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I love sharing my knowledge and experience with the community. Here are some of the talks I've given.

Upcoming Talks

AI Hack Day Brisbane
Aug 1
2026

AI Hack Days 2026

AI Hack Day Brisbane•SSW Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

A free community event for developers to learn AI hands-on with workshops and hack sessions.

#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
AI Hack Day Sydney
Jul 11
2026

AI Hack Days 2026

AI Hack Day Sydney•SSW Sydney, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia

A free community event for developers to learn AI hands-on with workshops and hack sessions.

#AI#Machine Learning#Azure

Past Talks

2026

MVP Summit 2026

MVP Summit 2026

MVP Summit 2026•Mar 24, 2026•Microsoft Redmond Campus, WA, USA
Exclusive annual multi-day Microsoft event for MVPs and Regional Directors, featuring hundreds of in-depth technical sessions, direct engagement with Microsoft product leadership and engineers, and networking with MVPs worldwide.
#Microsoft#MVP#AI

2025

DDD Brisbane 2025
DDD Brisbane 2025•Dec 6, 2025•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at DDD Brisbane 2025...
AgentCon - Brisbane
AgentCon - Brisbane•Nov 1, 2025•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at AgentCon - Brisbane...

2024

🗣️
2 events
Presented at Level Up Your Data 2024...
Level Up Your Data 2024•Nov 25, 2024•Brisbane, Australia
Level Up Your Data•Nov 20, 2023•Brisbane, Australia
AI Hack Day Sydney

AI Hack Day Sydney 2024

AI Hack Day Sydney•Jul 19, 2024•Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2024
Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2024•May 18, 2024•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2024...
NDC Sydney 2024
NDC Sydney 2024•Feb 12, 2024•Sydney, Australia
Presented at NDC Sydney 2024...
NDC London 2024
NDC London 2024•Jan 29, 2024•London, United Kingdom
Presented at NDC London 2024...

2023

DDD Brisbane 2023
DDD Brisbane 2023•Dec 2, 2023•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at DDD Brisbane 2023...
NDC Porto 2023
NDC Porto 2023•Oct 16, 2023•Porto, Portugal
Presented at NDC Porto 2023...
AI Hack Day Sydney

AI Hack Day Sydney 2023

AI Hack Day Sydney•Sep 15, 2023•Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2023
Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2023•Jun 10, 2023•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2023...
NDC Oslo 2023
NDC Oslo 2023•May 22, 2023•Oslo, Norway
Presented at NDC Oslo 2023...

2022

Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2022
Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2022•Nov 26, 2022•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at Data, Power BI and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2022...
Global AI Developers Days
Global AI Developers Days•Oct 26, 2022•
Presented at Global AI Developers Days...
NDC Sydney 2022
NDC Sydney 2022•Oct 10, 2022•Sydney, Australia
Presented at NDC Sydney 2022...

2021

Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2021
Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2021•Nov 27, 2021•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at Data and AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2021...
NDC Sydney 2021
NDC Sydney 2021•Nov 2, 2021•
Presented at NDC Sydney 2021...
The Virtual ML.NET Community Conference 2021
The Virtual ML.NET Community Conference 2021•May 7, 2021•
Presented at The Virtual ML.

2020

Machine Learning simplified for Developers with ML.NET
14 events

Machine Learning simplified for Developers with ML.NET

Do you want to try machine learning, but don't want to invest too much time learning a new programming language or some other complicated API?
NDC Sydney 2020•Oct 15, 2020•
Microsoft Reactor Abu Dhabi•Sep 13, 2020•
Virtual Global AI on Tour 2020 Melbourne Australia•Jun 20, 2020•
The Virtual ML.NET Community Conference•May 29, 2020•
NDC Porto 2020•Apr 23, 2020•
Global AI Bootcamp Brisbane•Dec 14, 2019•
DDD Sydney 2019•Sep 21, 2019•
DDD Melbourne 2019•Aug 10, 2019•
Melbourne ALT.NET•Jul 30, 2019•
Sydney .NET User Group•Jul 17, 2019•
Canberra .NET User Group•Jul 15, 2019•
Melbourne .NET User Group•Jul 10, 2019•
Brisbane Full Stack User Group•Jul 2, 2019•
Gold Coast Full Stack User Group•Jul 1, 2019•
#ML.NET#AI#Machine Learning
EF Core Query Tags and logging
2 events

