{"id":725,"date":"2017-06-29T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2017-06-29T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T10:03:02","slug":"meet-our-third-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2017\/meet-our-third-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our third speakers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re still waiting for our final speakers to confirm, we&#8217;d like to introduce you to our third batch of speakers, who will be covering accessibility, polyglots, agile development, WooCommerce, and Jetpack.<\/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-ben-usher-smith\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ben-usher-smith wcorg-track-two\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen Usher Smith\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\/53b173b1f43319720a7c57099653f71d3c9b822fc074dbf0987e36039fc68bd5?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53b173b1f43319720a7c57099653f71d3c9b822fc074dbf0987e36039fc68bd5?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 is a designer specialising in WordPress, illustration and branding. He runs a small design shop in Edinburgh called BU-S.<\/p>\n<p>Ben loves his clients even if they think he&#8217;s difficult and tell him so to his face.<\/p>\n<p>Ben has been helping people solve design problems on the web since 1998 on projects both BIG and small. He&#8217;s still learning from clients and colleagues everyday.<\/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-kat-christofer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kat-christofer wcorg-track-two\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKat Christofer\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\/1b06826260e823e4e6eacc28be161f0afcbaaf91adaa9d6600b1e89c857b6e06?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b06826260e823e4e6eacc28be161f0afcbaaf91adaa9d6600b1e89c857b6e06?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kat is a California native and former journalist working for Automattic, writing and editing documentation for 400+ WooCommerce products. Her journey began in 2007 at WordPress.com, then moved to self-hosted and building e-commerce stores for private clients. A digital nomad for two years, she travels full time and is in love with the sea but surfs badly.<\/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-luminus-olumide-alabi\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-luminus-olumide-alabi wcorg-track-two\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLuminus Olumide Alabi\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\/3d920548f4674213b25babf78d4de326970544b02bc7559afed8a9783df8d773?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d920548f4674213b25babf78d4de326970544b02bc7559afed8a9783df8d773?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Luminus Olumide Alabi is a Happiness Engineer in the WooCommerce team at Automattic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-graham-armfield\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-graham-armfield wcorg-track-one\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGraham Armfield\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\/4f684f4cc972282de186d82860316d741081e106110096762e4b2588b3d5920a?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f684f4cc972282de186d82860316d741081e106110096762e4b2588b3d5920a?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Graham is a Web Accessibility Consultant for his own company Coolfields Consulting. He works with organisations to help them improve the accessibility of their websites &#8211; testing the websites for accessibility, and advising the designers and developers on how to fix issues found. He has also written detailed training courses on accessibility for developers which he presents on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a WordPress developer, and has built many accessible WordPress websites for clients \u2013 both large and small. He has contributed the Make WordPress Accessible Team and has spoken on accessibility to many WordCamps and other WordPress meetups.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work you&#8217;re likely to find him playing his guitar, recording his next album or performing at local open mic evenings.<\/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-claire-brotherton\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-claire-brotherton wcorg-track-one\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClaire Brotherton\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\/33bd0aa112e3f1dbd05dd52754f40665a8330d8f0055d8498bdd36596ac125b1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33bd0aa112e3f1dbd05dd52754f40665a8330d8f0055d8498bdd36596ac125b1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Claire is a freelance web developer and accessibility advocate based in Edinburgh. Claire&#8217;s ideal clients are businesses, nonprofits and entrepreneurs who are passionate about access and inclusion. She loves learning and blogs regularly on her site A Bright Clear Web.<\/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-daniel-casserly\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-daniel-casserly wcorg-track-one\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Casserly\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\/2cd80db4840e8d55dcd641ae3960417cbdaf91d421f7f9b974d58447108aa358?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2cd80db4840e8d55dcd641ae3960417cbdaf91d421f7f9b974d58447108aa358?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel is a self-employed software developer working in Edinburgh. He has been working in PHP and WordPress for 9 years and has done everything from plugin and theme development to setting up brand new sites for customers.<\/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-andres-cifuentes\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-andres-cifuentes wcorg-track-one\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndr\u00e9s Cifuentes\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\/f1afbdd2482acadf9abeb069d68bb464523a791068e34269c1330ca1671460c4?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1afbdd2482acadf9abeb069d68bb464523a791068e34269c1330ca1671460c4?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andres is a Colombian front-end developer currently living in Sevilla after working in Paris for five years. He is a WordPress enthusiast working at OnTheGoSystems in support, training and lately as a Community Events leader.<br \/>\nHe is a Colombian coffee addict, a traveler and an eternal languages student.<\/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-kayleigh-thorpe\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kayleigh-thorpe wcorg-track-two\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKayleigh Thorpe\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\/cee8c3564bca088c8f3300447726634e7e34d11b2002b3de29996ba4da754343?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cee8c3564bca088c8f3300447726634e7e34d11b2002b3de29996ba4da754343?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kayleigh is a WordPress Support Specialist at <a href=\"http:\/\/34SP.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">34SP.com<\/a> . 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