Most Active Speakers 2023

Sessionize proudly presents the list of the most active speakers in the year 2023!

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Mike Maadarani

Mike Maadarani

Mike Maadarani is a Microsoft Copilot & M365 MVP, a board member of the Microsoft Global Community Initiative, and a Cloud Solutions Architect who has been providing strategic solutions surrounding architecture, planning, migration and governance for medium to large-scale organization. With 30 years of IT industry experience, Mike spent the last few years managing and delivering collaboration solutions to a wide range of mid to large scale projects. He is an evangelist and visionary where he can and provide the business and technical leadership required for delivering successful global Microsoft 365 projects. This has giving him the opportunity to work with great talented colleagues and people who I have a lot of respect for their passion and dedication.

He is an active member in the Microsoft 365 community and have spoken in many Microsoft conferences, local events, and corporate functions.

Mike Maadarani is a Microsoft Copilot & M365 MVP, a board member of the Microsoft Global Community Initiative, and a Cloud Solutions Architect who has been providing strategic solutions surrounding architecture, planning, migration and governance for... Show more

Vivek Yadav

Vivek Yadav

Vivek Yadav is an Enterprise Solutions Architect at FlutterFlow and a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Flutter & Dart, with 8+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade mobile applications.

He has worked across startups, mid-size companies, and large enterprises, leading architecture and delivery of real-world apps. One of his published applications has surpassed 20+ million downloads on the App Store and Play Store, reflecting his strong focus on scalability, performance, and maintainable front-end architecture.

Vivek is deeply involved in the Flutter ecosystem as a speaker, mentor, and educator. He regularly helps teams and developers move from framework knowledge to product-ready engineering, covering topics such as Flutter architecture, FlutterFlow, front-end best practices, and building apps at scale.

As a speaker, Vivek is known for practical, experience-driven talks that bridge the gap between development and product thinking—helping audiences ship better apps with confidence.

Vivek Yadav is an Enterprise Solutions Architect at FlutterFlow and a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Flutter & Dart, with 8+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade mobile applications. He has worked across startups, mid-size ... Show more

Michael Plettner

Michael Plettner

With more than 2 decades of customer experience, a long history in Microsoft products, Michael is a Cloud Architect who enjoys sharing his experience with the community and help the community grow.
During the last years, Michael was working with customers in Microsoft Teams topics, Microsoft 365 implementations overall and since 2022 he's also working with his customers in different Microsoft Viva projects.
Since more than seven years Michael has its own company, working with the focus on Microsoft topics, Change-Management and Project-Management. He's also a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services since 2021.

With more than 2 decades of customer experience, a long history in Microsoft products, Michael is a Cloud Architect who enjoys sharing his experience with the community and help the community grow. During the last years, Michael was working with cus... Show more

Marco Gomiero

Marco Gomiero

Marco is a Senior Android Engineer at Airalo and a Google Developer Expert for Android. He’s passionate about building great mobile experiences on both Android and iOS, and loves working with Kotlin Multiplatform to share code where it makes sense.

He also maintains open-source projects, shares what he learns on his blog, speaks at conferences, and helps organize GDG Venezia. When he’s not coding, he’s probably playing basketball.

Marco is a Senior Android Engineer at Airalo and a Google Developer Expert for Android. He’s passionate about building great mobile experiences on both Android and iOS, and loves working with Kotlin Multiplatform to share code where it makes sense. ... Show more

Suzanne Daniels

Suzanne Daniels

Suzanne is a seasoned technology leader with a deep focus on developer productivity and innovation strategy. At Microsoft, she partners with customer CTOs and senior executives across EMEA to elevate the developer experience through AI, Azure, and GitHub. With a background spanning software engineering, platform architecture, and executive advisory roles.

Suzanne brings a pragmatic yet visionary approach to driving transformation at scale. Her mission is clear: empower developers, enable innovation, and align technology with strategic outcomes.

