I attended WordCamp Shanghai on Saturday – a world class conference in an amazing location all for the sake of networking and learning all about WordPress, to meet fellow bloggers and more importantly to meet Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress; top blogging platform choice of this blog and many others. There was a slight drizzle and we were running a little late. Fortunately for us, the event started late as well, as visitors trickled in due to the unexpected rain.

WordCamp was held in an auditorium in Fudan University and most of the organizers were current students or alumni. The organizers were kind enough to provide snacks and drinks during the break. How considerate!!

Before Matt kicked off the event, he gathered all the attendees around for a photo session. He updated the crowd on some of the exciting updates and changes coming soon to WordPress. Matt was quite accommodating during the Q&A session and warmly engaged the crowd during the short break. I was also lucky enough to meet some fellow bloggers during the break interval.

When the event resumed, Wu Hailin took to the stage and gave a few examples of famous blogs and why they had such a huge following. Hailin is also a part time farmer now but judging from the photos of his efforts, it seems he needs to put more effort in it.

Liu Miao also briefly talked about his project, WordKu.com which was built on the foundations of WordPress. It’s interesting to know that he almost sold Wordku.com to a Korean firm.

All in all, Shanghai Wordcamp was rather successful. It’s nice to see more bloggers interested in expressing themselves on the internet.

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It’s here, WordCamp China is happening on March 28th April 4th, 2009 at Fudan University (School of Journalism) in Shanghai, and follow by WordCamp Hong Kong on April 5th, 2009. Registration is open for attendees as well as speaker submissions on topics relating to all things WordPress. If you ever wanted to find a room full of people that are pasionate about WordPress, find tips on publishing and beyond your expectations, or meet Matt Mullenweg the founding developer of WordPress, event like this are a great place to start learning about blogging and coding. Sign on up and plan for a weekend in one of the most happening cities in China, not to mention a 2010 Shanghai World Expo venue.

Please visit WordCamp China 2009 for the most up to date details. First 100 registered attendees will get a free WordCamp t-shirt.

For upcoming WordCamp around the world, please click here.

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