Over the past years I have done a couple of talks, from small user group gatherings to large-scale audience at international conferences.
Here are a few highlights so far:
- DevFest Nairobi 2022, Nairobi, Kenya
- Virtual Developers Conference 2020, Mauritius
- SSA Community Summit 2018, Nairobi, Kenya
- C# Corner Conference 2017, Delhi, India
- German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2004, Frankfurt, Germany
Upcoming Activities
- The Modern .NET Show, Podcast
Gemini SDK for .NET - DevFest Pwani 2024, GDG Pwani, Mombasa, Kenya, 23rd November
Inference Your LLMs on the Fly: Serverless Cloud Run with GPU Acceleration - Create your own Gemini SDK based on the REST API, Google Developer Community Online, 2nd May (re-scheduled!)
Part of the Gemini Hackathon - Build with AI, GDG Mauritius, 1st June (re-scheduled!)
Introduction to Gemini - Technical Workshop - GDG Soweto, to be announced
Google Maps APIs - Cape Town MS Developer User Group, to be announced
Google Maps APIs
2024
- DevFest Cape Town 2024, GDG Cape Town, South Africa, 9th November
P-AI-R Programming with Gemini - TechNews with Experts, Podcast, 30th October
A conversation with Vidush and Joki on .NET User Group Mauritius (NUGM) - YouTube - DevFest Mauritius 2024, GDG Mauritius, 19th October
P-AI-R Programming with Gemini
Inference Your LLMs on the Fly: Serverless Cloud Run with GPU Acceleration - MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 14th September
To Cloud or Not to Cloud - Spilling The Source, Podcast, 1st September
Generative AI for Google with Jochen Kirstatter (Gemini SDK for .NET) - Spotify - Developers Conference Mauritius, 18-20th July
Integrate Gemini into Your .NET Applications: Unleash the Power of Generative AI
From REST API to NuGet Package: Streamlining Code Reuse and Distribution - Google I/O Extended, GDG Mauritius, 18th July
Introduction to Google Gemini - .NET Developers Group Ingolstadt (INdotNET), Ingolstadt, Germany, 4th July
Gemini für .NET Anwendungen: Ein Erfahrungsbericht - What to expect at DevConMU 2024? Podcast/interview with L'Express Maurice
- Cape Town MS Developer User Group, Cape Town, South Africa, 11th May
Integrate Gemini into Your .NET Applications: Unleash the Power of Generative AI - DevConf 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, 9th May
P-AI-R Programming with Gemini - DevConf 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7th May
P-AI-R Programming with Gemini - YouTube - Build with AI, GDG Johannesburg, South Africa, 27th April
Introduction to Gemini - Technical Workshop - Global Azure, Mauritius, 20th April
Migrating .NET applications to Azure
Building Cloud Native apps with .NET 8 - Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#6), GDG Mauritius, 3rd April
- Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#5), GDG Mauritius, 27th March
- Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#4), GDG Mauritius, 20th March
- Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#3), GDG Mauritius, 13th March
- MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 9th March
Integrate Gemini into your apps - Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#2), GDG Mauritius, 28th February
- Certification Study Group - Professional Cloud Developer (#1), GDG Mauritius, 21st February
- TechNews with Experts, Podcast, 15th February
A conversation with Jochen Kirstätter (JoKi) - Spotify | YouTube - Road to Google Developers Certification - Info Session, GDG Mauritius, 31st January
- MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 20th January
Cross-platform development with .NET
2023
- Mau pas konpran!, Podcast, December
Le gazon n'est pas toujours plus vert ailleurs - Spotify - DevFest Jinja 2023, Uganda, 25th November
State of GCP: .NET edition
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Mau pas konpran!, Podcast, November
Premier Episode - Spotify - DevFest Dar-es-Salaam 2023, Tanzania, 11th November
State of GCP: .NET edition - DevFest Mauritius 2023, GDG Mauritius, 28th October
State of GCP: .NET edition
P-AI-R Programming with Duet AI for Google Cloud - MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 14th October
P-AI-R Programming with Duet AI for Google Cloud - DevFest Kigali 2023, Rwanda, 7th October
State of GCP: .NET edition - SSA Community Summit 2023, Kigali, Rwanda, 5-6th October
Lightning Talk: Stop begging! Create value and opportunity! - Google I/O Extended, GDG Maseru, Lesotho, 26th August
