Introducing our first batch of speakers..

Today we’re pleased to introduce the first four speakers who are confirmed to take to the stage at WordCamp Whitley Bay 2024!

  • David Artiss

    By day, David Artiss works as a Support Lead at WordPress VIP. His thirty five years of experience in IT support roles has given him the chance to cultivate the art of truly taking care of people and writing so anyone can understand. 

  • Lorna Mitchell

    Lorna is based in Yorkshire, UK; she works on Developer Experience at Redocly, and is a published author and experienced conference speaker. She has a strong background in open source, and a passion for making APIs and developer tools better for everyone.

  • Rian Rietveld

    Rian is a web accessibility specialist from the Netherlands. As a freelance accessibility consultant she works for the NL Design System, the WordPress agency Level Level and for the form plugin Gravity Forms. She also teaches at the online learning platform The A11Y Collective and she gives in-house workshops for web agencies.

  • Scott Jones

    Scott is the CEO & Founder at Illustrate Digital, heading up a technology agency specialising in user research, user experience and website development. From humble beginnings, the agency is now recognised as a global leader in WordPress technology, representing clients such as American World Trade, Osborne Clark, Welsh Government and Countingup Bank.