{"id":8,"date":"2018-07-17T19:24:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2018-09-10T21:04:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T11:04:17","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker applications closed on September 10th, we&#8217;re busy reviewing talks and will have some special announcements soon!<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-dion-hulse\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-dion-hulse wcorg-track-track-1 wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDion Hulse\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2de69ad6eee250cc6b0f45d2898cac37dec8bca6f30fecbf5be8fa9578cb43ee?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2de69ad6eee250cc6b0f45d2898cac37dec8bca6f30fecbf5be8fa9578cb43ee?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michael-viller\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michael-viller wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Viller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b43c0b806848835bbabe62cd239c316adb7cefe7987f06592334e0eb9a557a5?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b43c0b806848835bbabe62cd239c316adb7cefe7987f06592334e0eb9a557a5?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael has been the &#8220;Mick&#8221; of many things over the past 36 years of his life however one thing that he&#8217;s always been passionate about is building websites, He started teaching himself to build websites back in &#8217;99 with HTML, then moved to mambo, then was an avid Joomla user for over 10 years and a very anti-WordPress person up till a few years ago, but hasn&#8217;t touched Joomla since.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-maddison-selleck\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-maddison-selleck wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaddison Selleck\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73cee8552b95b6e79ba187ab54f362aca1ced344a5103fae6857e30fbefc3de6?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73cee8552b95b6e79ba187ab54f362aca1ced344a5103fae6857e30fbefc3de6?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maddison Selleck is the Chief Business Development Officer at VentraIP Australia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-rheinard-korf\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-rheinard-korf wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRheinard Korf\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66bb96df5d7c442e02116e741fe08dff7b5ef08b3640af30eac9860ae93c020c?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66bb96df5d7c442e02116e741fe08dff7b5ef08b3640af30eac9860ae93c020c?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the age of twelve Rheinard discovered a love for programming languages and writing software for friends and family. Whilst studying Information Technology he also discovered a love for teaching programming and has done so for over a decade before turning to programming as a career.<br \/>\nRheinard has a passion for frameworks, programming languages and APIs. His most ambitious project he has worked on recently is Tide \u2013 a WordPress code quality and review ecosystem written primarily in the Go programming language. Now he is at it again, dreaming big and exploring the future of WordPress in an API dominated world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-dale-reardon\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-dale-reardon wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDale Reardon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75fe12f61d513a57962cc592154576ba37bf9df7848c73f18bfcedff68114904?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75fe12f61d513a57962cc592154576ba37bf9df7848c73f18bfcedff68114904?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dale Reardon is from Tasmania, Australia and along with his wife, Jo, have founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mydisabilitymatters.club\/\">My Disability Matters<\/a>, a Worldwide online community for the disability sector. Dale is qualified as a lawyer but he asks that we not hold that against him. He loves everything to do with France. Wine, food, and champagne. Dale is legally blind and uses a guide dog, Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>Dale advocates for accessible web-design and has a particular hatred for graphical captchas that frustrate him and so many others, he\u2019s also a passionate advocate for equality, anti-discrimination and disability rights and equality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-sally-eberhardt\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-sally-eberhardt wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSally Eberhardt\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9ef4d1017306d70a493d4478434fa5cc3c5249bae2875b4f79b2c44cfe23a52?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9ef4d1017306d70a493d4478434fa5cc3c5249bae2875b4f79b2c44cfe23a52?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sally Eberhardt a proud and happy introvert (although you\u2019re forgiven for not realising this upon meeting her), has recently published her first book entitled Pain-Free Networking for Introverts.<\/p>\n<p>Her first networking experiences were nerve-racking to say the least, fearing about whether anyone would talk to her, whether she\u2019d fit in, and general lack of confidence. Turning all that around she now shares her journey with others to remove pain and maximise the rewards of networking.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a lover of wild places, animals, photography, family, street-art, traveling, dining out, reading, writing, and of course, the Communities she\u2019s Networked with on her journey here.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-brendan-woods\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-brendan-woods wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrendan Woods\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a2f4857b75d47251caf564f722a3303369550b868c5c4c0fdb4b0bd8007ce7a?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a2f4857b75d47251caf564f722a3303369550b868c5c4c0fdb4b0bd8007ce7a?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brendan Woods works as a Team Lead with XWP, managing large scale WordPress solutions. Currently completing a Masters of Data Analytics, Brendan has a deep interest in how technology continues to shape our lives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-luke-carbis\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-luke-carbis wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLuke Carbis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b087cb3465596ea78f2378ebb6b455b14e5ca76002579b7d1452908e58835769?