Sessions

Thank your for your interest in this event. We are currently sorting through the speaker submissions for structuring the sessions into two tracks; one for both new users and advanced users.

We will have a full schedule by 13th November, 2019

Confirmed Sessions so far:

  • Q & A Panel

    Do you have unanswered that everyone can benefit from? You can ask these at this Question and Answer session. Are you scared to ask them? Then please submit them to any volunteer in any of the breaks. They will be delivered to a panel that will address them.

    November 3, 2019 at 4:30 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Support Forum and Social Platforms for WordPress Community Uganda

    Presented by Rogers Mukalele

    The WordPress Community Uganda consists of several WordPress users and enthusiasts who hold monthly meetups. The WordPress Kampala community meetup started in 2017, followed by WordPress Entebbe meetup in 2018. More meetups expected in other districts in Uganda in future. The WordPress Community in Uganda is a part of the global WordPress community. We exist …

    November 30, 2019 at 9:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Beginners workshop

    Presented by Dumba Stephen

    Stephen Dumba will give a beginner's guide to building websites using WordPress, the world's most popular content management system. Learn to Build a Website in 5 Simple Steps. Joan Logose will also share experiences training various sets of website users from technical type of users to the non technical ones to help them manage their …

    November 30, 2019 at 9:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Software developer Culture

    Presented by David Okwii

    Culture; workplace culture, team culture, remote working, collaboration, team building, communication.

    November 30, 2019 at 9:30 am GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Migrating your Blog from WordPress.Com to WordPress.Org

    Presented by Julius Masaba

    In not more than 10 steps, I will be taking the audience through how I migrated from the WordPress free plan (.COM) to the paid one (.ORG), with some practical session.

    November 30, 2019 at 10:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Tips for managing the content on a WordPress site

    Presented by Charlotte Beauvoisin

    This year I will be presenting from the perspective of the WordPress user who posts blogs, creates galleries, reply to comments and so on. I believe my tips will be useful for developers so they understand how the end client will finally use the site. Developers can even share these tips with their clients. We …

    November 30, 2019 at 10:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Agile Project management

    Presented by Cerinah Nalwoga

    Skilling software developers and users with the essential features needed to have a successful project from planning to implementation.

    November 30, 2019 at 10:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Design a Website in 5 Easy Steps

    The topic will introduce beginners to the basic steps of designing a website using WordPress – the worlds most popular Content Management System.

    November 30, 2019 at 10:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Blogging For Social Impact or Change In Millennial Time.

    Presented by Florence Kyohangirwe

    This topic would explore how millennials are using blogging as a tool to; Speak on topics that were previously not talked about, for example, periods, gender equality, GBV, depression, LGBTQ+ etcThe change/impact that these topics have to the readers.How we can tell stories that impact change.

    November 30, 2019 at 11:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Discussion: Advanced Security Panel

    Presented by Kiberu Sharif, Nixon Kamugisha, and Marvin Alinaitwe

    Secure your WordPress site from hackers When I first started building and hosting WordPress sites, I struggled to keep my sites secure. I once built and hosted a high profile website for a public figure (a former minister of Uganda) but I almost gave up the gig when the site was hacked and repopulated with …

    November 30, 2019 at 11:30 am GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Grow your business through the website using HubSpot CRM

    Presented by Alex Agaba

    Now that your business has a website, what next? Your website should market and make sales. Will show you how to integrate the HubSpot CRM to your website and how to use it as a lead funnel to engage and convert your website visitors into customers.

    November 30, 2019 at 11:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • How can you transact online in Uganda

    Presented by Martin Tumusiime

    With the current unemployment rate in Uganda, their millions of freelancing opportunities you can do online and earn a living, but the biggest challenge for many Ugandan freelancers is transacting on the web. This session will introduce many freelancers on some of the ways they can transact online. The talk will cover controversial topics like …

    November 30, 2019 at 12:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • WordPress HTTP API: Making remote requests the right way

    Presented by Tunbosun Ayinla

    WordPress has an API (WordPress HTTP API) for making remote requests to external sites and services. This session explains how to make remote requests in WordPress and the best practices to follow while using the API.

    November 30, 2019 at 12:00 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Changing from Architecture to Computer Science

    Presented by Patience Ankunda

    A life changing decision does not happen overnight. It took a whole year of contemplation, precaution and discovery. I explain the four things I had to do to make the right decision to change career.

    November 30, 2019 at 12:30 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Lunch

    Meal time for all attendees.

    November 30, 2019 at 1:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • 10 ways to get money from your website.

    Presented by Mahad Bwanika

    Know 10 ways how you can turn your website/ any website into a money generating platform.

