It was an excellent event in Guatemala where I spoke at the Microsoft Experience Day (https://med.gt/).

“El Microsoft Experience Day regresó para presentar las últimas innovaciones de la industria tecnológica” => “Microsoft Experience Day returned to showcase the latest innovations in the tech industry”.

Together with my good friend Oscar Garcia Colon from Allied Global.

I talked about “Responsibilidad, transparencia y manejo de otros aspectos éticos dela IA” which means accountability, transparency, and handling of other ethical aspects of AI.

I wish I was able to deliver this in Spanish, but alas – I did it in English.

It was so good to see the Central American tech scene while I was visiting the country. It was my first visit to Guatemala and it was quite special to see the country guided by local amazing people.

It was a pleasure to speak at Swetugg Gothenburg 2024 (2024-09-16 - -17) on “Lessons learned from public sector cloud implementations”!

My talk, more of a conversation really, is about about the specific challenges on the cloudy road for Public Sector Sweden! How is Public Sector going about reaching for those cloud promises; Agile/fast, secure, compliant, and pay-per-use. Same as anyone Public Sector also wants to use modern AI services which are all in the cloud. No cloud, no AI!

Among the challenges associated with adopting a cloud approach are governance, managing partner and supplier relationships, ensuring security and compliance, transitioning skills, planning for change, and developing a proper strategy. My session is a run-down of the bold steps that will set you on a straighter path directly to the cloud!

I am so proud to know the great community enthusiasts of the Swetugg Team. They organise some of the best technical conferences in Sweden, and they are themselves some of the best technical speakers in Sweden. This is how you create great community conferences with a wonderful experience for both speakers and of course the audience. You have speakers organise them! Speakers know what it takes and have a wide range of experiences from many different conferences. So when you see a bunch of speakers organise a conference – that’s a conference you will want to attend, because you just _know_ it is going to be great!

It was a great time to sit down with my good friend David Giard on his show “Technology and Friends”. The episode is now available on YouTube.

We talked about the toils and successes of using public cloud in public sector. There are some specific challenges and practical friction to getting something like that off the ground. The public sector also wants to use the Cloud and modern cloud based AI services, same as anyone.

Thanks David for having me on your show – it was a treat!

https://davidgiard.com/magnus-martensson-on-the-cloud-for-the-public-sector

Such a great first time event and happy to keynote the Premier .NET & AI conference in Tunisia: Tunisia DevDays!

Here’s a little video I put together for the event:

The conference was held annually in Tunisia, in the vibrant city of Tunis. Their mission was to bring together the brightest minds in technology, from innovators and pioneers to educators and policymakers, creating a fertile ground for networking, learning, and collaboration.

The conference boasts a two-day program filled with rock stars of tech who will cover a wide range of topics including software development, AI, and digital transformation.

Tunisia Dev Days is set up as more than a conference – it is a community event to foster innovation and drive the digital economy in Tunisia and beyond.

You should get your ticket now, and I will see you in Tunis!

I am speaking at DevSum 2024 in Stockholm on May 16-17, 2024.

My session this time is a “lessons learned” topic, and I am very excited to talk about it. Currently, I am helping public sector customers with their approach to cloud. There are, as I am sure you expect multiple interesting challenges with moving something of this size, this heavily regulated, and with considerable legacy IT and applications. It is challenging and rewarding to be a part of large transformation stories and there are many things to consider in public sector that are not of equal importance in the private sector.

DevSum

DevSum has a 20th anniversary this year, which is an impressive feat by Cornerstone the organizer. The conference is always very well organized and it draws a big crowd from near and far. The speaker lineup this year is, as every year, excellent! It will be an awesome show!

My session: Lessons learned from public sector cloud implementations

“It is time to talk about the specific challenges on the cloudy road ahead! It may feel intimidating, daunting, with a real risk of missing the target or not gaining the full benefit of the cloud-move. The cloud promises; Agile/fast, secure, compliant, and pay-per-use. Not to mention all those new AI services – they are all in the cloud. No cloud, no AI!

Right now, the Swedish public sector is in fact moving to the cloud. For many years, the situation was rather locked by compliance, security, and data sovereignty matters.

Over a decade after the introduction of cloud computing, the public sector in Sweden is finally beginning to migrate services that contain citizen data and/or are classified as nationally critical infrastructure to the cloud.

Among the challenges associated with adopting a cloud approach are governance, managing partner and supplier relationships, ensuring security and compliance, transitioning skills, planning for change, and developing a proper strategy. Attend this session for a run-down of the bold steps that will set you on a straighter path directly to the cloud!”