Suzanne is a seasoned technology leader with a deep focus on developer productivity and innovation strategy. At Microsoft, she partners with customer CTOs and senior executives across EMEA to elevate the developer experience through AI, Azure, and Gi... Show more

Ruben Pertusa Lopez

Ruben Pertusa Lopez

Ruben is a distinguished leader in the world of Data Analytics and AI, currently holding the position of Global Lead of Data Analytics and AI at Avolta HQ (DUFRY,Autogrill, Hudson & HMS Host) in Switzerland. As the Global Data Lead Architect, he plays a pivotal role in shaping data strategies for this global organization. With a strong commitment to knowledge sharing, Ruben is an active member of the PASS Spanish Group and has taken the initiative to found SQLSaturday events in both Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Power BI Days Spain.
Ruben's expertise is widely recognized, as evidenced by his Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) credentials in SQL Server. His remarkable contributions to the field have earned him the prestigious Microsoft MVP Data Platform award for 10 years in a row.
Ruben regularly takes the stage at SQLSaturday and PowerPlatform events, captivating audiences with his insights and expertise. Events such as the SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2014 Spanish launch event, Power BI Days, Power BI Virtual Conf, PASS BA Chicago, TugaIT, .NetCoreConf, European SharePoint Summit, TechNet Webcasts, Microsoft Partner Program, and SolidQ Summit.

Ruben is a distinguished leader in the world of Data Analytics and AI, currently holding the position of Global Lead of Data Analytics and AI at Avolta HQ (DUFRY,Autogrill, Hudson & HMS Host) in Switzerland. As the Global Data Lead Architect, he play... Show more

Tobias Fenster

Tobias Fenster

Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Chief Engineer at Hilti. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, holds dual Microsoft MVP awards for Business Applications and Azure and is a Docker Captain.

He is blogging on tobiasfenster.io, where he writes about Business Applications, Docker and Windows Containers, but also tooling like Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Code and infrastructure automation. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container environments and SQL.

Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Ch... Show more

Janek Fellien

Janek Fellien

As Principal Software Engineer, I am significantly involved in the planning and implementation of customer projects. Thanks to my experience in Domain-Driven Design, I am able to take a holistic view of projects in order to develop solutions that meet the customer's needs. These are mainly enterprise solutions in and for the Microsoft Azure Cloud.
I have been the proud holder of the Microsoft MVP Award since 2017 and I organize the KanDDDinsky conference for the Domain-Driven Design community once a year.

As Principal Software Engineer, I am significantly involved in the planning and implementation of customer projects. Thanks to my experience in Domain-Driven Design, I am able to take a holistic view of projects in order to develop solutions that mee... Show more

Surbhi Pokharna

Surbhi Pokharna

Surbhi is a data professional with over two decades of architectural/administration experience in the financial domain. Architecting the operationalization aspect in a client-facing role, delivering relational and advanced analytics solutions for large scale Operational and Data Warehouse implementations with focus on learning and innovation remained a constant part of her data journey. Currently she is leading enterprise scale cloud data migrations in SQL Server/Snowflake/Azure SQL/Managed Instance and involved with designing next generation Data Analytics solutions using Snowflake. Surbhi is board member of the New England SQL Server User Group, member of PASS, speaker in PAAS Summit/Snowflake User Group/Azure Data User Groups/Data Saturdays/SQLBits.

Surbhi is a data professional with over two decades of architectural/administration experience in the financial domain. Architecting the operationalization aspect in a client-facing role, delivering relational and advanced analytics solutions for lar... Show more

Odeta Jankaitienė

Odeta Jankaitienė

All my career, I've been working in the data field. Initially, I started my data journey with Excel and later transitioned to Tableau and, after a few years, to Power BI, which I've used almost since its creation.
But that's not all — I've also been sharing my data love with others, teaching them how to use these awesome tools during trainings and conferences. While doing this, I was accepted into the Microsoft MVP program (year 2024).
I'm super passionate about data, and nothing makes me happier than passing on my knowledge to kindred spirits so that they can rock the data world, too!

