Most Active Speakers 2025

Sessionize proudly presents the list of the most active speakers in the year 2025!

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Andrew Good

Andrew Good

Andrew’s extensive knowledge has been built from personal experiences with a wide range of companies. His Engineering background has been provided opportunities to work in a variety of operational and management roles. Projects have ranged from new implementations, special projects, and upgrades through to streamlining business operations. 24 years of Business Central and NAV experience means that he can provide a variety of perspectives when working with clients.

Andrew has continued his commitment to continuous learning personally and professionally. To support the end users and partners that we work with, he is a MCT, DCP (Dynamics Certified Professional), MCP and Professional Engineer.

He has helped clients get the most out of their BC/NAV systems, through integrations, upgrades, and extensions that allow them to deal with their changing business environments. These projects range from integrations, financial operations, rentals, distribution and manufacturing.

Andrew’s extensive knowledge has been built from personal experiences with a wide range of companies. His Engineering background has been provided opportunities to work in a variety of operational and management roles. Projects have ranged from new i... Show more

Bharath Nallapeta

Bharath Nallapeta

Bharath Nallapeta leads the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at Mirantis, driving strategic open-source initiatives and community engagement. With deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and Golang, he bridges engineering excellence with open-source strategy, helping enterprises navigate their adoption journey while contributing to upstream communities.

As OSPO lead, Bharath also oversees open-source compliance, community partnerships, and strategic contributions to CNCF ecosystem projects. He works towards identifying opportunities for consuming and contributing to open-source projects that drive business value.

Bharath Nallapeta leads the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at Mirantis, driving strategic open-source initiatives and community engagement. With deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and Golang, he bridges engineering excellence... Show more

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years.

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years. Show more

Yuki Iwai

Yuki Iwai

Yuki is a Software Engineer at CyberAgent, Inc. He works on the on-prem AI / ML / HPC Platform. He is currently a Lead for Kubernetes WG Batch and Kubeflow WG Training. He is also a kube-controller-manager Job reviewer, and a Kubernetes' Kueue Lead.

Yuki is a Software Engineer at CyberAgent, Inc. He works on the on-prem AI / ML / HPC Platform. He is currently a Lead for Kubernetes WG Batch and Kubeflow WG Training. He is also a kube-controller-manager Job reviewer, and a Kubernetes' Kueue Lead. ... Show more

Michael Hunger

Michael Hunger

Michael Hunger has been passionate about software development for more than 30 years.

For the last 15 years, he has been working on the open source Neo4j graph database filling many roles, most recently heading product innovation and GenAI.

As a developer Michael enjoys many aspects of software development and architecture, learning new things every day, participating in exciting and ambitious open source projects and contributing and writing software related books and articles. Michael spoke at numerous conferences and helped organize others.

Michael helps kids to learn to program by running weekly girls-only coding classes at local schools.

Michael Hunger has been passionate about software development for more than 30 years. For the last 15 years, he has been working on the open source Neo4j graph database filling many roles, most recently heading product innovation and GenAI. As ... Show more

Mary Myers

Mary Myers

Mary entered the Dynamics community in 2018 after being an AX super user for 3 years. Mary has been helping lead SMB's for 15+ years across various industries including construction, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, and cosmetics. After attending an App in a day class in 2019 she became hyper focused on using the Power Platform to transform the way small businesses operate. Mary's special niche is extending Dynamics Business Central with the Power Platform.

Mary is an MVP that is passionate about helping others upskill themselves. She partners with several non-profits to share her knowledge on the power platform and breaking into the tech industry with a non-tech background. She also co-leads the Tampa UG that focuses on the Power Platform and Dynamics. Her main goal at the end of the day is to help as many people as possible become the best version of themselves. 🫶

Outside of work and community she spends watcher her son play football and playing golf.

Mary entered the Dynamics community in 2018 after being an AX super user for 3 years. Mary has been helping lead SMB's for 15+ years across various industries including construction, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, and cosmetics. After att... Show more

Thomas Chopin

Thomas Chopin

J’aide les équipes et les organisations, en France et particulièrement dans la région nantaise, à adopter l’agilité. Spécialisé dans l’accompagnement des dirigeants et des managers, je les aide à naviguer dans la complexité, à renforcer leur leadership et à structurer leur gouvernance en s’appuyant sur des outils agiles concrets et une prise de décision éclairée.
Je place l’humain au cœur des transformations, convaincu que l’amélioration continue est une opportunité pour chacun. J’encourage un apprentissage permanent et le développement de l’esprit critique, indispensables pour naviguer dans un monde en constante évolution. Mon rôle est d’ouvrir des perspectives, de challenger les certitudes et de créer des environnements propices à l’expérimentation et à l’adaptabilité.

