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title: Talks
meta:
    description: 'Information about previous and upcoming talks that Oliver has presented at conferences and user groups'
talks:
    - { date: 2012-09-05, location: <a href="http://unifieddiff.co.uk">Unified Diff</a>, title: '<a href="https://vimeo.com/49827006">So, What’s This Drupal Thing?</a>' }
    - { date: 2013-07-10, location: <a href="https://groups.drupal.org/wales-uk">SWDUG</a> (South Wales Drupal user group), title: Drupal and the LDAP Module }
    - { date: 2014-03-01, location: <a href="http://drupalcamplondon.co.uk">DrupalCamp London</a>, title: '<a href="https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/never-commit-to-master-an-introduction-to-git-flow">Never Commit to Master: An Introduction to Git Flow</a>' }
    - { date: 2014-07-02, location: <a href="http://www.drupalbristol.org.uk">Drupal Bristol user group</a>, title: <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/drush-make-drupalbristol">drush make drupalbristol</a> }
    - { date: 2014-08-19, location: SWDUG, title: About the Drupal Association }
    - { date: 2015-01-18, location: <a href="http://www.drupalcampbrighton.co.uk">DrupalCamp Brighton</a>, title: "Drupal.org in 2015: What's Coming Next" }
    - { date: 2015-02-28, location: DrupalCamp London, title: "Drupal.org in 2015: What's Coming Next" }
    - { date: 2015-04-08, location: <a href="http://phpsw.uk">PHPSW</a>, title: <a href="https://joind.in/talk/view/14380">Drupal 8</a> (lightning talk) }
    - { date: 2015-07-25, location: <a href="http://drupalcampnorth.org">DrupalCamp North</a>, title: <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/test-drive-twig-with-sculpin">Test Drive Twig with Sculpin</a> }
    - { date: 2015-08-25, location: '<a href="http://www.umbristol.co.uk">umBristol</a> (Bristol Umbraco user group)', title: '<a href="https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/umbristol-dancing-for-drupal">Dancing for Drupal</a> (CMS Dance-Off)' }
    - { date: 2015-11-01, location: <a href="http://www.accessiblebristol.org.uk">Accessible Bristol</a>, title: Accessible Drupal, fuzzy_date: true }
    - { date: 2015-11-01, location: Unified Diff, title: Building Static Websites with Sculpin, fuzzy_date: true }
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{% block body_classes 'page--talks page--talks__list' %}

{% block content %}
    <h1>Talks</h1>

    <p>I regularly speak at conferences and user groups about a range of subjects including Drupal, Sculpin and Git. If
    you would like to me to speak at your group or conference, please <a href="/contact/">get in touch</a>.</p>

    <p>There is also information about events that I’ve attended and spoken at on my
    <a href="{{ site.lanyrd.url }}">Lanyrd</a> and <a href="{{ site.joindin.url }}">Joind.in</a> profiles.</p>

    {% set now = 'today'|date('U') %}
    {% set talks = page.talks %}

    {% set found = false %}
    {% set year = '0' %}
    {% set new_year = false %}

    {% for talk in talks if talk.date >= now %}
        {% if loop.first %}
            <h2>Upcoming Talks</h2>
        {% endif %}

        {% set this_year %}{{ talk.date|date('Y') }}{% endset %}

        {% if this_year != year %}
            {% if new_year %}
                {# Close the list for the previous year. #}
                </ul>
            {% endif %}

            {% set found = true %}

            {% set year = this_year %}
            <h3>{{ this_year }}</h3>
            <ul>
        {% else %}
            {% set new_year = true %}
        {% endif %}

        {% include 'talk-listing-item' %}
    {% endfor %}

    {% if found %}
        </ul>
    {% endif %}

    {% set found = false %}
    {% set year = '0' %}
    {% set new_year = false %}

    {% for talk in talks|reverse if talk.date < now %}
        {% if loop.first %}
            <h2>Previous Talks</h2>
        {% endif %}

        {% set this_year %}{{ talk.date|date('Y') }}{% endset %}

        {% if this_year != year %}
            {% if new_year %}
                {# Close the list for the previous year. #}
                </ul>
            {% endif %}

            {% set year = this_year %}
            {% set found = true %}

            <h3>{{ this_year }}</h3>
            <ul>
        {% else %}
            {% set new_year = true %}
        {% endif %}

        {% include 'talk-listing-item' %}
    {% endfor %}

    {% if found %}
        </ul>
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}