All my career, I've been working in the data field. Initially, I started my data journey with Excel and later transitioned to Tableau and, after a few years, to Power BI, which I've used almost since its creation. But that's not all — I've also bee... Show more

David Pazdera

David Pazdera

Raised and trained as an IT Engineer, transitioned to a solution architect role. Azure MVP, passionate about building tech communities, "security built-in, not bolted on" and "everything as code" principles. You can find my professional bio at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pazdedav/ and my GitHub Profile page at https://github.com/pazdedav

Raised and trained as an IT Engineer, transitioned to a solution architect role. Azure MVP, passionate about building tech communities, "security built-in, not bolted on" and "everything as code" principles. You can find my professional bio at https:... Show more

Mario-Leander Reimer

Mario-Leander Reimer

Passionate software developer and architect. Proud father. #CloudNativeNerd. Leander is the CTO at QAware. He’s continuously looking for innovations in software engineering and ways to combine and apply state-of-the-art technology in real-world projects. As a speaker at national and international conferences he shares his tech experiences and he teaches cloud computing and software quality assurance as a part-time lecturer.

Passionate software developer and architect. Proud father. #CloudNativeNerd. Leander is the CTO at QAware. He’s continuously looking for innovations in software engineering and ways to combine and apply state-of-the-art technology in real-world proje... Show more

Régis Schneider

Régis Schneider

Je suis marié, avec 2 enfants (16 & 17 ans). J'apprécie particulièrement les voyages éloignés, mais aussi ceux au bout de la rue. Tant d'opportunités de rencontrer et d'apprendre !
Le mot que j'apprécie le moins : "Normal".
Un mot que je n'apprécie pas trop : "Bienveillance". Un principe que j'apprécie beaucoup : "Bienveillance".
Sinon, tombé dans Agile en 2009, je ne veux maintenant plus m'en sortir, que ce soit à la maison ou au boulot. Je tente de développer depuis un positionnement de facilitateur, de produit et d’équipe.

Je suis marié, avec 2 enfants (16 & 17 ans). J'apprécie particulièrement les voyages éloignés, mais aussi ceux au bout de la rue. Tant d'opportunités de rencontrer et d'apprendre ! Le mot que j'apprécie le moins : "Normal". Un mot que je n'apprécie... Show more

Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel is a technologist focusing on cloud-native technologies, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and system observability. His focus revolves around creating technical content, delivering talks, and engaging with developer communities to promote the adoption of modern software practices. With a strong background in software, he has worked extensively with the JVM, applying his expertise across various industries. In addition to his technical work, he is the author of several books and regularly shares insights through his blog and open-source contributions.

Nicolas Fränkel is a technologist focusing on cloud-native technologies, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and system observability. His focus revolves around creating technical content, delivering talks, and engaging with developer communities to promote the... Show more

Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani

Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani

I’m Prathyusha (Prathy) Kamasani, a solopreneur behind Data Nova, a small, purpose-driven business specialising in Microsoft BI solutions. With over 15 years of experience in the data space, I take a design-first approach to everything I build. Whether I’m developing well-structured data platforms or creating user-centric Power BI reports, my goal is to make data accessible, intuitive, and genuinely impactful.

From delivering end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions to crafting interactive data visualisations, I bring together design and data to help organisations uncover the insights that truly matter.

I’m also passionate about sharing knowledge and building community. Since 2016, I’ve been running the London Microsoft Fabric User Group. You’ll often find me speaking at conferences or hosting events at the London Fabric User Group

I’m Prathyusha (Prathy) Kamasani, a solopreneur behind Data Nova, a small, purpose-driven business specialising in Microsoft BI solutions. With over 15 years of experience in the data space, I take a design-first approach to everything I build. Wheth... Show more

Femke Cornelissen

Femke Cornelissen

Femke Cornelissen is Chief Copilot at Wortell. She is also the founder of Dutch Women in Tech (DWIT). Femke's goal with DWIT is to connect women in tech and help to inspire young women to choose a job in IT. Women can connect through the community in Microsoft Teams and various on- and offline events.

