> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.techielass.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # First International Conference - URL: https://www.techielass.com/first-international-conference/ - Published: 2019-04-16T06:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-18T19:05:56.000Z - Description: I attended the Intelligent Cloud Conference 2019 in Denmark and delivered two sessions at my first conference outside of the UK. - Author: Sarah Lean Back in December 2018 I submitted some sessions via [Sessionize](https://sessionize.com/?ref=techielass.com) to the [Intelligent Cloud Conference](https://intelligentcloud.dk/?ref=techielass.com) call for speakers and in January I received two wonderful emails confirming that two of my sessions had been picked! I had never visited Denmark before and was excited about getting the brief chance to see some of the country and more importantly get the chance to speak at a conference outside the UK! I only started public speaking in August 2017 and that was at local user groups and I spoke at my first conference in September 2018\. I still feel even after about 15 public talks that I am still a rookie and learning my trade but I do enjoy sharing my knowledge and interacting with others at the events. ### Travel to Denmark My journey to Denmark wasn't entirely straight forward unfortunately, I had to get a flight from Glasgow to Amsterdam then a flight to Copenhagen and disaster struck my flight from Glasgow as delayed meaning I had to do a marathon run once I got to Amsterdam to make my next flight. Not a fun experience but I made it with minutes to spare. It wasn't quite the relaxed start to my journey I had hoped for but I arrived in Copenhagen and managed to easily get a taxi to the hotel, which wasn't to far away. The hotel I stayed in, the Tivoli Hotel, was lovely. Very modern and very friendly. I managed to spot the conference venue from one of the hotel windows so knew it would be an easy commute to and from the conference. ### The conference The conference was being held in a cinema, which was a little daunting and overwhelming as it would be the biggest screen I'd ever presented at but I was also looking forward to the experience. (I'm a complex person! lol) On arrival at the conference I collected my badge and goodie back, which had a lovely pair of Azure socks in it! I had a quick wander around and then jumped into a session with Eric Berg, entitled "How to Health Check your Azure Environment". I really enjoyed the session, Eric is a very good speaker who conveyed his point and enthusiasm to the audience and it was a nice way to start the day off. ![icc-copenhagen1](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2021/03/icc-copenhagen1.jpg) I then headed to Peter de Tender's "ACR, ACI, ACS, AKS, DCK... aka the Container Alphabet Soup" session and picked up a few bits and pieces about the Container services that I didn't know. After those two sessions I went in search of some food and some space to get my head in the right place for my session. I was on of the later sessions in the day and I was hoping that people wouldn't be to tired to come to my session but I was really pleased at the turn out I got. I do admit to being a bit nervous at the start but as the session moved on and the audience started to ask questions and interact with me I got into the swing of it. I got really good feedback from the audience and I was pleased to have my first session at an international conference completed. ![icc-copenhagen3](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2021/03/icc-copenhagen3.jpg) The next day my session was one of the first up, and despite that early start I had another good turn out. This session is my favourite one to deliver and I've delivered it a few times now so I know the content and slide deck pretty well. Again I had really good feedback and great audience participation. ![icc-copenhagen4](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2021/03/icc-copenhagen4.jpg) My overall experience of the whole event was really positive, well organised and well thought out. I loved the magnets that were made available to attendees and there was good seating for people to eat, or work or mingle with attendees. Having the event in a cinema was a genius idea as well, lots of comfy seating for attendees and great projection and sound facilities. A huge thank to all the organisers, and sponsors for the tireless work behind the scenes. And a huge thank you to my fellow speakers and attendees for supporting the event and being open to sharing within the community in such a positive and productive way. ![icc-copenhagen2](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2021/03/icc-copenhagen2.jpg) ### Travel home My journey home was a bit stressful again due to tight connections and delayed flights again. But I did love the Copenhagen airport, really airy and quiet despite it being rather large. I did find some nice marzipan chocolate bars that I think were local to Denmark. hehe Thank you to British Airways for making sure I got a fast track pass through security and made it in time for my last flight home. ### Overview Despite the stressful travel that I had to endure I really enjoyed visiting Copenhagen and speaking at my first ever international conference. Here's to many more!