BOOK ACTIVITIES

KEYNOTES

  • 23 November 2023

  • 'The Challenge of Regulating the Virtual World: AI, The Internet and the Future', part of the “Unfolding Our Shared Future: Challenge, Possibility and Potential in the 21st Century: A travelling festival addressing issues facing the US & UK in domestic, trans-Atlantic and global contexts,” speaking series hosted by the American Politics Group of the UK (APG), with the support of a special award from the US Embassy in London, University of Glasgow, 14 November 2023

  • Scotland, 25-27 October 2023

  • Vintage, Manchester, 6 October 2023

  • Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians, 27 September 2023

  • Roboinsights conference, Association of Nordic Engineers and Danish Technology University, 21 September 2023

  • Croatian Chamber of Commerce, 18-19 September 2023

  • The College of Richard Collyer, 30 June 2023

  • University of Westminster, 27 June 2023

  • Brandwatch, 21 June, 2023

  • Futures Industry Association International Derivatives Expo, 20 June 2023

  • 7 Bedford Row, 19 June 2023

  • Happy Finch, (online), 15 June 2023

  • Hypatia Trust, 14 June 2023

  • WorldPay, (Cancun, Mexico), 25 May 2023

  • Vistage Scotland Executive Summit, 19 May 2023

  • UCL Knowledge Lab, 18 May 2023

  • Ethical Commerce Alliance, 16 May 2023

  • The Media Production & Technology Show, 11 May 2023

  • Mayer Brown, NextGen - The Future of Tech: Separating the Hype from the Valuable, 26 April 2023

  • Fujitsu, “How Can We Ethically Apply AI?”, 22 March 2023

  • Chelt4Change debate, 20 March 2023

  • ‘The Innovator’s Mindset’, Avanade, 8 February 2023

  • Urborteum, Centres and Peripheries, Reconfiguring Post-Covid-19 Urban Landscapes, British Embassy in Paris, “Smart Cities, Surveillance Cities?”, February 2021

  • KPMG, “Ethics in the Age of AI”, January 2021

  • SOLACE, “Technology Ethics for Local Government”, October 2020

  • Rethinking Resilience’, US and Latin America audience, Citywire, September 2020

  • ‘Rethinking Resilience’, UK audience, Citywire, September 2020

  • “AI&I”vTalk, “After the Pandemic: A Look into the Future”, Vodaphone Institute, June 2020

  • ‘Technology Ethics’, Teiss, February 2020

  • We Are the Architect of Our Own Demise’, Oxford Union, February 2020

  • ‘Technology Ethics and Wealth’, Fairstone, January 2020

  • TechUK on US-China tech Cold War, facial recognition moratorium in the UK, data and kids, and how to train the next generation of technologists to build more ethical tech, 11 December 2019

  • ‘Facing Up to Facial Recognition in the UK’, Oxted, November 2019

  • ‘Technology Ethics for Business and Government’, (available on Soundcloud) Chartered Institute of Public Relations, November 2019

  • Inside the Chaos Factory: Towards a New Technology Ethics’, Royal College of Art, November 2019

  • Law and Order: Technology, Ethics and Policing by Consent’, ValidateAI, The Royal Society, November 2019

  • ‘Technology Ethics’, Citywire, November 2019

  • ‘Why the UK Needs to Update its Biometrics Law and Protect Our Civil Liberties’, BBC ‘Emerging Technologies’ conference, London, October 2019

  • ‘The UK Biometrics Strategy One Year On: Problems and Solutions’, RESET 2019, June 2019

  • Biometrics: Facial Technology on Trial”, CogX 2019, June 2019

  • ‘Thoughts for Girls and Young Women When Considering Technology and Careers’, Girls Day Schools Trust, June 2019

  • The Janika Albers Memorial Roundtable on Political Risk Consulting. Anticipating Global Challenges’, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, May 2019

  • Facing Up to Biometrics, Human Entities (a series of public talks focused on the ways culture and technology shape and influence each other), for the art group CADA and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, April 2019

  • The Biometrics Paradox: Protecting Identity, Losing Freedom, DataFest19, Edinburgh, March 2019

  • Macro Trends Outlook for 2019, Korn Ferry at the Institute of Directors, March 2019

  • AI Myth Busting, Women in Derivatives (WIND) & KPMG, January 2019

  • AI Ethics, KPMG, London, November 2018

  • Technology Ethics, Centre for Technology and Global Affairs at the University of Oxford, Oxford, October 2018 (accompanying interview)

