Geopolitics and digital sovereignty: issues, implications and opportunities
Infrastructure, data, software independence and geopolitical risk: what to weigh when you design a critical system.
Last given: Voxxed Days Luxembourg 2025
Speaking
Talks & media
Since 2010 I have spoken at conferences and meetups about domain-driven design, architecture, agile delivery, facilitation and digital sovereignty. Watch the recordings, browse the slides, or invite me to your event.
- Talks
- 18
- Recorded
- 7
- Since
- 2010
- Languages
- EN · FR
Recordings
Watch
15:21GamiCon38v · 2026
#play14 in 14 words
Facilitation & play English + slides
54:14Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2025
Géopolitique et souveraineté numérique : enjeux, implications et opportunités
Sovereignty French + slides
51:49Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2024
Event-driven vs event sourcing : quelle est vraiment la différence ?
Architecture & DDD French + slides
55:26Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2023
Domain-Driven Design : retour aux sources
Architecture & DDD French + slides
47:53Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2022
Distributed Wars : ce ne sont pas les frontières que vous recherchez
Architecture & DDD French + slides
15:47Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2017
Apprentissage : comment fonctionne notre cerveau
Facilitation & play French + slides
45:30Voxxed Days Luxembourg · 2016
Events everywhere: breaking monoliths and silos
Architecture & DDD French + slides
For your event
Talks I give today
Ready to give again, adapted to your audience, in English or French. Each one can also run as a hands-on workshop.
Event-driven vs event sourcing
A pragmatic definition of both, how they complement each other, and what to watch: distributed transactions, tracing, versioning.
Last given: Voxxed Days Luxembourg 2025
EventStorming: improving your facilitation skills
Twenty tips and five caveats for running EventStorming sessions that reach their goal.
Last given: FlowCon 2019
Archive
Every talk, newest first
22 talks
2026
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Video Slides
2025
Jun 2025 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Géopolitique et souveraineté numérique : enjeux, implications et opportunités
Sovereignty Talk French
Video Slides
Jun 2025 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Event-driven vs event sourcing : quelle est vraiment la différence ?
Architecture & DDD Talk French
Slides
2024
Jun 2024 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Event-driven vs event sourcing : quelle est vraiment la différence ?
Architecture & DDD Talk French
Video Slides
2023
Jun 2023 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Domain-Driven Design : retour aux sources
Architecture & DDD Talk French
Video Slides
2022
Sept 2022 · XP Days Benelux, Luxembourg
EventStorming with the stars
Facilitation & play Workshop English
Slides
Jun 2022 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Distributed Wars : ce ne sont pas les frontières que vous recherchez
Architecture & DDD Talk French
Video Slides
2021
Apr 2021 · Agile Resilience, Online
Resilience: how I overcame a private ordeal thanks to an agile mindset
Agile & craft Talk English
Slides
Jan 2021 · Lux Tech Community, Online
Distributed Wars: these are not the boundaries you are looking for
Architecture & DDD Talk English
Slides
2019
Dec 2019 · FlowCon, Paris
EventStorming: improving your facilitation skills
Facilitation & play Talk English
Slides
Nov 2019 · Agile Grenoble, Grenoble
EventStorming: a super hero story
Facilitation & play Talk French
Slides
Jun 2019 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
EventStorming : au commencement était le verbe… au passé
Facilitation & play Talk French
Slides
2017
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Slides
Jun 2017 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Apprentissage : comment fonctionne notre cerveau
Facilitation & play Quick talk French
Video Slides
2016
Jun 2016 · Voxxed Days Luxembourg
Events everywhere: breaking monoliths and silos
Architecture & DDD Talk French
Video Slides
2014
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Slides
Earlier talks, 2010–2013 (6)
2013
Jun 2013 · DARE, Antwerp
From chaos to Scrum and then Kanban: 5 years of continuous improvement
Agile & craft Talk English
2011
Oct 2011 · Agile Mëtteg, Luxembourg
Domain-Driven Design: tackling complexity in the heart of software
Architecture & DDD Meetup English
Slides
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Slides
2010
Sept 2010 · Agile Mëtteg, Luxembourg
Agile architecture & programming
Architecture & DDD Meetup English
Slides
May 2010 · Agile Mëtteg, Luxembourg
Agile architecture & programming
Architecture & DDD Meetup English
Slides
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Slides
Elsewhere
Podcasts, interviews & press
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Podcast · Professor Game · Jun 2024
Facilitating games for learning (episode 149)
On #play14, game-based learning and facilitation.
Listen on Spotify
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Meetup · Avanscoperta · Sept 2020
Agile stories from the trenches
With Guy Fabien: client cases where the problem turned out to be something else, and how agile helped.
Watch on YouTube
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Video · #play14 London · 2018
Event Storming in one minute
A short introduction to EventStorming, filmed at #play14 London.
Watch on YouTube
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Interview · Paperjam · Jul 2018
« Le cloud est un accélérateur d’usages et de business ! »
What moving to the cloud means for start-ups, SMEs and large organisations, and how to prepare.
Read on Paperjam
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Portrait · ITnation · Oct 2012
Portrait de Cédric Pontet, Software Architect at Agile Partner SA
Sticky notes, agile values and why agility is a framework, not a dogma.
Read on ITnation
Organising a conference, a meetup or a team day?
I give talks and run workshops in English or French, on site or online. Tell me about your audience and I will suggest a format.