---
layout: default
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: Unified Diff, title: "So, What's This Drupal Thing?", title_link: https://vimeo.com/49827006 }
    - { date: 2013-07-10, location: SWDUG, title: Drupal and the LDAP Module }
    - { date: 2014-03-01, location: DrupalCamp London, title: "Never Commit to Master: An Introduction to Git Flow", title_link: https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/never-commit-to-master-an-introduction-to-git-flow }
    - { date: 2014-07-02, location: Drupal Bristol, title: drush make drupalbristol, title_link: https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/drush-make-drupalbristol }
    - { date: 2014-08-19, location: SWDUG, title: About the Drupal Association }
    - { date: 2015-01-18, location: DrupalCamp Brighton, 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: PHPSW, title: Drupal 8, title_suffix: (lightning talk), title_link: https://joind.in/talk/view/14380 }
    - { date: 2015-07-25, location: DrupalCamp North, title: Test Drive Twig with Sculpin, title_link: https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/test-drive-twig-with-sculpin }
    - { date: 2015-08-25, location: Umbraco Bristol, title: Drupal }
    - { date: 2015-11-01, location: Accessible Bristol, title: Accessible Drupal, fuzzy_date: true }
    - { date: 2015-11-01, location: Unified Diff, title: Building Static Websites with Sculpin, fuzzy_date: true }
---
{% 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 = 'now'|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 %}