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The Bucharest WordPress meetup has been around for almost a year now, and each time it has proven to be a useful lesson. It was here that we officially introduced ShortPixel<\/a>\u00a0to the world which\u2014besides me being terrified of public speaking\u2014turned out to be a great gig.<\/p>\n

We wanted to engage even more with the WordPress community, so we started looking at the coming international WordCamp<\/a>\u00a0events.\u00a0We’ve been thinking that a good way to do this would be to volunteer for the first WordCamp, and meet the most involved people with WordPress. Germany looked like a good fit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day WordCamp Berlin was announced for the 14th of November, I sent a heads up email volunteering for the event.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Since I got their confirmation a few days later, everything came together nicely.<\/p>\n

As volunteers, we received all the info by email and on the official Slack and Twitter<\/a> channels. The event’s official Wapuu mascot was selected from several designs<\/a> submitted to represent WordCamp Berlin 2015. Now, a ‘Wapuu der BER’ sticker decorates the back of my phone.<\/p>\n

\"Wapuu<\/p>\n

I found a good fare with AirBerlin that is doing a much better job that any low-cost carriers I\u2019ve traveled with, plus they now have WiFi on board. My journey was even more pleasant staying at a friend who lives nearby Ernst-Reuter-Platz, just a 12-minute walk to the WordCamp venue.<\/p>\n

The whole trip was on fast forward, with many things happening over one weekend in the beautiful city of Berlin. I can\u2019t recommend this experience enough, and here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

THE\u00a0TALKS<\/p>\n

WordCamp Berlin<\/a> is one of the several official WordPress events in Germany. As a volunteer, I was in charge with the registration desk and had the pleasure to greet everyone rushing in from the windy day. I was sorry to miss the official opening and the morning tracks, but they’ll soon be available on WordPress TV<\/a>. Here are some of the speakers and their presentation decks:<\/p>\n

Sara Rosso – Fake it Like a Project Manager<\/a><\/p>\n

Thorsten Frommen – Brush Up Your Taxonomy Skills\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Thorsten Frommen – An Introduction to Software Testing\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Dennis Ploetner – i18n\/L10n for Themes & Plugins<\/a><\/p>\n

Dennis Ploetner – Unit Testing for Plugin Developers\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank Staude – On Faceted Search<\/a><\/p>\n

Stefan Kremer –\u00a0WordPress Security for safe Plugins and Themes<\/a><\/p>\n

Walter Ebert – Developing Themes with Twig<\/a><\/p>\n

THE PEOPLE<\/p>\n

There were around 200 participants altogether\u2014speakers and organizers included\u2014split between the three rooms where the WordPress tracks and seminars took\u00a0place. The coffee and lunch breaks were a good time to get in touch with fellow WordPressers. Besides the Germans, who were an overwhelming majority, the Dutch were second to come to Berlin for this event. I was the only\u00a0one from Romania, and I was shouted at for it:<\/p>\n

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Shout out to @isabinuta<\/a> who travelled from Bucarest to Berlin to volunteer at a local Word Camp. #wcber<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Caspar H\u00fcbinger (@glueckpress) November 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n