Category Archives: Conferences

I attended and gave a short talk at the 2021 G2E event. G2E used to be called the Global Gaming Expo but now the event covers all aspects of entertainment, hotels, sports, and gaming technology so most people refer to … Continue reading →

I gave a short talk at the 2021 National Homeland Security Conference. See https://www.nationalhomelandsecurity.org/. The event was held from August 30 through September 2. The event Web site states, “The National Homeland Security Conference brings together professionals in Homeland Security, … Continue reading →

I gave a short talk at 2021 ISC West Security Conference. The event was held July 19-21 in Las Vegas, Nevada. My talk was titled “AI and ML for Cyber Threat Prevention”. The ISC West event covers all aspects of … Continue reading →

Online meetings can be successful if they’re 30 minutes or less and there’s a well-defined agenda. But trying to convert an in-person conference to a virtual conference just doesn’t work. Briefly, an online conference fails because there’s no interaction, there … Continue reading →

I spoke at the 2020 Visual Studio Live Conference. The event ran from March 1–6, in Las Vegas at Bally’s Hotel. VS Live is a conference for software developers and technical managers who use Microsoft technologies. It’s one of my … Continue reading →

I was in Las Vegas recently for the Visual Studio Live conference. While I was there, I was invited to give a short informal talk at an American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) event called Refocus 2020. The Refocus event … Continue reading →

I spoke at the CMG IMPACT conference. My talk was about recent advances in machine learning and AI that can be useful for IT organizations. The event ran February 9-13 in Las Vegas. See https://cmgimpact.com/. The IMPACT conference is put … Continue reading →

I gave a short talk at the 2020 TDWI Conference. The event ran from February 9-14 and was in Las Vegas. I estimate there were about 500 attendees, speakers, and exhibitors at the conference. Like most technical conferences, there were … Continue reading →