J’aide les équipes et les organisations, en France et particulièrement dans la région nantaise, à adopter l’agilité. Spécialisé dans l’accompagnement des dirigeants et des managers, je les aide à naviguer dans la complexité, à renforcer leur leadersh... Show more

Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin

Andrew has an incisive security engineering ethos gained building and destroying high-traffic web applications. Proficient in systems development, testing, and operations, he is at his happiest profiling and securing every tier of a cloud native system, and has battle-hardened experience delivering containerised solutions to enterprise and government. He is CEO at https://control-plane.io

Andrew has an incisive security engineering ethos gained building and destroying high-traffic web applications. Proficient in systems development, testing, and operations, he is at his happiest profiling and securing every tier of a cloud native syst... Show more

Lin Sun

Lin Sun

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io, co-chair of KubeCon + CloudNatibeCon 2026. She actively contributes to AAIF and CNCF projects. She is the author of “Sidecar-less Istio Explained” and “AI Agents in Kubernetes”, and holds more than 200 patents.

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io, co-chair of KubeCon + CloudNatibeCon 2026. She actively contributes to AAIF and CNCF projects. She is the author of “Sidecar-less Istio Explained” and “AI Agents in Kubernetes”, and holds more than 200 paten... Show more

Niels Berglund

Niels Berglund

Niels is a forward-thinking Software/AI Architect at Derivco, spearheading the development of innovative, AI-driven products that push the boundaries of iGaming technology. A pivotal figure in Derivco's AI initiatives, he played a key role in architecting and designing the company's first AI-driven promotion system, Arena+, setting new standards for performance and user engagement in the industry.

As a Microsoft AI MVP, Niels combines technical expertise with visionary leadership to explore the potential of AI in creating groundbreaking solutions. With a track record of designing and scaling high-performance iGaming systems, Niels is passionate about leveraging technology to redefine the gaming experience.

Niels is a sought-after presenter at technology conferences and has presented at, amongst others: Tech-ED, SQL PASS, DevWeek, SQL Bits, SQL Saturday, etc.

Niels is a forward-thinking Software/AI Architect at Derivco, spearheading the development of innovative, AI-driven products that push the boundaries of iGaming technology. A pivotal figure in Derivco's AI initiatives, he played a key role in archite... Show more

María José Vidal Paz

María José Vidal Paz

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, después de más de 21 años trabajando con responsable de la contabilidad y los impuestos de una pequeña PYME, en el 2022 da un giro a su trayectoria profesional para sumergirse en el mundo de los datos de la mano de Power BI. En el 2023 se certifica en el PL300 de Microsoft .
Posteriormente participa durante el 2024-2025 en un proyecto, financiado con fondos europeos, para la construcción de Gemelos Digitales para el Turismo. Este nuevo camino le hace adquirir Skills en Python y Machine Learning.

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, después de más de 21 años trabajando con responsable de la contabilidad y los impuestos de una pequeña PYME, en el 2022 da un giro a su trayectoria profesional para sumergirse en el mundo de los dato... Show more

Mayte Castillo García

Mayte Castillo García

Microsoft MVP – Data Platform, actualmente me desempeño como Solutions Architect con más de 5 años de experiencia diseñando e implementando arquitecturas escalables en entornos multicloud (Azure, AWS y GCP). Me especializo en pipelines de datos, automatización de procesos ETL, procesamiento con Spark y Databricks, e implementación de MLOps con modelos de IA y NLP. Participo activamente como speaker, promoviendo el conocimiento en analítica avanzada y soluciones inteligentes basadas en datos. Mi enfoque profesional combina innovación, eficiencia y un fuerte compromiso con generar impacto real en los negocios a través de la tecnología

Microsoft MVP – Data Platform, actualmente me desempeño como Solutions Architect con más de 5 años de experiencia diseñando e implementando arquitecturas escalables en entornos multicloud (Azure, AWS y GCP). Me especializo en pipelines de datos, auto... Show more

Joe Winchester

Joe Winchester

I work on open source projects around software tooling platforms. My current project is Zowe, which is part of the Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project where I am part of the leadership committee and an ambassador. Prior to Zowe I worked on Eclipse tooling and before that Java 2 Standard Edition. I enjoy astronomy, running, biking, piano, and in my spare time helping bring open source tooling to the mainframe computing platform for a new generation of Z heads.

