The Australian edition of the worldwide WordCamp phenomenon was held in Melbourne on 26th and 27th of Feburary 2011. This two day event covered everything WordPress, from publishing content to designing themes and hacking plugins.
The 2011 event was the third held in Australia and the biggest to date. An awesome line-up of speakers presented at a great venue. A large audience of 175 attended.
About WordCamp
The first WordCamp was organized in San Francisco by Matt Mullenweg in 2006. Since then, local communities around the world have organized over a hundred WordCamps.
So what is a WordCamp? WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress, the free and open source personal publishing software that powers over 25 million sites on the web. WordCamps come in all different flavors, based on the local communities that produce them, but in general, WordCamps include sessions on how to use WordPress more effectively, beginning plugin and theme development, advanced techniques, security, etc. To get an idea of the types of sessions typically seen at WordCamps, check out the WordCamp channel at WordPress.tv.
WordCamps are attended by people ranging from blogging newbies to professional WordPress developers and consultants, and usually combine scheduled programming with unconference sessions and other activities. For more information on common WordCamp elements, read about what to expect at a WordCamp.
About Melbourne
Arts House @ North Melbourne Town Hall
With a population of approximately 4 million, Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria. It is on the southern coast of Australia, which makes it a short flight from other capital cities such as Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane.
For more information on Melbourne, please visit VisitMelbourne.com.
The Venue
North Melbourne Town Hall is a performance space located on Queensberry Street, North Melbourne. For WordCamp Melbourne, this space will be transformed into a conference space, with a twist.
