Ben Nuttall

Talks

Over the years I've spoken at conferences and events, many in my former role at Raspberry Pi.

If you would like me to speak at your event, please contact me by email: ben [at] bennuttall.com

Conference talks

Some of the conferences I've spoken at:

Upcoming

None

Past

2025 (2)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Data Modelling with Pydantic (workshop) PyCon UK 2025 Manchester, UK 21 September 2025
Make a splat-a-cat game with pgzero (young coders workshop) PyCon UK 2025 Manchester, UK 20 September 2025

2023 (2)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Numeronyms are obnoxious! (lightning talk) PyCon UK 2023 Cardiff, UK 24 September 2023
Live Highlights in BBC iPlayer PyCon UK 2023 Cardiff, UK 23 September 2023

2022 (2)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS PyCon UK 2022 Cardiff, UK 17 September 2022
Rapid prototyping in BBC News with Python and AWS EuroPython 2022 Dublin, Ireland 15 July 2022

2021 (7)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Running a Python Package Index for Raspberry Pi PackagingCon 2021 Remote 10 November 2021
From Acorns to Raspberries Durham University Software Development Bootcamp Remote 26 October 2021
Innovation in the newsroom EuroPython 2021 Remote 28 July 2021
Innovation in the newsroom Cambridge Python User Group Remote 6 July 2021
Manage your own Pi Cloud with hostedpi Raspberry Pint Remote 30 March 2021
How to market your open source project Open Source 101 Remote 30 March 2021
Object Based Media EBU BroadThinking Remote 23 March 2021

2020 (4)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Tools for maintaining an open source project All Things Open 2020 Remote 20 October 2020
piwheels: a Python package repository for Raspberry Pi (lightning talk) EuroPython 2020 Remote 23 July 2020
Tools for maintaining an open source Python project EuroPython 2020 Remote 23 July 2020
piwheels: a Python package repository for Raspberry Pi Remote Python Pizza Remote 25 April 2020

2019 (5)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station PyCon UK Cardiff, UK 13 September 2019
Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station EuroPython 2019 Basel, Switzerland 12 July 2019
Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station Cambridge Python User Group Cambridge, UK 2 July 2019
Astro Pi: Python on the International Space Station PyData Cambridge Cambridge, UK 26 June 2019
Maintaining an open source Python library London Raspberry Pint London, UK 26 March 2019

2018 (8)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Raspberry Pi for developers and makers All Things Open 2018 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 23 October 2018
6 years of Raspberry Pi (lightning talk) All Things Open 2018 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 21 October 2018
Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT PyCon UK 2018 Cardff, UK 18 September 2018
Why I run my own Python package repository PyCon UK 2018 Cardff, UK 16 September 2018
Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT EuroPython 2018 Edinburgh, UK 27 July 2018
Programming paradigms for physical computing and IoT London Raspberry Pint London, UK 24 April 2018
Infra-red bird box workshop Scouts digital day London, UK 14 April 2018
Hello world: a brief history of programming An Evening of Unnecessary Detail (Cambridge Science Festival) Cambridge, UK 17 March 2018

2017 (22)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Raspberry Pi Zero GPIO expander (lightning talk) Cambridge Python User Group Cambridge, UK 5 December 2017
piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi PyCon UK Cardiff, UK 29 October 2017
Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi All Things Open 2017 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 23 October 2017
Raspberry Pi Desktop OS Oggcamp 2017 Canterbury, UK 20 August 2017
piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi users Oggcamp 2017 Canterbury, UK 19 August 2017
piwheels: a faster Python package repository for Raspberry Pi users CamJam Cambridge, UK 14 October 2017
GPIO Zero AmsterJam Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 September 2017
piwheels Cambridge Python User Group Cambridge, UK 1 August 2017
Physical Computing with Python and Raspberry Pi EuroPython 2017 Rimini, Italy 14 July 2017
piwheels (lightning talk) EuroPython 2017 Rimini, Italy 13 July 2017
Remote GPIO workshop Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers Cambridge, UK 1 July 2017
Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero Manchester CoderDojo Manchester, UK 12 March 2017
Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero Manchester Raspberry Jam Manchester, UK 11 March 2017
Raspberry Jam panel Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend Cambridge, UK 5 March 2017
Build a traffic lights controller with gpiozero and guizero Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend Cambridge, UK 4 March 2017
GPIO Zero Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend Cambridge, UK 4 March 2017
Raspberry Pi and Python FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 5 February 2017
Snapchat Photobooth Bett 2017 London, UK 25 January 2017
Snapchat selfies Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers Cambridge, UK 14 January 2017
GPIO Music Box Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers Cambridge, UK 14 January 2017
Traffic Lights controller with gpiozero and guizero Raspberry Jam @ Pi Towers Cambridge, UK 14 January 2017
Physical Computing with Python and Raspberry Pi Cambridge Python user group Cambridge, UK 10 January 2017

