{"id":1337,"date":"2017-08-21T23:13:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T17:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2017-09-12T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T09:04:17","slug":"our-final-list-of-confirmed-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/our-final-list-of-confirmed-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Our Final List of Confirmed Speakers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/08\/Microphone-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/08\/Microphone-1.jpg 882w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/08\/Microphone-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/08\/Microphone-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/08\/Microphone-1-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our second round for speaker selection is done, and our selected speakers have confirmed their availability for WordCamp Colombo 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the final list, along with the subjects of their talk:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/takayuki-miyoshi\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Takayuki Miyoshi<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Plugin Development<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/rahul-bansal\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rahul Bansal<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>Selling WordPress to Enterprises<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/karen-arnold\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Karen Arnold<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>Great Support Matters: Bridging the Gap between Developers and Customers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/himash-tehan\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Himash Tehan<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>Using WordPress as a Mobile Backend<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/harshadewa-ariyasinghe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harshadewa Ariyasinghe<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>How Design Thinking can Change everything<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/dwain-maralack\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dwain Maralack<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>How WordPress Taught me to be an Engineer<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/samantha-pathirathna\" rel=\"nofollow\">Samantha Pathirathna<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<em>WordPress for Sustainable Development<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/chathu-vishwajith\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chathu Vishwajith<\/a> \u2014 <em>Hardening WordPress is an art<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/m-asif-rahman\" rel=\"nofollow\">M Asif Rahman<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<em>Making Millions in WordPress Plugin Business But Not Being Evil<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Every talk will begin at the top of the hour, followed by ample time for Q&amp;A, and then open networking until the next session. 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