Talks

I've given 106 talks at conferences, meetups, and podcasts since 2008. I tend to pick topics I wish someone had explained to me earlier, mostly around automation, cloud, Kubernetes, and security.

• 2026-02-02 - CfgMgmtCamp 2026 (Gent, BE) - Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc  
• 2025-11-05 - GS UK In-Person Conference 2025 (Whittlebury, GB) - Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman  
• 2025-11-05 - GS UK In-Person Conference 2025 (Whittlebury, GB) - Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time  
• 2025-10-25 - Linux Day 2025 (Milano, IT) - bootc 101: dalla container image alla tua distro personale    
• 2025-06-13 - DevConf.cz 2025 (Brno, CZ) - Ansible automation for work and for fun
• 2025-06-13 - DevConf.cz 2025 (Brno, CZ) - Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman    
• 2025-06-13 - Your fast track to IT automation genius with AWS and Red Hat (Virtual) - Your fast track to IT automation genius with AWS and Red Hat  
• 2025-06-07 - Flock 2025 (Praha, CZ) - Packaging Session  
• 2025-06-05 - Flock 2025 (Praha, CZ) - FESCO Q&A  
• 2025-06-04 - Common Europe Congress 2025 (Göteborg, SE) - Leverage Red Hat Ansible to automate your IBM Power Systems  
• 2025-06-03 - Common Europe Congress 2025 (Göteborg, SE) - Leverage Event-Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time  
• 2025-06-02 - Common Europe Congress 2025 (Göteborg, SE) - Automating Power Virtual Servers with Ansible and AAP  
• 2025-04-30 - GSE UK Virtual Conference 2025 (Virtual) - Where does your Ansible code come from?    
• 2025-04-29 - GSE UK Virtual Conference 2025 (Virtual) - Modernize mainframes workloads with Red Hat OpenShift Platform    
• 2025-04-15 - Massimizza i tuoi investimenti con un'automazione autonoma (EDA) (Virtual) - Massimizza i tuoi investimenti con un'automazione autonoma (EDA)  
• 2025-04-01 - Your fast track to IT automation genius with AWS and Red Hat (Virtual) - Your fast track to IT automation genius with AWS and Red Hat  
• 2025-03-04 - Client Workshop EMEA for Containers, Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE (Amsterdam, NL) - How does Ansible Automation help in automating mainframe operations?
• 2025-02-04 - CfgMgmtCamp 2025 (Gent, BE) - Leverage Event-Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time  
• 2025-02-03 - CfgMgmtCamp 2025 (Gent, BE) - Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman    
• 2024-12-16 - IBM TechXchange: Modernizzazione ed AI su IBM Power (Milano, IT) - Introduzione all'automation con Red Hat Ansible  
• 2024-12-04 - OpenSource Experience 2024 (Paris, FR) - Where does your Ansible code come from?    
• 2024-11-07 - GSE UK In-Person Conference 2024 (Whittlebury, GB) - Modernize operations with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform  
• 2024-11-07 - GSE UK In-Person Conference 2024 (Whittlebury, GB) - Modernize mainframes workloads with Red Hat OpenShift Platform  
• 2024-11-06 - GSE UK In-Person Conference 2024 (Whittlebury, GB) - Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time  
• 2024-10-26 - Linux Day 2024 (Milano, IT) - Dal cloud al self-hosting  
• 2024-10-26 - Linux Day 2024 (Milano, IT) - La strada verso l'immutabilità di sistemi Linux  
• 2024-10-10 - Container Day 2024 (Bologna, IT) - Migliora la gestione dei container con Event-Driven Ansible    
• 2024-09-25 - IBM TechXchange: Modernizzazione ed AI su IBM Power (Roma, IT) - Introduzione all'automation con Red Hat Ansible  
• 2024-09-10 - Civo Navigate Europe 2024 (Berlin, DE) - Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time    
• 2024-06-21 - OpenSouthCode 2024 (Málaga, ES) - Where does your Ansible code come from?    
