Abhishek Deshpande

My WordCamp Journey

For those who have No Idea What WordCamp is?
WordCamp is a casual, non-fancy conference that focuses on WordPress topics. The camp is open to all, all WordPress users, developers, designers and enthusiasts are welcome.

The format of WordCamp varies from city to city, as the local community hosts it with a Local flavour. Sessions generally span a variety of formats, including lectures/presentations, live demos, Q&A, workshops, ignite-style lightning presentations, panels, interviews, and any other form you can imagine. Postcamp presentations and videos are shared with the global community via WordPress.tv and other channels.

Getting to meet and learn from other WordPress users face-to-face is one of the main reasons I started attending WordCamps. My WordCamp journey began as a break from routine work, and nowadays it has become an addiction.

Recently, I figured out I’ve attended more than 25 WordCamps in my life. Every time I visit a WordCamp I plan to write a blog post about it. Unfortunately, many of them are still in draft.

This page is to remind me that I need to link those memories. Here’s the list of WordCamps that I’ve participated in and my to-publish list.

  1. WordCamp Baroda 2013 – Attendee
  2. WordCamp Pune 2013  – Attendee
  3. WordCamp Baroda 2014 – Volunteer
  4. WordCamp Mumbai 2014 – Attendee
  5. WordCamp Mumbai 2015 – Attendee
  6. WordCamp Pune 2015 – Volunteer
  7. WordCamp Mumbai 2016 – Attendee
  8. WordCamp Bhopal 2016 – Attendee
  9. WordCamp Nashik 2016 – Volunteer
  10. WordCamp Pune 2017 – Attendee
  11. WordCamp Udaipur 2017 – Attendee
  12. WordCamp Kochi 2017 – Volunteer
  13. WordCamp Mumbai 2017 – Attendee
  14. WordCamp Nagpur 2017 – Organizer
  15. WordCamp Kanpur 2017 – Speaker
  16. WordCamp Delhi 2017 – Volunteer
  17. WordCamp Ahmedabad 2017 – Volunteer and Speaker
  18. WordCamp Nashik 2017 – Speaker
  19. WordCamp Bhopal 2017 – An Attendee Turns into Last Moment Panelist
  20. WordCamp Udaipur 2018 – Attendee
  21. WordCamp Mumbai 2018 – Speaker
  22. WordCamp Nagpur 2018 – Organizer
  23. WordCamp Kanpur 2018 – Speaker
  24. WordCamp Kochi 2018 – Attendee
  25. WordCamp Pokhara 2018 – Speaker
  26. WordCamp Ahmedabad 2018 – Speaker
  27. WordCamp Pune 2019 – Attendee
  28. WordCamp Kolkata 2019 – Speaker
  29. WordCamp Nagpur 2019 – Organizer
  30. WordCamp Vadodara 2019 – Speaker
  31. WordCamp Mumbai 2019 – Attendee
  32. WordCamp Udaipur 2019 – Attendee
  33. WordCamp Kochi 2019 – Speaker
  34. WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019 – Attendee
  35. WordCamp Nagpur 2022 – Organizer
  36. WordCamp Kolkata 2022 – Speaker
  37. WordCamp Asia 2023 – Volunteer
  38. WordCamp Kerala 2023 – Sponsor
  39. WordCamp Bengaluru 2023 – Sponsor
  40. WordCamp Bhopal 2023 – Sponsor
  41. WordCamp Mumbai 2023 – Speaker
  42. WordCamp Udaipur 2023 – Panelist
  43. WordCamp Ahmedabad 2023 – Attendee
  44. WordCamp Pune 2024 – Facilitator
  45. WordCamp Nagpur 2024 – Organizer

I look forward to sharing my memories ASAP. If we meet for the first time at some WordCamp, please mention it in a comment. 😉

Update: I don’t think, I could ever complete this to-publish list, as it’s hard for me to put those wonderful experiences into words. I’ll simply update the list. In Nashik WordCamp, Amit and I delivered the talk based on our WordCamp journey. That talk won’t be live on WordPress TV due to technical issues, but you can have a visual tour of it here on GitHub.