I give talks on various topics such as user experience, accessibility, digital strategy, responsive design, and tech ethics. You can view slides and videos from some of my past talks below. If you want me to speak at your conference or company, please get in touch.
2023
Windy City DevFest
Chicago, IL – October 24, 2023
Talk: Alt Text Is Your Superpower
DevFest Wisconsin
Madison, WI – August 24, 2023
Talk: Alt Text Is Your Superpower
2019
Mid-Atlantic Developer Conference
Baltimore, MD – August 1-2, 2019
Talk: Code Is Not Neutral: Ethics of Web Development
Nerd Night Calgary
Calgary, AB – June 20, 2019
Talk: When Software Goes Wrong
SXSW
Austin, TX – March 8-17, 2019
Talk: Code Is Not Neutral: Ethics of Creating Software
Audio of Code Is Not Neutral at SXSW
2018
Cascadia PHP
Portland, OR – September 14-15, 2018
Keynote: Code Is Not Neutral: Ethics for Developers
NEJS CONF
Omaha, Nebraska – July 27, 2018
Keynote: Code Is Not Neutral: The Ethics of Web Development
Video of Code Is Not Neutral at NEJS
ConFoo
Montreal, QC – March 7-9, 2018
Keynote: Code Is Not Neutral: the Ethics of Programming (no slides)
Talk: Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
Video of Code Is Not Neutral at ConFoo Montreal
NDC London
London, UK – January 15-19, 2018
Talk: Code Is Not Neutral: the Ethics of Programming (no slides)
2017
ConFoo Vancouver
Vancouver, BC – December 4-6, 2017
Talk: Creating Forms that Users Won’t Hate
Talk: Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
Calgary UX
Calgary, AB – November 16, 2017
Panel discussion: Unintended results of design decisions
ThunderPlains Developer Conference
Oklahoma City, OK – November 3, 2017
Talk: Designing for Your Users: Creating a Better User Experience
UX Camp Edmonton
Edmonton, AB – October 21, 2017
Talk: Designing User-friendly, Accessible Forms
Web Unleashed
Toronto, ON – September 25-26, 2017
Talk: Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
OpenWest
Salt Lake City, UT – July 12-15, 2017
Talk: Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
Talk: Learning to Ask: How to Change Your Career and Your Life (no slides)
Resources from Learning to Ask
Creative Mornings Calgary
Calgary, AB – July 7, 2017
Talk: Your work can change the world (no slides)
Video from my talk at Creative Mornings
WordCamp YYC
Calgary, AB – May 27, 2017
Talk: Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
Mobile+Web DevCon
San Francisco, CA – March 1-3, 2017
Talk: Creating beautiful, accessible, and user-friendly forms
2016
Geeky Summit
Calgary, AB – November 16, 2016
Workshop: Making it Move: A Brief Taste of HTML & CSS (live demos, no slides)
AIGA Houston
Houston, TX – October 20, 2016
Talk: Use Your Designer Superpowers for Good (no slides)
CSS Dev Conference
San Antonio, TX – October 17-19, 2016
Talk: Creating Beautiful, Accessible and User-Friendly Forms
Web Unleashed
Toronto, ON – October 3-4, 2016
Talk: Creating Beautiful, Accessible and User-Friendly Forms
Camp Festival
Calgary, AB – September 27-28, 2016
Talk: Use Your Designer Superpowers for Good (no slides)
Sketchnotes by Michael Mateyko
Sketchnotes by Aaron Russell
CascadiaFest
Semiahmoo, WA – August 3-5, 2016
Talk: Creating Beautiful, Accessible and User-Friendly Forms
Video of my talk at Cascadia
WebDevCon: Amazon’s Front-end Conference
Seattle, WA – April 21, 2016
Talk: Responsive Color
ConFoo
Montreal, QC – February 24-26, 2016
Talk: Responsive Colour
Talk: Making the Web Easy
2015
Breaking Development (BDConf)
Washington, DC – October 22-23, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
Mobile+Web DevCon
San Francisco, CA – July 14-16, 2015
Talk: Color for Developers
Refresh Seattle/Code Fellows
Seattle, WA – July 13, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
@clarissa is blowing my mind with insights into the how, why, and future of color in web dev! @CodeFellowsOrg @refreshseattle
— Aaron Cooke (@Aaron_Cooke) July 14, 2015
CascadiaFest (CascadiaCSS)
Blaine, WA – July 8-10, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
Video of my talk at CascadiaFest
CSS Summit (online)
July 9, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
CSS Brigade
Vancouver, BC – July 6, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
CSS Day
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – June 12, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
Video of my talk at CSS Day
#cssday love it: the history of color used in media technology by @clarissa
— Bernhard Sturm (@sultaninen) June 12, 2015
Future Insights Live
Las Vegas, NV – June 1-4, 2015
Talk: Responsive Color
McFullstack Web Conference (McGill University)
Montreal, QC – Apr. 11, 2015
Talk: Responsive Web Design
WebVisions
New York, NY – Apr. 2, 2015
Talk: Color in CSS
Workshop: Responsive Typography & Color
Albany UX
Albany, NY – Mar. 31, 2015
Talk: Getting Into Responsive Typography & Color in CSS
DevTO
Toronto, ON – Mar. 9, 2015
Annual International Women’s Day Talks
Video of my talk at DevTO
So, @clarissa is an amazing and inspiring speaker. Asking for what you want, taking risks and maybe going on road trips. Such good advice. — Eva O’Brien (@evakmo) March 10, 2015
