Abha Thakor

Keynote Speaker

Abha Thakor is an experienced communicator, journalist, researcher and digital professional. She has specialisms in evolving technologies, artificial intelligence, strategic communications, sustainable development and cross-cultural working. She is on the WordPress Release squad for 5.5 and 5.6.

She is a WordPress Marketing Team Rep and Communications Lead for WordPress Translation Day. She is active in a number of other teams building cross-team collaboration, including WordPress.tv and Community. She supports events in WordPress and other tech and management areas through mentoring and championing communications, inclusion and accessibility.

She was Communications Lead for WordCamp London 2019 and a co-organiser for WordCamp London 2020, Europe 2019 and 2020, Abha is also Communications Lead for WordPress Translation Day and its mini-events. She has helped lead or facilitate the marketing team and various projects for Contributor events in Brighton, Milan, Zurich, Dublin, Belfast, Stuttgart and Mumbai. 

With her journalistic training, she has developed a number of projects including the #ContributorStory series and the video marketing initiative, and runs training events in a number of environments. She is also the professional development lead for a number of organisations and writes on technology, AI and machine learning. She is an editor of the ‘People of WordPress’ series on WordPress.org/news.

Earlier this year, Abha was awarded fellowship of the international Chartered Institute of Public Relations in recognition of outstanding services to that profession and the industry. She is also a Chartered PR Practitioner and a Chartered Manager, and champions lifelong learning in communications and IT.