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b087cb3465596ea78f2378ebb6b455b14e5ca76002579b7d1452908e58835769?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Luke Carbis is a trained teacher who decided to trade moody teenagers for programming. Today, he works to foster diversity, community, and possibility at XWP.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jane-tweedy\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jane-tweedy wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJane Tweedy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16137acb79bd06eb7a11bcc9f572260664379160feb2ed61047649d10070c137?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16137acb79bd06eb7a11bcc9f572260664379160feb2ed61047649d10070c137?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jane Tweedy is founder &amp; lead-trainer of FAQ Business Training, with a mission to educate and empower small business owners to DIY or outsource with confidence through accurage and topical training.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also a part-time Business Connect and BEC Australia Approved Business Advisor for Western Sydney Business Centre, the NSW Government funded program has allowed Jane to help over 800 small business owners on an array of topics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-paul-dunstone\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-paul-dunstone wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul Dunstone\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f97532dfe4d849d31455a53582715f1710b93316760dc27d28d2f2468a292b2?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f97532dfe4d849d31455a53582715f1710b93316760dc27d28d2f2468a292b2?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paul Dunstone is the founder and Managing Director of OSE Digital. Paul has over 15 years experience in web design, development and digital marketing and leads a team of experts who work to deliver WordPress and WooCommerce implementations on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Paul and his team have built a strong reputation for building fast-loading, scalable WordPress sites for organisations all across Australia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mandy-weidmann\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mandy-weidmann wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMandy Weidmann\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98eb67c0fb9a7a793edd7dce16c734c85f0244fc9d23ae5997fee65ad2e645b0?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98eb67c0fb9a7a793edd7dce16c734c85f0244fc9d23ae5997fee65ad2e645b0?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mandy Weidmann is Australia\u2019s \u2018Fundraising Whisperer\u2019 \u2013 publisher of the Fundraising Directory and author of the Practical Fundraising Handbook for School and Club Volunteers. Mandy believes that parent volunteers shouldn\u2019t have to reinvent the wheel all the time and is passionate about providing resources to make fundraising easier (and more fun).<\/p>\n<p>She is also a self-confessed app addict!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tony-cosentino\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tony-cosentino wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTony Cosentino\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bce939aad7c93180e631ef8c3a8d104c8c2ade0b56b7095ca5df0f535a470f52?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bce939aad7c93180e631ef8c3a8d104c8c2ade0b56b7095ca5df0f535a470f52?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tony has been developing &amp; building with WordPress for 10 years now in the SMB space as a freelancer based in Sydney. He attended his first WordCamp in New Zealand in 2011 and quickly followed it up by WordCamp Melbourne the same month \u2013 he was hooked!<\/p>\n<p>With the rise in voice technology he\u2019s turned his mind to podcasting and hosts his own show \u2018The Tony Cosentino Show\u2019 about his and other peoples passions and obsessions including WordPress and Podcasting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-paula-glynn\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-paula-glynn wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaula Glynn\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31769ab426f7cc3b36984a6c4c2ff331ce6cb1e1c7998cab7ee454ea08a63b59?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31769ab426f7cc3b36984a6c4c2ff331ce6cb1e1c7998cab7ee454ea08a63b59?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paula Glynn is the lead Search Specialist at PixelStorm and an experienced Pay per Click Guru. For the last decade Paula has been living, breathing and dreaming PPC and digital strategy.<\/p>\n<p>When not optimising client\u2019s accounts, she is reading the latest industry case studies and trends.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ben-white\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ben-white wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen White\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eacfdc7005c8fc1c93ef78ad797e8f4d89ec681f6853db32668039e71a4a11a1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eacfdc7005c8fc1c93ef78ad797e8f4d89ec681f6853db32668039e71a4a11a1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ben White is the CMS Engineering Manager at Fairfax Media Australia, and has been utilising WordPress at scale with media publishers since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He likes keeping things simple and automating things that are not, so he can have more time to spend with family and play video games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-peter-wilson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-peter-wilson wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPeter Wilson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24a5ca8b960821795fd5f6c0f70ce94a84e0ee71fea4beeee394fa66995ae838?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24a5ca8b960821795fd5f6c0f70ce94a84e0ee71fea4beeee394fa66995ae838?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Wilson is a Senior WordPress Engineer at Human Made and committer to WordPress core. Peter has worked on the web for twenty years on everything from table based layouts in the 90s to enterprise grade CMS development.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a big fan of musical theater and often encourages his WordPress community colleagues to join him for a show or two in New York or in the West End.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-scott-huntley\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-scott-huntley wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Huntley\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ca6bf757211f8bd6e09a08510de602d25b339fe6faefb9bda23389d7d4d95e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ca6bf757211f8bd6e09a08510de602d25b339fe6faefb9bda23389d7d4d95e?