2016 (24)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Code Club Raspberry Jams update Code Club UK Day London, UK 24 November 2016
Bringing digital making to your library with Raspberry Pi Code Green - Cracking the Code Manchester, UK 8 November 2016
Raspberry Pi for Everyone All Things Open 2016 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27 October 2016
Sense HAT workshop Pi Towers Raspberry Jam Cambridge, UK 15 October 2016
Python Picamera with GPIO Zero Pi Towers Raspberry Jam Cambridge, UK 15 October 2016
Raspberry Jam Pi Towers Raspberry Jam Cambridge, UK 15 October 2016
Raspberry Jam Glasgow Raspberry Jam Glasgow, UK 8 October 2016
Raspberry Jam Raspberry Jam workshop Cambridge, UK 1 October 2016
Designing a zero-boilerplate library for Raspberry Pi GPIO PyCon UK Cardiff, UK 18 September 2016
Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi (keynote) Pycon Russia 2016 Moscow, Russia 4 July 2016
Raspberry Pi and the Community Wimbledon Raspberry Jam Wimbledon, UK 26 June 2016
The Journey of a Raspberry Pi Creative Technologist Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists final weekend Cambridge, UK 24 April 2016
Raspberry Pi and the community Cambridge Code Club meetup Cambridge, UK 19 April 2016
The Raspberry Pi Community Picademy @ Google Manchester Manchester, UK 22 March 2016
Physical Computing with Scratch and Python Picademy @ Google Manchester Manchester, UK 21 March 2016
The Raspberry Pi Community Picademy @ Google Manchester Cambridge, UK 14 March 2016
Physical Computing with Scratch and Python Picademy @ Google Manchester Manchester, UK 13 March 2016
GPIO Zero with CamJam Edu Kit 1 Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party Cambridge, UK 6 March 2016
Physical Computing with GPIO Zero Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party Cambridge, UK 6 March 2016
The Raspberry Jam Community Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party Cambridge, UK 5 March 2016
Abstraction 101 Raspberry Pi 4th Birthday Party Cambridge, UK 5 March 2016
Python Picamera with GPIO Zero Picademy USA Mountain View, California, USA 27 February 2016
Physical computing for beginners with GPIO Zero Bett 2016 London, UK 20 January 2016
Developing a Friendly Python API for Physical Computing Cambridge Python User Group Cambridge, UK 5 January 2016

2015 (35)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Physical computing with GPIO Zero Oggcamp 2015 Liverpool, UK 1 November 2015
Physical computing with GPIO Zero Peterborough Raspberry Jam Peterborough, UK 24 October 2015
Physical computing with GPIO Zero Peterborough Coding Evening Peterborough, UK 20 October 2015
Pecha Kucha Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend London, UK 17 October 2015
Physical computing with GPIO Zero London Coding Evening London, UK 15 October 2015
The story of pyjokes PyCon UK 2015 Coventry, UK 19 September 2015
Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi PyCon UK 2015 Coventry, UK 18 September 2015
Building a Python API for Raspberry Pi Hardware CamJam Cambridge, UK 12 September 2015
Teach, Learn and Make with Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch Tallinn, Estonia 7 September 2015
Raspberry Pi in Estonia Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch Tallinn, Estonia 7 September 2015
Introduction to Raspberry Pi (Secondary) Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch Tallinn, Estonia 7 September 2015
Introduction to Raspberry Pi (Primary) Raspberry Pi in Estonia Launch Tallinn, Estonia 7 September 2015
Teach, Learn and Make with Raspberry Pi (webinar) Informatics Summer School Tallinn, Estonia 21 August 2015
Physical computing with Python and Raspberry Pi EuroPython 2015 Bilbao, Spain 23 July 2015
Pecha Kucha Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend Sheffield, UK 18 July 2015
Picamera, Flask and the Twitter API workshop Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Hack Weekend Sheffield, UK 18 July 2015
Getting started with Python Picamera Picademy #9 Cambridge, UK 13 July 2015
Plantpot Greenhouse Workshop Build Your Own Liverpool, UK 11 July 2015
Plantpot Greenhouse Workshop Build Your Own Liverpool, UK 27 June 2015
Python for PHP Developers PHP Cambridge User Group Cambridge, UK 23 June 2015
Getting started with Python Picamera Picademy North York, UK 26 May 2015
Build your product around the best supported mini computer in the world Maker Faire Bay Area San Francisco, CA, USA 16 May 2015
Getting started with Python Picamera Picademy #8 Cambridge, UK 27 April 2015
Hands on Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend Cambridge, UK 18 April 2015
Pecha Kucha Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend Cambridge, UK 18 April 2015
Raspberry Pi Foundation Intro Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists Induction Weekend Cambridge, UK 18 April 2015
Raspberry Pi Education Team panel Raspberry Pi Birthday Weekend Cambridge, UK 28 February 2015
Raspberry Jams panel Raspberry Pi Birthday Weekend Cambridge, UK 28 February 2015
How Raspberry Pi (an Educational Charity) Funds Itself without Rattling a Tin NorDevCon Norwich, UK 20 February 2015
Python Picamera Workshop Picademy #7 Cambridge, UK 16 February 2015
Raspberry Pi Garage48 Tallinn, Estonia 10 February 2015
Raspberry Pi for startups Startup Incubator Tallinn, Estonia 10 February 2015
Raspberry Pi British Embassy in Tallinn Tallinn, Estonia 10 February 2015
Getting Started with Minecraft Pi BETT 2015 London, UK 23 January 2015
Getting Started with Python Picamera BETT 2015 London, UK 22 January 2015