Femke is also a Microsoft 365 blogger with only Dutch content. Her goal is to organize, speak and attend conferences to learn, connect and share knowledge with others.

Find out more at www.femkecornelissen.com

Femke Cornelissen is Chief Copilot at Wortell. She is also the founder of Dutch Women in Tech (DWIT). Femke's goal with DWIT is to connect women in tech and help to inspire young women to choose a job in IT. Women can connect through the community in... Show more

Henning Schwentner

Henning Schwentner

Henning loves programming in high quality. He lives this passion as coder, coach, and consultant at WPS – Workplace Solutions. There he helps teams to structure their monoliths or to build new systems from the beginning with a sustainable architecture. Microservices or self-contained systems are often the result. Henning is author of “Domain Storytelling” (Addison-Wesley 2022), “Domain-Driven Transformation” (Addison-Wesley 2024) and the www.LeasingNinja.io.

Henning loves programming in high quality. He lives this passion as coder, coach, and consultant at WPS – Workplace Solutions. There he helps teams to structure their monoliths or to build new systems from the beginning with a sustainable architectur... Show more

Samuel Shaw

Samuel Shaw

Sam has been in the technology space professionally for a decade after dabbling as a developer while working in academia. His spare time is spent trying new things or in the gym fighting. Most recently the focus being Krav Maga and Kung Fu.

Sam has been in the technology space professionally for a decade after dabbling as a developer while working in academia. His spare time is spent trying new things or in the gym fighting. Most recently the focus being Krav Maga and Kung Fu. Show more

Nico Fernandez

Nico Fernandez

I'm a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and solution architect with a specialization in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Power Platform. As Head of Presales for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Power Platform, I lead a team that helps clients achieve their goals by leveraging the power of Microsoft's business application platform.

With over 16 years of experience as a functional analyst, I've worked on numerous internal projects and consulting assignments, focusing on customer experience. For the past decade, I've devoted myself exclusively to Microsoft's business application platform, becoming a recognized expert in the field.

In recent years, I've taken on leadership roles, serving as part of the steering committee of a local Spanish partner, where I worked on strategy and development of the alliance with Microsoft, business development, and team development. Currently, I'm part of the EMEA sales leadership team of one of the top 5 global partners, where I'm responsible for the pre-sales team.

I'm passionate about helping organizations leverage technology to improve their operations and achieve their goals

I'm a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and solution architect with a specialization in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Power Platform. As Head of Presales for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Power P... Show more

Glenn Reyes

Glenn Reyes

Glenn is a software engineer and tech speaker who loves building modern web applications with React, TypeScript, and AI. He's passionate about design systems, exploring how AI can enhance interactive experiences, and teaching developers to build better products. Outside of tech, he's either traveling the world, diving underwater, cycling, or making music on his guitar.

Glenn is a software engineer and tech speaker who loves building modern web applications with React, TypeScript, and AI. He's passionate about design systems, exploring how AI can enhance interactive experiences, and teaching developers to build bett... Show more

Rizel Scarlett

Rizel Scarlett

Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at Block. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry. She moonlights as an Advisor at G{Code} House, an organization aimed at teaching women of color and non-binary people of color to code. Rizel believes in leveraging vulnerability, honesty, and kindness as means to educate early-career developers.Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at Block. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry. She moonlights as an Advisor at G{Code} House, an organization aimed at teaching women of color and non-binary people of color to code. Rizel believes in leveraging vulnerability, honesty, and kindness as means to educate early-career developers.

Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at Block. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry. ... Show more

Cassandra Faris

Cassandra Faris

Cassandra Faris is passionate about the human side of tech. She is a Community Delivery Manager at Stack Overflow who focuses on supporting technologists through training, open source, marketing, and mentoring. As a speaker, she teaches people to be more inclusive, advance their careers, and care for their mental health. She's President of Stir Scholarship for women pursuing tech degrees. When she's not busy with the tech community, she's a gamer, corgi mom, and soccer fan who travels as much as possible.

