{"id":1593,"date":"2024-05-28T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2024-05-28T13:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:21:02","slug":"introducing-our-first-batch-of-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/introducing-our-first-batch-of-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing our first batch of speakers.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we&#8217;re pleased to introduce the first four speakers who are confirmed to take to the stage at WordCamp Whitley Bay 2024!<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-david-artiss\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/david-artiss\/\">David Artiss<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/david-artiss\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd47141c7b90165fe30cd6e89f145fdd19eef714c06412f336c8e0277064728b?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of David Artiss\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>By day, David\u00a0Artiss\u00a0works 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-lorna-mitchell\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/lorna-mitchell\/\">Lorna Mitchell<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/lorna-mitchell\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14ad12bf120d9acc5341603ffcb391cf79c532e72aedea51dc30283a6a0632f2?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Lorna Mitchell\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Lorna\u00a0is 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rian-rietveld\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/rian-rietveld\/\">Rian Rietveld<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/rian-rietveld\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7dbc76934c3ca484e3b4caa7e9784918451a304fbc19bcd8ae77739cf414ec1?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rian Rietveld\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-scott-jones\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/scott-jones\/\">Scott Jones<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/speaker\/scott-jones\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/566cc462a7b891b087e8896ef08059327b1b470aaea57dded22eb149e628f02e?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Scott Jones\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Scott\u00a0is the CEO &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re pleased to introduce the first four speakers who are confirmed to take to the stage at WordCamp Whitley Bay 2024!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18639594,"featured_media":1401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/files\/2024\/04\/WCWhitleyBayWeb.jpg?fit=1786%2C715&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18639594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleybay.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}