Full presentation schedule¶

The conference website is now updated with the schedule for the main stage presentations, so you can start planning your time (and getting excited!) for the conference.

We’re keeping the moderated Q&A session after each speaker that we introduced last year. You’ll have a chance to ask our speakers questions after the talk via our wonderful set of moderators.

Now is a great time to buy your tickets if you haven’t already.

Join us for our hike again this year¶

Our hike will be in the amazing Forest Park, the largest urban forested park in the country. It is conveniently located in Northwest Portland, and has a beautiful walk along a creek.

We’ll be starting at Lower Macleay Park on Saturday, Saturday, April 13, 2 PM at 2 PM. Please register a free hike ticket so we can contact you with any last minute weather and logistics information.

Start thinking about Writing Day¶

Writing Day takes place on Sunday, the first day of the conference. It’s a great opportunity to get interesting people in the same room, sharing their passion and goals and collaborating to find creative solutions to solve a problem or issue.

There are two ways to participate in Writing Day:

• Lead a project: Attendees bring ideas, content, or OSS projects to work on with contributors.
• Contribute to a project: Attendees participate in various content projects.

If you’d like us to include your project on the Writing Day page submit your project here or drop us an email at portland@writethedocs.org. You are also welcome to show up on Sunday ready to introduce your project!

T-shirts are now available¶

The Write the Docs Portland 2024 Pop-Up Shop is open! We have loose and fitted options from different fabrics, and you can choose exactly the size and cut you want. As in previous years, we’re doing the pop-up shop option so people can order the exact shirt they want, if they want one.

The campaign will run in batches until May 31st. Shipping is available from the USA or Europe. We recommend you order your shirt at least 2-3 weeks in advance if you want to sport your fancy new garb during the conference.

All our events and activities¶

Write the Docs is more than a conference. Every year we make sure to have a variety of activities that our attendees can enjoy, whether you want to learn something, meet new people, or share knowledge.

The main events that you can participate in Monday & Tuesday are:

• Lightning Talks. We’ll have lightning talks each conference day after lunch. These are 5 minute presentations and a lot of fun. They can be about anything you want! This is your chance to share something you are passionate about with the audience. Slides are not required.
• Unconference. We’ll be running the Unconference as our formal “second track” at the conference. This is a place to schedule discussions about a specific topic, so you can find other attendees who care about the same niche topics that you love. Want to chat with like-minded folks about oxford commas or a specific docs as code tool? This is the place.
• Social event. On Monday night we’ll be hosting a social event. This is a great chance to get to know more folks in the community and have a drink or two on us. Non-alcoholic options will be very available, as well as some snacks.

View our Attendee Guide for a comprehensive overview of how to participate in the conference.

The Schedule page has the latest and most complete information about all our events. This is where we will also update any changes/cancellations if they should occur.

Thanks to our sponsors¶

Thanks to our sponsors for supporting the conference again this year. We’ve excited to have them around the conference participating in a few different ways, and hope you get a chance to talk with them while you’re here.

• GitBook
• ReadMe
• MongoDB
• JetBrains
• Zoomin
• NGINX
• Redocly
• Netlify
• Google Open Source
• Read the Docs

Head over to our sponsorship prospectus for details on how your company can get involved!

See you soon¶

Thanks so much for all your support and enthusiasm! We’re so excited to see you all soon!

The Write the Docs team