Cassandra Faris is passionate about the human side of tech. She is a Community Delivery Manager at Stack Overflow who focuses on supporting technologists through training, open source, marketing, and mentoring. As a speaker, she teaches people to be ... Show more

Fabio Franzini

Fabio Franzini

I'm CEO of Apvee Solutions, a company specializing in providing innovative software solutions for businesses based on Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Microsoft Azure. In addition to my role at Apvee, I am also a member of the Patterns and Practices (PnP) team, a Microsoft initiative to provide guidance and tools to developers building applications on Microsoft 365 and Power Platform platforms.

With more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, I have held a variety of positions, including software engineer, solution architect, and project manager. My proven record of accomplishment includes the implementation of complex projects in a variety of industries.

I have been awarded Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for several years for both Business Applications and Microsoft 365 Development categories in recognition of my contributions to the community. As an active member of the technology community, I frequently speak at international conferences, sharing my knowledge and insights with other industry professionals. I also contribute to open-source projects, helping others solve technical challenges and stay up to date on the latest trends and best practices.

My passion is exploring innovative technologies and finding innovative ways to solve business problems. Let's get in touch and find out how I can help your company achieve its goals with cutting-edge software solutions.

I'm CEO of Apvee Solutions, a company specializing in providing innovative software solutions for businesses based on Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Microsoft Azure. In addition to my role at Apvee, I am also a member of the Patterns and Practices... Show more

Mayra Badillo Villamizar

Mayra Badillo Villamizar

Microsoft MVP Business Applications and Microsoft MVP in Office 365. I had the honor of being the first Spanish-speaking woman in Latin America in the Business Applications category, and the first and to date the only person in Colombia. As a Microsoft consultant and contractor, she designed architectures and implemented productivity solutions in Power Platform and Microsoft 365 (Design Thinking), advising companies in the process of transforming their business processes until the delivery and execution of change management and adoption exercises; I diagnose its degree of adoption and usability, designing the business process transformation strategy using Microsoft 365, Project Online, Dynamics 365 (CRM) and Power Platform to end customers, business partners and accounts assigned by the manufacturer. +12 years Microsoft 365 | +10 years Dynamics 365 CRM | +9000 Consulting Hours | +500 hours Speaker | 22 Countries | +280 Conferences. Copilot Tech Subject Matter Expert. Lean Change Management Certified

Microsoft MVP Business Applications and Microsoft MVP in Office 365. I had the honor of being the first Spanish-speaking woman in Latin America in the Business Applications category, and the first and to date the only person in Colombia. As a Micros... Show more

Nicola Guglielmi

Nicola Guglielmi

I operate at the intersection of bold vision and brilliant teams. As a Principal Cloud & AI Strategist and Fractional CTO, I partner with companies to architect future-proof cloud solutions and build the high-performing engineering teams needed to execute them.

With over a decade of hands-on experience in Digital Transformation, I specialize in Google Cloud Platform, Generative AI (Vertex AI), and complex multi-cloud architectures. I don't just talk theory, I have built Cloud Business Units from scratch and led mission-critical migrations in fast-paced sectors like Oil & Gas.
My philosophy is simple: an elite strategy is useless without an elite team to execute it, so I build the team first, knowing that the results will follow.
As a passionate advocate for open knowledge, I am a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud, and the Community Lead for GDG Campobasso.
Whether I am live-coding a Gen AI agent or sharing insights on the dynamics of engineering leadership, I bring energy, clarity, and deep real-world experience to the stage. I love connecting with people who are eager to challenge the status quo and push the boundaries of what technology can solve.

I operate at the intersection of bold vision and brilliant teams. As a Principal Cloud & AI Strategist and Fractional CTO, I partner with companies to architect future-proof cloud solutions and build the high-performing engineering teams needed to ex... Show more

Ana Margarita Medina

Ana Margarita Medina

Ana Margarita Medina is a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate, she speaks on all things SRE, DevOps, and Reliability. She is a self-taught engineer with over 14 years of experience, focusing on cloud infrastructure and reliability. She has been part of the Kubernetes Release Team since v1.25, serves on the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee, and is on the GC for CNCF's Keptn project, When time permits, she leads efforts to dispel the stigma surrounding mental health and bring more Black and Latinx folks into tech.

