Avdi speaking at POODNYC

Public Appearances

Sometimes I give talks at conferences, users’ groups, etc. Below are my upcoming and past appearances.

If you’d like me to be part of your event, feel free to get in touch!

Want to see more information about talks I’ve given more than once? Check out the Talks page.

Upcoming

[Either none currently scheduled, or I’ve forgotten to update this page]

Past

2023

GOTO Chicago

REPLs All The Way Up: A Rubric For Better Feedback Loops

2020

GOTO Chicago

April 27 – 29, 2020 | Chicago, IL, USA

Craft

Oct 13-16, 2020 | Budapest, Hungary

CodeStock 2020

April 17 – 18, 2020 | Knoxville, TN, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19)

CODE BEAM

March 5 – 6, 2020 | San Francisco, CA, USA

RubyFuza & Friends

February 6 – 7, 2020 | Capetown, South Africa

2019

RubyConf Nashville 2019

November 11 – 18, 2019 | Nashville, TN, USA

Scenic City Summit

October 4, 2019 | Chattanooga, TN, USA

NordicJS 2019

October 10 -11, 2019 | Stockholm, Sweden

Southeast Ruby 2019

August 1 – 2, 2019 | Nashville, TN, USA

Deliver Agile 2019

April 29 – May 1, 2019 | Nashville, TN, USA

2018

Yow! Australia

November 28 – December 8, 2018 | Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane, AU

Keep Ruby Weird

November 9, 2018 | Austin, TX, USA

CodeDaze

September 14-16, 2018 | Buffalo, NY, USA

Southeast Ruby

August 2-3, 2018 | Nashville, TN, USA

RubyConf India

February 9-10, 2018 | Bangaluru, India

2017

Southeast Ruby

October 5 – 6, 2017 | Nashville, TN, USA

2016

POOD – NYC

October 21 – November 2, 2016 | New York, NY, USA

2015

POOD – NYC

October 19-21, 2015 | New York, NY, USA

RubyConf Portugal

September 14-15, 2015 | Braga, Portugal

Chattanooga Ruby

August 28, 2015 | Chattanooga, TN, USA

LoneStar Ruby

August 15, 2015 | Austin, TX, USA

Brighton Ruby Conference

July 20, 2015 | Brighton, UK

Tropical Ruby

March 5-8, 2015 | Porto de Galinhas, Brazil

2014

Midwest.io

July 14-15, 2014 | Kansas City, MO, USA

MythBashers: Adventures in Overlooked Technologies

Joy Of Coding

March 7, 2014 | Rotterdam, Netherlands

MythBashers: Adventures in Overlooked Technologies

2013

RubySauna

October 30, 2013 | Oulu, Finland

ArrrrCamp 7

October 3-4, 2013 | Ghent, Belgium

You Gotta Try This

Barcelona Ruby Conference

September 14-15, 2013 | Barcelona, Spain

You Gotta Try This

Steel City Ruby Conference

August 16-17, 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA, USA

You Gotta Try This

LoneStar RubyConf

August 18-20, 2013 | Austin, Texas, USA

Ruby Rogues Panel | Slides: “Don’t Get Clever

Closing Keynote: “You Gotta Try This

RubyNation

June 14-15, 2013 | Silver Spring, MD, USA

Closing Keynote: “Code to Joy

La Conf Paris

May 9-10, 2013 | Paris, Frace

Pairing Session

Ancient City Ruby

April 4-5, 2013 | St. Augustine, FL, USA

Pairing is Caring” | Slides

2012

GoGaRuCo

September 14-15, 2012 | San Francisco, CA, USA

Code to Joy” | Slides

RailsConf

April 23-25, 2012 | Austin, TX, USA

Ruby Rogues Panel

Hashrocket

April 17-19, 2012

Guest Interview

Lunch ‘n Learn : “Making Little Classes Out of Big Ones” | Slides

Lunch’n Learn : “Building Gems That Don’t Suck” | Slides

2011

Ruby Midwest

November 4-5, 2011 | Kansas City, MO, USA

Confident Code

Beyond Web Development” with James Edward Gray II, David Copeland, and The Ruby Rogues

RubyConf

September 29 – October 1, 2011 | New Orleans, LA, USA

Exceptional Ruby

Rocky Mountain Ruby

August 31 – September 2, 2011 | Boulder, CO, USA

Things You Didn’t Know About Exceptions

Lone Star Ruby Conference V

August 11-13, 2011 | Austin, TX, USA

Exceptional Ruby

Cascadia Ruby

July 29-30, 2011 | Seattle, WA, USA

Confident Code

RailsConf

May 16-19, 2011 | Baltimore, MD, USA

Slides: “Confident Code

Red Dirt RubyConf

April 21-22, 2011 | Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Slides: “Cheating on ActiveRecord with DataMapper

RubyNation

April 1-2, 2011 | Reston, VA, USA

Confident Code

Ruby On Ales

March 24-25, 2011 | Bend, OR, USA

Exceptional Ruby

Day Camp 4 Developers 2 Virtual Conference

March 5, 2011

The Well-Equipped Remote Worker

MagicRuby

February 4-5, 2011 | Orlando. FL, USA

Exceptional Ruby

2010

Central PA Open Source Conference

October 16, 2010 | Harrisburg, PA, USA

Slides: “How To Write Open Source Software that People Will Actually Use