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kenneth Scott Huntley (please call him Scott) is an Instruction Designer for the Student Management Services Program Project at TAFE NSW. Scott also runs a number of WordPress workshops a few weekends every year at the local community college in Parramatta.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-toni-livesey\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-toni-livesey wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToni Livesey\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c17c31f359d52a61040962913085dbb40b14e06395bf52b44f744d5a5828f713?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c17c31f359d52a61040962913085dbb40b14e06395bf52b44f744d5a5828f713?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based in Harvey Bay, Toni started with her first website over 20 years ago in 1996 with nothing more than Notepad and a couple of HTML tutorials. Much more recently she\u2019s written a training manual for a training course in WooCommerce delivered to indigenous startups by the QLD government.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s worked with clients in all types of business; including online stores ranging from large fishing tackle sites that sell tens of thousands globally to small local businesses selling disposable nappies.<\/p>\n<p>Never saying no to a challenge and always solving the problem, has lead to the fond nickname\u00a0<em>\u2018Crazy Lady\u2019<\/em>\u00a0from her family \u2013 in her spare time she\u2019s a wife, mother and step-mother to 10, and grandmother to more kids than she can count on all her fingers and toes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-gal-baras\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-gal-baras wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGal Baras\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ccfcb1daa6c0b064e043799302012690fa5cfd4301d6e50bc08f2795cebe87b?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ccfcb1daa6c0b064e043799302012690fa5cfd4301d6e50bc08f2795cebe87b?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m a Brisbane-based online marketing consultant working with small\/local businesses and running several business websites. All the websites I work on are based on WordPress and I provide &#8220;the full suite&#8221; for them: domain, hosting, web development, SEO, conversion optimisation, moral support, maintenance, backups and more.<\/p>\n<p>Before starting this business, I was in corporate IT for 1 years and worked on very large systems for very large organisations, which gives me a large-scale, methodical perspective on website setup and operation.<\/p>\n<p>Having been &#8220;just a number&#8221; all those years, on the other hand, made me choose small clients, where personal touch and care are important and appreciated by both sides.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-emma-patterson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-emma-patterson wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Patterson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d8d0da6cac7df5ef68aacb536c62d7324a8a5b7ea7aaa867db52098570d69e4?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d8d0da6cac7df5ef68aacb536c62d7324a8a5b7ea7aaa867db52098570d69e4?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m a graphic designer turned web designer on a mission to teach others how to build beautiful &amp; professional websites with WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been freelancing since 2011, and working with WordPress since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Through mentoring and my WordPress-based eCourse I now focus on teaching other graphic designers and entrepreneurs how to build their own websites using my 9-step process.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, I&#8217;m obsessed with sausage dogs, nature, wine and Mexican food.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-andrew-duncan\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-andrew-duncan wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Duncan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6ef7901d18edbbf99bfee509b579de499f9fcc5e0ffda08276e9ba0487afa9f?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6ef7901d18edbbf99bfee509b579de499f9fcc5e0ffda08276e9ba0487afa9f?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andrew Duncan is the CEO\/Owner of Databuzz, a FileMaker Business Alliance partner based in Sydney, Australia. He has been developing FileMaker solutions since 1992 and has been working with APIs for over 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew is the developer of fmEcommerce Link (WooCommerce Edition), a popular solution for integrating WooCommerce with the FileMaker platform (FileMaker is an Apple subsidiary that provides a unified platform to create and deploy custom apps for mobile, cloud, and on-premise environments.)<\/p>\n<p>Andrew speaks regularly at the Sydney FileMaker Developers group which he convenes, with a particular focus on FileMaker integration. He has developed a number of award winning FileMaker integration solutions, including fmSMS, fmAccounting Link and fmEcommerce Link.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew writes regularly on his Databuzz blog and is an active member of the FileMaker Community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-leon-stafford\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-leon-stafford wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeon Stafford\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cbd2a640394f5500c25ebf06bd01f28e239d1cfd6077314d3707372b6157b54?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cbd2a640394f5500c25ebf06bd01f28e239d1cfd6077314d3707372b6157b54?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Leon has worked around the globe in technical roles the past 15 years. He has a passion for low-resource computing and doing more with less.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-kate-toon\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kate-toon wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKate Toon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/58378313eeb216aa986def111f1343c5ab64c73d8710fb507a5771067da76c68?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/58378313eeb216aa986def111f1343c5ab64c73d8710fb507a5771067da76c68?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kate Toon is an award-winning SEO copywriter and SEO consultant with almost two decades of experience in all things advertising, digital and writing. Originally from the UK but now based just outside Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>She has worked with big brands such as eHarmony, Curash and Kmart. And she\u2019s helped countless small businesses produce great content and improve their copywriting and SEO.