Third WordCamp Maine to occur May 13 to 14, 2016

Friday, May 13, 2016 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday, May 14, 2016 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Location: Maine College of Art, 522 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

For more information: maine.wordcamp.org

PORTLAND, Maine — WordCamp Maine's (maine.wordcamp.org) second event will occur May 13 and 14, in Portland, Maine. The event will feature talks, demonstrations, and workshops centered around the popular web content management system WordPress. Keynote speaker for the event will be Mel Choyce from Automattic, Inc.

Schedule:

Friday, May. 13: Foundation Day will feature workshops for users who are new to WordPress, beginner developers, or need to get reacquainted with the platform. For the more advanced developer, the day will also include a Contributor Day for those who would like to contribute code to WordPress core.

Saturday, May 14: Speakers at the event include representatives at GoDaddy, New York Times, Automattic, Hall Internet Marketing, WooCommerce, and numerous freelancers, local businesses and more. The day will feature a keynote presentation by Mel Choyce of Automattic and a brief address by Maine State Rep. Diane Russell. The evening will conclude with an after party at Binga's Stadium in Portland.

A complete schedule and speaker list may be found by visiting the WordCamp Maine's Website (maine.wordcamp.org). Friday and Saturday's events will take place at Maine College of Art (meca.edu) in Portland.

About WordPress & WordCamp

WordPress (wordpress.org) was created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little in 2003 as an Open Source Content Management System. WordPress is currently used by more than 25% of all websites. WordCamps (wordcamp.org) began in San Francisco in 2007 and have spread to 150 cities in 48 countries around the world and are largely community organized.

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If you'd like more information about WordCamp Maine, please contact Stephen Quirk or Gary Thayer at maine@wordcamp.org.

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