Speaking – Lukas Vileikis

Build Stuff 2019 Retrospective

November 18, 2019 Colors Comments 1 comment

It’s November. For some developers it’s just an ordinary month – for some of them it means maintenance of projects, for some – building something cool on their own. Some of them visit Build Stuff. A lot of them, actually – this year Build Stuff has had around 1,400 attendees. Build Stuff 2019 Build Stuff is an annual conference for developers being organized in Lithuania. Conference theme for this year – Programming Jungle. As usual, the conference started off with…

Build Stuff 2018 Retrospective

November 19, 2018 Colors Comments 0 Comment

I do not usually write retrospectives on conferences I have attended, but this was something else altogether. What was it? This conference was a big one. And by saying big one, I mean it: In three days, we saw 1,300 attendees, 76 speakers, 6 keynotes and 80 sessions ranging from artificial intelligence to burnout in IT – Build Stuff is the largest software development event in the Baltics! The conference started off on Wednesday with a welcome talk followed by…

Here’s how I prepare for conferences

September 3, 2018 Colors Comments 0 Comment

Public speaking can be enormously empowering and fulfilling. I have spoken at quite a few international conferences – I always reflect on what I’ve done right and what’s been done wrong after the conference, but not once have I covered how exactly do I prepare for them. I do not overload the slides with content Overloading slides with content is one of the top no-nos when doing any form of presentation. The audience either listens to the speaker or reads…