    November 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Leveraging Keyword Research Methods

    Presented by Arthur Kasirye

    The keyword research is the most important part in SEO, if you choose the right keywords to work on them, you have the possibility to have the best results in a short time, and it is very important for the small websites and stores with low DA, to choose keywords with low competition, to have …

    November 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Towards the WordPress RESTful API

    Presented by Shafiq Lutaaya

    The web has grown quite a bit over the last decade, and WordPress has fallen behind ever so slightly. More applications are being brought to the web with JavaScript and more dynamic websites are being built with languages like Python and Ruby. WordPress core and even a few professional WordPress developers feel that WordPress’ heavy …

    November 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Automate and Grow Your Web Business

    Presented by Rogers Mukalele

    The high rates of unemployment have pushed many people to be self employed. When you’re self-employed, then you’re likely a freelancer or a business owner. One of the most viable fields for freelance work is the website development field. Today, nearly everyone wants their own little corner of the Internet with their very own website. …

    November 30, 2019 at 2:30 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Why & How to Create Gutenberg Blocks

    Presented by Imokol Faith Ruth

    Since the Release of WordPress 5.0, the package comes with Guttenberg as a default editor and with it blocks that are used in content creation. Even with this, the need to customize user experiences creates room for the creation of custom blocks. In this talk, we hope to discuss the need for custom blocks and …

    November 30, 2019 at 2:30 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Collaboration in Git

    Presented by David Wampamba

    There are many ways to share and work on huge projects together. Remote is the new normal. i will be sharing about how to work with others using the Git versioning system.

    November 30, 2019 at 3:00 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • The Undeniable Power Of Branding.

    Presented by Wasike Timothy

    What branding really is and why yours matters more than you know

    November 30, 2019 at 3:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Encouraging Women to Speak at WordCamps: Fostering A Diverse Community

    Presented by Mary Job

    t's no news that we need to improve women and underrepresented groups at tech events. I personally stand by my belief that tech is not restricted to a certain group of people, aka programmers as most believe. This talk / workshop will explore what we can you do to foster, promote, and support diversity and …

    November 30, 2019 at 3:30 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Q & A Panels

    November 30, 2019 at 4:00 pm GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Uganda Mobile Money Woocommerce Payment Gateways

    Presented by Rogers Mukalele

    During this session, I will be sharing experiences integrating mobile money payments on #Woocommerce powered websites. Mobile Money is the most popular and convenient way of doing electronic money transfers in Uganda, and many e-commerce shop owners need to integrate mobile money payment method on their websites, most of which are running on WordPress and …

    December 1, 2019 at 9:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • WPGraphQL to the Rescue

    Presented by Laurence Bahiirwa

    There was once one effective and modern way to ship data out of WordPress but now there is WP GraphQL

    December 1, 2019 at 9:00 am GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Discussion: Security Panel

    Presented by Ishimwe Joseph Patient, Nixon Kamugisha, Marvin Alinaitwe, and Kiberu Sharif

    How to Remove Popular WordPress Malware called Rogueads.unwanted_ads Various malicious injections that result in displaying ads (or opening pop-up or pop-under windows)without site owner's consent. Such injections may utilise scripts from legitimate ad networks, it can affect any web site (no specific target). Cyber Threats, Data Privacy and Security With the evolvement of technology all …

    December 1, 2019 at 9:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices

    Presented by Peter Kakoma

    WordPress plugins are a major part of what makes the ecosystem the amazing place that it is. Having worked with hundreds of plugins through the years, I've discovered some things that I feel stand out and make some easier to work with and extend while making it a bit harder to work with others. In …

    December 1, 2019 at 9:30 am GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Intellectual Property as a tool to Protect & Promote your work

    Presented by Bernard Mukasa

    Understanding Intellectual Property and how creatives can use it to protect and promote their work as a way of earning from it as well as encouraging the creativity to keep flowing.

    December 1, 2019 at 10:00 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Brunch

    Some yammy things to share

    December 1, 2019 at 10:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Time management as a key to successful project development.

    Presented by Abubaker Suleiman Tsamiya

    The importance of time management in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of projects.

    December 1, 2019 at 11:30 am GMT+0000 in Airbus
  • Contributing to Core

    Presented by Peter Kakoma

    December 1, 2019 at 12:00 pm GMT+0000 in Gym
  • Waste Less Time and Automate WordPress Tasks

    Presented by Ishimwe Joseph Patient

    Even if your website is small, running and maintaining it can take a lot of work. You need to create content, communicate with your audience, keep an eye on security, and much more. But just because there’s work to be done, that doesn’t mean you need to be the one to do it. By learning …

    December 1, 2019 at 12:00 pm GMT+0000 in Kick-Off