EF Core Query Tags and logging

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SSW Online User Group•Sep 17, 2020•
DDD Melbourne by night•May 21, 2020•
#EF Core#.NET
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6 events

From Paper to Power using Azure Form Recognizer

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Azure Sydney User Group•Aug 19, 2020•
Azure Sydney User Group•Jul 8, 2020•
Brisbane Azure User Group•May 14, 2020•
SSW User Group•Apr 29, 2020•
#GlobalAzureVirtual•Apr 25, 2020•
Global AI On Tour•Apr 8, 2020•
#Azure#AI
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Global Azure Virtual
Global Azure Virtual•Apr 23, 2020•Seattle, Washington, United States
Presented at Global Azure Virtual...

2019

🗣️
2 events
Presented at Global AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2019...
Global AI Bootcamp - Brisbane 2019•Dec 14, 2019•Brisbane, Australia
Global AI Bootcamp - Brisbane•Dec 15, 2018•Brisbane, Australia
Quick and easy testing Web APIs with Postman
2 events

Quick and easy testing Web APIs with Postman

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Brisbane Azure User Group•Dec 11, 2019•
DDD Melbourne by night•Sep 5, 2019•
#Testing
Real-time Face Recognition With Microsoft Cognitive Services
5 events

Real-time Face Recognition With Microsoft Cognitive Services

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NDC Sydney•Oct 18, 2019•
Global Azure Bootcamp 2019•Apr 27, 2019•
Sydney .NET User Group•Jan 16, 2019•
Canberra .NET User Group•Jan 14, 2019•
Melbourne .NET User Group•Jan 9, 2019•
#Azure#AI
NDC Sydney

ML.Net Rocks - Machine Learning that's ACTUALLY easy with Richard Campbell and Jernej Kavka (JK)

NDC Sydney•Oct 17, 2019•
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#ML.NET#AI#Machine Learning
NDC Sydney

Opening the Machine Learning box with F#

NDC Sydney•Oct 16, 2019•
...
#AI#Machine Learning
🗣️
2 events

Angular introduction - Routing

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📍Angular Hack Day Melbourne•Jun 22, 2019•
Angular Hack Day Brisbane•Jun 1, 2019•
#Angular
Brisbane Azure Global Bootcamp 2019
Brisbane Azure Global Bootcamp 2019•Apr 27, 2019•Brisbane, Australia
Presented at Brisbane Azure Global Bootcamp 2019...

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AI Hack Day Melbourne

AI Hack Days 2026

AI Hack Day Melbourne•Invalid Date•SSW Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
A free community event for developers to learn AI hands-on with workshops and hack sessions.
#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
🗣️
3 events

Brisbane Full Stack User Group - Angular + React + .NET Core

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Brisbane Full Stack User Group•Invalid Date•
Brisbane Full Stack User Group•Apr 1, 2023•Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brisbane Full Stack User Group•Mar 17, 2023•Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
#Angular#.NET
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IoT Hackathon (Slovenia)

IoT Hackathon (Slovenia)•Invalid Date•
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#IoT
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Unity3D workshop (Slovenia)

Unity3D workshop (Slovenia)•Invalid Date•
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#Game Development
Level Up Your Data – Brisbane Bootcamp

Building solutions in Azure OpenAI

Level Up Your Data – Brisbane Bootcamp•Invalid Date•Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
With ChatGPT being more accessible than ever, it's becoming essential to understand how to add AI to our applications and existing flow.
#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
NDC Oslo 2023 / NDC Porto 2023 / DDD Brisbane 2023 / NDC London 2024

Common mistakes in EF Core

NDC Oslo 2023 / NDC Porto 2023 / DDD Brisbane 2023 / NDC London 2024•Invalid Date•
When JK worked with many different clients and projects, he frequently heard "EF Core is slow" or "We should do this in raw SQL" only to realize they haven't used EF Core correctly.
#.NET#EF Core
NDC Sydney 2022

How to keep your email tidy with AI @ NDC Sydney 2022

NDC Sydney 2022•Invalid Date•Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
Azure Sydney User Group / Global AI Podcast

Global AI Podcast MVP Panel

Azure Sydney User Group / Global AI Podcast•Invalid Date•Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
AI Hack Day

AI Hack Day

AI Hack Day•Invalid Date•
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#AI#Machine Learning#Azure