2014 (43)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Python Picamera Workshop Picademy #5 Cambridge, UK 27 October 2014
Raspberry Pi in Education Barcamp Manchester 2014 Manchester, UK 19 October 2014
Blimps (slideshow karaoke) Barcamp Manchester 2014 Manchester, UK 18 October 2014
Raspberry Pi in Science Education IMA North West Manchester, UK 14 October 2014
Pioneering the future of computing education PyCon Ireland 2014 Dublin, Ireland 11 October 2014
Documenting your project with mkdocs PySS 2014 San Sebastian, Spain 28 September 2014
Python on Pi (keynote) PySS 2014 San Sebastian, Spain 27 September 2014
PyPi (not that one) [Python on Pi] PyCon UK 2014 Coventry, UK 21 September 2014
Python Programming in Science Education (keynote) EuroSciPy 2014 Cambridge, UK 30 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Utah State University Logan, UT, USA 20 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Provo Web Academy Provo, UT, USA 19 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk denhac Denver, CO, USA 17 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk TinkerMill Denver, CO, USA 17 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk MoreNET Colombia, MO, USA 16 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Arch Reactor Hackerspace St. Louis, MO, USA 15 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk St. John Vianney High School St. Louis, MO, USA 15 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk FirstBuild Louisville, KY, USA 14 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk LVL1 Louisville, KY, USA 14 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Fayette Academy Somerville, TN, USA 13 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk R L Young Elementary School Talladega, AL, USA 12 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Red Bank Middle School Chattanooga, TN, USA 11 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Geekspace Gwinnett Lawrenceville, GE, USA 10 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk UNC Charlotte Charlotte, NC, USA 8 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk Code in the Classroom Raleigh, NC, USA 7 August 2014
Python on Pi DC Python / Django District Washington, DC, USA 6 August 2014
Raspberry Pi US Tour Talk STEM Ladder New York City, NY, USA 5 August 2014
Pioneering the Future of Computing Education EuroPython 2014 Berlin, Germany 24 July 2014
GitHub in Education Picademy #3 Cambridge, UK 14 July 2014
Python Picamera Workshop Picademy #3 Cambridge, UK 14 July 2014
Python Picamera Workshop CamJam Cambridge, UK 5 July 2014
Contributing to Raspberry Pi Learning on GitHub CamJam Cambridge, UK 5 July 2014
GitHub in Education Picademy #2 Cambridge, UK 16 June 2014
Python Picamera Workshop Picademy #2 Cambridge, UK 16 June 2014
Raspberry Pi Lego Animation workshop CodeClub Event Cambridge, UK 12 June 2014
Raspberry Pi Lego Animation workshop Cheltenham Science Festival Cheltenham, UK 7 June 2014
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Manchester Girl Geeks Barcamp 2014 Manchester, UK 31 May 2014
GitHub in Education Picademy #1 Cambridge, UK 14 April 2014
Python Picamera Workshop Picademy #1 Cambridge, UK 14 April 2014
Raspberry Jams Panel Discussion Raspberry Jamboree 2014 Manchester, UK 1 March 2014
Pioneering the Future of Computing Education Raspberry Jamboree 2014 Manchester, UK 1 March 2014
Python Picamera Workshop Raspberry Jamboree 2014 Manchester, UK 28 February 2014
Raspberry Pi Hyper Island Manchester, UK 25 February 2014
Raspberry Pi Demos BETT 2014 London, UK 22 January 2014

