Where I have shown up for this community.

For fourteen years I have shown up for agile communities in person, on the ground, in their cities. This is what that looks like.

100+
Talks & workshops
25+
Countries
6
Continents

The Member-Elected Director seat represents a global membership. Whoever holds it should know that global community, not just a corner of it.

My career has been built across that global community. Microsoft Seattle from 2000. Sydney since 2015. Conferences and engagements in India, China, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Egypt, Portugal, Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Colombia, and across the Spanish-speaking LATAM agile community.

This is the substance behind the Community commitment in my platform: a board member who has been in your room, on your stage, in your conversations, on your continent.

Selected Keynotes
2025
PMI Agile SymposiumAgile is Dead ๐Ÿ’€ Long Live Agile! ๐ŸŽ‰
2025
Regional Scrum Gathering Dhaka, BangladeshThe Product Owner and Scrum Master Brain Transplant
2024
Regional Scrum Gathering Beijing, ChinaCoaching Up to the C-Suite
2023
Agile on the Beach, New ZealandAgile Cheer
2022
Regional Scrum Gathering Sri LankaThe Fine Art of Zero F**** Given
2020
Agile Southeast AsiaThe Product Owner and Scrum Master Brain Transplant
2020
Agile on the Beach, New ZealandThe Beer Tasting Kanban Game
2019
CBA Agility Day, SydneyThe End is Nigh
2015
Shell Developers Summit, The HagueLarge Scale Agile in the Enterprise
By the Region

Asia

12 countries
  • India โ€” Delhi, Hyderabad, Calcutta, conferences across years
  • China โ€” Beijing (Keynote, 2024)
  • Japan โ€” Tokyo (multiple)
  • Singapore โ€” Global SG, RSG, Kanban, Scrum
  • Indonesia โ€” Jakarta (Agile Impact)
  • Malaysia โ€” Kuala Lumpur (organized retreats)
  • Sri Lanka โ€” RSG Keynote 2022
  • Nepal โ€” RSG (multiple years)
  • Pakistan โ€” RSG (multiple)
  • Bangladesh โ€” Dhaka Keynote 2025
  • Mandarin community โ€” Agile Coaching Retreat 2021 (organizer)
  • Vietnam region โ€” Agile SEA Keynote

Oceania

2 countries
  • Australia โ€” Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra (50+ events)
  • New Zealand โ€” Agile on the Beach (Keynote ร—2), AgileNZ, Tauranga

Europe

7 countries
  • Netherlands โ€” Shell Developers Summit Keynote (The Hague)
  • Portugal โ€” XP 2018 Porto, Global SG Lisbon
  • Czech Republic โ€” Agile Prague
  • Serbia โ€” Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade
  • Finland โ€” ScanAgile Helsinki
  • Turkey โ€” FlowConf Istanbul
  • Egypt โ€” Regional Scrum Gathering

Africa

2 countries
  • South Africa โ€” Scrum SA (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025), Regional Scrum Gathering
  • Egypt โ€” Regional Scrum Gathering

North America

2 countries
  • United States โ€” Atlanta, Seattle (multiple), San Diego, Austin, NYC, Denver, Boston-area
  • Canada โ€” XP 2019 Montreal (Industry Co-Chair), Calgary Agile Methods

South America & LATAM

multiple
  • Colombia โ€” Regional Scrum Gathering
  • LATAM Spanish-speaking community โ€” Cรญrculos de Agile Coaching (delivered in Spanish)
From the Community

Eleven sketchnotes drawn voluntarily by nine different community members across eight different cities. Real evidence that the talks landed, kept by the people who were in the room.

By
Brenda Zhang
Scrum Beijing โ€” Coaching Up to the C-Suite
By
Talia Lancaster
Agile India + Scrum South Africa โ€” The End is Nigh
By
Michael Sahota
Scrum Tokyo โ€” Brain Transplant
By
Tim Hamons
Wild Card Conference โ€” Agile Dance
By
Michael Ong
Scrum Tokyo โ€” The Kanban Practices
By
Ewan Hall
Kanban Australia โ€” The Kanban Practices
By
Martyn Frank
Sydney Scrum User Group โ€” Liberating Structures
By
Stephanie BySouth
Australia โ€” untitled
By
Talia McCune
Scrum South Africa โ€” The Product Coaching Growth Wheel
Watch

The 18-minute sizzle reel is the fastest way to see what these talks feel like in a room. The YouTube playlist has the full versions.

Full Record

This page lists the highlights. The complete year-by-year record, all 100+ events with roles and ratings, lives on my professional site.

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Alex Sloley
Scrum Alliance Board of Directors