Talks

Photo of me speaking at CSS Day 2026 with a slide that says 'It was all a lie'. A crowd of a few hundred audience members is in the foreground.

Photo by Richard Theemling

It's always a privilege to speak at conferences; a privilege that I don't take lightly. The people who gave their time to helping others through blogs and conference talks are a big part of why I wanted to get involved in the open web and web standards, so it's wonderful to be able to give back in that way.

This page is a record of the conferences and meetups that I have spoken at over the years.

2026 permalink

Let's fix the web's text size permalink

Conference: BBC Global Accessibility Awareness Day

London, UK

2025 permalink

Text sizing on the web is broken. Let's fix it. permalink

Conference: {DEVELOP: BBC}

Salford, UK

2024 permalink

Intrinsic Web Design permalink

Guest lecture: Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

Web standards and accessibility permalink

Guest lecture: Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

2023 permalink

Intrinsic Web Design permalink

Guest lecture: Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

Web standards and accessibility permalink

Guest lecture: Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

Design system growing pains permalink

Conference: {DEVELOP: BBC}

Salford, UK

Design system growing pains permalink

Meetup: Design Systems Manchester

Manchester, UK

2022 permalink

How to design a GeoCities website permalink

Conference: BBC Engineering Conference

Trafford, UK

And more... permalink

This isn't a complete list as I don't keep an archive, sadly. There are some older talks I've done at meetups and internal company conferences which aren't recorded here. I've also spoken at other non-tech events.