On cameras, mics, and stages

The
Stage.

YouTube videos, podcast appearances, and conference talks. The places I show up to think out loud in front of an audience.

YouTube Channel Guest Appearances Community Podcasts Talks & Workshops Events & Meetups
01

YouTube
Channel.

@veldakiara

Balancing Authorship and Developer Advocacy in the Django Ecosystem with William Vincent
DjangoCon US

Balancing Authorship and Developer Advocacy in the Django Ecosystem with William Vincent
Teaching the Next Generation: Education and Authorship in Django with Eric Matthes
DjangoCon US

Teaching the Next Generation: Education and Authorship in Django with Eric Matthes
How Django Gets Released: Behind the Scenes with Natalia Bidart
DjangoCon US

How Django Gets Released: Behind the Scenes with Natalia Bidart
Inside Djangonaut Space: The Ultimate Mentorship for Django Devs with Lilian Tran
DjangoCon US

Inside Djangonaut Space: The Ultimate Mentorship for Django Devs with Lilian Tran
Amplifying Excellence: Inside Black Python Devs with Abigail Afi Gbadago
DjangoCon US

Amplifying Excellence: Inside Black Python Devs with Abigail Afi Gbadago
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02

Guest
Appearances.

From Kenya to London - Velda Kiara
Django Chat

From Kenya to London - Velda Kiara
Keynote Velda Kiara
PyLadies

Keynote Velda Kiara
Building Powerful APIs with Django, Django Rest Framework, and OpenAPI with Velda Kiara
DjangoCon US

Building Powerful APIs with Django, Django Rest Framework, and OpenAPI with Velda Kiara
Panel Discussion: Two Decades of Django: The Past, Present and Future with Velda Kiara
DjangoCon US

Panel Discussion: Two Decades of Django: The Past, Present and Future with Velda Kiara
Opening Remarks (Tuesday) with Velda Kiara
DjangoCon US

Opening Remarks (Tuesday) with Velda Kiara
Panel Discussion: Open, friendly, and welcoming: on the history and future of... with Lacey Henschel
DjangoCon US

Panel Discussion: Open, friendly, and welcoming: on the history and future of... with Lacey Henschel
Pre DevFest Series #DevFestNairobi22
GDG Nairobi

Pre DevFest Series #DevFestNairobi22
Interview with DSC Lead JKUAT | 2020
Scorpion

Interview with DSC Lead JKUAT | 2020
How to Find Local and International Strategic Partners — Velda Kiara
Open Source Community Africa

How to Find Local and International Strategic Partners — Velda Kiara
Building Powerful APIs with Django, Django Rest Framework, and OpenAPI - Velda Kiara
Open Source Community Africa

Building Powerful APIs with Django, Django Rest Framework, and OpenAPI - Velda Kiara
Women Developer Academy : Velda Kiara
Dev. Communities In Africa

Women Developer Academy : Velda Kiara
Devfest Nairobi 2022 Velda Kiara Interview
GDG Nairobi

Devfest Nairobi 2022 Velda Kiara Interview
EuroPython 2025 — Lightning talks ⚡ Wednesday
EuroPython Conference

EuroPython 2025 — Lightning talks ⚡ Wednesday
EuroPython 2024 — Lightning talks Thursday
EuroPython Conference

EuroPython 2024 — Lightning talks Thursday
03

Community.

OSCA Nairobi: Open Source Challenge Launch
Open Source Community Africa

OSCA Nairobi: Open Source Challenge Launch
OSCA Nairobi: Contributing To Open Source as a Designer
Open Source Community Africa

OSCA Nairobi: Contributing To Open Source as a Designer
OSCA Nairobi: Git as an Open Source Tool
Open Source Community Africa

OSCA Nairobi: Git as an Open Source Tool
OSCA Nairobi: Introduction to Open Source
Open Source Community Africa

OSCA Nairobi: Introduction to Open Source
OSCA Nairobi: Deep End with GitHub Actions
Open Source Community Africa

OSCA Nairobi: Deep End with GitHub Actions
Introduction to the Twitter API
Twitter Dev Community KE

Introduction to the Twitter API
Twitter BOT Challenge (Build What's Next)
Twitter Dev Community KE

Twitter BOT Challenge (Build What's Next)
Design Thinking Session
She Code Africa Nairobi

Design Thinking Session
Azure and Opportunities in The Tech Space
She Code Africa Nairobi

Azure and Opportunities in The Tech Space
Women Transforming Tech {One line of code at a time...}
She Code Africa Nairobi

Women Transforming Tech {One line of code at a time...}
Open Source Design
She Code Africa Nairobi

Open Source Design
Learning how to learn
She Code Africa Nairobi

Learning how to learn
04

Podcast
Appearances.

