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Job Board: Connecting Attendees & Companies

At WordCamp Asia 2023, we will be setting up a physical job board area open to all attendees in the Mingle Area. This job board will consist of whiteboards where companies and job seekers can post current job openings and contact information.

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Soak up the Sun: A Guide to the Best Beaches Near Bangkok

Most visitors to Bangkok include time to explore beaches near Bangkok and soak up the sun inside a tropical paradise. The beaches near the center of attraction of the country, with ornate shrines and vibrant streets, are enriched with alluring nature full of palm trees, green hills, and azure blue waters. Although Thailand has incredibly beautiful places with diverse landscapes, nothing is more incredible than the sparkling sands over the bank of the silent seas. After getting some busy metropolitan vibes, there are some great escapes of calm beach fun near Bangkok.

Discover inspiration from the following list to visit the most beautiful nearby islands during your stay in Bangkok: 

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Explore the Best of Thailand: 10 Places To Visit In Your Next Trip

Are you coming to WordCamp Asia and super excited about your Thailand trip? We can feel the excitement. People say you should visit Thailand at least once in your lifetime. Why? Because the ‘The Land Of Smiles’ welcomes its visitors with its rich history, culture, exotic food, and countless breathtaking places with the warmest smiles. However, getting to all the beautiful destinations of Thailand might be pretty challenging in one single trip! And that is what we are here for – to bring you a selection of the must-visit attractions in Thailand!

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Thanks to Silom Sponsor Bluehost

We are delighted to reveal that Bluehost has come on board as a Silom sponsor for WordCamp Asia 2023. Their support will greatly improve the experience for all those attending. We deeply value Bluehost’s kindness and dedication to the WordPress community.

During WordCamp Asia, attendees at Suralai Hall will be given the opportunity to interact with Bluehost and become familiar with their services. We are appreciative of Bluehost’s support and thank them for helping make this year’s event a success. Our sincere gratitude for their invaluable contributions.

Bluehost

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005, and powers over 2 million websites across the world with reliable hosting and personalized guidance.

By leveraging the power of WordPress, Bluehost provides fast website creation methods coupled with intuitive management tools. Whether you’re launching a new e-commerce store, managing a handful of client’s websites, or starting your first blog, Bluehost has the tools and resources you need to be successful.

From secure automated WordPress installations to advanced marketing tools and services, and access to specialized WordPress experts, Bluehost is a great place to build, grow, and scale an online presence.

Thanks to Silom Sponsor WP Engine

We are ecstatic to announce that WP Engine will be a Silom sponsor for WordCamp Asia 2023 and their support is greatly valued in making the event a memorable one for attendees. We are grateful for WP Engine’s generosity and commitment to the WordPress community.

At Suralai Hall, the center of WordCamp Asia, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with WP Engine and learn about their products and services. Our gratitude extends to WP Engine for their support and for enhancing the success of this year’s event. Your contributions are sincerely appreciated.

WP Engine

WP Engine is the world’s leading WordPress digital experience platform that gives enterprises and agencies the agility, performance, intelligence, and integrations they need to drive their business forward faster. WP Engine’s combination of tech innovation and an award-winning team of WordPress experts are trusted by over 200,000 companies across 150 countries to provide counsel and support, helping brands create world-class digital experiences.

The company’s exceptional customer service team comprises rigorously-trained WordPress experts and is the fastest-growing WordPress support team in the industry. This award-winning support team specialises in quickly solving technical problems, and creating a world-class customer experience for its customers. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has offices in San Francisco, California, San Antonio, Texas, Omaha, Nebraska, London, England, Limerick, Ireland, Brisbane, Australia and in Singapore.

Thanks to Siam Sponsor GoDaddy Pro

We are thrilled to introduce GoDaddy Pro as the top-level Siam sponsor for WordCamp Asia 2023. As one of our magnificent Siam sponsors, we are honored to have GoDaddy Pro’s support as we bring together the flagship WordPress event in Asia. Their support and commitment to the WordPress community will greatly contribute to the success of the event.

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to GoDaddy Pro for their generosity and dedication to the WordPress community. Your support will help provide an even better experience for our attendees and make WordCamp Asia an even greater success.

We invite you to meet GoDaddy Pro in person at Suralai Hall, the central area of WordCamp Asia. Please come prepared with questions and feedback, and we believe you will greatly benefit from their insights and expertise.

About GoDaddy Pro

GoDaddy Pro was built by and for website designers and developers.  Whether you’re new to web design or growing your existing business, you’ll find free tools, products, guidance and expert support to help you more efficiently create and maintain beautiful sites — and wow clients.

We provide a Managed WordPress experiencethat is as easy as it is effective. The latest version of WordPress comes pre-installed with exclusive themes, extensions and tools to get you up and running quickly, with automated backups, updates, and malware removal so our pros can spend less time on monotonous maintenance, and more time building their business.

GoDaddy Pro works tirelessly to foster an active, nurturing community, with initiatives including the sponsorship of WordCamps globally and our twice-weekly GoDaddy Pro Meetups. We’re proud to be a partner of the WordPress community and look forward to witnessing all the individual greatness that our efforts help support.

Ask Matt Anything (AMA) at and before WordCamp Asia

We are thrilled to announce Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, as WordCamp Asia 2023’s keynote speaker. Apart from leading the open-source platform that powers 43% of the web, Matt Mullenweg is also the founder & CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and Tumblr. Matt has been recognized for his leadership and success by media giants like Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc Magazine, TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, University Philosophical Society, and Vanity Fair to name a few. 

