Meet Our Speakers

WordCamp Canada • Ottawa, Ontario • October 16-17

What one place will gather the most inspiring lineup of WordPress experts, designers, developers, educators, and community leaders to speak this year? You can make a good case for WordCamp Canada.

Start with our visionary keynotes. Then add everything from lightning talks to technical deep dives and hands-on workshops, from the hallway track to discussion panels. Whether you’re looking for new skills, a spark for your creativity, or a roadmap to the future, the outstanding people below are ready to bring it all to one place: Carleton University.

Check back often. More speakers are confirming. And we can’t wait for you to meet them all—now, and when they take the stage in October!

  • Alex Melen

    Alex Melen

    Alex Melen, co-founder of SmartSites, is an award-winning entrepreneur and keynote speaker featured in Forbes and Bloomberg for digital innovation.

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  • Alex Sirota

    Alex Sirota

    Alex Sirota is a plugin developer, community leader, and WordCamp Toronto organizer who brings tech expertise and jazz energy to the WordPress world.

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  • Anthony Moore

    Anthony Moore

    Anthony Moore of Trew Knowledge brings 20 years of experience leading digital transformations for top Canadian brands and global organizations.

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  • Brent Toderash

    Brent Toderash

    With 25+ years in IT, Brent advocates WordPress, FLOSS, and decentralized package management through AspirePress and FAIR to reduce supply chain risk.

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  • Brian Coords

    Brian Coords

    Brian Coords is a WordPress developer, writer, and WooCommerce Developer Advocate who hosts Webmasters.fm and writes for top industry sites.

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  • Carl Alexander

    Carl Alexander

    Carl Alexander is a PHP developer and founder of Ymir, sharing serverless DevOps expertise to help the WordPress community tackle complex topics.

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  • Daniel Paz

    Daniel Paz

    Technical SEO and WordPress expert with 16+ years’ experience. Founder of WP Alta Performance and CTO at Genesis Digital, boosting site speed and ROI.

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  • Dave Winer

    Dave Winer

    Dave was an early open web developer who built core tools behind WordPress. Software developer, blogger, and podcaster sharing insights on web technology.

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  • Dee Teal

    Dee Teal

    Dee Teal is a WordPress community leader, podcast host, and advocate for diverse, collaborative teams, with deep experience in digital communication and project delivery.

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  • Django Doucet

    Django Doucet

    Theme & Plugin Developer who ActivityPub Developer

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  • Evan Prodromou

    Evan Prodromou

    Evan Prodromou co-authored ActivityPub and led W3C Social Web standards. He builds open web tools like Wikitravel and GNU social.

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  • Jeffrey Paul

    Jeffrey Paul

    Jeffrey Paul is VP of Open Source at Fueled, leading WordPress core efforts, plugin sustainability, and contributor strategy across the ecosystem.

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  • Jeffrey Zalischi

    Jeffrey Zalischi

    Jeffrey Zalischi specializes in AI integration, performance optimization, and scalable enterprise solutions at Trew Knowledge.

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  • Jennifer Curry Jahnke

    Jennifer Curry Jahnke

    Jennifer Curry Jahnke is a digital accessibility expert and award-winning educator with 20+ years advancing inclusive education and web standards.

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  • Joe A Simpson Jr

    Joe A Simpson Jr

    Joe is a UX-focused WordPress developer, community leader, and speaker dedicated to accessibility and empowering underrepresented tech communities.

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  • Jonathan Desrosiers

    Jonathan Desrosiers

    Jonathan, a WordPress Core committer since 2018, builds at scale and mentors new contributors. He’s a Principal Software Engineer at Bluehost.

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  • Keanan Koppenhaver

    Keanan Koppenhaver

    Keanan, a seasoned WordPress developer, founded FloorboardAI to help agencies harness AI for better workflows, efficiency, and client results.

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  • Mary Job

    Mary Job

    Mary is a Support Engineer at Paid Memberships Pro, agency owner, and community leader teaching tech skills and supporting the African WP community.

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  • Michelle Frechette

    Michelle Frechette

    Michelle Frechette is Executive Director of Post Status, creator, speaker, and advocate for inclusion in tech. Learn more at meetmichelle.online.

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  • Paul Sheldrake

    Paul Sheldrake

    Paul is an Engineering Manager with 20 years’ experience leading teams to build maintainable, automated WordPress solutions for nonprofits and Higher Ed.

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  • Ryan Welcher

    Ryan Welcher

    Ryan is a Developer Advocate at Automattic helping devs adopt Gutenberg. He contributes to WordPress and streams custom block dev on Twitch.

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  • Sandi Gauder

    Sandi Gauder

    Sandi is a web accessibility expert with 15+ years’ experience helping teams build accessible sites and meet AODA guidelines.

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  • Sasha Endoh

    Sasha Endoh

    Sasha is the founder of Endoh Collaborative, a feminist digital agency crafting accessible design and branding to empower nonprofits and purpose-driven businesses.

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  • Troy Chaplin

    Troy Chaplin

    Troy builds accessible WordPress Enterprise solutions, React libraries, and tools that empower developers to create modern, sustainable websites.

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