Speaking

My approach to speaking is accessible, research-based, and focused, inevitably with a dash of fun. Whether you’re looking to inspire, educate, or challenge your audience, I can help. Conferences, private events, keynotes, webinars, panels, or moderation, let’s talk! For more information, contact me directly.

Following is a list of events I am speaking at or attending.

Upcoming Events

• Automation Anywhere Intelligent Automation Day, San Jose, CA (Feb. 19)
• RSA Conference 2020, San Francisco, CA (Feb 24-28)
• Agora, Tuscon, AZ (March 5-7) (WORKSHOP LEADER)
• KNOW Identity, Las Vegas, NV (April 5-8) (SPEAKING)
• Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA

Past Events

 

• CES, Las Vegas, NV (Jan 7-9)
• Future of Online Safety Summit, Washington DC (Nov. 21) (KEYNOTE)
• Smart Home Summit, South San Francisco (Nov. 19) (SPEAKING)
• Transformative Tech, Palo Alto (Nov. 15-16)
• Open Mobile & Digital Experience Summit, Redwood City, CA (Nov 7-8) (CHAIRING)
• SF Blockchain Week, San Francisco, CA (Oct. 28) (PANEL)
• Nexxwork’s Innovation Tour (private event) Berkeley, CA (August 27) (KEYNOTE)
• Ericsson’s Executive IoT Summit, San Jose, CA (July 16) (SPEAKING)
• IBM’s Chief Digital Officer Summit, San Francisco, CA (June 24-25)
• AI for Good Summit, via Re-Work, San Francisco, CA (June 20-21) (MODERATING)
• Future of Privacy Forum 10th Annual Summit, Washington D.C. (Apr. 30) (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)
• IoT World, Santa Clara, CA (May 14-18) (SPEAKING & JUDGING IoT AWARDS)
• CES, Las Vegas, NV (Jan. 5-8)
• Smart Home Summit, Burlingame, CA (Nov. 5-6) (SPEAKING)
• Blockchain Summit, (Oct. 18) (SPEAKING)
• Venture Beat Webinar: AI Readiness (Oct. 4) (MODERATING)
• AI Summit, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 18-19 (SPEAKING)
• Intel (Internal Event) Sept. 17 (KEYNOTE)
• Venture Beat Transform, San Francisco, CA (Aug 21-22) (SPEAKING)
• CDX Blockchain Summit, New York City, NY (May 11, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• IoT World, Santa Clara, CA (May 14-17, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Microsoft Insights Summit, Redmond, WA (May 2, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Alchemy Money Summit, Mountain View, CA (April 18, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Monage, Mountain View, CA (April 17-19, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Conf, Malmö, Sweden (April 27, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Global Blockchain Summit, Santa Clara, CA (April 2, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Blockchain West, San Francisco, CA (March 27-28, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Adobe Summit, Las Vegas NV (March 27-28, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Blockchain: Powered by Women, San Francisco, CA (March 14, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• Private Event, San Francisco, CA (Feb. 26, 2018)
• Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience, San Jose, CA (Jan. 29, 2018)
• 2018 Trends in Cybersecurity, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 29, 2018)
• Global Artificial Intelligence Summit, Santa Clara, CA (Jan. 17, 2018) (SPEAKING)
• CES, Las Vegas, NV (Jan. 10-11, 2018)
• IoT Expo North America, Santa Clara, CA (Nov. 29-30, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Data & AI Summit, Palo Alto, CA (Nov. 28-29, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Smart Home Summit, Palo Alto, CA (Nov. 15-16, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Blockchain Expo North America, Santa Clara, CA (Nov. 29-30, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• UXNext, Palo Alto, CA (Oct. 30-21, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• TIA Smart Communities Workshop, Silicon Valley, CA (Oct. 5, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• AI Summit, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 27-28, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Sundown.AI Artificial Intelligence & Automation Conference, Online, (July 6, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Private Event, Paris, France (June 1-2, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Future of Privacy Forum, Washington D.C. (May 24, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• IoT World, Santa Clara, CA (May 17-19, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Collision Con, New Orleans, LA (May 2-4, 2017)
• MURTech, Las Vegas, NV (March 7-9, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• RE-Work’s Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 26-27)
• Global Artificial Intelligence Summit, Santa Clara, CA (Jan. 19, 2017) (SPEAKING)
• Securli Web Summit, Virtual, (Jan., 2017)
• CES, Las Vegas NV (Jan 5-8, 2017)
• Convetit’s Innovation Garden Chat (feat. Me!), Palo Alto, CA (Dec. 8, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• AI World Expo, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 7-9, 2016)
• Social Impact of Blockchain, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 4, 2016)
• Smart Home Summit, Palo Alto, CA (Nov. 1-2, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• Tech in Motion San Jose, San Jose, CA (Oct. 26, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Tech Expo, Santa Clara, CA (Oct. 20-22) (SPEAKING)
• AI Summit, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 28-29, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• Orange’s Connected Drones Conference, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 22, 2016)
• Tech in Motion_San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Aug. 31, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• Connect Mobile Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL (Aug. 16-18, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• IoT EXPO, Las Vegas, NV (July 11-14, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• SEMICON WEST, San Francisco, CA (July 11-14, 2016)
• MobileBeat, San Francisco, CA (July 12-13, 2016)
• The Art Institute of California (June 21, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• IoTWorld, Santa Clara, CA (May 10-12, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• InterOp, Las Vegas, NV (May 2-5, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• IoT University Summit, London, England (March 22, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• IoTCON, Munich, Germany (March 14-17, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• Internet of Retailers London, UK (Feb. 8-10, 2016)
• IoT Nexus, San Francisco, CA (Feb. 9-10, 2016)
• IoT Data: Analytics & Visualization, Palo Alto, CA (Feb 10, 2016) (SPEAKING)
• Digital Summit Raleigh, NC (Dec. 8-9) (SPEAKING)
• EU Data Protection 2015 San Francisco, CA (Dec. 8)
• University of Wisconsin’s IoT Working Group Webinar Session: What B2B can learn from B2C about IoT and vice versa (Nov. 12) (MODERATING)
• RE-WORK Connect Summit San Francisco, CA (Nov. 13-15) (SPEAKING)
• Digital Ethics Symposium & Big Boulder Initiatives’s Using Data for Good via University of Loyola Chicago, IL (Nov. 6-7) (SPEAKING)
• Location & Context World Palo Alto, CA (Nov. 3-5) (SPEAKING)
• International News Media Association’s C-Level Summit, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 2) (SPEAKING)
• Digital Summit Tyson’s Corner, VA (Oct. 13-15) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Security Summit, Boston, MA (Sept. 22-23) (SPEAKING + hosting Analyst breakfast)
• Adobe’s Digital Marketing Symposium San Francisco, CA (Sept. 24)
• Dreamforce, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 15-18)
• IoT Evolution Expo Las Vegas (Aug. 17-20) (SPEAKING August 19th)
• IoT Influencers Summit by APPNATION Santa Clara (July 19th)
• Interactive Customer Experience Summit Chicago, Illinois (June 29-30) (SPEECH + PANEL June 29)
• O’Reilly SolidCon San Francisco (June 23-25)
• API Days San Francisco (June 18th) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Privacy Summit by TRUSTe Palo Alto (June 17th)
• IoT Nexus- Interoperability (June 17-18)
• Big Boulder Initiative Conference Boulder, Colorado (June 15-16)
• Augmented World Expo Santa Clara (June 8-10)
• University of Wisconsin – IoT Lab Launches Industry Work Groups Madison, Wisconsin (May 27-28)
• Experts in Technology and Policy Forum on Internet Governance, Cybersecurity & Privacy (ETAP) by IEEE San Jose (May 18) (SPEAKING)
• IoT Start-ups Event by IEEE-SA San Jose (May 19) (SPEAKING)
• Wearable World Congress San Francisco (May 19-20)
• Internet of Things World  San Francisco (May 12-13) (LEADING ANALYST BREAKFAST; Participating in PANEL on consumer ethics)
• Global IoT Conference Santa Clara (May 3-4) (SPEAKING- May 4th)
• Global IoT Day Mixer— San Francisco Edition (April 9)
• FC Business Intelligence 2015, London (March 23-25)
• EclipseCon “IoT Day” San Francisco (March 11)
• CES 2015, Las Vegas (Jan 6-9)
• Digital Marketing Strategies Summit 2014, San Diego (Oct. 22-24) [SPEAKING- Closing Keynote Day 3]