INTERVIEWING

PANELS

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 10 October 2023

  • Moderating How the Light Gets In festival, London, 23- 24 September 2023

    • “AI Apocalypse”

    • “Capitalism, Big Tech and the Nation State”,

  • Hosting the biotech and atomic tech stages at CogX, 13-14 September 2023

  • Chairing a Roundtable on AI with the Royal Society, British Science Association and Google DeepMind: 12 September 2023Moderator, Avanade roundtable on ethics and cybersecurity, 18 April 2023

  • Chair, CogX, 13 June 2022

  • Chair, Zeitgeist, “Everything You Wanted to Know about the Metaverse but Were Afraid to Ask”,16 May 2022

  • Panellist, “How can COVID-19 contact tracing promote fair, inclusive, and just health technologies?”, Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, October 2021

  • Chair, CogX, 15 June 2021

    • The Moral Code: Privacy, Power and Trust: Paul Killworth, Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security, HMG; William Dixon, Head of Cyber, World Economic Forum; Chris Kubecka, Distinguished Chair, Middle East Institute

    • Health Equity: Everyone with the Same Access: Dr. Winta Mehtsun, Surgical Oncologist and Health Policy Researcher, Mass General Brigham; Dr. Na’eem Ahmed, Consultant Radiologist, Director of NHS Workforce Supply, Modelling, Oversight, and Deployment, Selfless

  • Panellist, ‘Coronavirus? There’s an app for that: How can digital contact tracing apps promote fair, inclusive, and just health technologies?’, FaaCT Conference,March 2021

  • Panellist, Renaissance Numérique, Pinsent Masons and Ambassade de Grande-Bretagne, private online seminar on facial recognition technology in the UK and France,11 February 2021

  • Panellist, ‘Technology and Political Risk Outlook”, Willis Towers Watson, February 2021

  • Panellist, ‘BAE Systems and RUSI roundtable on emerging technology and risk: the six key issues’, November 2020

  • Panellist, book launch for Dr Carissa Véliz, author of Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, Oxford University, Institute for the Ethics of AI, September 2020

  • Panellist,‘Technologies Shaping the Future’, TechForum 2020: Tech for Good, Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK, September 2020

  • Chair, How the Light Gets In, September 2020

    • ‘Promiscuity and Power’ with Shazia Mirza, Emma Sayle and Dr Myriam François

    • The Role of Surveillance as a Public Health Tool in the Pandemic

  • Panellist,“Facial Recognition Technology: A Guide for the Confused”, CogX 2020, June 2020

  • Chair, How the Light Gets In, May 2020

    • ‘AI Illusion’ with Martin Rees, Laura Mersini-Haughton, Hilary Lawson, Kate Devlin

    • ‘Matrix or Miracle’ with David Pearce, Theodore Dalrymple, Gunes Taylor

    • ‘Profits, Value and Fantasy’ with Mark Littlewood, Nicole Aschoff and Anatole Kaletsky

  • Chair, How the Light Gets In, September 2019

    • Metropolis Untamed’ with Bim Afolami MP, Angela Eagle MP, Joanna Kavenna, and Shoshana Zuboff

    • Satisfaction & Desire’ with Mark Littlewood, Guy Standing, Izabella Kominska, and Brian Eno

  • Panellist, British Science Festival, “The Huxley Debate: Smart Cities — Smarter Decisions?”, September 2019

  • Chair, Ifri-PCNS Roundtables, “Global Cybersecurity Challenges: Disentangling risks and opportunities in international politics”, July 2019

  • Chair, HowTheLightGetsIn, May 2019

    • ‘The End of the West?’, ‘The Dark and the Digital: Anonymity and abuse online’

    • ‘The New Mafia: What do do about the digital giants’

  • Chair, Antwerp XL 2019, May 2019

  • Chair, What Is Responsible Tech and Why Do We Need It?, DotEveryoneUK, London, January 2019

  • Chair, Cybersecurity in the Age of AI, CogX, London, June 2018

  • Panellist, Online Counterterrorism: The Role of the Public and Private Sectors, Chatham House, December 2018

  • Panellist, Data Rights in the GDPR Era, Human Rights Lawyers Association, July 2018

  • Panellist, Too Crazy to Fail? A Bold Vision of Data Governance, CogX, June 2018