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The Mautic Update: Mautic World Conference 2026
An update from the Project Lead on the state of Mautic: where we are now, what has shipped this year, and where we are heading next.
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I speak and run workshops on open source, digital sovereignty, community, marketing automation with Mautic, and living an active life with a disability - warmly, practically, and with a few strong opinions.
Open sourceDigital sovereigntyCommunityMauticAccessibilityLiving with EDS
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- Talks given
- 8
- Keynotes
- 7
- Podcasts & interviews
- 17
- Countries
- 2012
- Speaking since
Where I've spoken
On stages around the world
Countries I've spoken in
Coming up
Upcoming talks
The archive
Past talks
2025
- 25 November, 2025 The Great Escape: Your Roadmap From Vendor Lock-in to Marketing Sovereignty TYPO3Con 2025 · Düsseldorf Slides (PDF)
- 26 October, 2025 Beyond the bus factor: building resilient open source projects GitHub Universe · San Francisco, CA Slides (PDF)
- 07 October, 2025 Who owns your data: Open source, digital sovereignty and your marketing stack TYPO3 Camp London · London Slides (PDF)
- 17 June, 2025 Effective user communication for open source development OW2Con · Paris Slides (PDF)
- 05 June, 2025 Early stage documentation: From chaos to clarity! Online Slides (PDF)
- 21 May, 2025 Who owns your data: Open source, digital sovereignty and your marketing stack Online Slides (PDF)
- 10 March, 2025 Implementing GitHub’s private security issue reporting FOSS Backstage · Berlin Slides (PDF)
- 04 February, 2025 Who owns your data: Open source, digital sovereignty and your marketing stack State of Open Con · London Slides (PDF)
2024
- 04 November, 2024 The Mautic Update Keynote Mautic Conference Europe 2024 · Lisbon Slides (PDF)
- 10 July, 2024 The Mautic Update: Mautic Conference Global 2024 Keynote Online Slides (PDF)
- 04 March, 2024 How do you change the governance model of an established open source project? FOSS Backstage · Berlin Slides (PDF)
- 17 February, 2024 The Mautic Update - February 2024 Keynote Mautic Conference India 2024 · Pune, Maharashtra Slides (PDF)
- 15 February, 2024 Navigating the Future of Marketing Automation Online
- 06 February, 2024 How do you change the governance model of an established open source project? State of Open Con · London Slides (PDF)
- 03 February, 2024 How do you change the governance model of an established open source project? FOSDEM 2024 · Brussels Slides (PDF)
2023
- 14 October, 2023 Driving African Tech Growth with Mautic MautiCamp Africa 2023 · Lagos Slides (PDF)
- 21 June, 2023 The Mautic Update - June 2023 Keynote Online Slides (PDF)
2022
- 03 November, 2022 Mautic para Hoje e Amanhã Mautic Conference South America · São Paulo, State of São Paulo Slides (PDF)
- 20 October, 2022 Learning Through Doing: Finding Your Way To Contributing In Open Source Projects Online Slides (PDF)
- 11 October, 2022 So you’ve got a community .. now what? Online Slides (PDF)
- 22 September, 2022 A candid conversation on community organizing in open source DrupalCon Prague 2022 · Prague
- 22 September, 2022 Improving the digital experience … for your employees DrupalCon Prague 2022 · Prague Slides (PDF)
- 16 September, 2022 Building and Growing Open Source Communities Online
- 28 July, 2022 Learning Through Doing: Finding Your Way To Contributing In Open Source Projects Online Slides (PDF)
- 08 June, 2022 The Mautic Update Keynote Online Slides (PDF)
- 27 April, 2022 Building your own DXP - Getting started with Drupal and Mautic DrupalCon Portland 2022 · Portland, OR Slides (PDF)
- 25 April, 2022 Ladies Who Launch: Tech Leadership Taking Business to New Heights DrupalCon Portland 2022 · Portland, OR
- 18 April, 2022 Marketing Automation with Mautic Online
- 04 April, 2022 Open Source’s Best Kept Secret: Marketing Automation with Mautic Drupal Developer Days · Ghent Slides (PDF)
- 29 March, 2022 Establishing an incentivised partners programme in an open source project Online Slides (PDF)
- 23 March, 2022 My career and path into tech Women in Tech Evening at University of Suffolk Google Developers Student Club · Ipswich Slides (PDF)
- 18 March, 2022 Let’s make this the year of the contributor experience! FOSS Backstage · Berlin Slides (PDF)
- 05 March, 2022 This Girl Can Suffolk - Getting Active With A Disability Suffolk Inspiring Women - This Girl Can Suffolk Ambassadors · Ipswich Slides (PDF)
