Schedule

Schedule

Write the Docs is more than a conference. Each year we organize a wide range of events so that people can come together, collaborate, and learn from each other in different ways.

Sunday, October 18

The Writing Day and Welcome Reception will be held Online, Hopin.

Writing Day

9:00
Platform opens
10:00
Morning introduction - Introduction to Sprints & Project Introductions
10:15
Team up and start working
13:30
Lunch Break
18:00
End of Writing Day

Monday, October 19

This is the main event! Hear from lots of interesting folks about all things documentation. We will have talks all day, and unconference sessions running in parallel.

Conference Talks

9:00
Platform opens
10:00
Write the Docs Team - Introduction to Write the Docs
10:45
Unconference Starts
10:45
Kruno Golubić - From Graffiti Writer to Technical Writer
11:30
Abigail Sutherland - Organizing a Confluence hoard, or, does this page spark joy?
12:15
Natali Vlatko - Documenting the (Ancient) History of Your Project
13:00
Lunch (60 mins)
14:00
Lightning Talks (40 mins)
14:55
Paul Brown - The Baseline -- Or Technical Writing for Non-Technical Readers
15:30
Karen Sawrey - Remote Job On-boarding: Top 10 Things We Can Do (Better)
16:15
Myriam Jessier - Making documentation discoverable in search engines
17:00
Andrew Haynes - A Journey to Pattern Languages
17:45
Matt Reiner - Bake a Little Documentation Love into Your Product
18:30
Day 1 wraps up
19:30
Social Event
21:30
Social Event Ends

Unconference

The unconference sessions run in parallel to the main conference talks.

  • Where: Online, Hopin, TBA

  • When: 10:40-18:00 CEST

  • Details: Unconference

Monday Night Social

The official Write the Docs social! Further details will be announced later, but expect some music and games, and bring your favorite beverage to your computer :)

Tuesday, October 20

And the conference goes on!

Conference Talks

9:00
Platform opens
10:00
Karissa Van Baulen - The Importance of Using Analytics and Feedback for your Documentation
10:45
Job Fair Starts (open until lunch)
10:45
Diana Lakatos - Helping Your Community Contribute to Developer Documentation
11:30
Chris Noonan - The Rocky Road to DocOps
12:15
Tanks Transfeld - Emulating the Teacher's Approving Nod in Teaching Material
13:00
Lunch (60 mins)
14:00
Lightning Talks (30 mins)
14:45
Unconference Starts
14:45
Jessica Valasek Estenssoro and Arthur D'Herbemont - How to be an Avante-Garde Guinea Pig: Building Better Content through Experimentation, Community-building, and Loud Squeaks
15:30
Joe Malin - Need Examples? Write Your Own!
16:15
Jen Weaver - Future-Proofing Your Support Visuals
17:00
Ingrid K Towey - When Wishing Still Helped . . . What Folklore Can Teach Us about Technical Writing
17:45
Closing address
18:00
Conference Ends :(

Job Fair

We’ll be holding a job fair on Tuesday morning!

  • Where: Online, Hopin, TBA

  • When: 10:30-11:50 CEST

  • Details: Job Fair

Unconference

The unconference sessions run in parallel to the main conference talks.

  • Where: Online, Hopin, TBA

  • When: 12:10-15:30 CEST

  • Details: Unconference

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