Speaking

Conference talks from someone who's run the systems.

Keynotes, conference talks, workshops, and podcast appearances — on agentic architecture, context engineering, SEO-to-GEO, and the long arc of software engineering as a discipline.

Signature Talks

Most requested

Full Archive

46 appearances

Format

Topic

2026
Talk
WordCamp Europe 2026 · Krakow, Poland
AI & Agentic Systems
2026
Panel
CloudFest 2026 (WP Summit) · Europa-Park, Germany
AI & Agentic Systems
2025
Talk
CloudFest USA 2025 · Miami, Florida, USA
AI & Agentic Systems
2023
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2022
Talk
WordCamp Europe 2022
WordPress & PHP
2022
Talk
WordFest Live 2022
WordPress & PHP
2021
Talk
International PHP Conference Munich 2021
WordPress & PHP
2021
Talk
International PHP Conference Munich 2021
WordPress & PHP
2021
Talk
PHPBenelux Virtual Meetup July 2021
WordPress & PHP
2021
Talk
International PHP Conference Berlin 2021
WordPress & PHP
2021
Talk
Internation PHP Conference 2021 in Berlin
WordPress & PHP
2020
Talk
International PHP Conference Berlin 2020
WordPress & PHP
2020
Talk
International PHP Conference Berlin 2020
WordPress & PHP
2020
Talk
International PHP Conference Munich 2020
WordPress & PHP
2020
Talk
International PHP Conference - Online Edition 2020
WordPress & PHP
2020
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2019
Talk
WordCamp US 2019
WordPress & PHP
2019
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2019
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordCamp Seattle 2018
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordCamp Brighton 2018
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordCamp London 2018
WordPress & PHP
2018
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
WordCamp Utrecht 2017
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
PHP Central Europe 2017
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
WordCamp Nijmegen 2017
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2017
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2016
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2016
Talk
WordPress & PHP
2015
Talk
WordPress & PHP

No appearances match these filters.

Invite me to speak

I speak on a short list of topics I've actually shipped.

No topic I won't have lived with for a year before putting it on a conference stage. If one of the below fits your programme, let's talk.

Get in touch →

Topics

  • 01 Context engineering and agentic AI architectures
  • 02 The evolution from SEO to Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)
  • 03 AI-native system design — from first principles
  • 04 Making intelligent systems reliable, maintainable, and auditable
  • 05 The future of software engineering and developer evolution
  • 06 Open source sustainability and maintainer practices
  • 07 Software architecture and paradigm-resilient design