Speaking Engagement

An internationally acclaimed speaker in the area of technology and digital marketing, Darren has been invited to speak in over 80 conferences & forums in the Asia-Pacific & Americas region covering major conferences including Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft Remix, VSLive!, MSDN Connection Briefings and the Asia Publishing Convention on over 10 depth topics. Darren is extremely passionate about sharing his learning adventures and if you will like to invite him to speak in your next event, do not hesitate to contact him.

Past Talks (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 , 2005)

2012

Integrating with Windows 8 Experiences
March, 2012 / Build for Windows 8 @ Microsoft Singapore / Singapore
HTML 5, CSS3 and ASP.NET Best Practices by Example
January, 2012 / Microsoft Community Technology Update (CTU) / Singapore

2011

Social Media Essentials and The new Web
August, 2011 / Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) / Singapore
Commercial Potential: Does social media have revenue potential? In what context? What are the risks and rewards? Are commercial players welcome?
July, 2011 / Asia Publishing Convention 2011 / Bangkok, Thailand
Cost efficiencies: Can social media marketing reduce cost? Go where the traffic is, understand networking, research and promote your product without waste.
July, 2011 / Asia Publishing Convention 2011 / Bangkok, Thailand
Effective Presentations
June 27, 2011 / Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) / Singapore
Things every ASP.NET developer should know in this Web2.0 Era
June 24, 2011 / Community Technology Update (CTU) / Singapore

2010

Developing Scalable Applications with ASP.NET MVC
September 24, 2010 / TechInsights Conference / Penang, Malaysia
Visualizing your ASP.NET app with Razor
September 23, 2010 / TechInsights Conference / Penang, Malaysia
The ABC of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more: where is the commercial pay-off?
July 9, 2010 / Asian Publishing Convention 2010 / Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Presentation skills: Powerpoint is death! How not to bore your audience
July 9, 2010 / Asian Publishing Convention 2010 / Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Developing Service Centric Applications with Windows Workflow 4.0
July 1, 2010 / TechInsights Conference / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Building Service Oriented Applications with WCF 4.0
June 29, 2010 / TechInsights Conference / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Introduction to ASP.NET 4.0, AJAX & Visual Studio 2010
February 5, 2010 / Temasek Polytechnic / Singapore
Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network
February 9, 2010 / TechEd Sri Lanka / Columbo, Sri Lanka
Next Generation Web Application with ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010
February 8, 2010 / TechEd Sri Lanka / Columbo, Sri Lanka
Getting Productive with the Microsoft Office Suite
January 22, 2010 / Singapore Management University / Singapore

2009

What’s So Smart About Smart Phones?
December 12, 2009 / IDA Silver Infocomm Day / Singapore
New Media, New You
October 24, 2009 / Singapore Management University / Singapore
Accessing Windows with .Net 4.0
September 18, 2009 / TechInsights / Penang, Malaysia
Membership awareness in Web applications
September 18, 2009 / TechInsights / Penang, Malaysia
Introduction to Microsoft Developer Platforms
August 21, 2009 / Singapore Management University / Singapore
Building a SMS Ready website
May 28, 2009 / Singapore
Building Responsive Applications
April 15, 2009 / Singapore
How to Maximize Your PowerPoint Presentation
March 17, 2009 / Contact Center Association of Singapore / Singapore
Building Scalable C# Applications for HR
March 5, 2009 / Singapore
Dynamic Master Pages with ASP.NET 3.5
February 28, 2009 / Singapore
Portal Development with ASP.NET and WSS
February 14, 2009 / Singapore
Developing Interactive Web 2.0 Sites with ASP.NET 3.5
January 31, 2009 / Singapore
Connecting to the World with Microsoft LIVE!
January 10, 2009 / Singapore

