{"id":348,"date":"2019-09-16T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/?p=348"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T11:07:33","slug":"speaker-announcement-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker-announcement-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Announcement Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day draws near, preparations are coming to an end, and we have 18 awesome speakers to announce. It\u2019s an honour to have such a smart group of professionals participate and support the second WordCamp Skopje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Speakerannouncement-round1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re incredibly proud of the speakers list, we are\nalso really sad that we had to pass on so many incredible sounding talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for your dedication, your\ninterest in supporting our local WordPress community and most of all thank you\nfor your precious time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that you, reading this will benefit greatly from their talks, so buy your ticket <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">here<\/a> to save your spot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full schedule coming soon, now enjoy\ngetting to know our first group of speakers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/DavidSojicSpeaker-mk.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Sojic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> David Sojic is a WordPress developer with 6 years of experience as a freelancer and as a team member of Webpigment. Aside from his rich working portfolio, he also has an abundant &#8220;travel&#8221; portfolio. He is a regular on the WordPress meetups organized by WordPress Macedonia and a constant supporter and participant in WordCamps in neighboring countries. He considers WordCamp Europe as an opportunity to learn and meet new people. When David is not coding, he enjoys cold beer, bikes, good company and music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Savkovic-speaker-en.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aleksandar\nSavkovic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google helped me to understand that WordPress is the next big thing\nin my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I reconsidered my profession and from the construction site supervisor, I became a Web \u201d WordPress\u201d developer at the age of 34. I believe that BIO should be seen as an ongoing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>From freelancer, over Customer Happiness team in ManageWP to GoDaddy internal and external WP educator.\u00a0<br>Rather than a static snapshot, whereby we are perpetually re-framing, re-thinking and re-considering ourselves.<br>At the moment I\u2019m managing Belgrade office at Enartia group of brands and coaching the dev team in a better tasks execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Emilija-Gjorgjevska-sepaker-mk.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emilija Gjorgjevska <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engineer. Marketeer. Imagineer. Top %10 in the SEO and digital marketing industry according to LinkedIn Social Selling Index, compared to the best in the field. Chosen to be a LinkedIn Valued Member by their research team. She enjoys solving problems, building things and growing them from scratch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilijagjorgjevska\/\">Emilija<\/a> works at Codever.io as the only technical SEO engineer in (North) Macedonia. She ignited &amp; co-managed the growth of two Facebook groups of 4000+ members covering digital marketing &amp; product development. Recently started supporting Women in Tech Macedonia. Her life\/work philosophy is \u201cWork, have fun and laugh along the way!\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Aleksandar-Predic-sepaker-en.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aleksandar Predic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHP\/ Web \/ WordPress Developer at Shindiri Studio company.\nCo-founder of Nis WordPress community #WPNis, co-lead organizer of WordCamp Nis\n#WCNis, #WCEU organizing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.skopje.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/skopje.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/09\/Milana-Cap-speaker-en.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milana Cap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A classical musician writing PHP code and secretly automating\neveryday tasks with Bash scripts,&nbsp;Milana has been\ndeveloping with WordPress since 2010 and started contributing to its\ndocumentation the very next year. Over the past four years, she switched from\nbeing an opera prompter to full time WordPress developer, freelancing through\nToptal platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She got deeply involved\ninto community behind WordPress project as a developer but also as volunteer at\nvarious local WordCamps and organiser of WordCamp Europe. Also ran free\nWordPress theme development workshops for local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being a single mom in\nSerbia she developed the superpower of fighting the odds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day draws near, preparations are coming to an end, and we have 18 awesome speakers to announce. 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