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She is a longtime WordPress fan and an active participant in the community. Outside of work, Marina has a child, a few dogs, and a serious weakness for notebooks and journals – which, we admit, is a very understandable professional condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rade Jeki\u0107<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/rade-jekic.png\")
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He works as the Team Lead of the frontend development team at SpotHopper and recently also started leading an internal team responsible for developing a WordPress-based concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rade likes to talk and teach. As he says, he started speaking early – and apparently enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vassilena Valchanova<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/vassilena-valchanova.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVassilena Valchanova is a content strategist and brand messaging expert. She helps companies, consultants, and experts become known for what they know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than 15 years, she has worked with tech companies, B2B agencies, founders, and individuals on brand positioning, content strategy and thought leadership. She built her own reputation from scratch, without a big agency or a famous company behind her and today is helping do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon Kraft<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/simon-kraft.png\")
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Alongside his product work, he writes blog posts and newsletters, talks about WordPress on podcasts and actively participates in the community. He organizes meetups, supports community work and continues to show up where WordPress is not used only as a tool, but also as a place where people gather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This closes the speaker announcements for WordCamp Belgrade 2026, but not the story of the program. In the coming period, we will share the schedule details, session topics, workshops, and everything attendees need to plan their two days at Dom Omladine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final group, but not the end of the news<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWordCamp Belgrade 2026 takes place on 18-19 September at Dom Omladine. Two days of talks, workshops, panels, coffee, lunch and conversations with people who build WordPress and the web from different angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRade Jeki\u0107 has been a WordPress enthusiast for almost 13 years. As such, he is always ready to help people who have just started their WordPress journey, whether they are dealing with a small issue or something that, at that moment, feels as big as a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He works as the Team Lead of the frontend development team at SpotHopper and recently also started leading an internal team responsible for developing a WordPress-based concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rade likes to talk and teach. As he says, he started speaking early – and apparently enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vassilena Valchanova<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVassilena Valchanova is a content strategist and brand messaging expert. She helps companies, consultants, and experts become known for what they know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than 15 years, she has worked with tech companies, B2B agencies, founders, and individuals on brand positioning, content strategy and thought leadership. She built her own reputation from scratch, without a big agency or a famous company behind her and today is helping do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon Kraft<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSimon Kraft describes himself as someone who works on products by day and on WordPress by night. He has been using WordPress since 2008 and today works as a Product Manager at an open-source company specialized in security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside his product work, he writes blog posts and newsletters, talks about WordPress on podcasts and actively participates in the community. He organizes meetups, supports community work and continues to show up where WordPress is not used only as a tool, but also as a place where people gather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This closes the speaker announcements for WordCamp Belgrade 2026, but not the story of the program. In the coming period, we will share the schedule details, session topics, workshops, and everything attendees need to plan their two days at Dom Omladine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final group, but not the end of the news<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWordCamp Belgrade 2026 takes place on 18-19 September at Dom Omladine. Two days of talks, workshops, panels, coffee, lunch and conversations with people who build WordPress and the web from different angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVassilena Valchanova is a content strategist and brand messaging expert. She helps companies, consultants, and experts become known for what they know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than 15 years, she has worked with tech companies, B2B agencies, founders, and individuals on brand positioning, content strategy and thought leadership. She built her own reputation from scratch, without a big agency or a famous company behind her and today is helping do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon Kraft<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSimon Kraft describes himself as someone who works on products by day and on WordPress by night. He has been using WordPress since 2008 and today works as a Product Manager at an open-source company specialized in security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside his product work, he writes blog posts and newsletters, talks about WordPress on podcasts and actively participates in the community. He organizes meetups, supports community work and continues to show up where WordPress is not used only as a tool, but also as a place where people gather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This closes the speaker announcements for WordCamp Belgrade 2026, but not the story of the program. In the coming period, we will share the schedule details, session topics, workshops, and everything attendees need to plan their two days at Dom Omladine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final group, but not the end of the news<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWordCamp Belgrade 2026 takes place on 18-19 September at Dom Omladine. Two days of talks, workshops, panels, coffee, lunch and conversations with people who build WordPress and the web from different angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSimon Kraft describes himself as someone who works on products by day and on WordPress by night. He has been using WordPress since 2008 and today works as a Product Manager at an open-source company specialized in security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This closes the speaker announcements for WordCamp Belgrade 2026, but not the story of the program. In the coming period, we will share the schedule details, session topics, workshops, and everything attendees need to plan their two days at Dom Omladine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final group, but not the end of the news<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWordCamp Belgrade 2026 takes place on 18-19 September at Dom Omladine. Two days of talks, workshops, panels, coffee, lunch and conversations with people who build WordPress and the web from different angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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