19 talks7 events emceed

Speaking

Conference talks, webinars and workshops, and the conferences I’ve emceed.

Talks

Talks I’ve given

Caring in the age of AIResend Forward · Oct 2026 · Recorded
What do we do now?Laravel Live Denmark · Aug 2026 · Recorded
Laravel is for the BuildersLaracon US · Jul 2026 · Recorded
What do we do now?Laravel Live UK · Jun 2026
You Can Just Do Things - Laracon 2025Laracon US · Aug 2025 · Recorded
Strategies for increasing your odds of successEpic Web Conf · Feb 2025 · Recorded
Introducing Fusion for LaravelLaracon EU · Feb 2025 · Recorded
4 Hours to Save Santa's WorkshopWeb Dev Challenge · Dec 2024 · Recorded
Publish your work, change your lifeCommit Your Code Conference · Dec 2024 · Recorded
Publishing your workLaracon US · Jul 2023 · Recorded
MySQL for application developersPlanetScale webinar · Apr 2023
Publishing your workLaracon EU · Jan 2023
Publishing your work increases your luckGitHub Universe · Nov 2022
Microservices in your monolithMergePHP · Oct 2022 · Recorded
Microservices in Your MonolithFull Stack Europe · Oct 2022 · Recorded
Database performance for application developersLaracon Online · Sep 2022 · Recorded
Building a query builderRailsConf · May 2022
A little bit more LambdaLaracon Online · Feb 2022 · Recorded
A little bit of LambdaLaravel Worldwide Meetup · Sep 2021 · Recorded

Only the ones with a recording

Emcee

Conferences I’ve hosted

Founders Panel: The Agentic StackSan Francisco · Oct 2026 · Taylor Otwell, Sam Lambert, Michael Grinich
Laracon US 2026Boston · Jul 2026 · Both days
Big Sky Dev Con 2026Bozeman · Jul 2026 · Day two
Big Sky Dev Con 2025Bozeman · Aug 2025 · With ThePrimeagen
Laracon US 2025Denver · Jul 2025
Laracon US 2024Dallas · Aug 2024
Laracon US 2023Nashville · Jul 2023

From the audience

What people said

Cannot recommend Aaron enough as an MC: competent, warm, quick on his feet and just incredibly nice.
Carson Gross, Big Sky Dev Con 2026

Idk who this guy is but he's way better than the emcees Big Sky Dev Con had yesterday.
WarrenBuffering, Big Sky Dev Con 2026

An unbelievable MC, polished, humble, kind, genuine, talented & willing to do whatever it takes to make a good experience for the speakers & attendees.
Carson Gross, Big Sky Dev Con 2025

Aaron is one of the best emcees I've ever seen, he's unflappable, funny, and personable on stage in a way that makes you think he's just chatting with you (and not a room of hundreds).
Jake Bathman, Laracon US 2025

Aaron is an incredible MC and such a nice guy.
Andre Landgraf, Laracon US 2025

Most don't know how hard being a good emcee can be. One needs to keep things moving without making oneself the center of attention. You lifted up the speakers, your questions afterwards were useful, made for a good transition.
Doug Johnson, Laracon US 2024