Originally from Houston, Texas, Matt attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he studied jazz saxophone. His love for jazz is expressed in the naming of every major WordPress release which honours a notable jazz artist. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer, hence his Twitter handle @photomatt. The keynote session — Ask Matt Anything (AMA) —  is organized as a Q&A with Nirav Mehta playing the role of emcee and host. Nirav is a WordPress community veteran from India and the founder of successful WordPress businesses.

Ask Matt Anything (AMA) will take place on 19 February 2023, between 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm (UTC +07).

In addition to taking in-person questions from a live audience at WordCamp Asia 2023, Matt will answer a select few pre-submitted questions. Due to time constraints, we expect to cover around five questions.

If you prefer to ask your question asynchronously, this is your opportunity to send them in for Matt’s eyes and response. Just a reminder, the entire WordCamp Asia event will be live-streamed, including AMA.

Update @ 11 February – We are no longer accepting questions asynchronously as we prepare for the event. If you are attending the event, you can ask them with Matt in-person.

Thanks to Asok Sponsor Titan

We are thrilled to reveal that Titan has joined us as an Asok Sponsor of our event. The unwavering support of sponsors is essential to the success of the event and will provide attendees with a truly unparalleled experience.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Titan for their generosity and steadfast commitment to the WordPress community. Let’s give them a warm round of applause for their efforts in making WordCamp Asia 2023 a truly memorable experience for all attendees.

At the event, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with the Asok sponsors in person at Suralai Hall, the central hub of WordCamp Asia. We strongly encourage attendees to come prepared with any questions or feedback they may have as we believe these interactions will offer valuable insights.

Titan

Titan is the first professional email suite created specifically for professionals and small businesses, with features designed to enable deeper, more meaningful relationships with customers.

Titan is focused on enabling the WordPress community and the larger hosting industry to provide a delightful email experience to their customers by seamlessly integrating email into their offerings. Titan is the first email suite that integrates with WordPress to enable users to provision, manage, and access email along with their web presence.

Titan is the highest-rated email software on G2 with a rating of 4.8/5 and is praised for its ease of use, affordability, customer support, and business-oriented features such as Read Receipts, Send Later, and Email Templates.

Thanks to Ari Sponsors WP Rocket, XpeedStudio, and LikeCoin

We are thrilled to announce that WP Rocket, XpeedStudio, and LikeCoin have become Ari Sponsors for the upcoming WordCamp Asia 2023. Their support is vital to the success of the event and will ensure that all attendees have an unforgettable experience. We are deeply grateful to these companies for their generosity and commitment to the WordPress community.

Attendees will have the chance to meet and engage with these sponsors in person at Suralai Hall, the main hub of the event. This is a fantastic opportunity for attendees to gain valuable insights and knowledge from leading industry figures. Let’s give a huge round of applause to these sponsors for making WordCamp Asia 2023 an unforgettable event.

WP Rocket

WP Rocket is an easy and powerful caching plugin for WordPress that boosts your website’s loading time, optimizes Core Web Vitals, and improves your PageSpeed Insights score. 

Right upon activation, WP Rocket enables 80% of web-performance best practices, making your website faster by default. The plugin also offers advanced features to tackle complicated performance issues. You’ll find the options to Remove unused CSS, Delay JavaScript execution, Load JavaScript deferred, LazyLoad images, Prefetch DNS Requests, and many more.

On top, you can count on friendly and responsive customer support to answer any doubts or questions you may have.

No matter your technical knowledge, WP Rocket will improve your website performance in a few clicks and let you save time and effort.

Find WP Rocket on Twitter / Facebook / YouTube

For more information, visit https://wp-rocket.me/  

XpeedStudio

XpeedStudio takes pride in expanding the horizon of open-source projects across a variety of platforms and being an active part of the WordPress ecosystem. With a versatile product line of design-friendly, feature-rich, and handy web solutions, including WordPress plugins, XpeedStudio is proud to serve one million+ active users across the globe. Their testimonials are our achievements. That’s the motto we go by here at XpeedStudio!

Our premium products include household names like:

  1. ElementsKit (Popular Elementor add-on with 600+ widgets, extensions, and templates)
  2. GetGenieAi (An AI-based content & SEO assistant with 25+ templates and limitless functionalities to ease your life)
  3. ShopEngine (WooCommerce builder add-on for Elementor packed with 85+ amazing features for eCommerce)
  4. MetForm (The most flexible and Elementor-friendly drag-and-drop form builder for WordPress)
  5. Wp Social (The all-in-one social integration plugin for WordPress)

XpeedStudio loves to give back to the community it thrives in, which is why all of its products have a free-to-use version! You can install and use the cool features on as many websites as you wish. 

Come find XpeedStudio at our designated booth on WordCamp Asia 2023. 

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LikeCoin

Web3Press publishes your posts to Web3, enabling you to write as usual but publish differently.

Web3Press provides a creative business model especially for open content.  No paywall nor advertisement anymore.  Your readers buy your posts because they love your words.   Readers’ collection add a touch of class to their web3 portfolio.

If you are looking for ways to build readers community and monetize your content, this plugin is for you. Publish your posts as NFT for sale, connect your readers in web3 way, and preserve your content on distributed storage.

Web3Press is based on LikeCoin, an application specific blockchain that the community and infrastructure focus on creator’s economy.  LikeCoin widget has been installed for 2.3M creative works on 9,400 websites, rewarded 53M LikeCoin to 31K creators. We are the Web3 publisher for all to help creators producing Web3 native content.