Sarah Parmenter is one of the funniest, nicest, and most impressive designer/entrepreneurs I know. She plunged into this toughly competitive profession at 19, an age when most of us weren’t capable of plunging into anything. Scant years later, she has built an internationally respected web and iOS design practice, with clients including Blackberry, News International, STV, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation of America. A jet-setting speaker, Sarah excels at teaching, and she is a riot with a few cocktails in her. She is also a professional singer and actress, and co-hosts a popular weekly design podcast. In 2011, at .net Magazine’s annual awards show, Sarah’s peers voted her ‘Designer of the Year’. She can probably levitate.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Jeffrey Zeldman

Co-Founder of The Web Standards Project | zeldman.com

This industry has held my heart for 19 years now, longer if you count the time I was dabbling in code at school. I have been so lucky that it’s taken me to corners of the earth I could have only dreamt of in my younger years. In that time, I’ve worked for some incredible companies, met amazing friends and attended industry conferences where finding my “people” truly changed my life trajectory. 

Amongst all this, my work has been recognised by my peers. I’m so grateful to do something I love every day and teach the new generation of fresh talent to this industry as well. 

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Speaking Engagements

I love educating and speaking to audiences both tech savvy and newbies to the industry. If you would like me to speak at your event, please email me at sarah(at)sazzy(dot)co(dot)uk for a list of talks. I’m happy to travel for events further afield than London.  I mainly speak on design as well as UI/UX-based topics. 

  1. An Event Apart: San Francsico

    9th-11th December 2019
    Westin St.Francis, Union Square

  2. An Event Apart: Washington DC

    29th-31st July 2019
    Pentagon City

  3. An Event Apart: Seattle

    4th-6th March 2019
    Westin, Seattle

  4. An Event Apart: Seattle

    2nd-4th April 2018
    Westin, Seattle

  5. Adobe Creative Jam: NYC

    Date tba.
    Venue tba.

  6. An Event Apart: Washington

    July 30th – August 1st
    Sheraton, Pentagon City

  7. Generate

    20th September 2018
    Royal Institution, Mayfair – London

  8. An Event Apart: Orlando

    October 8th-10th
    Disney’s Contemporary Resort

  9. Adobe Max

    October 15th-17th
    Los Angeles, CA

  10. An Event Apart: Chicago

    August 28th-30th, 2017
    Westin Chicago River North

  11. An Event Apart: Denver

    December 11th-13th, 2017
    Denver Marriott City Center

  12. An Event Apart: Seattle

    April 3-5th, 2017
    Bell Harbor Conference Centre

  13. An Event Apart: Washington

    July 25th-27th, 2016
    Hilton, Alexandria Marks Center

  14. An Event Apart: Orlando – Special Edition

    October 3-5, 2016
    Disney’s Contemporary Resort

  15. An Event Apart: San Francisco

    October 31-November 2, 2016
    Westin, St.Francis

  16. Reasons:London

    February 19th, 2016
    LSO St Luke’s

  17. An Event Apart – San Francisco

    November 2-4th, 2015
    he Palace Hotel.

  18. An Event Apart – Washington DC

    August 10-12, 2015
    Sheraton Premiere at Tyson’s Corner.

  19. An Event Apart – San Diego

    June 8-10, 2015
    San Diego, Marriott Marquis & Marina.

  20. An Event Apart – Boston

    May 11-13, 2015
    Boston, USA.

  21. An Event Apart – Atlanta

    February 16-19th, 2015
    Atlanta, USA.

  22. An Event Apart – Orlando

    October 27-29 2014
    Orlando, USA.

  23. An Event Apart – Austin

    September 22-24 2014
    Austin, USA.

  24. An Event Apart – Washington

    July 20th-22nd 2014
    Washington, USA.

  25. An Event Apart – Boston

    April 28th–29th 2014
    Boston, USA.

  26. An Event Apart – Atlanta

    February 17th–19th 2014
    Atlanta, USA.

  27. An Event Apart, San Diego.

    San Diego, USA.
    May 20–22, 2013

  28. International Women’s Day

    Leigh-on-Sea, UK.
    March 8th 2013

  29. Responsive Day Out

    Brighton, UK.
    March 1st 2013

  30. Altitude.

    27th February 2013
    Portsmouth, UK.

  31. New Adventures 2013

    Nottingham, UK
    23rd-25th January 2013

  32. Refresh LX

    Lisbon, Portugal
    20th-21st September 2012

  33. An Event Apart

    Chicago, USA
    27th-29th August 2012

  34. An Event Apart

    Washington DC
    6th-8th August 2012

  35. An Event Apart

    Austin, USA
    9th-11th July 2012

  36. Front End Design Conference

    Florida
    8th-9th June 2012

  37. Open Source Scotland

    Scotland
    12th-14th April 2012

  38. Lecture at University of Ulster

    Ulster, Belfast
    21st March 2012

  39. Front End Conference

    Oslo, Norway
    11th October 2011

  40. Flash on the beach

    Brighton, UK
    12th September 2011

  41. Update Conference

    Brighton, UK
    5th September 2011

  42. An Event Apart

    Minneapolis, USA
    8th-9th August 2011

  43. Interlink Conference

    Vancouver, Canada
    2nd-4th June 2011

  44. Future of Web Design

    London, UK
    16th-18th May 2011

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