I work on open source projects around software tooling platforms. My current project is Zowe, which is part of the Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project where I am part of the leadership committee and an ambassador. Prior to Zowe I worked on ... Show more

Akshay Chordiya

Akshay Chordiya

Akshay Chordiya is Google Developer Expert for Android & Kotlin | Android Developer @ Marshmallow 🚗 and Kotlin Enthusiast.
He is an active community speaker who is mostly found talking about Android and Kotlin. He is an avid blogger and author of “Kotlin Blueprints” book and instructor at Caster.IO

Akshay Chordiya is Google Developer Expert for Android & Kotlin | Android Developer @ Marshmallow 🚗 and Kotlin Enthusiast. He is an active community speaker who is mostly found talking about Android and Kotlin. He is an avid blogger and author of “... Show more

Ludovico Besana

Ludovico Besana

Ludovico, born as a Full Stack Developer, discovered his true passion for quality later in his career. With a background in Full Stack Development, he possessed a strong technical foundation and a deep understanding of software systems.
As an Automation and Open Source enthusiast, Ludovico recognized the power of efficient and reliable testing methodologies. He understood the importance of ensuring that software products met the highest standards of performance, functionality, and user experience. He works as a Senior Test Engineer.

Ludovico, born as a Full Stack Developer, discovered his true passion for quality later in his career. With a background in Full Stack Development, he possessed a strong technical foundation and a deep understanding of software systems. As an Automa... Show more

Axel Labruna

Axel Labruna

My name is Axel and I'm from Argentina, where I live with my dog child Sansa. Love playing with her (and any dog), go for a walk and grab a coffee or have mate (argentinian drink :D ) in some park and read. Also series, films, friends, tech.
Oh almost forgot! I'm an (almost yet) computer engineer who loves to code and automate, nowadays very into Artificial Intelligence (surprised, right? :D ), GitHub and AWS as well!

My name is Axel and I'm from Argentina, where I live with my dog child Sansa. Love playing with her (and any dog), go for a walk and grab a coffee or have mate (argentinian drink :D ) in some park and read. Also series, films, friends, tech. Oh almo... Show more

Cruz Margaix

Cruz Margaix

Cruz lleva trabajando en el ecosistema Microsoft Dynamics desde hace más de 20 años. Desde desarrolladora a líder técnico o consultora, ha ido asumiendo distintos roles siempre disfrutando del aprendizaje continuo. En los últimos años, ha estado implicada en proyectos de integración con otras aplicaciones y, recientemente su interés se centra en la integración de Finanzas y Operaciones con otras herramientas Dynamics, así como con Power Platform.
Cruz ha participado como ponente en eventos técnicos de la comunidad Dynamics, tanto en español como en inglés y está implicada en la promoción de carreras tecnológicas en niñas y jóvenes.

Cruz lleva trabajando en el ecosistema Microsoft Dynamics desde hace más de 20 años. Desde desarrolladora a líder técnico o consultora, ha ido asumiendo distintos roles siempre disfrutando del aprendizaje continuo. En los últimos años, ha estado impl... Show more

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman is a six-year Microsoft MVP alumni, twenty-eight consecutive years as an MCT, and seven years as a PMP. Since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that include MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server(R), and MCSE for Windows Server(R). As a Senior Technical Instructor, and consultant he has over 30 years of experience in networking, SQL Server databases, SharePoint technologies, Microsoft 365, and project management. Brian's publications include Windows 2000 Professional, SQL Server 2000 Administration, SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion and Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out. He is an active speaker at SharePoint, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 Industry conferences including SharePoint Saturday's, CollabDays, SPLive, DevIntersection, SharePoint Fest/365 EduCon, North American Collaboration Summit, Microsoft 365 Conference, Microsoft Ignite and several international SharePoint conferences including London, Milan, Dublin, Madrid, and Copenhagen. Brian has a BS and MS in Computer Information Systems where he graduated summa cum laude from Regis University of Colorado Springs and now lives in Scottsdale, AZ where he enjoys playing golf year-round and traveling around the world.

Brian Alderman is a six-year Microsoft MVP alumni, twenty-eight consecutive years as an MCT, and seven years as a PMP. Since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that include MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server... Show more

Albert-Jan Schot

Albert-Jan Schot

As a senior cloud architect Albert-Jan Schot enjoys stepping up to the challenge of designing, developing and building innovative cloud solutions. He is a valuable source of knowledge for his colleagues, customers and the worldwide Microsoft-community. With his no-nonsense and can-do mentality he brings a unique combination of in-depth hands-on experience and consultancy skills on all levels to any team. As a CTO within Blis Digital Albert-Jan is responsible for the technical vision and strategy within the low-code practice.

