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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- .NET Application Security Exposed!
- SQL Server 2005 + Visual Studio 2005 Campus Launch
- Click-Once Indepth
- Click-Once Introduction
- Click-Once Indepth
- Windows Vista – An Exclusive Preview
- Cool New Features in Visual C# Express Edition
- Windows Vista DEMO
- New Features in Visual Studio 2005
- Visual Studio Express Editions
- Introduction to .NET, C# Fundamentals & Express Editions
- .NET CLR, Express Editions & E- Communities












