Over the years I’ve spoken at conferences and events, many in my former role at Raspberry Pi. If you would like me to speak at your event, please contact me by email: ben [at] bennuttall.com
Some of the conferences I’ve spoken at:
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS | PyCon UK 2022 | Cardiff, UK | 17 September 2022 | slides | video |
| Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS | EuroPython 2022 | Dublin, Ireland | 15 July 2022 | slides | video |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running a Python Package Index for Raspberry Pi | PackagingCon 2021 | Remote | 10 November 2021 | slides | video |
| From Acorns to Raspberries | Durham University Software Development Bootcamp | Remote | 26 October 2021 | slides | |
| Innovation in the newsroom | EuroPython 2021 | Remote | 28 July 2021 | slides | video |
| Innovation in the newsroom | Cambridge Python User Group | Remote | 6 July 2021 | slides | |
| Manage your own Pi Cloud with hostedpi | Raspberry Pint | Remote | 30 March 2021 | slides | video |
| How to market your open source project | Open Source 101 | Remote | 30 March 2021 | slides | video |
| Object Based Media | EBU BroadThinking | Remote | 23 March 2021 |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tools for maintaining an open source project | All Things Open 2020 | Remote | 20 October 2020 | slides | |
| piwheels: a Python package repository for Raspberry Pi (lightning talk) | EuroPython 2020 | Remote | 23 July 2020 | slides | |
| Tools for maintaining an open source Python project | EuroPython 2020 | Remote | 23 July 2020 | slides | video |
| piwheels: a Python package repository for Raspberry Pi | Remote Python Pizza | Remote | 25 April 2020 | slides |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station | PyCon UK | Cardiff, UK | 13 September 2019 | slides | video |
| Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station | EuroPython 2019 | Basel, Switzerland | 12 July 2019 | slides | video |
| Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station | Cambridge Python User Group | Cambridge, UK | 2 July 2019 | slides | |
| Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station | PyData Cambridge | Cambridge, UK | 26 June 2019 | slides | |
| Maintaining an open source Python library | London Raspberry Pint | London, UK | 26 March 2019 | slides | video |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT | PyCon UK 2018 | Cardff, UK | 18 September 2018 | slides | video |
| Why I run my own Python package repository | PyCon UK 2018 | Cardff, UK | 16 September 2018 | slides | video |
| Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT | EuroPython 2018 | Edinburgh, UK | 27 July 2018 | slides | video |
| Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT | London Raspberry Pint | London, UK | 24 April 2018 | slides | |
| Infra-red bird box workshop | Scouts digital day | London, UK | 14 April 2018 | slides | |
| Hello world: a brief history of programming | An Evening of Unnecessary Detail (Cambridge Science Festival) | Cambridge, UK | 17 March 2018 | slides |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi Zero GPIO expander (lightning talk) | Cambridge Python User Group | Cambridge, UK | 5 December 2017 | ||
| piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi | PyCon UK | Cardiff, UK | 29 October 2017 | slides | video |
| Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi | All Things Open 2017 | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA | 23 October 2017 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi Desktop OS | Oggcamp 2017 | Canterbury, UK | 20 August 2017 | slides | |
| piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi users | Oggcamp 2017 | Canterbury, UK | 19 August 2017 | slides | |
| piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi users | CamJam | Cambridge, UK | 14 October 2017 | slides | video |
| GPIO Zero | AmsterJam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9 September 2017 | slides | |
| piwheels | Cambridge Python User Group | Cambridge, UK | 1 August 2017 | slides | |
| Physical Computing with Python and Raspberry Pi | EuroPython 2017 | Rimini, Italy | 14 July 2017 | slides | video |
| piwheels (lightning talk) | EuroPython 2017 | Rimini, Italy | 13 July 2017 | slides | video |
| Remote GPIO workshop | Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers | Cambridge, UK | 1 July 2017 | slides | |
| Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero | Manchester CoderDojo | Manchester, UK | 12 March 2017 | ||
| Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero | Manchester Raspberry Jam | Manchester, UK | 11 March 2017 | ||
| Raspberry Jam panel | Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 5 March 2017 | video | |
| Build a traffic lights controller with gpiozero and guizero | Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 4 March 2017 | ||
| GPIO Zero | Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 4 March 2017 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Pi and Python | FOSDEM 2017 | Brussels, Belgium | 5 February 2017 | slides | video |
| Snapchat Photobooth | Bett 2017 | London, UK | 25 January 2017 | ||
| Snapchat selfies | Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers | Cambridge, UK | 14 January 2017 | ||
| GPIO Music Box | Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers | Cambridge, UK | 14 January 2017 | ||
| Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero | Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers | Cambridge, UK | 14 January 2017 | slides | |
| Physical Computing with Python and Raspberry Pi | Cambridge Python user group | Cambridge, UK | 10 January 2017 | slides |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Club Raspberry Jams update | Code Club UK Day | London, UK | 24 November 2016 | slides | |
| Bringing digital making to your library with Raspberry Pi | Code Green - Cracking the Code | Manchester, UK | 8 November 2016 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi for Everyone | All Things Open 2016 | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA | 27 October 2016 | slides | video |
| Sense HAT workshop | Pi Towers Raspberry Jam | Cambridge, UK | 15 October 2016 | slides | |
| Python Picamera with GPIO Zero | Pi Towers Raspberry Jam | Cambridge, UK | 15 October 2016 | slides | |
| Raspberry Jam | Pi Towers Raspberry Jam | Cambridge, UK | 15 October 2016 | slides | |
| Raspberry Jam | Glasgow Raspberry Jam | Glasgow, UK | 8 October 2016 | slides | |
| Raspberry Jam | Raspberry Jam workshop | Cambridge, UK | 1 October 2016 | slides | |
| Designing a zero-boilerplate library for Raspberry Pi GPIO | PyConUK | Cardiff, UK | 18 September 2016 | slides | |
| Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi | Pycon Russia 2016 | Moscow, Russia | 4 July 2016 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Pi and the Community | Wimbledon Raspberry Jam | Wimbledon, UK | 26 June 2016 | slides | |
| The Journey of a Raspberry Pi Creative Technologist | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists final weekend | Cambridge, UK | 24 April 2016 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi and the community | Cambridge Code Club meetup | Cambridge, UK | 19 April 2016 | slides | |
| The Raspberry Pi Community | Picademy @ Google Manchester | Manchester, UK | 22 March 2016 | slides | |
| Physical Computing with Scratch and Python | Picademy @ Google Manchester | Manchester, UK | 21 March 2016 | slides | |
| The Raspberry Pi Community | Picademy @ Google Manchester | Cambridge, UK | 14 March 2016 | slides | |
| Physical Computing with Scratch and Python | Picademy @ Google Manchester | Manchester, UK | 13 March 2016 | slides | |
| GPIO Zero with CamJam Edu Kit 1 | Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party | Cambridge, UK | 6 March 2016 | slides | |
| Physical Computing with GPIO Zero | Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party | Cambridge, UK | 6 March 2016 | video | |
| The Raspberry Jam Community | Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party | Cambridge, UK | 5 March 2016 | slides | |
| Abstraction 101 | Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party | Cambridge, UK | 5 March 2016 | slides | |
| Python Picamera with GPIO Zero | Picademy USA | Mountain View, California, USA | 27 February 2016 | slides | |
| Physical computing for beginners with GPIO Zero | Bett 2016 | London, UK | 20 January 2016 | slides | |
| Developing a Friendly Python API for Physical Computing | Cambridge Python User Group | Cambridge, UK | 5 January 2016 | slides |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical computing with GPIO Zero | Oggcamp 2015 | Liverpool, UK | 1 November 2015 | slides | |
| Physical computing with GPIO Zero | Peterborough Raspberry Jam | Peterborough, UK | 24 October 2015 | slides | |