2013 (31)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Raspberry Pi News / My Last Jam Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI Manchester, UK 16 November 2013
Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam Madlab Manchester, UK 16 October 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam XV Manchester, UK 12 October 2013
Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam Linux Works Berlin, Germany 19 September 2013
Raspberry Pi & Manchester Raspberry Jam Geek2Geek Berlin, Germany 17 September 2013
Raspberry Pi & Raspberry Jams PHP North West User Group Manchester, UK 6 August 2013
Internet Blocking Panel Discussion Barcamp Blackpool Blackpool, UK 28 July 2013
Intro to MongoDB Barcamp Blackpool Blackpool, UK 27 July 2013
Raspberry Pi & Raspberry Jams Barcamp Blackpool Blackpool, UK 27 July 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam XIV Manchester, UK 13 July 2013
Digital Skills Web Workshop Digital Skills for Women Manchester, UK 30 June 2013
Playing with your Twitter Archive in MongoDB Manchester MongoDB User group Manchester, UK 10 June 2013
Webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module York Raspberry Jam York, UK 8 June 2013
Python Intro Workshop York Raspberry Jam York, UK 8 June 2013
Webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module Manchester Raspberry Jam XII Manchester, UK 2 June 2013
Python Intro Manchester Raspberry Jam XII Manchester, UK 2 June 2013
Raspberry Pi Weather Station Manchester Raspberry Jam XII Manchester, UK 1 June 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam XII Manchester, UK 1 June 2013
Intro to MongoDB Python North West User Group Manchester, UK 16 May 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam XI Manchester, UK 11 May 2013
MongoDB for Developers Course Review Manchester MongoDB User Group Manchester, UK 29 April 2013
Free Software Culture Ubuntu & Upstream Unconference Manchester, UK 21 April 2013
Build a Python Learning Tool Python North West User Group Manchester, UK 18 April 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam X Manchester, UK 13 April 2013
Python Intro Workshop STEM Raspberry Jam Manchester, UK 18 March 2013
Raspberry Why? STEM Raspberry Jam Manchester, UK 18 March 2013
Free Software Culture Manchester Girl Geeks Barcamp 2013 Manchester, UK 16 March 2013
Raspberry Jam panel discussion Raspberry Jamboree 2013 Manchester, UK 9 March 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam IX Manchester, UK 17 February 2013
About Manchester Raspberry Jam Raspberry Pi STEM Ambassador Workshop Manchester, UK 17 January 2013
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam VIII Manchester, UK 12 January 2013

2012 (14)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam VII Manchester, UK 9 December 2012
Python and SciPy Performance on the Raspberry Pi Python North West User Group Manchester, UK 22 November 2012
Raspberry Pi – the £30 computer Maths Jam Conference Crewe, UK 17 November 2012
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam VI Manchester, UK 11 November 2012
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam V Manchester, UK 20 October 2012
About Manchester Raspberry Jam BCS/IET Young Professionals’ Lecture Manchester, UK 18 October 2012
Getting Excited about Python Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK 28 September 2012
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam IV Manchester, UK 8 September 2012
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam III Manchester, UK 11 August 2012
Lightning Intro to Python PHP North West User Group Manchester, UK 7 August 2012
Raspberry Pi News Manchester Raspberry Jam II Manchester, UK 14 July 2012
My Generation Manchester Raspberry Jam I Manchester, UK 9 June 2012
Preston CodeJo Review & Recap Ubuntu & Upstream Unconference Manchester, UK 28 April 2012
Nontransitive Dice Hack To The Future Preston, UK 11 February 2012

2011 (4)

Talk title Event Location Date Slides Video
University Education PHP North West Conference (unconference track) Manchester, UK 8 October 2011
Data Visualisation PHP North West User Group Manchester, UK 1 August 2011
Data Visualisation Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK 11 May 2011
Fractal Geometry Barcamp Sheffield Sheffield, UK 16 April 2011