{"id":13781,"date":"2019-11-29T22:51:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.asia.wordcamp.org\/?p=13781"},"modified":"2019-11-29T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:22:04","slug":"announcing-our-speakers-round-1-development-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/announcing-our-speakers-round-1-development-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing our Speakers &#8211; Round 1 (Development Talks)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re absolutely thrilled to announce our first round of speakers \u2014 represents a group of experts bringing insights from diverse layers with a ton of information to share.  <br><br>Meet our speakers below (arranged alphabetically), click the speaker name to read more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-alain-schlesser\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/alain-schlesser\/\">Alain Schlesser<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/alain-schlesser\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6dde7f578e5530884238e7173f768ae3a890b6d66eb99262a82f2c494a1b67d4?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Alain Schlesser\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Alain is a freelance software engineer, WordPress consultant, and Google Developers Expert in Web Technologies living in Germany. He is the maintainer of WP-CLI, the command-line interface for WordPress and works on WordPress Core itself as a contributor and component maintainer. Passionate about software architecture and code quality, he never misses an opportunity to share &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/advanced-performance-scalability-for-php-developers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvanced Performance &amp; Scalability for PHP Developers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22, 2020 at 11:15 am +07 in Track 2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-aslam-multani\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/aslam-multani\/\">Aslam Multani<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/aslam-multani\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e18de5dbb25098a252b9d727966774a5e12657c905da8ff09b9b28af171cc8d?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Aslam Multani\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Aslam calls himself &quot;The Introspective Techie&quot;. Apart from being a techie, he enjoys studying about nature of Mind in context of Buddhism including meditation and other practices like emotional intelligence. Book reading, Travelling and Watching movies are his favourite activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/how-we-utilised-decoupled-wordpress-to-build-a-mindfulness-app-for-a-technology-consulting-firm\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow we utilised Decoupled WordPress to build a mindfulness app for a technology consulting firm?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 23, 2020 at 1:30 pm +07 in Track 3\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-carl-alberto\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/carl-alberto\/\">Carl Alberto<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/carl-alberto\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f173ded7bfe50360b7968635e1a9dd1bddaaad1b2a86cc15ac687e47955a0cb0?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Carl Alberto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>A Senior Customer Success Engineer in Pantheon Systems where he assists site launches, optimizations, security and troubleshooting complex WordPress builds on the platform. He is also a co-organizer in the WordPress User\u2019s Group the Philippines and part of the Global WP Community team, where he helps the community grow in the PH though meetups and &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/automating-your-qa-through-visual-regression-testing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutomating your QA through Visual Regression testing\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 23, 2020 at 11:00 am +07 in Track 3\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-grzegorz-greg-ziolkowski\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/grzegorz-greg-ziolkowski\/\">Grzegorz (Greg) Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/grzegorz-greg-ziolkowski\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a61af5cd9a78137214c3f0b276a3d07bdb931397f4d7861ce6b818fd062b542d?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Grzegorz (Greg) Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Grzegorz is a passionate code wrangler and open-source contributor based in Ole\u015bnica, Poland. He writes JavaScript at Automattic and contributes to the WordPress core. When not coding, Grzegorz enjoys spending time with his adorable wife and daughter. He likes travelling to new places and playing basketball with his friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/how-modern-javascript-influences-wordpress-development\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow Modern JavaScript Influences WordPress Development\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 23, 2020 at 2:15 pm +07 in Track 2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-hardeep-asrani\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/hardeep-asrani\/\">Hardeep Asrani<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/hardeep-asrani\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/809db0a17fba9bbc5e4377329f568e46e1a3d3b5edd0fd9896dab5e7b0fe5a1a?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Hardeep Asrani\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Hardeep Asrani is a developer and Star Wars fan from Kanpur. He loves contributing to the WordPress community in many ways, including support, themes, plugins and more. You can find him on Slack pretty much all the time exploring different parts of the WordPress community. Hardeep works for ThemeIsle.com as a developer focusing on Gutenberg. &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/building-for-the-block-editor-gutenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBuilding for the Block Editor (Gutenberg)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22, 2020 at 4:30 pm +07 in Track 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-imran-sayed\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/imran-sayed\/\">Imran Sayed<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/imran-sayed\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c012f016410d94907d8ec33c1bef3694be703b6da5ea15b5aae4e80aa31b472?