Episode 231: OSCA 2023 with Velda Kiara on her Open Source Journey
SustainOSS

Episode 231: OSCA 2023 with Velda Kiara on her Open Source Journey
From Kenya to London with Django
Django Chat

From Kenya to London with Django
05

Talks &
Workshops.

PyLadiesCon 2024

Keynote: Storytelling as a Technical Art Form

Online

Slides Recording
DjangoCon Africa 2023

Keynote: Pushing Django To Its Limits and Beyond

Zanzibar

Slides
United Nations Open Source Week 2026

Open Source Stewardship in the Age of AI

New York

How we got to where we are at in Open Source, how AI is challenging the notions we had and how to use AI to our benefit.

Slides
Humble Data Workshop 2025

Humble Data Workshop

London, UK

Slides
EuroPython 2025

ORMs: A Bridge to Efficient Database Interactions with Python

Prague, Czech Republic

Slides Recording
PyCascades 2025

Optimal Performance Over Basic as a Perfectionist with Deadlines

Portland, Oregon

Slides Recording
Python Azure Day 2024

Deploying Scalable Django Apps with Microsoft Azure

Online

Slides Recording Code
PyCon Ireland 2024

Django Performance Optimization using Django Debug Toolbar

Dublin, Ireland

Slides Recording Code
DjangoCon US 2024

Opening Remarks (Day Two)

Durham, North Carolina

Recording
EuroPython 2024

Lightning Talks

Prague, Czech Republic

Recording
OSCA Chapter Leads Summit 2024

How to Find Local and International Strategic Partners

Slides Recording
DjangoCon Africa 2023

Lightning Talk: Black Python Devs

Zanzibar

Slides
DjangoCon US 2023

Building APIs Using Django, DRF and OpenAPI

Durham, North Carolina

Slides Recording Code
API Fest 2023

Building APIs Using Django, DRF and OpenAPI

Nairobi, Kenya

Slides Code
Women Developer Academy 2023

It Works on All Machines

Slides Recording Code
OSCAFest 2023

Building Powerful APIs with Django, DRF and OpenAPI

Lagos, Nigeria

Slides Recording Code
Data Science East Africa Meetup 2022

Data Structures and Algorithms

Slides Code
PyCon Kenya 2022

Building on the Twitter API using Python

Nairobi, Kenya

Slides Code
Data Science East Africa 2022

Python 102: Intermediate Concepts

Slides Recording
Lux Tech Academy

Becoming a Badass Leader

Slides
Lux Tech Academy

Becoming a 10x Python Developer

Slides
06

Events &
Meetups.

2026

MVP Summit

Conference Redmond March
Attendee
2026

United Nations Open Source Week

Conference New York June
Speaker and Attendee
2026

PyCon US

Conference Long Beach May
Attendee
2025

PyCascades

Conference Portland, Oregon
Speaker
2025

MVP Summit

Summit Seattle, Washington
Attendee
2025

EuroPython

Conference Prague, Czech Republic
Speaker
2025

PyCon US

Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendee
2025

DjangoCon US

Conference Chicago, Illinois
Host
2025

Humble Data Workshop

Workshop London, UK
Speaker & Host
2024

PyLadiesCon

Conference
Speaker
2024

Azure Python Day

Conference
Speaker
2024

PyCon Ireland

Conference Dublin, Ireland
Speaker
2024

DjangoCon US

Conference Durham, North Carolina
Speaker
2024

Black Python Devs Leadership Summit

Summit Durham, North Carolina
Host
2024

EuroPython

Conference Prague, Czech Republic
Attendee
2024

PyLadies Berlin

Meetup Berlin, Germany
Attendee
2024

Google I/O Connect

Conference Berlin, Germany
Attendee
2024

PyCon US

Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendee
2023

DjangoCon US

Conference Durham, North Carolina
Speaker
2023

DjangoCon Africa

Conference Zanzibar
Speaker
2023

PyCon Uganda

Conference Kampala, Uganda
Attendee

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