| Physical computing with GPIO Zero | Peterborough Coding Evening | Peterborough, UK | 20 October 2015 | slides | |
| Pecha Kucha | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend | London, UK | 17 October 2015 | ||
| Physical computing with GPIO Zero | London Coding Evening | London, UK | 15 October 2015 | slides | |
| The story of pyjokes | PyConUK 2015 | Coventry, UK | 19 September 2015 | slides | |
| Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi | PyCon UK 2015 | Coventry, UK | 18 September 2015 | slides | video |
| Building a Python API for Raspberry Pi Hardware | CamJam | Cambridge, UK | 12 September 2015 | slides | video |
| Teach, Learn and Make with Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch | Tallinn, Estonia | 7 September 2015 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi in Estonia | Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch | Tallinn, Estonia | 7 September 2015 | video | |
| Introduction to Raspberry Pi (Secondary) | Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch | Tallinn, Estonia | 7 September 2015 | slides | |
| Introduction to Raspberry Pi (Primary) | Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch | Tallinn, Estonia | 7 September 2015 | slides | |
| Teach, Learn and Make with Raspberry Pi (webinar) | Informatics Summer School | Tallinn, Estonia | 21 August 2015 | slides | |
| Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi | EuroPython 2015 | Bilbao, Spain | 23 July 2015 | slides | video |
| Pecha Kucha | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend | Sheffield, UK | 18 July 2015 | slides | |
| Picamera, Flask and the Twitter API workshop | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend | Sheffield, UK | 18 July 2015 | slides | |
| Getting started with Python Picamera | Picademy #9 | Cambridge, UK | 13 July 2015 | slides | |
| Plantpot Greenhouse Workshop | Build Your Own | Liverpool, UK | 11 July 2015 | ||
| Plantpot Greenhouse Workshop | Build Your Own | Liverpool, UK | 27 June 2015 | ||
| Python for PHP Developers | PHP Cambridge User Group | Cambridge, UK | 23 June 2015 | slides | |
| Getting started with Python Picamera | Picademy North | York, UK | 26 May 2015 | slides | |
| Build your product around the best supported mini computer in the world | Maker Faire Bay Area | San Francisco, CA, USA | 16 May 2015 | slides | |
| Getting started with Python Picamera | Picademy #8 | Cambridge, UK | 27 April 2015 | slides | |
| Hands on Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 18 April 2015 | slides | |
| Pecha Kucha | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 18 April 2015 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi Foundation Intro | Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 18 April 2015 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi Education Team panel | Raspberry Pi Birthday Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 28 February 2015 | ||
| Raspberry Jams panel | Raspberry Pi Birthday Weekend | Cambridge, UK | 28 February 2015 | ||
| How Raspberry Pi (an Educational Charity) Funds Itself without Rattling a Tin | NorDevCon | Norwich, UK | 20 February 2015 | slides | |
| Python Picamera Workshop | Picademy #7 | Cambridge, UK | 16 February 2015 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi | Garage48 | Tallinn, Estonia | 10 February 2015 | ||
| Raspberry Pi for startups | Startup Incubator | Tallinn, Estonia | 10 February 2015 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi | British Embassy in Tallinn | Tallinn, Estonia | 10 February 2015 | slides | |
| Getting Started with Minecraft Pi | BETT 2015 | London, UK | 23 January 2015 | ||
| Getting Started with Python Picamera | BETT 2015 | London, UK | 22 January 2015 |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python Picamera Workshop | Picademy #5 | Cambridge, UK | 27 October 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi in Education | Barcamp Manchester 2014 | Manchester, UK | 19 October 2014 | slides | |
| Blimps (slideshow karaoke) | Barcamp Manchester 2014 | Manchester, UK | 18 October 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi in Science Education | IMA North West | Manchester, UK | 14 October 2014 | slides | |
| Pioneering the future of computing education | PyCon Ireland 2014 | Dublin, Ireland | 11 October 2014 | slides | |
| Documenting your project with mkdocs | PySS 2014 | San Sebastian, Spain | 28 September 2014 | ||
