🌟 Make 2026 the year of your first speech. Or your next speech!

🌟 Tech companies: 2026 can be the year that more of your employees shine on stage to give back to the community and elevate your brand image.

#PublicSpeaking #TechConferences #technology

NBC News: At AI’s biggest gathering, its inner workings remain a mystery. “For the past week, academics, startup founders and researchers representing industrial titans from around the globe descended on sunny San Diego for the top gathering in the field of artificial intelligence. The Neural Information Processing Systems, or NeurIPS, conference has been held for 39 years, but it drew a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/09/nbc-news-at-ais-biggest-gathering-its-inner-workings-remain-a-mystery/

The Register: AWS: How do you do, fellow kids? Please watch our keynotes in Fortnite. “Amazon Web Services has decided to stream all five keynotes from its re:Invent conference in the hit multiplayer game Fortnite, which is more than a little bit bonkers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/02/aws-how-do-you-do-fellow-kids-please-watch-our-keynotes-in-fortnite-the-register/

Lambda World 2025 trip report is up! ✨
Made the pilgrimage to Cádiz again for two days of #FunctionalProgramming goodness. Kotlin DSLs, Rust workshops, AI-native languages, and debates about whether LLMs will replace us all (spoiler: maybe?).
Also: I got publicly mocked for complaining about coffee last year. Worth it. ☕😄
Full details: https://www.maxpagani.org/2025/11/08/lambda-world-2025/
#LambdaWorld #Scala #Rust #Kotlin #TechConferences

Oh, joy! Another riveting conference on how to verify that your email exists 🙄. Because clearly, the real challenge of our time is not climate change or world peace, but making sure our emails are verified while #GitHub chases its own tail in a spiral of AI-powered #busywork 🚀.
https://github.com/WICG/email-verification-protocol #EmailVerification #TechConferences #AI #HackerNews #ngated

I always tell my #PublicSpeaking clients who are preparing for #TechConferences:

If you're planning to speak at a big event, start by practicing at smaller ones. Look for local meetups that would be interested in your topic.

So I’ll be giving a local talk this coming Monday. Partly to share what I’ve been up to since I was last active in #WordPressVancouver, and partly to practice my #keynote for #WordCampCanada (#WCEH). :)

I'd love to see you there!

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-wordpress-meetup-group/events/310893986/

I always tell my #PublicSpeaking clients who are preparing for #TechConferences:

If you're planning to speak at a big event, start by practicing at smaller ones. Look for local meetups that would be interested in your topic.

Gizmodo: Gizmodo’s Best of IFA 2025 Awards: See the Winners. “IFA, short for Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, meaning ‘International Radio Exhibition Berlin’ because it started in 1924 when radios were the hottest things in tech, doesn’t see as many major gadget announcements as CES. Still, it’s Europe’s largest tech show to close out summer, and this year the show doubled down on […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/06/gizmodos-best-of-ifa-2025-awards-see-the-winners-gizmodo/

This week, I was privileged to speak at DevOps Days Kansas City. The event was co-located with and part of KCDC. It was my first edition for both. https://hackernoon.com/my-experience-with-kcdc-2025-is-it-worth-going-to #techconferences

I'm excited to announce I will be presenting at @longhornphp this year. I'm talking about dates and time, and #database design, and there are some amazing other speakers that are going to be there on topics that are going to be helpful to everyone, including #rectorphp and #ai.

Tickets are on sale now!

#phpc #softwareenginnering #techconferences

https://longhornphp.com/

It’s hard to express everything I learned at Macstock this year, but I gave it my best shot. The best tech conference I get to attend.

https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2025/07/macstock-2025/

#TechConferences #Apple

»#Techconferences are ramping up #security to quell #employeeprotests: tech companies have increased security needs as they engage in more sensitive work with governments.« https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/26/tech-conferences-are-ramping-up-security-to-quell-employee-protests-.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

I built a platform to find tech conferences, discounts, and ticket giveaways

https://www.tech.tickets/

#HackerNews #techconferences #discounts #ticketgiveaways #events #platform

The Aspiring Speakers group (https://aspiringspeakers.co.uk/) turns five today, and I'm really proud to see our community members filling a 95-person room at Devoxx UK!

As always, thanks to @carlyrichmond for organising and hosting the event, as well as to all the mentors and friends at Devoxx UK, London Java Community and RecWorks Ltd for the behind the scenes work that made this possible.

#Devoxx #AspiringSpeakers #TechConferences

If you’re attending PGConf.dev (May 13-16, Montreal, Canada), don’t miss this event focused on diversity and community:

👩‍💻 Postgres Women Breakfast
A space to support and empower women in Postgres and tech.
🔗 Find out more

We love seeing initiatives that make tech spaces more welcoming. Hope to see you there! 💜

#PGConfDEV #PostgresDiversity #InclusionInTech #WomenInTech #PostgresCommunity #DiversityMatters #StudentMentorship #TechConferences

If you’re attending PGConf.dev (May 13-16, Montreal, Canada), don’t miss this session focused on diversity and community:

🤝 Postgres Community Summit
An open forum to discuss the future of the Postgres community.
🔗 Discover more

We love seeing initiatives that make tech spaces more welcoming. Hope to see you there! 💜

#PGConfDEV #PostgresDiversity #InclusionInTech #WomenInTech #PostgresCommunity #DiversityMatters #StudentMentorship #TechConferences

If you’re attending PGConf.dev (May 13-16, Montreal, Canada), don’t miss this event focused on diversity and community:

👩‍🎓 Student Breakfast
A great opportunity for students to connect with mentors and the Postgres community.
🔗 Details here

We love seeing initiatives that make tech spaces more welcoming. Hope to see you there! 💜

#PGConfDEV #PostgresDiversity #InclusionInTech #WomenInTech #PostgresCommunity #DiversityMatters #StudentMentorship #TechConferences

If you’re attending PGConf.dev (May 13-16, Montreal, Canada), don’t miss this session focused on diversity and community:

🌈 Everything You Need to Know About Diversity in 25 Minutes
A quick but insightful session on fostering inclusion in tech.
🔗 Learn more

We love seeing initiatives that make tech spaces more welcoming. Hope to see you there! 💜

#PGConfDEV #PostgresDiversity #InclusionInTech #WomenInTech #PostgresCommunity #DiversityMatters #StudentMentorship #TechConferences

Digital Trends: Google I/O 2025: Everything you need to know. “Though the schedule has only just been released and there could be some surprises in store, we could hear more about Android 16, Android XR, and a host of updates for Google Gemini, Project Astra, and more. So let’s dive in: here’s everything you need to know about what we could expect at Google I/O 2025 next month.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/01/google-i-o-2025-everything-you-need-to-know-digital-trends/

Mashable: Apple announces WWDC 2025 dates. “Dates for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) have officially been announced. WWDC 2025 will take place from June 9 to 13, with the keynote taking place on June 9. Apple shared the official date on its website on Tuesday, saying the entire conference will be streamed online, with the keynote taking place in person at Apple headquarters in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/26/mashable-apple-announces-wwdc-2025-dates/