- 06 February, 2022 Establishing an incentivised partners programme in an open source project Online Slides (PDF)
2021
- 15 December, 2021 Building better relationships with data-driven email marketing Inbox Expo · Valencia Slides (PDF)
- 08 November, 2021 Closing keynote Keynote Mautic Conference Europe 2021 · Hasselt Slides (PDF)
- 08 November, 2021 The Mautic Update Keynote Mautic Conference Europe 2021 · Hasselt Slides (PDF)
- 07 October, 2021 The Growth of Mautic (and the part you can play as Drupalists) DrupalCamp Belgium · Ghent Slides (PDF)
- 04 October, 2021 Open Source’s Best Kept Secret: Marketing Automation with Mautic Online Slides (PDF)
- 17 June, 2021 Mautic Conference Global Keynote Keynote Online
- 20 May, 2021 When your passion becomes your profession: Lessons learned Online
2020
- 10 December, 2020 The future of digital experiences is …? Online Slides (PDF) Watch
- 17 November, 2020 Managing contributions in an open source project Online Slides (PDF)
- 17 November, 2020 Mautic の最新事情 Online
- 17 November, 2020 To infinity and beyond! (and how we’re going to get there) Online Slides (PDF)
- 05 October, 2020 Spanning the digital divide throughout the customer lifecycle Online Slides (PDF) Watch
- 25 April, 2020 Understanding Mautic and how you can contribute Online Slides (PDF)
- 20 March, 2020 Personalising the digital experience without creeping out your customers Tech & Toast · Colchester
- 30 January, 2020 Alexa, are you spying on me? SXSW · Austin, TX
- 16 January, 2020 Taking Mautic to the next level Online
2019
- 02 November, 2019 Open Source Meets Marketing: Enhancing The Digital Experience With Mautic OpenFest Bulgaria 2019 · Sofia Slides (PDF)
2017
- 08 July, 2017 Data-first web development JoomlaDay UK 2017 · London Slides (PDF)
2016
- 02 November, 2016 Integrated Marketing Strategies with Mautic Mautic Meetup London · London Slides (PDF)
- 22 April, 2016 Automating your marketing workflows with Mautic and Joomla! JoomlaDagen 2016 · Zeist
2015
- 06 November, 2015 It’s time to stop breaking your promises Joomla! World Conference 2015 · Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 21 April, 2015 Chalk and cheese: How developers and designers can work together and not crumble Innovation Martlesham Networking Breakfast · Ipswich
- 10 April, 2015 Discover Joomla! CMS Africa · Nairobi
2014
- 07 November, 2014 How to prove you are worth a million dollars Joomla! World Conference 2014 · Cancún, Quintana Roo
- 09 May, 2014 Conflict as a means for growth CLSx Europe · Berlin
- 28 February, 2014 The world needs open source NorDevCon · Norwich
2013
- 18 October, 2013 Developments in semantic HTML - adding information to search listings JoomlaDay South Africa 2013 · Johannesburg
- 11 October, 2013 SEO for Mythbusters JoomlaDay Switzerland 2013 · Zürich
- 10 October, 2013 Don’t get in a flap about the Google Hummingbird update SIMS Ipswich · Ipswich
- 04 October, 2013 Understanding Joomla and how you can contribute JoomlaDay UK 2013 · Ascot SL5
- 27 September, 2013 Developments in semantic HTML - adding information to search listings JoomlaDay Spain 2013 · Madrid
- 02 September, 2013 Microdata, Authorship and Joomla Campus Party Europe in London · London Slides (PDF)
- 02 August, 2013 Joomla! 3 - the holy grail? JoomlaDay Kenya 2013 · Nairobi
- 02 August, 2013 Developments in semantic HTML - adding information to search listings JoomlaDay Kenya 2013 · Nairobi
- 31 May, 2013 Developments in semantic HTML - adding information to search listings J and Beyond 2013 · 2211 Noordwijkerhout
- 20 April, 2013 Microdata, Rich Snippets and Google Authorship with Joomla Joomladagen 2013 · Zeist
2012
- 16 November, 2012 Microdata, Authorship and Joomla Joomla! World Conference · San Jose, CA Slides (PDF)
Off the stage
Podcasts & interviews
Conversations, community calls and interviews - the more informal side of talking about this work.
- 16 May, 2025 Project Lead Office Hours: Maintainer Month - How Mautic is maintained
- 29 May, 2024 The Developers’ Bakery Podcast #82
- 27 June, 2023 SustainOSS Podcast Episode 188
- 08 June, 2023 Axelerant presents DXP Deconstructed with Prateek Jain feat. Ruth Cheesley | S01E01
- 14 June, 2022 Scaling Developer Success with Ruth Cheesley
- 09 September, 2020 MautiCast Ep 17
- 10 July, 2020 ChaossCast Podcast - Mautic Community with Ruth Cheesley
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