Google Cloud Workstations: A Cloudy Way to Develop Software - Google I/O Extended, GDG Mauritius, 5th August
Google Cloud Workstations: A Cloudy Way to Develop Software - Developers Conference Mauritius, 20-22nd July
State of GCP: .NET edition
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Workshop (3 days): Migration from .NET Framework to .NET 6, 3-5th July
- Hybrid: June Gathering @ Google, GDG Cloud Munich, Germany, 28th June
State of GCP: .NET edition - Workshop (3 days): Migration from .NET Framework to .NET 6, 12-14th June
- Mentorship: Women Developer Academy - SSA, Google, June-September
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 6), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 10th June
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 5), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 3rd June
- Virtual AMA Session: Cloud Study Jam, GDG Nairobi, Kenya, 31st May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 4), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 27th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 5), GDG Luwero, Uganda, 27th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 3), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 20th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 4), GDG Luwero, Uganda, 20th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 2), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 13th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 3), GDG Luwero, Uganda, 13th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 1), GDG Egbe, Nigeria, 6th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 2), GDG Luwero, Uganda, 6th May
- Certification Study Group - Associate Cloud Engineer (week 1), GDG Luwero, Uganda, 29th April
- Road to Google Developers Certification - Info Session, GDG Mauritius, 26th April
- Road to Google Developers Certification - Info Session, GDG Luwero, Uganda, 16th April
- Road to Google Developers Certification - Info Session, GDG Jinja, Uganda, 14th April
- Google Cloud Tech, Twitter/X Space, 13th April
How to make the most of Innovators Plus - MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 11th February
gcloud - Scripting for Google Cloud Platform - MSCC Monthly Meetup, MSCC, 14th January
.NET minimal API
2022
- Workshop (5 days): Advanced C# and .NET 6, December
- DevFest Mauritius 2022, GDG Mauritius, 10th December
Google Cloud (Keynote)
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Developers Conference Mauritius, 22-24th November
Running SQL Server on GCP
Develop .NET apps for GCP - Workshop (4 days): Entity Framework and Entity Framework Core, November
- Workshop (5 days): Introduction to SQL Server, November
- DevFest Nairobi 2022, Kenya, 5th November
Space Debrief: Cloud (Keynote)
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Workshop (5 days): Introduction to C# and .NET, October
- Startup Mentoring Sessions, CcHub Design Lab, Kigali, Rwanda, 22nd September
- Mentorship: Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2022, Andela, June-December
- Deploying Applications on GCP, GDSC Middlesex University, Mauritius, 3rd February
2021
- Workshop (2 days): ASP.NET Core, October
- Workshop (5 days): Introduction to C# and .NET, October
- Workshop (5 days): Introduction to SQL Server, October
- Workshop (10 days): Basic C# and .NET for Testers / QAs, September
2020
- Workshop (5 days): ASP.NET Core, December
- Workshop (5 days): Introduction to C# using .NET Framework / .NET, December
- Workshop (3 days): Introduction to SQL Server, December
- Inauguration of Azure & .NET Community, MSCC & NMUG, 9th December
Keynote - Workshop (6 days): Introduction to C# using .NET Framework / .NET, November
- Workshop (3 days): Introduction to SQL Server, November
- DevFest Mauritius 2020, GDG Mauritius, 21st November
- Virtual Developers Conference Mauritius, 9-11th September
Podcast: Azure / Google Cloud Platform
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification
Organise your online meetings with Jitsi Meet - Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2020, Andela, YouTube
Google Cloud AMA Session - Mentorship (Program Assistant): Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2020 Program, Andela
- Global Azure for Beginners, for Business, for Developers, MSCC, 23-25th April
2019
- DevFest Mauritius 2019, GDG Mauritius, 5th October
