inspire Team, and has been in the industry for 4 years. She specializes in WordPress customization, especially in creating private plugins. She also specializes in human percussion/beatboxing to help her relax when she’s not working.

I believe in the saying, “There’s always something to learn everyday”.

Session: Importance of Turning WordPress Plugins to MVC and Implementation

Jerie Salazar

A Graphic/Website Designer by year 2013, Front-end Developer by year 2016, Shifted Career as an ICT Teacher for SY 16-17, and A Senior Graphic Designer today.

Session: U and I, the user and the interface

If you have your WordCamp Manila 2018 ticket, that means you’re getting access to the sessions, a great time with fellow WordCampers, lunch, merienda, coffee, and access to the afterparty. Oh, and you also get the event shirt to commemorate your fun day of everything WordPress!

In case you’ve been wondering what it looks like, wonder no more! We think the design is pretty spiffy. 

We hope you’re excited to add this to your collection!

As for the measurements, you can refer to these size charts:

Changing your shirt size

You were required to select your shirt size when you bought your ticket. If you feel that you must change it, you can do so until August 19, 2018. There is a link to edit your answers in your ticket confirmation email. We will provide you the t-shirt size that you chose in your registration; changing shirt sizes on the day of the WordCamp will only be allowed at the end of the afternoon break, depending on the shirts still available.

There’s a deadline!

The deadline for final shirt sizes is on August 19, 2018. After that, you cannot modify your shirt size. So make sure you check what you answered!

Wait, what? You don’t have a ticket yet?

If you don’t have a ticket yet, head on over to our tickets page pronto! Everyone who buys a ticket after August 19, 2018 will still get a shirt, but it will come in Unisex Medium.

In case you missed the link earlier, here’s the link to the ticket page again!

WordCamp Manila 2018 will be on September 8, 2018 at the iAcademy Nexus campus.

See you there!

For all the WordCamps held in Manila so far–from the first WordCamp Philippines in 2008 until the recent WordCamp Manila 2017–the event logo has always taken inspiration from the Philippine Flag. We love this concept and that it represents how folks from all over the country came together at the WordCamps to talk about all things WordPress.

But in the past two years, there have been WordPress meetups in several key cities in the Philippines, which means that WordCamps in the Philippines won’t only be in Manila. We’re excited to see this happen!

So for 2018, the team went for a design that showcases and celebrates Metro Manila, the sprawling metropolis that is the country’s capital. There was much brainstorming, discussions, design studies, and edits.

Designed by Ton Romero, intern from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde; with our design team Arvin Pedregosa and Erwin Pagulong– we’re pleased to present the event logo of WordCamp Manila 2018!

This year’s logo features the iconic festive jeepney, driving through the bustling city and some of the many landmarks that tell stories of the metropolis–the Manila City Post Office, the Manila City Hall, the Rizal Monument, the Quezon City Circle, the People Power Monument, and the Manila Cathedral. The teal is a representation of the Manila Bay, the orange is the metropolis’ canvas of a sky, and the WordPress logo is–you guessed it–the sun in the horizon.

We’re super excited to see this in our event shirt and swag, which you’ll get if you have a WordCamp Manila 2018 ticket. Don’t have one yet? You can get yours at our tickets page!