I have spoken at…
Moderating
SXSW, sydney (2023)
Interviewed a well-known video-game actress about the intersection of the gaming community and mental health
semi PERMANENT, sydney (2022)
Panellists included Dollhouse Pictures, the women-led Hollywood production company; Archibald-winning artist Del Kathryn Barton; and the founder of Sea Forest, the world’s largest commercial Asparagopsis seaweed grower
falling walls, berlin (2019)
Forum sessions on AI’s potential for public good and the intersection of public art and activism
House of beautiful business, lisbon (2019)
Panels on the topics of inclusion, diversity, and falling in love with tech again
Christie’s, New York (2019)
Educational panel on the intersection of art, technology, and 21st century storytelling
World Science Festival, New York (2019)
Film premiere of The Bit Player, a documentary about computer scientist and information theorist Claude Shannon
the new museum, new york (2019)
Discussion of a performance-art piece exploring the intersection of transhumanism and disability
singularity university, new york (2019)
Interactive session on women in space
moma ps1, new york (2019)
Event about humans’ relationship with plants. Held by Broccoli, a weed magazine for women
Annual Convening of the Global Future Councils, Dubai (2018)
Private cross-council session on future-proofing technology for the global population
Singularity University’s Global Summit, San Francisco (2018)
Panel on the ethics of exponential technologies
Collision, New Orleans (2018)
Series of panels, including adjudicating a main-stage debate on whether technology is responsible for inequality
United Nations’ Media For Social Impact Summit, New York (2018)
Panel with publishers and advertisers on how brands can create conscious content
Future of Storytelling Festival, New York (2017, 2016)
Conducted panels on truth and fiction in journalism and balancing agency and empathy in VR
United Nations General Assembly, Blockchain for Social Impact, New York (2017)
Hosted a series of fireside chats with leading cryptocurrency experts about using blockchain to work toward the SDGs
MCing
The Next Web, Amsterdam (2019)
Hosted the Machine Learners stage
Web Summit, Lisbon (2018)
Hosted the Talk Robot/Auto Tech stage
House of Beautiful Business, Lisbon (2018)
Hosted a salon, “The Night of the Revolution,” about political and economic reform
Speaking
CES, Las Vegas (2019)
Led the largest-ever all-women floor tour of Tech East, covering 5G, next-gen chips, and domestic robots
Creative Mornings, New York (2017)
Keynote on collective intelligence and primal psychology
Vivid Ideas Festival, Sydney (2016)
Presented a model for how to create cut-through content in the modern media era
the moth, portland (2015)
Regular speaker at The Moth’s StorySlams
Facilitation
ideas salon, RHODE ISLAND (2019)
Synthesised a three-day storytelling conference in an interactive session that confronted the attendees’ unconscious biases toward polarisation
World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit, New York (2018)
Led a session with public and private stakeholders about the future of data governance in food tech, financial services, health care, and renewable energy
women’s innovator network, New york (2018)
Ran a workshop about how to refine and pitch ideas to mass-market audiences
World Economic Forum global future council on computing, palo alto (2017)
Facilitated a two-day meeting with council members to give clarity to their mission and determine key objectives
