Abhishek Deshpande

My WordCamp Journey

For those who have no idea what a WordCamp is:
WordCamp is a casual, non-fancy conference that focuses on WordPress topics. The camp is open to 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. Post-camp 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 realised I’ve attended more than 25 WordCamps. 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 I’ve participated in, along with 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-Minute 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 – EMCEE
  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
  46. WordCamp Pune 2025 – Facilitator
  47. WordCamp Asia 2026 – Organizer

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

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 keep updating the list. At the Nashik WordCamp, Amit and I delivered a 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.