Speaking and Training

If you'd like to have me come speak at your conference or do a private workshop at your work, please get in touch with me at hey@wesbos.com.

I usually like to speak about JavaScript, TypeScript, AI, CSS, Hot Tips, React.js, Node.js and related industry topics.

Upcoming talks

JSNation Amsterdam — June 11, 2026
JSNation US (New York) — November 16, 2026

Past talks & workshops

2025

May 29, 2025 — Devs Night Out (Denver) — Syntax Live with Mux, Vercel & Sentry — Vercel Community · Eventbrite (listed as May 29, 2025, 6:00 p.m. MDT)
April 3, 2025 — dotJS (Paris) — Using AI with JavaScript: good idea?

2024

November 18, 2024 — JSNation US (New York, hybrid day) — A Look Ahead at Web Development in 2025 — conference Nov 18–21, 2024
October 10–11, 2024 — Web Unleashed (FITC, Toronto & online) — Navigating Modern Architectures: SPA vs. SSG vs. SSR (in-person); Next-Gen Server JavaScript: Web Standards (in-person & online)

2023

October 14–16, 2023 — Web Unleashed (Toronto & online) — AI And Coding: Hyper Or Reality?
June 1, 2023 — JSNation (Amsterdam, hybrid day) — AI and Web Development: Hype or Reality; discussion Using Other Languages in Combination With Your JS Code (with Luciano Mammino, Emanuele Stoppa, Sebastian Witalec, Kamil Ogórek) — remote day June 5 same week
May 3, 2023 — Reactathon (San Francisco, day 2) — Next-Gen Server JavaScript: Web Standards — 10:05–10:30 a.m. PT per the archived day-2 schedule (conf ran May 2–3, 2023; YouTube posted May 26, 2023)

2022

October 24–26, 2022 — Web Unleashed (online) — Tasty TypeScript

2021

Yeahhhhhh

2020

October 5–7, 2020 — Web Unleashed (online) — Master Gatsby

2019

October 15, 2019 — SmashingConf New York — Slam Dunk Your Javascript Fundamentals (Tue Oct 15, 5:20 PM)
September 13–14, 2019 — Web Unleashed (Toronto) — Slam Dunk Your JavaScript Fundamentals; Mentoring, Teaching, and Advocating in the Age of Influencers; workshop Building Modern React Websites with Gatsby.js
April 9, 2019 — JAMstack Conf (New York) — Get better at JavaScript with just JavaScript — conf Apr 9–10; Gatsby workshop Apr 10
March 31, 2019 — Reactathon (San Francisco, GitHub HQ) — Syntax Live with Scott Tolinski (2nd Syntax Live) — recording — Reactathon ran Mar 30–31, 2019; Syntax closed the conf on Sunday (recaps · Ciaran). Scott’s page

2018

July 25, 2018 — Laracon US (Chicago) — CSS Grid in 45 minutes — recording · slides · tip page with another cut
March 16, 2018 — UpFront Conf (Manchester, UK) — What's new in JavaScript — 4:20 p.m. on the archived schedule
February 7, 2018 — LaraCon Online — online (title was TBA on my old site)
2018 — Sparkbox Build Right: Maker Series (Dayton, OH) — modern JavaScript workshop (camera app, promises, async/await, service workers) — recap: Maker Series: Wes Bos on Modern JavaScript

2017

December 1, 2017 — dotJS (Paris) — Async + Await — recording (my archived site listed Nov 30, 2017 as the announcement date)
October 11, 2017 — CSS Dev Conf (New Orleans) — An Intro to React workshop
October 9, 2017 — CSS Dev Conf (New Orleans)
April 7, 2017 — HackerYou (Toronto) — React.js workshop
March 10, 2017 — A Day of REST (Boston) — React.js workshop

