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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

DevDay Exchange Community: Brisbane
Oct 20
2026

Project Showcase: DevDay Exchange Brisbane

DevDay Exchange Community: Brisbane•Dimbin-Mil Event Space, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

A short project showcase at the Codex Community Brisbane DevDay Exchange, a community evening unpacking OpenAI DevDay 2026 announcements with practical talks and hands-on builds.

#Codex#OpenAI#AI
Build Club Brisbane x AdaL
Oct 22
2026

Ship, Then Sell It: Build Club Brisbane x AdaL

Build Club Brisbane x AdaL•The Precinct, Level 2/315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

Co-organising a Build Club Brisbane evening with AdaL for builders whose side projects go unseen. Jax Koh (DevRel at AdaL) on why getting users is the hard part now, a live codebase-to-launch demo, then hands-on time to build a product demo and launch post, followed by show and tell.

#AI#Agents#Build Club#Launch

Past Talks

2026

GitHub Copilot Dev Days – Coding Night ANZ

GitHub Copilot Dev Days Brisbane

GitHub Copilot Dev Days – Coding Night ANZ•Sep 24, 2026•Level 28, 215 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Mentoring at a community-led, hands-on workshop on agent-driven development with the GitHub Copilot app: working through a project backlog from picking up issues and running agents to reviewing changes and merging pull requests.
#GitHub Copilot#Agents#AI
Codex Community Meetup – Brisbane

How to make a custom b-day gift with Codex?

Codex Community Meetup – Brisbane•Sep 14, 2026•Launch Event Space, Level 3, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
From an idea to a handmade birthday gift over two weekends.
#Codex#Computer Use#AI
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AI Hack Days 2026
3 events

AI Hack Days 2026

A free community event for developers to learn AI hands-on with workshops and hack sessions.
AI Hack Day Brisbane•Aug 1, 2026•SSW Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
AI Hack Day Sydney•Jul 11, 2026•SSW Sydney, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
AI Hack Day Melbourne•Feb 7, 2026•SSW Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
#AI#Machine Learning#Azure
Brisbane .NET User Group

EF Core Bench Lab – A Peek into the Black Box

Brisbane .NET User Group•Jun 4, 2026•Microsoft HQ - Brisbane, Level 28, 400 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
A practical performance deep-dive into EF Core internals, query costs, and benchmarking patterns.
#.NET#EF Core#Performance
Brisbane Build Club

Building Real AI Agents in Notion @ Brisbane

Brisbane Build Club•May 18, 2026•The Precinct, Level 2/315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Hosting a Brisbane Build Club session on AI agents from two angles: how Notion AI Agents plug intelligence into everyday workspaces, and the harness engineering that powers autonomous agent systems underneath.
#AI#Agents#Notion
Brisbane Build Club

Optimising Vibe Coding - Ship Full-Stack AI Apps

Brisbane Build Club•Apr 20, 2026•Launch Event Space, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Hosting a Brisbane Build Club meetup exploring modern development workflows for Vibe Coders.
#AI#Vibe Coding#Full-Stack
QUT AIML 2026 Hackathon

Judge — QUT AIML 2026 Hackathon

QUT AIML 2026 Hackathon•Apr 11, 2026•QUT, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Invited as one of 5 industry judges at QUT AI & ML Society's 2026 inaugural AIML Hackathon — QUT's biggest standalone student club hackathon to date.
#AI#Machine Learning#Hackathon
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
Brisbane Build Club

Catching Up 2026 Q1 AI Trends @ Brisbane

Brisbane Build Club•Mar 23, 2026•Launch Event Space, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Hosting a Brisbane Build Club session catching up on the first few months of 2026 in AI: new models, agent frameworks, and developer tools reshaping how we build and ship.
#AI#Agents#Mastra.ai
Brisbane Build Club

Safety and Guardrails in AI Coding @ Brisbane

Brisbane Build Club•Feb 25, 2026•Launch Event Space, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Hosting a Brisbane Build Club workshop on the risks hiding behind fast AI-generated code: hallucinations, security vulnerabilities, and logic flaws that traditional testing misses.
#AI#Safety#Security
Brisbane Build Club

AI Tools Experimentation Playground Workshop @ Brisbane

Brisbane Build Club•Jan 15, 2026•Launch Event Space, Level 3, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Hosting a Brisbane Build Club workshop for side-by-side experimentation with AI tools — testing whether the newest hyped tools really 10× productivity, or whether well-used familiars like ChatGPT still hold their own.
#AI#AI Tools#Workshop

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

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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•
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#AI#Machine Learning
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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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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