Adam catches up with Jakob Bradford in the aftermath of the 2020 pandemic. They discuss the challenges of running a hybrid conference and the resilience of the developer community in the wake of attending remote events. The future is looking bright again and everyone is excited to see industry leaders face to face.


00:00 | Introduction
00:37 | What was it like for NDC Conferences during the pandemic?
03:55 | How is the conference going now that the pandemic is over?
06:14 | How about the online experience?
08:04 | What do attendees get when they come to an NCD Conference in person?

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Jakob Bradford – https://twitter.com/jakbradf
NDC General Manager


Jakob is the General Manager at NDC Conferences. The first NDC conference happened in 2008 as a 5-track conference over 2 days. Today NDC conferences are found across the globe with large 5-day conferences in Oslo, London and Sydney and smaller pop-up conferences in cities all over the world.

Adam Cogan – https://www.ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
SSW Chief Architect + Microsoft Regional Director


Adam Cogan blogs at adamcogan.com and interviews for SSW TV frequently. He is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner specialising in custom enterprise .NET and Azure solutions mostly using Angular and React. His solutions also involve Office365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and Power BI.


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About the speakers

Jakob Bradford

Jakob is the General Manager at NDC Conferences. The first NDC conference happened in 2008 as a 5-track conference over 2 days. Today NDC conferences are found across the globe with large 5-day conferences in Oslo, London and Sydney and smaller pop-up conferences in cities all over the world.

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