{"id":7689,"date":"2023-08-01T19:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:29:00","slug":"announcing-wcus-speakers-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/announcing-wcus-speakers-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to welcome our first round of WordCamp US (WCUS) speakers at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/location\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11\" target=\"_blank\">Gaylord National Resort &amp; Convention Center<\/a> in National Harbor, Maryland! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first in a series of daily announcements sharing a different group of talented speakers and you can check out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/schedule\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7\" target=\"_blank\">full WCUS schedule<\/a> for topics, session times, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide wcus-speaker-grid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"columns-3 alignwide wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3fbd8f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2632 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry wcb_speaker_group-group-1\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex 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