ConFoo
Montreal, QC – Feb. 18-20, 2015
Talk: Responsive Typography
2014
Montreal Girl Geeks
Montreal, QC – Nov. 6, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
LOVED American @clarissa‘s story of asking @AJKandy for help finding a MTL speaking gig, now they’re married & here she is speaking again ♡ — Montreal Girl Geeks (@MTLGirlGeeks) November 7, 2014
How Interactive Design Conference
Chicago, IL – Oct. 19-21, 2014
Talk: Designing Responsive Websites
Responsive design is hard. @clarissa just gave #HIDC a great primer. Kudos! — Kevin M. Hoffman (@kevinmhoffman) October 19, 2014
WebVisions Chicago
Chicago, IL – Sept. 25-26, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
EuroIA
Brussels, Belgium – Sept. 27, 2014
Workshop: Responsive Web Design
The workshop was extremely practical and also gave me lots of insights about good design/bad design. I feel awesome! @clarissa #EuroIA — Soyeon Lee (@theUXer) September 27, 2014
DCWW Code(Her) Conference
Chevy Chase, MD – Sept. 13, 2014
Keynote: UX & Responsive Web Design
Going to get my media query on when I get home thanks to @clarissa! #codeher2014 — Brittne Nelson (@DrBrittne) September 13, 2014
Blend Conference
Charlotte, NC – Sept. 11-13, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
How Interactive Design Conference
Washington, DC – Sept. 3-5, 2014
Talk: Designing Responsive Websites
UX Book Club DC
Washington, DC – Sept. 3, 2014
Book Discussion: Learning Responsive Web Design
Frontend Conference Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland – August 27-29, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
Video of my talk at Frontend Conference Zurich
Thanks for the great talk about responsive typography. Would love to see more like that next year #FEC14 @clarissa — Angela Dannhorn (@angeladannhorn) August 29, 2014
Refresh Ottawa
Ottawa, ON – August 21, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
Mobile+Web DevCon
Chicago, IL – July 15-17, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
STC Summit
Phoenix, AZ – May 18-21, 2014
Talk: Improve Your Typography with Responsive Web Design
Bmoresponsive
Baltimore, MD – May 9, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
ConvergeSE
Columbia, SC – May 1-3, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
MadTech Hangout
Online – Mar. 3, 2014
Talk: Responsive Design & Content Strategy
Snow * Mobile
Madison, WI – Feb. 21-22, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
In Control 2014
Orlando, FL – Feb. 17-19, 2014
Talk: Responsive Typography
2013
MoDevEast
McLean, VA – Dec. 12-13, 2013
Talk: Responsive Typography
CSS Dev Conference
Estes Park, CO – Oct. 21-22, 2013
Talk: Responsive Typography
Sketchnotes of this talk from Ben Norris
MobileUXCamp DC
Washington, DC – Sep. 14, 2013
Responsive Web Design Q&A
WordCamp Ottawa
Ottawa, ON – Apr. 27, 2013
Talk: Using Responsive WordPress Themes
Snow * Mobile Conference
Madison, WI – Feb. 15, 2013
Talk: Responsive Design in the Real World
Chicago Web Professionals Meetup Group
Chicago, IL – Feb. 12, 2013
Talk: Responsive Design Essentials
Madison Web Design & Development Meetup
Madison, WI – Feb. 11, 2013
Talk: Content Strategy for Responsive Websites
NYC Web Design Meetup
New York, NY – Jan. 24, 2013
Talk: Content Strategy for Responsive Websites
Responsive Web Design NYC
New York, NY – Jan. 22, 2013
Talk: Responsive Design Essentials
Refresh DC
Arlington, VA – Jan. 17, 2013
Talk: Responsive Design for the Real World
Baltimore Mobile
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 15, 2013
Talk: Responsive Design Tools & Resources
After responsive design presentation by @clarissa I feel better that the big things I’m struggling with are things everyone else is. — Jim Miller (@FlashMapper) January 16, 2013
Web Content Mavens
Chevy Chase, MD – Jan. 8, 2013
Talk: Content Strategy for Responsive Websites
UXCamp DC
Washington, DC – Jan. 5, 2013
Talk: UX & Responsive Design
2012
LVL Studio’s UX Soirée
Montreal, QC – Nov. 21, 2012
Talk: Responsive Web Design
Accessibility Camp Toronto
Toronto, ON – Nov. 17, 2012
Talk: HTML5 Accessibility
Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association
Ann Arbor, MI – Nov. 1, 2012
Talk: Optimizing User Experience Across Devices with Responsive Web Design
Cleveland Web Standards Association
Cleveland, OH – Oct. 30, 2012
Talk: Responsive Design in the Real World
UXPA DC’s User Focus Conference
Chevy Chase, MD – Oct. 19, 2012
Talk: Optimizing User Experience Across Devices with Responsive Web Design
Accessibility Camp DC
Washington, DC – Oct. 13, 2012
Talk: Accessibility in HTML5
UX & Mobile Creatives Meetup
Washington, DC – Sept. 25, 2012
Talk: Responsive Design Heaven and Hell
MobileUXCamp DC
Washington, DC – Sept. 15, 2012
Talk: Responsive Design is Easy
DC Web Women: Code(Her) Workshop
Washington, DC – Sept. 11, 2012
Workshop: Introduction to Responsive Web Design
DC Web Women: Code(Her) Workshop
Washington, DC – Aug. 14, 2012
Workshop: Introduction to Responsive Web Design