Schedule

Date: 16.10.2026
Place: Hotel Lasaretti

8:00 – 9:00 Registration + morning coffee (lobby)

Time	Talks / Auditorium	Workshops / Classroom
9:00	9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks Auditorium
9:15	Sisu Talk 09:15 – 10:00 KISS: keeping it simple in a complex world Matias Autio Complexity: Medium Audience: Developers, project managers Auditorium
10:00	Break 10:00-10:15
10:15	Sisu Talk 10:15 – 11:00 Geographically Distributed MySQL Clusters for WordPress Janne Kalliola Complexity: Hard Audience: Developers Auditorium	Workshop 10:15 – 11:00 Using working prototypes when selling WordPress projects Tuomas Sauliala Complexity: Medium Audience: Account directors, developers involved in sales Classroom
11:00	Break 11:00-11:15 Group photo at main hall
11:15	Lightning Talk 11:15 – 11:30 Future of WordPress Sami Keijonen Complexity: Low Audience: Anyone Auditorium	Workshop 11:15 – 12:15 Under the Hood: How Agentic WordPress Works Lauri Saarni Complexity: Medium Audience: WordPress developers Classroom
11:30	Break 11:30-11:35
11:35	Lightning Talk 11:35 – 11:50 Building WordPress Websites to Last a Decade Henrik Björklund Complexity: Medium Audience: Developers Auditorium
11:50	Break 11:50-11:55
11:55	Lightning Talk 11:55 – 12:10 I Built a Custom WooCommerce Dashboard for My Clients – Here’s Why Niko Vittaniemi Complexity: Medium Audience: WordPress and WooCommerce developers Auditorium
12:10	Lunch Break 12:10 – 13:10
13:10	Sisu Talk 13:10 – 13:55 Future scenarios for the Web Sami Häkkinen Complexity: Low Audience: Web professionals Auditorium	Workshop 13:10 – 14:25 WordPress gems for devs: Accessibility with HTML API Milana Cap Complexity: Medium Audience: Developers Classroom
13:55	Break 13:55-14:10
14:10	Sisu Talk 14:10 – 14:55 Going ACF-free: replacing a plugin dependency with core WordPress Rolle Laukkarinen Complexity: Hard Audience: Theme developers and agencies Auditorium
14:55	Break 14:55-15:10
15:10	Lightning Talk 15:10 – 15:25 Passion-Based Development – Blood, Sweat and Tears in an AI World Jaakko Saarenketo Complexity: Low Audience: Anyone Auditorium	Workshop 15:10 – 16:25 Practical Application Security for Devs Lisa-Marie Karvonen Complexity: Medium Audience: Developers Classroom
15:25	Break 15:25-15:30
15:30	Lightning Talk 15:30 – 15:45 The New Reality of WordPress Support Marcel Tannich Complexity: Medium Audience: Support Engineers, Developers Auditorium
15:45	Break 15:45-15:50
15:50	Lightning Talk 15:50 – 16:05 What can you actually control in AI search? Pirjo Sohlo Complexity: Medium Audience: Marketing and communications specialists Auditorium
16:25	Pulla Break 16:25 – 16:45
16:45	Sisu Talk 16:45 – 17:20 Decoding Collaboration: Hidden Skills for Diverse Workflows Sanna Kramsi & Mikaela Kindstedt Complexity: Medium Audience: Professionals who want to protect their mental capacity, navigate code review empathy, empower diversity and learn how to translate technical risks to clients Auditorium
17:30	17:30 – 17:45 Closing Remarks Auditorium

Afterparty!

19.00 – 21.00 at 45 Special.