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How to Overcome Your Fears to Become a Conference Speaker
Who
Antonio Cobo
Delivery Manager
BJSS
Session
September 26th / 11:05 - 11:50
Outer Space

Have you ever thought about speaking at a conference? Have you ever wondered how the speakers managed to get into the conference?

I am afraid of public speaking, I usually speak fast and I’m asthmatic. None of that stopped me to accomplish my dream of sharing knowledge and give to the community as much as I have gotten from the community.

I will share with you how I managed to speak at events across Europe and US, and how thanks to the advice from other speakers and mentors, I manage to overcome my fears and limitations. Hopefully you will leave the session wanting to share your knowledge with others!

Biography

Antonio is a Delivery Manager with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry and he specialises in Agile methodologies. He comes from a technical background, starting his career as a Java Developer in Spain in 2000, moving to different roles within IT in three different countries. Antonio is passionate about creating and implementing the best solution while continually seeking to improve work methodologies. He is convinced that most of the problems in IT are due to lack of communication. Antonio usually speaks about Agile, DevOps, Project Management and Team management at conferences across Europe and the US, such as DevOps Days, JAX, TopConf and Voxxed Days.