2016

November 17, 2016 — DevOTT / Shopify (Ottawa) — ES6 Tips + Tricks
October 22, 2016 — HamOnt.js (Hamilton, Canada) — ES6 for Everyone — slides
October 18–19, 2016 — CSS Dev Conf (San Antonio) — Start using ES6 Today — slides; React.js training workshop
October 3–4, 2016 — Web Unleashed (Toronto) — Start Using ES6 Today; A Day in The Life of a Developer Bo$$ — also listed Oct 4 as “ES6 for Everyone” on my old site
July 15, 2016 — Generate Conf (San Francisco) — Modern Workflow + Tooling — slides
April 29, 2016 — One Day Out (Odense, Denmark) — Creating && Launching your own Products
April 19–20, 2016 — Industry Conf (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) — React.js training workshop; Start Using ES6 Today — slides
March 16, 2016 — Smashing Conf (Oxford, UK) — Modern workflow and tooling — day 2 recap with lineup: SmashingConf Oxford 2016 overview

2015

November 14, 2015 — Sass Conf (Austin, TX) — Sass Conf Gulp workshop
October 7, 2015 — Fronteers Conference (Amsterdam) — workshop Mastering Gulp Build Systems
October 8–9, 2015 — Fronteers Conference — Workflow + Tooling talk (my archived site listed Oct 8; conference schedule also used Oct 9 for the main talk)
October 20, September 18 & July 16, 2015 — HackerYou (Toronto) — Mastering Gulp.js Build Systems 1-day workshops
August 19, 2015 — IBM #DevProblems — online panel Opensource #DevProblems
July 28, 2015 — IBM Sys Chat — online Solving #DevProblems
May 4, 2015 — HackerYou (Toronto) — Introduction to jQuery + JavaScript; Advanced jQuery + JavaScript
February 11, 2015 — StartupDrinks (Hamilton, ON) — Slam Dunk Self Publishing: How to succeed on your own
February 10, 2015 — JavaScript Summit (online) — Become a Sublime Power User!
January 19, 2015 — HackerYou (Toronto) — full-time front-end bootcamp

2014

October 14, 2014 — CSS Dev Conf (New Orleans) — Become a Sublime Text Power User!
March 15, 2014 — jQuery Toronto (Sony Centre, Toronto) — slides

2013

June 5, 2013 — MagNet (Canada’s magazine conference) — Intro to HTML5 and CSS3: Create Once and Publish Often — slides
April 10, 2013 — HackerYou (Toronto) — Everything you need to know about running a sole proprietorship business
April 4, 2013 — Fluent 2013 preview (O’Reilly, online) — Mobile HTML5 Device APIs — sign-up
March 19, 2013 — HackerYou (Toronto) — Introduction to HTML, CSS & Responsive Design (3-month course)
March 2, 2013 — jQueryTO — Hardware Access and Device APIs with JavaScript and HTML5 — slides
February 15–16, 2013 — Snow*Mobile (Madison, WI) — Hardware Access and Device APIs with JavaScript and HTML5 (accepted title from organizers; my site also called it Mobile Device APIs with JavaScript and HTML5) — slides
February 2, 2013 — Ladies Learning Code (Toronto) — Introduction to WordPress — slides
February 2, 2013 — TorStar private training — WordPress Theming workshop

2012

December 3, 2012 — HackerYou (Toronto) — Introduction to HTML, CSS & Responsive Design (3-month class)
September 27, 2012 — FITC SCREENS — Hardware Access and Device APIs with JavaScript and HTML5 — slides
May 29, 2012 — O’Reilly Fluent (San Francisco) — HTML5 Video + Canvas = Woah!
May 24, 2012 — WordPress Toronto — WordPress Custom Post Types & Custom Fields — slides
March 24, 2012 — FITC Spotlight: JavaScript (Toronto) — HTML5 Video + Canvas = Woah! — slides
March 24, 2012 — DevTO — HTML5 Video + Canvas = Woah! — slides
February 15, 2012 — JavaScript Hackers Toronto — HTML5 Video: A Primer — slides
January 31, 2012 — CIBC Usability Day (Toronto) — UX: Start this, stop that — slides