• 2024-06-13 - DevConf.cz 2024 (Brno, CZ) - Derisk the choice of vendors and projects by understanding IT companies' business models    
• 2024-06-05 - Common Europe Congress 2024 (Pero, IT) - IBM AIX and Linux on IBM Power - AMA! (Roundtable)
• 2024-06-04 - Common Europe Congress 2024 (Pero, IT) - Leverage Red Hat Ansible to automate your IBM Power Systems  
• 2024-04-25 - GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024 (Virtual) - Modernize mainframes operations with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform  
• 2024-04-24 - GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024 (Virtual) - Where does your Ansible code come from?  
• 2024-04-23 - GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024 (Virtual) - Modernize mainframes workloads with Red Hat OpenShift Platform  
• 2024-04-15 - Foss-North 2024 (Göteborg, SE) - Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time    
• 2024-04-10 - LinuxOne TechXchange (Böblingen, DE) - How does Ansible Automation help in automating mainframe operations?
• 2024-03-19 - DevOpsDays Krakow 2024 (Krakow, PL) - Where does your Ansible code come from?  
• 2024-03-15 - Incontro DevOps Italia 2024 (Bologna, IT) - Da dove arriva il codice Ansible che stai eseguendo?    
• 2024-02-26 - BGE Ep 50 (Virtual) - Ansible vs Puppet. I codici dei sistemisti.  
• 2024-02-06 - CfgMgmtCamp 2024 (Gent, BE) - Where does your Ansible code come from?  
• 2024-02-04 - FOSDEM 2024 (Bruxelles, BE) - Private clouds do not need to be legacy!    
• 2024-01-30 - Red Hat One 2024 EMEA (Wien, AT) - Harnessing Event-Driven Ansible within the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
• 2024-01-24 - IBM TechXchange Summit EMEA 2024 (Barcelona, ES) - Ask Me Anything about Ansible Platform on IBM Power
• 2024-01-23 - IBM TechXchange Summit EMEA 2024 (Barcelona, ES) - Ansible Automation Platform on IBM Power  
• 2023-11-13 - Cloud Day 2023 (Milano, IT) - È possibile creare private cloud di successo!    
• 2023-11-07 - DevOpsDays Warsaw 2023 (Warszawa, PL) - Leverage the multiple architectures supported by Kubernetes    
• 2023-10-31 - GSE UK Conference 2023 (Whittlebury, GB) - Modernize mainframes operations with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform  
• 2023-10-28 - Linux Day 2023 (Milano, IT) - Automatizzare l'IT con Ansible    
• 2023-10-28 - Linux Day 2023 (Milano, IT) - Licenze e modelli di business nel settore informatico    
• 2023-10-28 - Linux Day 2023 (Milano, IT) - CentOS Stream: fatti e leggende    
• 2023-10-19 - OpenSlava 23 (Karlova Ves, SK) - Unleash the Power of Ansible with Lightspeed!    
• 2023-09-21 - Train the Trainers (Ehningen, DE) - Modernize IBM Z with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform  
• 2023-09-19 - LinuxOne TechXchange (Ehningen, DE) - How does Ansible Automation help in automating mainframe operations?  
• 2023-09-14 - SREday 2023 (London, GB) - On-premise data centers do not need to be legacy    
• 2023-09-06 - DevOpsDays Vilnius 2023 (Vilnius, LT) - On-premise data centers do not need to be legacy  
• 2023-08-02 - Flock 2023 (Tivoli, IE) - Sway Spin and Sericea update    
• 2023-06-16 - DevConf.cz 2023 (Brno, CZ) - Make your environment sane with Ansible Automation    
• 2023-06-14 - Common Europe Congress 2023 (Prague, CZ) - Manage Power machines with Ansible  
• 2023-06-14 - KCD Istanbul 2023 (Virtual) - Kubernetes supports multiple architectures. Are you leveraging them?  
• 2023-06-13 - Common Europe Congress 2023 (Prague, CZ) - OpenShift on Power  
• 2023-03-10 - Incontro DevOps Italia 2023 (Bologna, IT) - Kubernetes supporta diverse architetture. Stai usando la migliore per te?    
• 2023-02-08 - Mainframes are MAD - Modern, Adaptable, Diverse (Virtual) - Modernize mainframes operations with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform    
• 2023-02-07 - Mainframes are MAD - Modern, Adaptable, Diverse (Virtual) - Modernize mainframes workloads with Red Hat OpenShift Platform    
• 2023-02-04 - FOSDEM 2023 (Bruxelles, BE) - On-premise data centers do not need to be legacy    
• 2023-02-02 - Red Hat Tech Exchange EMEA 2023 (Dublin, IE) - Start contributing to an Open Source community now!  
