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Future speaking events

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  1. Typography Masterclass (workshop)

    16th–30th October 2023
    online

    Event site

  2. Mastering Web Typography (workshop)

    23rd–24th September 2023
    online

    Event site

  3. SmashingConf Freiburg

    4th–6th September 2023
    Freiburg, Germany 🇩🇪

    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 75 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

    11th–12th May 2023
    Milton Keynes, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  2. Letter Luvvers

    22nd March 2023
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  3. Universal Principles of Typography (workshop)

    2nd–16th March 2023
    online

    Event site

  4. SmashingConf SF

    21st June 2022
    San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  5. Birmingham Design Festival

    10th June 2022
    Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  6. beyond tellerrand #axbt

    19th May 2022
    Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪

    Event site

  7. Stay Curious

    How to Be Wildly Unsuccessful

    21st April 2021
    online (via Düsseldorf, Germany) 🇩🇪

    Event site

  8. Type Directors Club NYC

    All-day workshop

    [Cancelled due to Covid]
    New York, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  9. Type Directors Club NYC

    Evening talk

    [Cancelled due to Covid]
    New York, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  10. ClearScore

    Private typography workshop

    27th February 2020
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  11. Darrick Wood High School (private)

    19th September 2019
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  12. Pixel Pioneers warm-up

    7th June 2019
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  13. Panel @ Soho House

    Can hygge, meraki, or lagom make you happy?

    15th April 2019
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  14. Ignite NI lunchtime session

    8th April 2019
    Belfast, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  15. Before UpFront

    21st March 2019
    Manchester, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  16. MK Geek Night

    13th September 2018
    Milton Keynes, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  17. TYPO Berlin

    19th May 2018
    Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

    Event site

  18. Reasons to:

    3rd September 2017
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

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

    28th June 2017
    Berlin 🇩🇪

    Event site

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

    25th April 2017
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  21. Reasons:London

    17th February 2017
    London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

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

    3rd February 2017
    London, UK (private) 🇬🇧

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

    10th January 2017
    Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷

    Event site

  24. We Love Graphic Design

    1st October 2016
    Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰

    Event site

  25. MakingWeb 2.16

    22nd September 2016
    Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴

    Event site

  26. Yggdrasil

    11th – 12th April 2016
    Sandefjord, Norway 🇳🇴

    Event site

  27. Design+ Ethics

    6th April 2016
    ETC, London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  28. Blend Web Mix

    28th & 29th October 2015
    Lyon, France 🇫🇷

    Event site

  29. PAPERarts

    2nd March 2015
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  30. Reasons To Be Creative

    20th February 2015
    London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  31. Break

    12th – 14th November 2014
    Belfast, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  32. Ideas on Paper

    4th February 2015
    Nottingham, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  33. Generate

    26th September 2014
    London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  34. The Type Directors Club

    22nd July 2014
    New York, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  35. Kerning

    5th – 6th June 2014
    Faenza, Italy 🇮🇹

    Event site

  36. TYPO San Francisco

    10th – 11th April 2014
    San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  37. (R)evolution

    27th September 2013
    Shrewsbury, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  38. Smashing Conference

    9th – 11th September 2013
    Freiburg, Germany 🇩🇪

    Event site

  39. Reasons To Be Creative

    2nd – 4th September 2013
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  40. Beyond Tellerrand

    6th – 8th November 2017
    Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

    Event site

  41. Creative Liverpool

    4th April 2013
    Liverpool, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  42. Responsive Day Out

    1st March 2013
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  43. HD Live

    1st November 2012
    Hull, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  44. Ampersand 2012

    15th June 2012
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  45. TYPO Berlin: Sustain

    17th – 19th May 2012
    Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

    Event site

  46. Multipack Presents...

    11th February 2012
    Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  47. An Event Apart San Francisco 2011

    12th – 14th December 2011
    San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  48. Flash on the Beach 2011

    11th – 14th September 2011
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  49. Insites Tour: Bristol

    21st July 2011
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  50. Brand Perfect Tour

    25th May 2011
    London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  51. Future of Web Design London 2011

    16th – 18th May 2011
    London, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  52. New Adventures in Web Design 2011

    20th January 2011
    Nottingham, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  53. Brooklyn Beta 2011

    21st & 22nd October 2010
    Brooklyn, USA 🇺🇸

    Event site

  54. FrontEnd 2010

    1st - 2nd September 2010
    Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴

    Event site

  55. Ulster Festival of Art & Design

    16th June 2010
    Belfast, UK 🇬🇧

    Event site

  56. Web Source East

    26th March 2010
    Norwich, UK 🇬🇧

  57. Future of Web Design London 2010

    17th - 19th May 2010
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  58. University of the West of England

    28th April 2010
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  59. Future of Web Design New York 2009

    16th November 2009
    New York, USA 🇺🇸

  60. Web Developers Conference 2009

    21st October 2009
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  61. Web Directions South 2009

    6th October 2009
    Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺

  62. Future of Web Design Tour 2009

    9th September 2009
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  63. Twiist.be

    15th May 2009
    Leuven, Belgium 🇧🇪

  64. Future of Web Design London 2009

    1st May 2009
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  65. South by Southwest 2009

    12th March 2009
    Austin, USA 🇺🇸

  66. Web Directions North 2009

    2nd February 2009
    Denver, USA 🇺🇸

  67. Oxford Geek Night X

    21st January 2009
    Oxford, UK 🇬🇧

  68. Web Developers Conference 2008

    12th November 2008
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  69. Spletne Urice

    29th October 2008
    Ljubljana, Slovenia 🇸🇮

  70. Skillswap Brighton

    20th August 2008
    Brighton, UK 🇬🇧

  71. Future of Web Design London 2008

    17th April 2008
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  72. Future of Web Design New York 2007

    7th November 2007
    New York, USA 🇺🇸

  73. Skillswap Bristol

    25th September 2007
    Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  74. London Design Festival 2007

    17th September 2007
    London, UK 🇬🇧

  75. Oxford Geek Night 3

    25th July 2007
    Oxford, UK 🇬🇧