As a senior cloud architect Albert-Jan Schot enjoys stepping up to the challenge of designing, developing and building innovative cloud solutions. He is a valuable source of knowledge for his colleagues, customers and the worldwide Microsoft-communit... Show more

Will Velida

Will Velida

Will is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in the Industry Solutions Engineering team.

Will has extensive experience in software development, building solutions in the financial, health and agricultural industries. Will has also previously been a Microsoft MVP for Kubernetes and Open Source before joining Microsoft.

Will regularly speaks at conferences, user groups and developer events around the world, such as Microsoft Ignite, NDC Conferences, and Techorama. When he is away from his keyboard, you'll find him hiking around the countryside.

Will is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in the Industry Solutions Engineering team. Will has extensive experience in software development, building solutions in the financial, health and agricultural industries. Will has also pre... Show more

Andreas Kollegger

Andreas Kollegger

Andreas is a technological humanist. Starting at NASA, Andreas designed systems from scratch to support science missions. Then in Zambia, he built medical informatics systems to apply technology for social good. Now with Neo4j, he is democratizing graph databases to validate and extend our intuitions about how the world works. Everything is connected.

Andreas is a technological humanist. Starting at NASA, Andreas designed systems from scratch to support science missions. Then in Zambia, he built medical informatics systems to apply technology for social good. Now with Neo4j, he is democratizing gr... Show more

Valentina Rodriguez Sosa

Valentina Rodriguez Sosa

I've more than 18 years of experience defining and implementing software architectures by leading
high-performance teams and improving best practices for software development. I help connect people
with technology by bringing value to their businesses. Passionate about cloud computing, Kubernetes, AI,
and distributed systems. I have presented as a speaker at several events, including KubeCon, KCD NY, OSS, and others.
I am Project Maintainer for Kubeflow.

I've more than 18 years of experience defining and implementing software architectures by leading high-performance teams and improving best practices for software development. I help connect people with technology by bringing value to their busines... Show more

Francisco Alfaro

Francisco Alfaro

Profession: 📊 Mathematical Engineer

Current Work:
💻 Head of Advanced Analytics (Grupo Security - Chile)
📖 Associate Lecturer (UTFSM - Chile)

More About Me:
🌍 I'm based in Chile.
🖥️ See my portfolio at https://fralfaro.github.io/portfolio/.
✉️ You can contact me at francisco.alfaro.496@gmail.com.
🧠 I'm learning Software Development, Deep Learning and Advanced Statistics.
🤝 I'm open to collaborating on Education Projects.
💬 Ask me about anything tech related, I am happy to help.
🎮🦊 I'm fascinated by the competitive scene of SSBM. My nickname is Dark.
🏀👑 As a sports enthusiast, enjoy playing basketball. Lebron James fans.

Profession: 📊 Mathematical Engineer Current Work: 💻 Head of Advanced Analytics (Grupo Security - Chile) 📖 Associate Lecturer (UTFSM - Chile) More About Me: 🌍 I'm based in Chile. 🖥️ See my portfolio at https://fralfaro.github.io/portfol... Show more

Alessandro Melchiori

Alessandro Melchiori

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development was small.
Finding the best possible solution so that a complex system can work at its best and making it run smoothly are the goals of my work. C# and Azure make up my survival toolkit and help me cruise through distributed systems and enterprise solutions, with ease.
Be it a command or an event, I try to do my best in contributing to the life of the communities that have adopted me, trying to “give back” at least a part of what I have received over these years.

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development ... Show more

Turja Narayan Chaudhuri

Turja Narayan Chaudhuri

Cloud Architect, Platform Evangelist, AI Enthusiast, Father, and Husband.

13+ years of experience in the IT Industry across Samsung, PwC, EY, and Accenture, last 5 years of which has been primarily focused on building, maintaining and selling platforms.

In my role as the Global Platform Presales Leader for EY Fabric, the foundational technology platform that powers all of EY, I am tasked with empowering our clients to thrive, thereby catalyzing the expansion of our business, augmenting client contentment, and raising the stature of EY within the industry.

The core of my responsibilities lies in guaranteeing that clients of EY Fabric fully leverage the benefits of our offerings. I am devoted to crafting a superior client experience that covers all phases of client interaction.

I am also a Platform Engineering Ambassador ( https://platformengineering.org/ambassador-program ), member of the CNCF Platforms Working group, DevOps Institute Ambassador, and the Chair for the Hashicorp User Group, Kolkata, and Argo User Group, Kolkata.