| Python on Pi (keynote) | PySS 2014 | San Sebastian, Spain | 27 September 2014 | slides | |
| PyPi (not that one) [Python on Pi] | PyCon UK 2014 | Coventry, UK | 21 September 2014 | slides | video |
| Python Programming in Science Education | EuroSciPy 2014 | Cambridge, UK | 30 August 2014 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Utah State University | Logan, UT, USA | 20 August 2014 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Provo Web Academy | Provo, UT, USA | 19 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | denhac | Denver, CO, USA | 17 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | TinkerMill | Denver, CO, USA | 17 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | MoreNET | Colombia, MO, USA | 16 August 2014 | video | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Arch Reactor Hackerspace | St. Louis, MO, USA | 15 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | St. John Vianney High School | St. Louis, MO, USA | 15 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | FirstBuild | Louisville, KY, USA | 14 August 2014 | ||
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | LVL1 | Louisville, KY, USA | 14 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Fayette Academy | Somerville, TN, USA | 13 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | R L Young Elementary School | Talladega, AL, USA | 12 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Red Bank Middle School | Chattanooga, TN, USA | 11 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Geekspace Gwinnett | Lawrenceville, GE, USA | 10 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | UNC Charlotte | Charlotte, NC, USA | 8 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | Code in the Classroom | Raleigh, NC, USA | 7 August 2014 | slides | video |
| Python on Pi | DC Python / Django District | Washington, DC, USA | 6 August 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk | STEM Ladder | New York City, NY, USA | 5 August 2014 | slides | |
| Pioneering the Future of Computing Education | EuroPython 2014 | Berlin, Germany | 24 July 2014 | slides | video |
| GitHub in Education | Picademy #3 | Cambridge, UK | 14 July 2014 | slides | |
| Python Picamera Workshop | Picademy #3 | Cambridge, UK | 14 July 2014 | slides | |
| Python Picamera Workshop | CamJam | Cambridge, UK | 5 July 2014 | slides | |
| Contributing to Raspberry Pi Learning on GitHub | CamJam | Cambridge, UK | 5 July 2014 | slides | video |
| GitHub in Education | Picademy #2 | Cambridge, UK | 16 June 2014 | slides | |
| Python Picamera Workshop | Picademy #2 | Cambridge, UK | 16 June 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi Lego Animation workshop | CodeClub Event | Cambridge, UK | 12 June 2014 | ||
| Raspberry Pi Lego Animation workshop | Cheltenham Science Festival | Cheltenham, UK | 7 June 2014 | ||
| Getting Started with Raspberry Pi | Manchester Girl Geeks Barcamp 2014 | Manchester, UK | 31 May 2014 | ||
| GitHub in Education | Picademy #1 | Cambridge, UK | 14 April 2014 | ||
| Python Picamera Workshop | Picademy #1 | Cambridge, UK | 14 April 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Jams Panel Discussion | Raspberry Jamboree 2014 | Manchester, UK | 1 March 2014 | ||
| Pioneering the Future of Computing Education | Raspberry Jamboree 2014 | Manchester, UK | 1 March 2014 | slides | |
| Python Picamera Workshop | Raspberry Jamboree 2014 | Manchester, UK | 28 February 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi | Hyper Island | Manchester, UK | 25 February 2014 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi Demos | BETT 2014 | London, UK | 22 January 2014 |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi News / My Last Jam | Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI | Manchester, UK | 16 November 2013 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam | Madlab | Manchester, UK | 16 October 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam XV | Manchester, UK | 12 October 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam | Linux Works | Berlin, Germany | 19 September 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam | Geek2Geek | Berlin, Germany | 17 September 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi & Raspberry Jams | PHP North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 6 August 2013 | slides | |
