{"id":8066,"date":"2022-08-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=8066"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:04:56","slug":"wcus-speakers-round-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers, Round 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in welcoming our final round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. We are announcing our event schedule in the coming week, so <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/subscribe\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"411\">subscribe for the latest updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Round Seven, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers has-wcus-color-rings\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-matt-mullenweg\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/matt-mullenweg\/\">Matt Mullenweg<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/matt-mullenweg\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Avatar of Matt Mullenweg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/07\/wcus-mullenweg-1080x1080-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform, WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder &amp; CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc Magazine, TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, University Philosophical Society, and Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. Matt splits time between Houston, New York, and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Previously announced speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-1\/\">Round One<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Two<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-3\/\">Round Three<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Four<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Five<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-6\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6129\">Round Six<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s event will be the first in-person WordCamp US since 2019 and will be held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/town-and-country-san-deigo-to-host-wcus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1304\">Town and Country San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in welcoming our final round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. 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