Sharing experiences and knowledge is at the heart of every WordCamp: some attend for the first time and want to get closer to WordPress, while others are long-time users who want to dig deeper or uncover new secrets.
WordCamps are events open to anyone who wants to take part: designers, bloggers, developers, marketers, copywriters and, more generally, passionate and curious people.
WordCamps are inclusive and accessible events. We are therefore happy to host speakers of every age, background, and level of experience.
You don’t need to be a professional speaker — just be competent in the topic you’ll talk about and willing to share what you know: it’s exactly this spirit of sharing that sustains WordPress and its community.
If this is your first experience as a speaker, or if you’d like feedback on your talk, we also have a great mentoring service to help you fine-tune your presentation!
Have you used WordPress for a personal project? Do you want to share your solutions to an unusual problem, or tell us how your passion for WordPress was born?
Excellent! Your experiences could inspire the WordCamp audience and help our wonderful community grow.
What topics can I talk about?
You can freely choose any topic you’re passionate about and want to talk about. Keep in mind, however, that a WordCamp is an event dedicated to WordPress and its community, so staying within this scope could help your talk get selected.
Here are some ideas for topics we’d love to cover.
Development
- Third-party integrations (payment gateways, APIs…)
- Headless CMS
- WordPress API
- PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS
- Block editor
- Extending WordPress (theme and plugin development)
- FSE (Full Site Editing)
- WordPress security: hosting, core, themes and plugins
- WordPress and Internet of Things
- Contributing to WordPress
- Development tools
- CI/CD
- WordPress multisite
- AI and Machine Learning
Business
- Business models (ideally ethical and sustainable ones)
- GDPR Compliance
- Maintenance and other services
- Finding, managing and supporting clients
- Freelance life and experiences
- e-Commerce with WordPress
- SEO
- Universal accessibility
- Case histories / Case studies
Community and People
- How WordPress works and where to find help
- Contributing to the project
- Working with the community
- The WordPress roadmap
- The future of WordPress
- Inclusion and accessibility (in every sense)
- Main problems and challenges related to using WordPress
- Community events
- Personal storytelling
- Open Source
Design
- Fonts and typography
- Designing for performance
- Brand Identity
- Designing for accessibility / WCAG 2
- The present and future of design
- Web design (methods, best practices and bright ideas)
- Web design tools
- “Rules” for designing and building websites
- Copyright
Talk formats
We want to create a rich event that also leaves room to socialize, visit our sponsors and move between presentations without too much rush.
That’s why we offer three formats:
- Traditional talk
30 minutes total per speaker, which can be used entirely for a longer presentation, or for a shorter talk that leaves room for some audience questions at the end. - Lightning talk
A 10-minute talk: presentations straight to the point, knowledge nuggets on practical or technical topics, tips and tricks… or your aces in the hole when using WordPress.
A short format that gives space to up to 3 speakers within half an hour. - Panel
A round table with a moderator and several speakers discussing a specific WordPress-related topic, with the audience as an integral part of the discussion!
30 minutes long.
Who can apply to speak?
In short: anyone who uses WordPress, at any level, including those speaking at an event for the first time. It can be done!
WordCamp Pisa 2026 reflects the values of the WordPress community: we encourage participation from those who have never been on stage, or who don’t have many opportunities to do so.
The only requirements are passion and practical knowledge of the topic you’ll talk about.
If the idea of speaking at WordCamp Pisa appeals to you, we’ll help you do it! We also have a Mentoring program to help those with little speaker experience prepare in the best way possible.
Timing and deadlines
- 8 May 2026 — Call for speakers opens
- 15 August 2026 — Call for speakers closes
- End of August 2026 — Applicants will receive a response
- Mid September 2026 — Schedule published
- 19 October — Deadline for sending slides
- Saturday 14 November 2026 — WordCamp Pisa 2026!
Other things to remember
- We welcome speakers of every age and background: WordCamps are inclusive and accessible events.
- You don’t need to be a professional speaker, but we expect you to be competent in the topic you’ll talk about.
- Your presentation is not a vehicle to promote your product or service. If your session explains how you used WordPress to build something of collective interest and you want to present a case study that’s perfectly fine, but sales pitches are not allowed (including slides with photos of books or courses and links to purchase or discount coupons).
- If your application is accepted, the texts you enter in the Bio, Session Title and Session Description fields will be used on the site: please fill them out carefully. We reserve the right to edit them for consistency with the rest of the site copy.
- Remember the capital P in WordPress and respect WordPress’s copyright.
- If you want to apply with multiple proposals, fill out the form for each individual talk.
- Slides must be submitted by Friday 7 November.
- No payment or reimbursement is owed to speakers: WordCamps are based on voluntary contributions from everyone involved.
- Please accept these rules only if you have actually read them.
Application form
A maximum of two talk proposals are allowed per speaker applicant.
