{"id":151,"date":"2016-09-09T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T06:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.geneva.wordcamp.org\/?p=151"},"modified":"2016-11-01T20:30:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T19:30:33","slug":"welcome-to-wordcamp-geneva-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/welcome-to-wordcamp-geneva-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to WordCamp Geneva, Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! Willkommen! Bienvenu! Bienvenuti! Bainvegni!<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the brand new WordCamp Geneva. In 2014 and 2015, we had successful WordCamps in Zurich, called WordCamp Switzerland, and teams decided to organise it this year in Geneva. The name now reflect the city, and we hope to see more and more WordCamps in Switzerland in the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.geneva.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"You should be passionate about your mission\" width=\"604\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k-478x300.jpg 478w, https:\/\/geneva.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/08\/20941432564_c7f4979750_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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. In 2015, over 200 people got together in Zurich, be it as users, designers, developers or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>This year, WordCamp Geneva\u00a0will be on <strong>Friday,\u00a0November\u00a018<\/strong> at the<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/C7fSP3hzMJo\"><strong> Natural History Museum of Geneva<\/strong>,<\/a> in the heart of Geneva. We\u2019re also organizing a contributor day again, which will happen on <strong>Saturday, November\u00a019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The event main stage conferences will be in English, in order to better serve the full multilingual audience of Switzerland. Some workshops in the second room might be in French as per the speaker choice.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for an exciting WordCamp Geneva, featuring distinguished speakers and a variety of interesting topics touching on blogging, design, and programming on the WordPress platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019re now actively looking for sponsors to support us and allow us to offer the tickets at low price\u00a0of 30 CHF, so if you\u2019re interested in that <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.geneva.wordcamp.org\/call-for-sponsors\/\">get in touch with us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong><br \/>\nWant to hold a talk? We are looking for a great and diverse speaker submission pool. 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