Emily is an experienced public speaker who has spoken at various agile, product and technology conferences around the world.

She speaks on the topics of agile, lean, digital, people, growing capability, organisations and communities of practice. Below are upcoming and previous public speaking engagements.

Please get in touch if you want to invite me to speak at your conference or event.

For her speaker bio, please head over here

“Amazing keynote, extremely good slides, lots of humour made it entertaining, and important message! One of my favourite talks this year.”

participant at People, principles and pragmatism

Upcoming public appearances

• 21st October 2021 Lean Agile Exchange (online) Keynote Title TBC
• November Turing Fest, Edinburgh and online Title TBC

Audience Feedback

“great session Emily with easy to implement takeaways. Thanks a million. #TuringFest”

Billy McDiarmid

“A wonderful keynote to kick off @agilemanc day 2 from @ewebber with important messages and numerous amusing animals. #AgileManc”

Matt Eyre

Previous appearances

2021

• P3X — People Product Process eXchange (conference), UK / online. The magic of human connections slides
• SEACOM (conference), UK / online. The value of Communities of practice
• Romanian Testing Conference (conference), Romania / online. Keynote: The magic of human connections | slides

2020

• SEACON (conference), London, UK / online. Networks, Serendipity and the flow of ideas | blog post | video
• Agile Tour London (conference), UK / online. Consequence Scanning workshop
• Agile India (conference), Bengaluru India / online. Communities of practice, the missing piece of your agile organisation | slides | video

2019

• Map Camp London (conference), UK, Capability Profile Mapping | slides | video
• Agile testing days (conference), Postsdam, Germany. Why Not Become a Speaker at ATD? | slides

2018

• Agile Testing Days (conference), Potsdam, Germany Whole-team responsibility | slides
• Mind the Product London (conference), UK. Communities of Practice | slides | video
• Lean Agile Scotland (conference), Edinburgh, UK. Whole-team responsibility: why really working as a team leads to great delivery | slides
• TODO conference (conference), London UK. People and (agile) teams | slides
• TestBash Brighton (conference), Brighton UK. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• Internal DWP Delivery Conference, Leeds UK. How Silos affect your flow

2017

• Agile Testing Days (conference), Potsdam Germany. Keynote: People, principles and pragmatism | slides | video
• ASAS (conference) Arhnem, The Netherlands. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• TODO (meetup), London UK. The Value Of Communities Of Practice
• Offgrid Sessions (conference), Essex UK. How Big Change Comes in Small Packages
• Agile on the Bench (meetup), London UK. What learning to knit reminded me about learning
• Google Firestarters (meetup), London UK. Scaling learning through communities in digital transformations | slides
• CukeUp! London (conference), London UK. Keynote: The Power of the Community of Practice | slides
• New Crafts conference, Paris France. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• Agile Manchester (conference), Manchester UK. Keynote: People, principles and pragmatism | slides
• Craft (conference), Budapest Hungary. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• UX Budapest (meetup), Budapest Hungary. Three ways to break down silos in your agile organisation | slides | video
• Agile in the city Birmingham (conference), Birmingham UK. Workshop: Are your standups and retrospectives really working? | slides
• Agile on the Bench (meetup), London UK. Avoiding groupthink and echo chambers: diversity and the multidisciplinary team (with Lakshan Saldin)

2016

• YOW! Conference (conference) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Australia. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation video
• Agile in the City Bristol (conference), Bristol UK. Workshop: Are your standups and retrospectives really working?
• Lean Agile Scotland, Edinburgh UK. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation | video
• GOTO Copenhagen (conference), Copenhagen Denmark. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation | video
• Agile Cambridge (conference), Cambridge UK. Workshop: Agile is not just for software: creating an agile workflow
• Turing Festival (conference), Edinburgh UK. Embracing Change or Bracing for Change: Fostering a Culture of Continuous Improvement in Product Teams | video and slides
• Agile Cymru (conference), Cardiff UK. Building successful communities of practice
• Spark the Change (conference), London UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice and how to help them succeed
• Agile in the City London (conference), London UK. Workshop: Agile is not just for software: creating an agile workflow
• Agile on the Bench (meetup), London UK.The Agile team onion or how many pizzas does it take to feed your team?
• Agile Manchester (conference), Manchester UK. Building Successful Communities of Practice
• Pre Agile Manchester (meetup), Manchester UK. The Agile team onion or how many pizzas does it take to feed your team? | slides

2015

• London Continuous Delivery London (meetup), UK. Continuous Learning Through Communities of Practice | video
• Agile Cambridge (conference), Cambridge UK. The Minimum Viable Book (with Amy Wagner) | video
• Agile on the Beach (conference), Falmouth UK. Agile in the real world (with Amy Wagner) | video
• Agile in the City London (conference), London UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice and how to help them succeed
• Agile Manchester (conference), Manchester UK. Gaming Agile: A Guide to cheating at Agile & Lean (or how to spot the anti-patterns)
• Agile in Leeds (meetup), Leeds, UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice
• Kanban Coaching Exchange, (meetup) London. Continuous learning through communities of practice

2014

• Agile 25×20 (meetup), London UK. What learning how to ride motorbikes taught me about being agile | slides
• Agile Cambridge (conference), Cambridge UK, Building a Delivery Community

2013 / 2012

• Agile Practitioners (meetup) London UK 2013. Scaling agile practices (with GDS as an example)
• Boring Conference, (conference) London UK 2012. London Shop Fronts