Please welcome the second round of confirmed speakers for WordCamp Canada 2026! With 6 more speakers and 5 more sessions joining the lineup, our program is nearly complete — 18 speakers and 17 sessions confirmed so far, with one fireside chat still to be announced.
Our Second Round of Speakers Are In
This next group brings the same depth of experience as our first — core contributors, agency leaders, product managers, developer advocates, and educators — adding even more perspective to a program already covering block development, the Interactivity API, AI-assisted workflows, accessibility, and what it means to build (and lead) in an industry moving faster than ever.
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Alexanne Laplante
Quebec WordPress dev Alexanne helps freelancers land bigger projects by staying in their zone of genius and building a strong professional network.
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Daniel Paz
Daniel Paz is a Brazilian WordPress performance and technical SEO expert with 14+ years of experience, leading WP teams and educational projects.
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Matt Litzinger
Matt Litzinger helps companies turn underperforming sites into accessible, high-performing marketing assets, plus shares UX tips via Quick Wins.
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Mikey Arce
A 15-year WordPress veteran and Core AI contributor, Mikey helps organizations leverage AI, launch on WP VIP, and build top plugins like Sensei.
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Robbie Adair
OS Training and Media A-Team CEO Robbie Adair speaks globally on web dev, AI, and media, having taught over 100k students through courses and books.
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Stéphane Boisvert
Enterprise WP leader Stéphane Boisvert helps teams build AI agentic pipelines at Principal WP, drawing on CTO & director experience at XWP & VIP.
The Program Comes Into Focus
With most of the lineup now confirmed, here’s what stands out across the program so far:
The AI throughline gets even stronger. From Skills to Systems: Building Your Own Agentic Pipeline takes the hands-on, practical approach to AI development even further, walking through how to actually build an agentic pipeline rather than just talk about one. And Staying Relevant as a WordPress Developer in 2026 picks up the career-and-identity thread from round one, looking squarely at what it takes for developers to stay valuable as AI reshapes the day-to-day of the job.
Accessibility and client relationships round out the technical and business side of the program. No Pattern? No Problem: Solving Accessibility Challenges at the Edge of WCAG pushes past the standard guidance into the harder, less-documented accessibility cases developers actually run into. And for anyone running an agency or freelancing, Beyond Launch: Empower Your WordPress Clients with Training tackles what happens after handoff — turning clients into confident site owners instead of repeat support tickets.
And the human side of WordPress gets a session all its own. Stop Building Alone: How Smart Freelancers Use Collaboration to Take On Bigger Projects Without Burning Out is a candid look at freelancer collaboration and mental health — how working with others, not just harder, is what lets independent developers take on bigger work without burning out.
One More to Come: Our Fireside Chat
We’re still finalizing our closing fireside chat — and we can’t wait to share who’ll be joining us for it. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for that last announcement, which will round out the full WordCamp Canada 2026 program.
See You in Vancouver
With the lineup nearly locked in, the shape of WordCamp Canada 2026 is coming together fast. Between the workshops, the case studies, and the conversations happening in the hallway, it’s shaping up to be a weekend that’s as practical as it is genuinely fun.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now — and we’d love for you to join us, fireside chat and all, in November.