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Future speaking events

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  1. SmashingConf Freiburg

    4thโ€“6th September 2023
    Freiburg, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

Photo by Andreas Dantz of Elliot Jay Stocks speaking at Beyond Tellerand, Berlin, Nov 2017

Past speaking events

I’ve been fortunate enough to speak at over 70 design conferences and workshops all around the world, from intimate gatherings in the upstairs of a pub to stages in front of thousands of attendees — and everything in-between. The list below is comprehensive, but may contain broken URLs.

  1. All Flows

    11thโ€“12th May 2023
    Milton Keynes, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  2. Letter Luvvers

    22nd March 2023
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  3. Universal Principles of Typography (online workshop for SmashingConf)

    2ndโ€“16th March 2023
    online (via Freiburg, Germany) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  4. SmashingConf SF

    21st June 2022
    San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    Event site

  5. Birmingham Design Festival

    10th June 2022
    Birmingham, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  6. beyond tellerrand #axbt

    19th May 2022
    Hamburg, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  7. Stay Curious

    How to Be Wildly Unsuccessful

    21st April 2021
    online (via Dรผsseldorf, Germany) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  8. Type Directors Club NYC

    All-day workshop

    [Cancelled due to Covid]
    New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    Event site

  9. Type Directors Club NYC

    Evening talk

    [Cancelled due to Covid]
    New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    Event site

  10. ClearScore

    Private typography workshop

    27th February 2020
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  11. Darrick Wood High School (private)

    19th September 2019
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  12. Pixel Pioneers warm-up

    7th June 2019
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  13. Panel @ Soho House

    Can hygge, meraki, or lagom make you happy?

    15th April 2019
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  14. Ignite NI lunchtime session

    8th April 2019
    Belfast, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  15. Before UpFront

    21st March 2019
    Manchester, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  16. MK Geek Night

    13th September 2018
    Milton Keynes, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  17. TYPO Berlin

    19th May 2018
    Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  18. Reasons to:

    3rd September 2017
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  19. Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)

    28th June 2017
    Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  20. Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)

    25th April 2017
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  21. Reasons:London

    17th February 2017
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  22. Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)

    3rd February 2017
    London, UK (private) ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  23. Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)

    10th January 2017
    Zagreb, Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท

    Event site

  24. We Love Graphic Design

    1st October 2016
    Copenhagen, Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

    Event site

  25. MakingWeb 2.16

    22nd September 2016
    Oslo, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด

    Event site

  26. Yggdrasil

    11th โ€“ 12th April 2016
    Sandefjord, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด

    Event site

  27. Design+ Ethics

    6th April 2016
    ETC, London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  28. Blend Web Mix

    28th & 29th October 2015
    Lyon, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

    Event site

  29. PAPERarts

    2nd March 2015
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  30. Reasons To Be Creative

    20th February 2015
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  31. Break

    12th โ€“ 14th November 2014
    Belfast, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  32. Ideas on Paper

    4th February 2015
    Nottingham, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  33. Generate

    26th September 2014
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  34. The Type Directors Club

    22nd July 2014
    New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    Event site

  35. Kerning

    5th โ€“ 6th June 2014
    Faenza, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

    Event site

  36. TYPO San Francisco

    10th โ€“ 11th April 2014
    San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    Event site

  37. (R)evolution

    27th September 2013
    Shrewsbury, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  38. Smashing Conference

    9th โ€“ 11th September 2013
    Freiburg, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  39. Reasons To Be Creative

    2nd โ€“ 4th September 2013
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  40. Beyond Tellerrand

    6th โ€“ 8th November 2017
    Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  41. Creative Liverpool

    4th April 2013
    Liverpool, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  42. Responsive Day Out

    1st March 2013
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  43. HD Live

    1st November 2012
    Hull, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  44. Ampersand 2012

    15th June 2012
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  45. TYPO Berlin: Sustain

    17th โ€“ 19th May 2012
    Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

    Event site

  46. Multipack Presents...

    11th February 2012
    Birmingham, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  47. An Event Apart San Francisco 2011

    12th โ€“ 14th December 2011
    San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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  48. Flash on the Beach 2011

    11th โ€“ 14th September 2011
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  49. Insites Tour: Bristol

    21st July 2011
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  50. Brand Perfect Tour

    25th May 2011
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  51. Future of Web Design London 2011

    16th โ€“ 18th May 2011
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  52. New Adventures in Web Design 2011

    20th January 2011
    Nottingham, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    Event site

  53. Brooklyn Beta 2011

    21st & 22nd October 2010
    Brooklyn, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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  54. FrontEnd 2010

    1st - 2nd September 2010
    Oslo, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด

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  55. Ulster Festival of Art & Design

    16th June 2010
    Belfast, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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  56. Web Source East

    26th March 2010
    Norwich, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  57. Future of Web Design London 2010

    17th - 19th May 2010
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  58. University of the West of England

    28th April 2010
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  59. Future of Web Design New York 2009

    16th November 2009
    New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  60. Web Developers Conference 2009

    21st October 2009
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  61. Web Directions South 2009

    6th October 2009
    Sydney, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

  62. Future of Web Design Tour 2009

    9th September 2009
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  63. Twiist.be

    15th May 2009
    Leuven, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

  64. Future of Web Design London 2009

    1st May 2009
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  65. South by Southwest 2009

    12th March 2009
    Austin, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  66. Web Directions North 2009

    2nd February 2009
    Denver, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  67. Oxford Geek Night X

    21st January 2009
    Oxford, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  68. Web Developers Conference 2008

    12th November 2008
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  69. Spletne Urice

    29th October 2008
    Ljubljana, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

  70. Skillswap Brighton

    20th August 2008
    Brighton, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  71. Future of Web Design London 2008

    17th April 2008
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  72. Future of Web Design New York 2007

    7th November 2007
    New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  73. Skillswap Bristol

    25th September 2007
    Bristol, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  74. London Design Festival 2007

    17th September 2007
    London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

  75. Oxford Geek Night 3

    25th July 2007
    Oxford, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง