I’ve got a busy few weeks of preparation to get through for a few talks that I will be giving.  In September I will be speaking at the South African Scrum Gathering.  The one talk for Johannesburg is on product ownership and it is a combination of the content that I presented earlier for the SD Times webinars.  The other I hope to keep quite code centric and is aimed squarely at developers and architects.
Then in November, I’ve been kindly invited to speak at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden.  I will be talking on the Java track and Architecture track.  Being in Sweden, I get a chance to get some face time with my Scandinavian colleagues, and lots of offshore geek friends.  If you are a South African looking for a decent developer conference, then consider Oredev.  It has a good vibe and some very good content, and is generally good value for money.