• 2022-11-03 - GSE UK Conference 2022 (Whittlebury, GB) - Modernize mainframes operations and workloads with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat OpenShift Platform  
• 2022-10-22 - Linux Day 2022 (Milano, IT) - Comincia oggi a contribuire al mondo Open Source, anche senza essere tecnico!  
• 2022-06-28 - Train the Trainers (Böblingen, DE) - Modernize IBM zSystems with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform    
• 2022-06-21 - Red Hat Voices 2022 (Virtual) - Start contributing to Open Source now!  
• 2022-04-05 - London Java Community Event (Virtual) - Make your environment sane with Ansible Automation    
• 2017-09-25 - Red Hat Tech Exchange EMEA 2017 (Tarragona, ES) - Ansible - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  
• 2017-06-22 - AnsibleFest London 2017 (London, GB) - Automating your infrastructure with Ansible
• 2017-01-27 - DevConf.cz 2017 (Brno, CZ) - Automating your infrastructure with Ansible    
• 2016-11-29 - Red Hat night (London, GB) - Automating your infrastructure with Ansible  
• 2016-10-27 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - Fedora, from a community to an Operating system  
• 2016-10-27 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - How and why releasing open source code is an advantage for a company  
• 2016-10-26 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - RPM, an old but still relevant way to manage software  
• 2016-10-26 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - How to package applications in RPM format  
• 2016-10-25 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - IT Automation with Ansible  
• 2016-10-25 - SMAU 2016 (Milano, IT) - Workshop on how to automatize the IT with Ansible  
• 2016-10-22 - Linux Day 2016 (Villanova di Bernareggio, IT) - The adoption of GNU/Linux in the organizations  
• 2016-08-02 - Flock 2016 (Kraków, PL) - A year managing the Italian Fedora Community    
• 2016-05-12 - Codemotion Amsterdam 2016 (Amsterdam, NL) - If security is hard, you are doing it wrong  
• 2015-11-23 - Fedora 23 Release Party (Milano, IT) - Fedora 23
• 2015-10-24 - Linux Day 2015 (Vignate, IT) - Open Street Map
• 2015-10-24 - Linux Day 2015 (Vignate, IT) - FLOSS for companies, the public sector, and schools
• 2015-03-21 - Elettronica Libera (Settala, IT) - Experiment with the BeagleBoard
• 2015-03-21 - Elettronica Libera (Settala, IT) - GNU/Linux in the enterprise world
• 2015-02-06 - Fedora 21 Release Party (Cernusco sul Naviglio, IT) - Keynote
• 2014-10-25 - Linux Day 2014 (Melzo, IT) - Free Software opportunities for companies, the public sector, and schools
• 2013-10-26 - Linux Day 2013 (Vignate, IT) - WordPress  
• 2013-10-26 - Linux Day 2013 (Vignate, IT) - KDE  
• 2013-10-26 - Linux Day 2013 (Vignate, IT) - Open Street Map  
• 2013-02-17 - NLP Italy (Milano, IT) - Wikidata
• 2012-10-27 - Linux Day 2012 (Inzago, IT) - Wikimedia Foundation  
• 2012-10-27 - Linux Day 2012 (Inzago, IT) - Open Street Map  
• 2011-10-22 - Linux Day 2011 (Pessano con Bornago, IT) - KDE: Learn having fun
• 2011-10-22 - Linux Day 2011 (Pessano con Bornago, IT) - Open Street Map
• 2011-05-19 - Brain Jumble (Settala, IT) - The ViGLug
• 2011-04-30 - Linux Installation Party 2011 (Settala, IT) - Ubuntu
• 2010-10-23 - Linux Day 2010 (Vignate, IT) - Open Source Licenses
• 2010-10-23 - Linux Day 2010 (Vignate, IT) - Open Street Map
• 2010-10-23 - Linux Day 2010 (Vignate, IT) - Wikimedia Foundation
• 2008-05-13 - NBLug meeting (Sebastopol, US) - Introduction to KDE 4