---
layout: default
title: Talks
meta:
    description: 'Information about previous and upcoming talks that Oliver has presented at conferences and user groups'
use: [talks, posts]
---
<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 upcoming_events = [] %}
{% set past_events = [] %}

{% for talk in data.talks %}
    {% for event in talk.events if event.date >= 'today'|date('Y-m-d') %}
        {% set event = event|merge({ talk: talk })|merge(site.events[event.id]) %}
        {% set upcoming_events = upcoming_events|merge([event]) %}
    {% endfor %}

    {% for event in talk.events if event.date < 'today'|date('Y-m-d') %}
        {% set event = event|merge({ talk: talk })|merge(site.events[event.id]) %}
        {% set past_events = past_events|merge([event]) %}
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

{% if upcoming_events is not empty %}
    <h2>Upcoming Talks</h2>

    {% include "talks-table" with {
        events: upcoming_events|sortbyfield('date'),
        hide_feedback: true,
    } %}
{% endif %}

<h2>Last 5 Talks</h2>

{% include "talks-table" with {
    events: past_events|sortbyfield('date')|reverse[:5]
} %}

<p>You can view more talks in the <a href="/talks/archive">talks archive</a>.</p>