2008

Discovering Microsoft Windows Vista & Making it Work for you
November 29, 2008 / Singapore
Framework Design
November 22, 2008 / SGDotNet Usergroup / Singapore
End-To-End Development with the Microsoft .NET Platform
October 20, 2008 / Nanyang Technological University / Singapore
Quick Intro to .NET 3.5
September 12, 2008 / Singapore
Re-learning user friendly design for print, websites, PDAs or mobile phones
August 14, 2008 / Asia Publishing Convention / Singapore
Inviting the World to your Website
July 26, 2008 / Youth.SG Forum / Singapore
Video Editing for beginners made easy (Windows Movie Maker)
April 25, 2008 / Bali Ophthalmology Retreat / Bali, Indonesia
PowerPoint presentations made easy and guidelines to using Keynotes!
April 24, 2008 / Bali Ophthalmology Retreat / Bali, Indonesia
Video Editting with Windows Movie Maker
April 17, 2008 / Microsoft APAC / Singapore
Windows Live SDK
March 6, 2008 / SgDotNet Usergroup / Singapore

2007

Developing your own E-Microsoft Office with ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft Ajax and OpenXML
September 13, 2007 / TechEd SouthEast Asia / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Developing a Web-Based Chat System with ASP.NET 2.0, Ajax & SQL Server 2005 Express
September 12, 2007 / TechEd SouthEast Asia / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Next Web’s Here! Where are you?
August 20, 2007 / Singapore Management University / Singapore
Code Focus: Silverlight
August 2, 2007 / SGDotNet Usergroup / Singapore
Lighting up the web with Silverlight
July 5, 2007 / SGDotNet Usergroup / Singapore
Game Development with Microsoft XNA
June 1, 2007 / Institute of Technical Education / Singapore
Lighting up the web with Silverlight
May 29, 2007 / Temasek Polytechnic / Singapore
ROUNDTABLE: The importance of Security in Games
May 26, 2007 / International Game Developers’ Association / Singapore
XNA Demystified
May 26, 2007 / International Game Developers’ Association / Singapore
Expressions Web Lab Session
May 12, 2007 / Singapore Management University / Singapore
Game Development in XNA, Vista & XBOX 360
May 8, 2007 / NgeeAnn Polytechnic / Singapore
LOVE Campus Launch: Introduction to XNA
April 24, 2007 / Singapore
The Web Development Eco-system with VSTS, ASP.NET 2.0 & Microsoft Ajax Library
March 27, 2007 / VSLive! / San Francisco, USA
MediaCentre DEMO
March 11, 2007 / Microsoft Singapore / Singapore
Game Development with XNA
March 3, 2007 / MSDN Singapore / Singapore
Opening up the New Office File Format with OpenXML
February 13, 2007 / Office Usergroup / Singapore
Introduction to Microsoft Ajax Library
February 9, 2007 / Singapore
Microsft Ajax Library
January 29, 2007 / Singapore
Meet the Experts Session
January 31, 2007 / MSDN Singapore / Singapore

2006

Microsoft Expression Tools
December 16, 2006 / DevCon’06 / Singapore
Science of Game Development & Leaveraging on XNA
December 14, 2006 / SGDotNet Usergroup / Singapore
XNA Game Development
December 9, 2006 / MSDN Singapore/ Singapore
Creating Rich Web Experience with Microsoft Ajax
December 8, 2006 / Singapore
ST National Newspaper Competition
November 21, 2006 / Singapore Press Holdings / Singapore
Web Development with .NET
November 18, 2006 / Singapore
Introduction to Game Development and Microsoft XNA
November 2, 2006 / SGDotNet Usergroup / Singapore
Evolving the Web with ASP. NET 2.0 and the Microsoft Ajax Foundation
November 1, 2006 / Temasek Polytechnic / Singapore
XNA – An Academia Sharing
October 30, 2006 / Singapore
XNA – An Overview
October 28, 2006 / IGDA / Singapore
Introduction to Microsoft XNA
October 21, 2006 / Singapore
Windows Vista, An Introduction
June 30, 2006 / Singapore
Remix06 – Ask the Experts
June 29, 2006 / REMIX / Singapore
Developing Windows and Live Gadgets
June 29, 2006 / REMIX / Singapore
Atlas Cool Demos
June 10, 2006 / Singapore
DPE/MVP Sharing Session
May 18, 2006 / Singapore
RockStars Dinner
May 8, 2006 / Singapore
MSDN Day Singapore – Ask The Experts Session
May 5, 2006 / Singapore