<\/p>\n<p>Kate is also the founder of The Clever Copywriting School and The Recipe for SEO Success eCourse, the co-host on the Hot Copy Podcast and the host of The Recipe for SEO Success podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Kate recently published her popular business book, The Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur \u2013 which also has it\u2019s own podcast.<\/p>\n<p>She presents the Write for Business show for the Dale Beaumont\u2019s Brin.ai app and is the founder of The Copywriting Conference \u2013 Australia\u2019s first dedicated Copywriting Conference.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ben-mcadam\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ben-mcadam wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen McAdam\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87c6eb0a41ec1e6d0dd285ccc9fcec02ea7fde59bfc1b1b9347b36a09849c7ef?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87c6eb0a41ec1e6d0dd285ccc9fcec02ea7fde59bfc1b1b9347b36a09849c7ef?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;ve been fiddling with WordPress and with numbers for many years now, though I&#8217;m much better at the latter! I&#8217;m a Virtual CFO, which is like an accountant that helps business owners to understand their financial numbers and grow their businesses and profits. I&#8217;ve grown my own agency in the past, so I understand the challenges from the inside, not just as an outside adviser.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jen-jeavons\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jen-jeavons wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJen Jeavons\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04230c3fdceafd8aadae5f4a07b2b61a002f66fa4954bf0c6a9087c3491a6053?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04230c3fdceafd8aadae5f4a07b2b61a002f66fa4954bf0c6a9087c3491a6053?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jen Jeavons is a Brisbane-based digital designer, Creative Director, serial entrepreneur and award winning singer\/songwriter \u2013 so probably not the best person to challenge at a drunken karaoke night. Jen founded Pixel Palace (a digital design studio here in Brisbane) in 2009 and today works as the company\u2019s managing &amp; creative director. With a successful creative career path spanning the music industry, fashion, web &amp; digital design and now a blooming coffee empire, her colourful lifepath has had one common theme &#8211; human connection through storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>With over 16 years experience in web, Jen has seen the evolution of digital first hand and in 2018 her ability to connect on a personal level is more powerful than ever &#8211; in the real world and online.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-phillip-johnson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-phillip-johnson wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhillip Johnson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d7ae7923820697ad84243c85f2c7e1469dba6314f5f777f7d8ed89ae062d193?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d7ae7923820697ad84243c85f2c7e1469dba6314f5f777f7d8ed89ae062d193?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div>I am a passionate web developer with experience in all areas of multimedia. Originally hailing from Brisbane, I now work out of Melbourne with a specialty in music touring and festival websites. I have worked with a number of clients like Groovin\u2019\u00a0the Moo, Laneway, Spilt Milk, Chugg Entertainment, Secret Sounds Group, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, and many more.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-richard-scherer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-richard-scherer wcorg-track-track-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRichard Scherer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cffef6fa3fdfab3fa73fc887a5dd4144f22ce397fb4f47eaceec16bd41e3b221?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cffef6fa3fdfab3fa73fc887a5dd4144f22ce397fb4f47eaceec16bd41e3b221?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Richard began his professional career in media as a newspaper journalist before moving into communications for a number of federal government departments and agencies.<\/p>\n<p>His first website, in the mid-1990s, was hand coded, but for more than 10 years he&#8217;s used WordPress as his CMS of choice to design websites for community and not-for-profit groups. He has also had on-air and governance roles in Canberra community radio station, ArtSoundFM.<\/p>\n<p>He has attended three previous Wordcamps (Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Sydney) and found all of them to be of great value.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-2018 he co-founded\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/livingartscanberra.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">livingartscanberra.com.au<\/a>, a not-for-profit website, which podcasts and webcasts interviews with arts practitioners. His most recent paid job is as a project writer with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in Canberra.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-stephen-rees-carter\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-stephen-rees-carter wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStephen Rees-Carter\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c2eb86dddee75463a43c6457f38413b61cc0009232881df800a3842e2d89f7b?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c2eb86dddee75463a43c6457f38413b61cc0009232881df800a3842e2d89f7b?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stephen has been a PHP developer for many long years and still loves working with PHP each day. He joined the security industry back in 2012 and has been working on security products, large SaaS applications, and spent some time cleaning infected WordPress websites. Now he\u2019s a senior developer at Wordfence\/Defiant, working hard to secure your website.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-samuel-levy\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-samuel-levy wcorg-track-track-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSamuel Levy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9714fd07ca3e7a95e46a4fb725311c82b57099c5a54dcdc908766639fd185e1b?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9714fd07ca3e7a95e46a4fb725311c82b57099c5a54dcdc908766639fd185e1b?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sam is a Freelance Web developer who has worked in development for over 12 years, and has freelanced for the last 7. 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