Ana Margarita Medina is a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate, she speaks on all things SRE, DevOps, and Reliability. She is a self-taught engineer with over 14 years of experience, focusing on cloud infrastructure and reliability. She has been part of the ... Show more

Chris Simon

Chris Simon

Chris is a technology coach and advisor helping technology teams drive business success. His focus is on helping startups realise their vision and new CTOs flourish in their roles. He also supports executives & boards with strategic technology advice, and engineering teams with training, mentoring and consulting in architecture, quality, domain-driven design and test driven development.

He is a regular meetup & conference speaker (https://chrissimon.au/speaking/) and to support teams using Domain-Driven Design, he recently launched https://contextive.tech & co-founded the DDD Australia meetup and the ADAConf (https://adaconf.org) conference.

Chris is a technology coach and advisor helping technology teams drive business success. His focus is on helping startups realise their vision and new CTOs flourish in their roles. He also supports executives & boards with strategic technology advice... Show more

Stas Lebedenko

Stas Lebedenko

Stas Lebedenko is a full-stack cloud architect and platform engineer at Solidify AB. He is also a co-organizer of the Odesa Microsoft. NET User Group, a speaker and author, and an active member of the international and Ukraine .NET/Azure/Operations communities. He has been building and designing software for the last twenty years and has been the Microsoft Azure Most Valuable Professional since 2020.

Stas Lebedenko is a full-stack cloud architect and platform engineer at Solidify AB. He is also a co-organizer of the Odesa Microsoft. NET User Group, a speaker and author, and an active member of the international and Ukraine .NET/Azure/Operations c... Show more

Renato Fajdiga

Renato Fajdiga

Renato Fajdiga, a seasoned Microsoft Dynamics NAV/365 Business Central consultant and blogger, currently leads the Business Applications team, overseeing F&O, BC, and other applications. An MVP and MCT since 2018, he specializes in Business Applications, particularly Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform. He thrives on learning new technologies and concepts that enhance customer processes. Occasionally, he delves into coding, but his primary motivation is resolving community-posted issues with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Renato Fajdiga, a seasoned Microsoft Dynamics NAV/365 Business Central consultant and blogger, currently leads the Business Applications team, overseeing F&O, BC, and other applications. An MVP and MCT since 2018, he specializes in Business Applicati... Show more

Dwayne McDaniel

Dwayne McDaniel

Dwayne has been working as a Developer Relations professional since 2015 and has been involved in tech communities since 2005. He loves sharing his knowledge, and he has done so by giving talks at over a hundred events worldwide. Dwayne currently lives in Chicago. Outside of tech, he loves karaoke, live music, and performing improv.

Dwayne has been working as a Developer Relations professional since 2015 and has been involved in tech communities since 2005. He loves sharing his knowledge, and he has done so by giving talks at over a hundred events worldwide. Dwayne currently liv... Show more

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Most Active Speakers 2023

Every year, we put together a list of the most active speakers. This list features the top 3% of speakers who have participated in events using Sessionize during the 2023.

The 3% is calculated from the pool of all speakers that have at least one accepted session in year 2023. We don't include inactive speakers or speakers that had no accepted sessions during the year. There are around 25 thousand unique accepted speakers this year, the 3% is 771. Not all of them have their speaker profiles set as public, and we respect that, so the list doesn't show all of them.

The calculation is based on the number of accepted events, that's the main criteria, but to get more refined results we also look at things like multiple sessions per event, sharing a session with a co-speaker and how big the event is. Number of submissions and declined sessions don't affect the list.

Please note that the count of events and sessions in this list does not represent the number of events and sessions from the year 2023. Instead, it shows the number of events and sessions featured on the speaker's public speaker profile; these numbers have nothing to do with the award itself.