Welcome to our first group of #WCEU speakers

Good morning Europe, hello world!

There will be an exciting line-up in Vienna on June 24-25! We’re happy to announce our first group of speakers coming from different parts of the world to share their design, development, business and community knowledge with you. Please meet John Blackbourn, Sonja Leix, Marko Dugonjić, Francesca Marano, Caspar Hübinger and Naoko Takano!

John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn is a senior WordPress developer at Human Made in the UK. He’s a WordPress Core Developer, a member of the WordPress security team, and he was the release lead for WordPress 4.1.

Sonja Leix

Sonja is a location-independent WordPress front-end designer. She’s an active member of the WordPress community, co-organized WordCamp New York 2014 and WordCamp Europe 2015. She has a strong design background and is passionate about UX, the WordPress community, and traveling.

Marko Dugonjić

Marko Dugonjić is a designer, speaker and author based in Velika Gorica, Croatia. As the creative and user experience director at Creative Nights, he improves customers’ digital experiences for international clients. He is an editor at Smashing Magazine, the author of the Smashing Book 4, chapter “The Next Steps For Web Typography”, and the founder of Typetester, an online tool for designing with web fonts.

Francesca Marano

WordPress professional, community junkie, business explorer. She makes WordPress things happen in Torino, Italy: WordCamp organizer, Polyglot PTE, Meetup co-founder.

Caspar Hübinger

As a self-taught post-dotcom web developer, he got introduced to WordPress “Billy Strayhorn” and has stayed ever since. Caspar Hübinger has a fundamental interest in people and how they interact.

Naoko Takano

Naoko Takano is a Globalizer at Automattic. She is a part of Team Global, which facilitates internationalization and localization of WordPress.com and other products.

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