| Internet Blocking Panel Discussion | Barcamp Blackpool | Blackpool, UK | 28 July 2013 | ||
| Intro to MongoDB | Barcamp Blackpool | Blackpool, UK | 27 July 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi & Raspberry Jams | Barcamp Blackpool | Blackpool, UK | 27 July 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam XIV | Manchester, UK | 13 July 2013 | slides | |
| Digital Skills Web Workshop | Digital Skills for Women | Manchester, UK | 30 June 2013 | slides | |
| Playing with your Twitter Archive in MongoDB | Manchester MongoDB User group | Manchester, UK | 10 June 2013 | slides | |
| Webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module | York Raspberry Jam | York, UK | 8 June 2013 | slides | |
| Python Intro Workshop | York Raspberry Jam | York, UK | 8 June 2013 | ||
| Webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module | Manchester Raspberry Jam XII | Manchester, UK | 2 June 2013 | slides | |
| Python Intro | Manchester Raspberry Jam XII | Manchester, UK | 2 June 2013 | ||
| Raspberry Pi Weather Station | Manchester Raspberry Jam XII | Manchester, UK | 1 June 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam XII | Manchester, UK | 1 June 2013 | slides | |
| Intro to MongoDB | Python North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 16 May 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam XI | Manchester, UK | 11 May 2013 | slides | |
| MongoDB for Developers Course Review | Manchester MongoDB User Group | Manchester, UK | 29 April 2013 | slides | |
| Free Software Culture | Ubuntu & Upstream Unconference | Manchester, UK | 21 April 2013 | slides | |
| Build a Python Learning Tool | Python North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 18 April 2013 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam X | Manchester, UK | 13 April 2013 | slides | |
| Python Intro Workshop | STEM Raspberry Jam | Manchester, UK | 18 March 2013 | ||
| Raspberry Why? | STEM Raspberry Jam | Manchester, UK | 18 March 2013 | slides | |
| Free Software Culture | Manchester Girl Geeks Barcamp 2013 | Manchester, UK | 16 March 2013 | slides | video |
| Raspberry Jam panel discussion | Raspberry Jamboree 2013 | Manchester, UK | 9 March 2013 | video | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam IX | Manchester, UK | 17 February 2013 | slides | |
| About Manchester Raspberry Jam | Raspberry Pi STEM Ambassador Workshop | Manchester, UK | 17 January 2013 | ||
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam VIII | Manchester, UK | 12 January 2013 | slides |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam VII | Manchester, UK | 9 December 2012 | slides | |
| Python and SciPy Performance on the Raspberry Pi | Python North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 22 November 2012 | ||
| Raspberry Pi – the £30 computer | Maths Jam Conference | Crewe, UK | 17 November 2012 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam VI | Manchester, UK | 11 November 2012 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam V | Manchester, UK | 20 October 2012 | slides | |
| About Manchester Raspberry Jam | BCS/IET Young Professionals’ Lecture | Manchester, UK | 18 October 2012 | ||
| Getting Excited about Python | Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester, UK | 28 September 2012 | ||
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam IV | Manchester, UK | 8 September 2012 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam III | Manchester, UK | 11 August 2012 | slides | |
| Lightning Intro to Python | PHP North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 7 August 2012 | slides | |
| Raspberry Pi News | Manchester Raspberry Jam II | Manchester, UK | 14 July 2012 | slides | |
| My Generation | Manchester Raspberry Jam I | Manchester, UK | 9 June 2012 | ||
| Preston CodeJo Review & Recap | Ubuntu & Upstream Unconference | Manchester, UK | 28 April 2012 | ||
| Nontransitive Dice | Hack To The Future | Preston, UK | 11 February 2012 |
| Talk title | Event | Location | Date | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Education | PHP North West Conference (unconference track) | Manchester, UK | 8 October 2011 | slides | |
| Data Visualisation | PHP North West User Group | Manchester, UK | 1 August 2011 | ||
| Data Visualisation | Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester, UK | 11 May 2011 | ||
| Fractal Geometry | Barcamp Sheffield | Sheffield, UK | 16 April 2011 |