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Imran Sayed\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Imran is a WordCamp Speaker, MeetUp Organizer, Translation Contributor, Plugin and Theme Developer currently associated with rtCamp. He also has experience in Node, React and Laravel. Imran is the author of the popular Twentynineteen WordPress theme ported over to Frontity in React. Apart from this, Imran has a passion for teaching and sharing knowledge which &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/fastest-way-of-creating-gutenberg-blocks-with-minimal-javascript-knowledge\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFastest way of creating Gutenberg blocks with minimal JavaScript knowledge\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22, 2020 at 3:45 pm +07 in Track 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-k-adam-white\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/k-adam-white\/\">K Adam White<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/k-adam-white\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a498e093283b7b42aa63d5f75851cda7ec4c4e2137cb8482e02d3181b48eafa3?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of K Adam White\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>K Adam White (or \u201cKAdam\u201d) is a Senior Engineer at Human Made, where he leads teams building modern, enterprise-scale digital experiences on top of WordPress. He is a component maintainer for the WordPress REST API and a long-time open source contributor and enjoys misappropriating what he knows about JavaScript and data visualization to make strange &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/the-past-future-of-the-wordpress-rest-api\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Past &amp; Future of the WordPress REST API\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22, 2020 at 10:30 am +07 in Track 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-mashhood-rastgar\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mashhood-rastgar\/\">Mashhood Rastgar<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mashhood-rastgar\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5e7695d5de966caa590fad2f37e0d1cfa3543c46a3362aa2d25e3a1909a17ec?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Mashhood Rastgar\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Mashhood leads the engineering team at Sastaticket.pk. He enjoys building awesome products and working with open source technologies. He is also an active developer community member, is currently serving as a Google Developer Expert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/theming-react-components\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTheming React Components\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 23, 2020 at 10:15 am +07 in Track 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-muhammad-muhsin\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/muhammad-muhsin\/\">Muhammad Muhsin<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/muhammad-muhsin\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec3c8c8ce7947e02fb1e88ef455efb28c5f156f06a3db6d0206552d5545af086?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Muhammad Muhsin\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Muhammad started working with WordPress and React in 2016 and has loved the experience ever since. He currently works as React Developer at rtCamp &#8211; the only WordPress VIP Gold Partner Agency in Asia. He has been a speaker at multiple online conferences and meetups. He also writes for publications like Smashing Magazine. 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Passionate about learning, understanding things and solving problems. In love with WordPress since 2009. When he&#039;s not solving problems with WordPress or Javascript, is probably reading, watching a movie or looking for flight tickets for his next destination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/so-you-want-to-unit-test-your-code\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSo you want to unit test your code?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 23, 2020 at 2:15 pm +07 in Track 3\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rosanne-van-staalduinen\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rosanne-van-staalduinen\/\">Rosanne van Staalduinen<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rosanne-van-staalduinen\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b42d57dbabff14583c73ca786ee9a574111b990b638a9e1493c0da7f941938c?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rosanne van Staalduinen\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Rosanne is the co-founder of Buro Staal, a small digital agency in The Netherlands. She believes that a website isn\u2019t the end product, but the start of a process that consists of analyzing and optimizing. 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During his time cleaning infected websites, he gained an appreciation for clever malware, layered obfuscation, and Harry Potter passages. 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Having been involved with WordPress since 2007, he is the creator of ElasticPress, contributed to WordPress core, authored popular plugins (downloaded over a million times), and spoken at many conferences across multiple continents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/scaling-woocommerce-with-elasticpress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScaling WooCommerce with ElasticPress\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22, 2020 at 4:30 pm +07 in Track 2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-thierry-muller\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/thierry-muller\/\">Thierry Muller<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/thierry-muller\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae471a712193415572159781c587e1ab021c58b0a54d8ab47b57cf45dc232feb?s=200&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Thierry Muller\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Thierry is a Swiss Digital Wrangler writing code and architecting softwares for a decade. 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