{"id":7,"date":"2026-05-09T00:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/schedule\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:26:30","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sunday 22 November \u00b7 the conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, hour by hour<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two rooms run side by side all day. Pick one, or switch halfway: the rooms are a minute apart. All times are IST.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Namma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

add_filter( ‘coffee’ );<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordCamp Bengaluru 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun<\/span>22<\/strong>Nov<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Joseph’s Boys’ High School<\/a>, Museum Road<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Xavier Hall<\/strong>Main track<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/strong>Second track<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Doors 08:00<\/span>Close 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Get your ticket<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Everything23<\/span><\/a>Talks7<\/span><\/a>Lightning talks13<\/span><\/a>Panels2<\/span><\/a>Workshop1<\/span><\/a>Starred★<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/strong>Talks and both panels<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/strong>Lightning talks and the workshop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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08:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration and breakfast60 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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09:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening remarks15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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09:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 09:45<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09:15<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Tokens to Dollars: Building Tools that AutoSell<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tokens to Dollars: Building Tools that AutoSell<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Gulshan Iyer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall opens at 09:45.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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09:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Room change15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 10:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:00<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: How an AI agent works in WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How an AI agent works in WordPress<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Anurag Bhandari<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:00<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: WordPress Has Entered the Chat<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress Has Entered the Chat<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Karthik Srinivasan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:15<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Beyond Traditional WordPress: Building for the Modern Web in the Age of AI<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Traditional WordPress: Building for the Modern Web in the Age of AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Raghunath J<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 11:00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:30<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Beyond the Boilerplate: Building High-Quality WordPress Plugins with AI<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the Boilerplate: Building High-Quality WordPress Plugins with AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Nirbhay Singh Rao<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:30<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: The Structural Churn and The Walkaway<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Structural Churn and The Walkaway<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Raja Mohammed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:45<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: From Code to Boardroom: The Real Business Impact of AI in WordPress Teams<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Code to Boardroom: The Real Business Impact of AI in WordPress Teams<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Kakshak Kalaria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee break30 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 12:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11:30<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Operationalising AI after the easy gains<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operationalising AI after the easy gains<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Joel Abreo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12:00<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Same Work, Same Quality, Different Response<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same Work, Same Quality, Different Response<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Ajay M Aravind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11:30<\/span>Workshop60 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Connecting WordPress and MCP<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting WordPress and MCP<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Deepak Gupta<\/span><\/a>\"\"Sourabh Matolia<\/span><\/a>\"\"Nagesh Pai<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 13:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:30<\/span>Panel45 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: What Clients Actually Pay For Now<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Clients Actually Pay For Now<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Sahithya B A<\/span><\/a>\"\"Anupma Singh<\/span><\/a>\"\"Smriti Mishra<\/span><\/a>+<\/span>+ moderator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:30<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: From Editorial Workflow to AI Discovery: Making WordPress Content Machine-Readable and Findable<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Editorial Workflow to AI Discovery: Making WordPress Content Machine-Readable and Findable<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Preetika Thakur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12:45<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: AI Agents to Turn Your WordPress Blog into Short Videos<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI Agents to Turn Your WordPress Blog into Short Videos<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Sudip Bhattacharya<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:00<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Making AI Reliable for Editorial Workflows<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making AI Reliable for Editorial Workflows<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Rishit Gupta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head out for the group photo15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group photo15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunch and networking45 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 15:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:30<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: I Gave AI My WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Gave AI My WordPress<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Anindo Neel Dutta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:00<\/span>Talk30 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Building the Plane While Flying It: a zero downtime Webflow to WordPress migration<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building the Plane While Flying It: a zero downtime Webflow to WordPress migration<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Amit Singh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:30<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Beyond Rankings: Making WordPress Content Discoverable in the AI Search Era<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Rankings: Making WordPress Content Discoverable in the AI Search Era<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Abheesh Dokras<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:45<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GST Myth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PK<\/span>Prahlad KulkarniAssistant Commissioner of GST (Retd.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:00<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Our secret sauce for keeping 24\/7 AI agents affordable<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our secret sauce for keeping 24\/7 AI agents affordable<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Souptik Datta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:15<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: From Conversation to Conversion: Building Execution-First AI for B2B<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Conversation to Conversion: Building Execution-First AI for B2B<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Ravi Chillara<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 16:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:30<\/span>Panel45 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Agents in Production<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agents in Production<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Dhanendran Rajagopal<\/span><\/a>\"\"Animesh Dutta<\/span><\/a>\"\"Vedanshu Jain<\/span><\/a>+<\/span>4th speaker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:30<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be announced<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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15:45<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: AI as a Contributor: Et tu, Brute?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI as a Contributor: Et tu, Brute?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Dr Rahul D Arora<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:00<\/span>Lightning talk15 min<\/span><\/span>Star this session: Regional Content Is the New Global Content<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional Content Is the New Global Content<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Subhasis Chatterjee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee break15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress quiz30 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor raffle15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing remarks15 min<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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