Passionate about Information Technology and how it can be used to enhance peoples life, I believe in giving back and supporting the Industry and Open Source Community through Advocacy and Education. Here is a list of some of my more favourite talks over the years.
Public Speaking Engagements
FINTECH 2022 – The future of talent in emerging tech – Industry Panel – November 2022 – Sydney, Australia
Crypto Convention – Getting a job in Blockchain pannel – September 2022 – Gold Coast, Australia
Emerging Women in Tech – Pioneering Web3 Development – August 2022 – Sydney, Australia
Blockchain Professionals – Coming Trends 2022 – February 2022 – Sydney, Australia
Blockchain Professionals – Blockchain Trends 2021 and Beyond – February 2021 – Sydney, Australia
Web Directions – Part of a panel presentation for discussion on New Money chaired by Mark Pesce and Digital Currencies – November 2019 – Sydney, Australia
a11ycamp – Presented talk on 101 Accessibility API and DOM – November 2019 – Sydney, Australia
Joomla Day – Presented talk on Introduction to Accessibility API – August 2019 – Brisbane, Australia
OSCON – Presented Ignite talk, look into current court cases in automation and Machine Learning – July 2019 – Portland, USA
Code Melbourne – Presented talk JavaScript Frameworks and Accessibility 101 – August 2017, Melbourne, Australia
Joomla Day 2017 Sydney – Presented talk Accessibility, SEO and Joomla – June 2017 – Sydney, Australia
Dev World 2016 Melbourne – Presented talk Accessibility in the Land of Mac [The Good, The Bad, The Voice Over] – August 2016 – Melbourne, Australia
Ignite at O’Riley Velocity Conference 2015 – Presented talk Terrible Code or Cyber Terrorism: Which Will Kill You Faster? – November 2015 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Linux Con Europe – Waving the Open Source Flag in Government – October 2015 – Dublin, Ireland
Dev World 2015 Melbourne – Presented talk Diversity through iOS development – August 2015 – Melbourne, Australia
Linux Con America – Waving the Open Source Flag in Government – August 2015 – Seattle, USA
Linux Australia Conference, Auckland, New Zealand – Presented talk on the Architecture Design of FirefoxOS – January 2015 – Auckland, New Zealand
Joomla Day, Sydney, Australia – Presented talk on how to achieve Accessibility on a Budget with Joomla – October 2014 – Sydney, Australia
Linux Conference, Chicago America – Presented talk on the Architecture Design of FirefoxOS – August 2014 – Chicago, USA
OSCON, Portland, America – Ran an Introduction To Python Children’s Workshop for Kids Day – July 2014 – Portland, USA
Open Source Developers Conference – Presented a beginners talk and discussion on “What is Bitcoin and Digital Currencies – December 2012 – Sydney, Australia
Open Source Developers Conference – Chaired Panel on “Open Source Licensing” – December 2012 -Sydney, Australia
EMFCamp – Presented a talk on “UK Communications Bill and what it means to you” – September 2012 – London, UK
London Geek Girls Annual Dinner – Presented a comical talk on “The World of Internet Trolls” – August 2012 – London, UK
Geek Girls Sydney Dinner – Presented talk on “Your online brand and why you should care” – February 2012 – Sydney, Australia
Drupal DownUnder Conference – Presented talk on “Drupal 7 Themeing inheritance” – January 2012 – January 2012 – Melbourne, Australia
Developer, Developer, Developer – Participated in an open panel discussion hosted by Nick Hodge “Open Source & Microsoft Ecosystem” – July 2011 – Sydney, Australia
Microsoft School of PHP – Introduction video for online PHP education course launched by Microsoft “School of PHP” – March 2011 – Sydney, Australia – online
PHP Sydney User Group – Presented talk on “mod_php and FastCGI a look at the history and architecture” – March 2011 – Sydney, Australia
OSDC 2010 PHP Day – Presented talk on “mod_php and FastCGI: Differences and Trade-offs with Apache and IIS” – October 2010 – Canberra, Australia
Geek Girl Dinners Scotland – Presented talk on “One Laptop Per Child Australia – making a difference” – September 2010 – Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Tech meet-up Presented talk on “Xo technology stack Talk” – August 11 2010 – Edinburgh, Scotland
PyCon Australia Conference Presented lighting talk on “Sugar and Python”June 26 2010 – Sydney, Australia
Microsoft Digi Girlz Event – Girls High School Day – Day Event with years 9 to 11, participated in round table discussion on Life as an Information Technology Graduate – 24 March 2010 – Sydney, Australia
Australian Computer Society – Talks to International Students about ACS program and gaining employment in IT – various dates 2009 – Australia
Australian Computer Society – Young IT, Peer discussion evening – One on one discussions with students about Open Source and being a Woman in IT – various dates 2009 – Australia
Southern Cross University – WIT – IT Girls High School Program – IT study/employment discussion with Coffs Harbour High School, Woolgoolga High School – various dates 2009 – Australia
Southern Cross University – WIT – IT Girls Day – Workshop day with Woolgoolga High School – various dates 2009 – Australia
Open Education Conference – Presented ALTC Exchange discussion around Open Source frameworks and Creative Commons initiative used on site – November 21 2008 – Sydney, Australia
Australian Computer Society – Transition from Student to Employee – May 23rd 2003 – Sydney, Australia
Events Organised
PHP Australia 2015, Code of Conduct Liaison, Room Mentor
DrupalCon Sydney 2012, Local Social Media Lead maintaining @DrupalCon twitter account and facebook campaigns
Open Source Developers Conference 2012, Lead Organiser
BitCoin Conference London, Co-Organiser for BitCoin Conference 2012 London
PHP MiniConf, held as part of the Open Source Developer Conference Mini Conf Days 2011
Learning Drupal Sydney, Drupal Workshop Meet-ups