- .NET Conf 2019, MSCC, 28th September
- Azure Accelerator Conference Mauritius 2019, Liquid Telecom, Flic en Flac, Mauritius, 27th June
Lift & Shift - What to consider when moving to Microsoft Azure - Learner / Mentorship: Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2019, Andela, June-December
- Switch Conference, Mauritius, 7-8th June
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Global Azure Bootcamp, MSCC, 27th April
Lift & Shift your resources to the Cloud - Developers Conference Mauritius, 11-13th April
Cloud Study Jam (assistance)
Confirm your Knowledge with a Certification - Big Data, IoT, Python and Microsoft Certifications, MSCC, 30th March
Microsoft Certifications - Cloud Study Jam, GDG Mauritius, 9th March
2018
- Let's talk about Azure DevOps, MSCC, 29th December
Azure Boards - DevFest Mauritius 2018, GDG Mauritius, 1st December
Keynote
Introduction to Progressive Web Apps (PWA) - InnovTech 2018, National Computer Board (NCB), Mauritius
- .NET Conf 2018, MSCC, 29th September
Announcing .NET Core 2.2 - SSA Community Summit 2018, Nairobi, Kenya, 21st September
From Idea to Inspiring IT Communities - Google I/O Extended, Mauritius, 23rd June
- Developers Conference Mauritius, 17-19th May
- Study Jam: Google Cloud, GDG Mauritius, 28th April
- Global Azure Bootcamp, MSCC, 21st April
Your open source options on Microsoft Azure - SQL Server on Linux, MSCC, 31st March
SQL Server 2017 features available on Linux - Study Jam: Mobile Sites Certification, GDG Mauritius, 10th February
2017
- InnovTech 2017, National Computer Board (NCB), Mauritius, 1-2nd December
Keynote
Communities - The importance of exchange and discussion - Build anything with Google: Google Maps APIs, GDG Mauritius, 11th November
- Monetize your site with Google AdSense (& AdWords), GDG Mauritius, 30th September
- It's just Angular!, MSCC, 26th August
AngularJS or Angular? - Mentorship: MIT Global Startup Lab, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Mauritius, June-August
- C# Corner Mathura, GLA University, Mathura, India, 7th April
Advantages and Opportunities of Cross-Platform Development - C# Corner Annual Conference 2017, Delhi, India, 7-9th April
Getting started with .NET Core on Linux - Developers Conference Mauritius, 30th March - 1st April
SQL Server 2017 on Linux - .NET Core & SQL Server on Linux, MSCC, 21st January
Getting started with .NET Core on Linux
SQL Server 2017 on Linux
2016
- Xamarin Dev Days, MSCC, 29th October
- Developers Conference Mauritius, 20-22th May
- Google I/O Extended, MSCC
- Global Azure Bootcamp, MSCC, 16th April
- .NET Core 1.0, MSCC, 26th March
2015
- Cross-platform Development, MSCC, 1st August
Electron - Developers Conference Mauritius, 23-25th April
- Global Azure Bootcamp, MSCC, 25th April
- ASP.NET vNext & Windows 10, MSCC, 28th March
- Ubuntu Global Jam, LUGM, University of Mauritius, 7th February
Xubuntu and Xfce4 - AMA
2014
- Startup Grind, Google for Entrepreneurs, 22th December
Interview on IT startups and entrepreneurship in Mauritius - Entrepreneurship and start-up culture (in Mauritius), MSCC, 30th August
- Purpose & benefits of version control systems, MSCC, 28th June
Visual Studio Online (VSO) - Global Windows Azure Bootcamp, MSCC, 29th March
2013
- Linuxfest, LUGM, 25th November
Running Windows applications on Linux - Infotech, National Computer Board (NCB), 22nd November
Running Windows applications on Linux - Virtual Launch of Visual Studio 2013, Microsoft, Port Louis, 20th November
Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community - Clean Code Development & Your workspace, MSCC, 16th November
Clean Code Developer - Grade Yellow
Your workspace - Clean Code Development & Flexible work environment, MSCC, 26th October
Clean Code Developer - Grade Orange
Flexible working environment - Clean Code Development & Certifications in IT, MSCC, 21th September
Clean Code Developer - Grade Red
Certifications in IT - 'Inauguration of the MSCC', MSCC, 20th July
Clean Code Developer - An Overview
2007-2012
No public speaking engagements.
This is due to my work assignment and move to Mauritius. During those six years I had been busy super-vising several development teams and managing communications with project managers back in Germany. I had to deal with financial constraints caused by the Chapter 11 of my then employer. And, I found my soulmate, started a life together and brought two amazing children into this utterly weird world.