I have 31k followers on LinkedIn, and 1.6k subscribers on my YouTube channel.

I am an empath at heart, and want to do my part to help the community in any way possible.

Cloud Architect, Platform Evangelist, AI Enthusiast, Father, and Husband. 13+ years of experience in the IT Industry across Samsung, PwC, EY, and Accenture, last 5 years of which has been primarily focused on building, maintaining and selling plat... Show more

Ben Miller

Ben Miller

Ben Miller, aka @dbaduck, is a seasoned database professional with over 25 years of experience in SQL Server, PowerShell, and automation. As a passionate advocate for efficiency and innovation, Ben specializes in empowering IT professionals and DBAs to harness the power of PowerShell for database and server management.

A Microsoft Data Platform and PowerShell MVP, speaker, and community contributor, Ben has a knack for breaking down complex topics into practical, actionable insights. When he’s not automating workflows or sharing his knowledge, you’ll find him engaging with the #SQLFamily or exploring new tech to help others work smarter.

Follow Ben on all Social Media (@dbaduck) and dive into the world of automation and database magic with him!

Ben Miller, aka @dbaduck, is a seasoned database professional with over 25 years of experience in SQL Server, PowerShell, and automation. As a passionate advocate for efficiency and innovation, Ben specializes in empowering IT professionals and DBAs ... Show more

Anupama Natarajan

Anupama Natarajan

Anu is a Data and AI Consultant with 25+ years of experience working in design and development of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, AI enabled applications and SaaS integrated solutions. Anu is a Microsoft Data Platform and AI MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer and really passionate in sharing knowledge. Anu loves solving complex business problems with innovative solutions using technologies.

Anu do speak at Conferences (PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, Data Platform Summit, Difinity) and organise local user group meetups.

Anu is a Data and AI Consultant with 25+ years of experience working in design and development of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, AI enabled applications and SaaS integrated solutions. Anu is a Microsoft Data Platform and AI MVP, Microsoft Cer... Show more

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff is a DX Engineer on the Next.js team at Vercel and the React Certification Lead at certificates.dev, focused on technical content, developer education, and community. She contributes to the Next.js framework, builds developer tooling, creates demo applications, writes deep-dive blog posts, and delivers workshops and talks at conferences worldwide.

Aurora Scharff is a DX Engineer on the Next.js team at Vercel and the React Certification Lead at certificates.dev, focused on technical content, developer education, and community. She contributes to the Next.js framework, builds developer tooling, ... Show more

Shadrack Kiprotich

Shadrack Kiprotich

Shadrack Kiprotich is a 3X Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Power Apps & Copilot Studio and a seasoned Power Platform Developer specializing in low-code, automation, and AI-driven solutions. With extensive experience architecting enterprise-grade applications at organizations in the healthcare, non-profits, banks and microfinance institutions, telcos, he has delivered transformative digital solutions that streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and integrate AI copilots into business-critical workflows.

As a Power Platform & AI Integration Lead, Shadrack has designed custom Copilot agents, automated end-to-end business processes with Power Automate, and deployed secure integrations with Dataverse, SharePoint, SQL Server, and external APIs. His expertise extends to implementing CI/CD pipelines, governance, and Application Insights monitoring for production-ready Copilot solutions.

Beyond enterprise delivery, Shadrack is an active community leader. He has trained 400+ professionals, mentored developers across Africa, spoken at international tech conferences, and led hands-on Copilot Studio workshops. He also contributes regularly to Microsoft tech communities, including Power Platform User Group Kenya, Experts Live, and the Microsoft Community Hub, where he shares best practices on Copilot, AI Builder, and Power Platform.

Shadrack is passionate about empowering organizations and individuals to adopt responsible AI and low-code technologies to drive digital transformation.

Shadrack Kiprotich is a 3X Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Power Apps & Copilot Studio and a seasoned Power Platform Developer specializing in low-code, automation, and AI-driven solutions. With extensive experience architecting enterpr... Show more

Scott Rigby

Scott Rigby

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York Kubernetes Meetup and New York KCD, and international conferences including GitOpsCon. He enjoys helping develop Free and Open Source Software that anyone can use, including co-maintaining CNCF projects Helm, Flux and OpenGitOps.

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York K... Show more

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Most Active Speakers 2025

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 2025.

The 3% is calculated from the pool of all speakers that have at least one accepted session in year 2025. We don't include inactive speakers or speakers that had no accepted sessions during the year. There are around 39,000 unique accepted speakers this year, the 3% is 1163. 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 2025. 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.