Inspiration, or better said the final push, to pick up my previous passion to run an IT-focused user group happened during the Open Days / Windows 8 event at Domaine Les Pailles in Mauritius while speaking to Arnaud Meslier, back then Technical Evangelist - Indian Ocean Islands and French Pacific at Microsoft.
2006
- LOVE - Launch Office 2007, Windows Vista und Exchange 2007 Roadshow, Stuttgart, Germany, 4th December
Ask The Experts (ATE) - Nachlese zur VFP Devcon, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 15th November
- German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2006, Frankfurt, Germany, 9-11th November
CLR Host für Visual FoxPro
NET4COM und ComProxyForNet
Active FoxPro Pages - Testen, Debuggen und Analysieren von VFP Anwendungen, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 18th October
Testen mit FoxUnit
VFP Debugger effektiv nutzen
Coverage Profiler - Workshop (3 days): Acodey - Components Library, 13-15th September
- Workshop (3 days): Active FoxPro Pages, 6th-8th September
- Microsoft Zertifizierung - MCP-Test und andere, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 19th July
- VFP mit IntelliSense erweitern, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 17th May
Active FoxPro Pages - Dynamic-Link Libraries, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 19th April
- Wie nutzt man DLLs im Allgemeinen?, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 15th March
Design Pattern: Proxy - CeBIT, Hannover, Germany, March
Exhibitor ProLib Software/Tools - Active FoxPro Pages - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Neue Features und Verbesserungen, dFPUG Herrenberg/Stuttgart, Germany, February
- SQL Server 2005 und SQLPass Rhein/Neckar, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 15th February
- Ready to Rock the Launch (Sie sind da!), Microsoft Product Launch, Karlsruhe, Germany, 8-9th February
Ask The Experts (ATE) - SQL Server 2005
2005
- PostgreSQL 8.0, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 16th November
Design Pattern: Adapter - German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2005, Frankfurt, Germany
Versionskontrolle mit Subversion
Linux Transfer, Aktueller Stand Multi-Plattform
Reguläre Ausdrücke in VFP (und .NET)
Geiz ist geil - kostenfreie Tools für Entwickler
XML - Einführung und Überblick
XSLT - Konvertieren leicht gemacht - Reguläre Ausdrücke in VFP, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 21st September
Design Pattern: Zuständigkeitskette (neudt. Chain Of Responsibility) - Versionskontrolle mit Subversion, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 17th August
Design Pattern: Strategie - Additive Datenbanken zu Visual FoxPro, dFPUG Herrenberg/Stuttgart, Germany, 15th July
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Neue Features und Verbesserungen, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, July
- .NET Usergroup Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 4th July
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Neue Features und Verbesserungen - Sie kennen Lego™? - Bausteine in Software, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, June
- MSDN Webcast: Visual Studio 2005 mit Visual FoxPro, Microsoft, Germany, May
- Blob, Varchar, Binary - Feldtypen in Visual FoxPro 9.0, dFPUG Speyer, March
- XML – Aufbau, Sinn und Zweck - Nutzbarkeit in VFP, dFPUG Speyer, February
2004
- VFP Anwendungen vertreiben - Windows Installer, dFPUG Speyer, December
- German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2004, Frankfurt, Germany, November
Active FoxPro Pages (two sessions)
Visual FoxPro 9.0 und Linux
Additive Datenbanken zu Visual FoxPro - Active FoxPro Pages, dFPUG Herrenberg/Stuttgart, Germany, 15th October
- Business Objects, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, 20th October
- Additive Datenbanken zu Visual FoxPro, dFPUG Speyer, Germany, August
- Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta - Features und Highlights, dFPUG Speyer, June
2003
- German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2003, Frankfurt, Germany
Visual FoxPro and Linux (two and a half sessions)
2002
- German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 2002, Frankfurt, Germany
Active FoxPro Pages (vendor session)
Are you interested in having me present for your event?
Below is a list of my current and past sessions in English and German language. Contact me over here if one of these might be a good fit for your user group, your conference, or your online virtual chapter.
I usually try and align speaking events so that I can either do other talks or commercial workshops at the same time, particularly when international travel is involved.