Recent Videos of Speeches:

• Privacy at the Edge (Webinar)
• The IoT + Blockchain Opportunity (Speech)
• Blockchain & IoT Explained (Panel)
• Technologies Impacting the User Experience (Interview)
• Future of Technology Think Tank (Interview)
• The Future of Artificial Intelligence (Panel)
• The Future of Blockchain (Panel)
• Women in Blockchain (Panel)
• (Another) Women in Blockchain Panel
• AWS Summit with the Cube Silicon Valley (Interview)
• Interactive Customer Experience Summit (Speech + Panel)
• Global IoT, Big Data, & Analytics Conference (Speech)
• Privacy in the Internet of Things: Protection Today & Expectations for the Future (Online)
• The Impact of AI and Automation on Companies (Panel)
• IoT as the New Frontier for Customer Engagement (Panel)
• IEEE Experts in Technology and Policy Forum 2015 (Speech)

Recent Webinars & Podcasts:

• Should Blockchain Power Your Customer Loyalty Programs? (Podcast with Adrian Swinscoe)
• Can AI & Chatbots Really Transform Customer Support? (Webinar with Venture Beat)
• How IoT & Blockchain Can Help Deliver ROI (Webinar with Venture Beat)
• [Podcast] Blockchain & the Advent of Truthful Data (with Bruce Sinclair of IoT-Inc.)
• [Podcast] The Collision of Consumer & Industrial IoT (with Cloud Technology Partners & Forbes’ Mike Kavis)
• [Podcast] Discussing Consumer Internet of Things (with Jason Silverman and the Real Deal Podcast)
• Best Practices for Consumer-Facing IoT (with University Wisconsin at Madison’s IoT Lab)
• [Podcast] Privacy & the Internet of Everything (with Cloud Technology Partners & Forbes’ Mike Kavis)
• Meeting Changing Customer Service Expectations in a Connected World: How IoT Improves Customer Relationships (with Xively by LogMeIn)
• 4 Steps Brands Can Take to Design Internet of Things Experiences
• Customer Experience in the Internet of Things
• A Culture of Content
• [Podcast]  A Culture of Content (with Bernie Borges & the Social Business Engine)

Here are some of the common topics I speak about… 

• From Data Connections to Human Connections: Empowering Customer Relationships in the Internet of Things
• Five Ways Consumer-facing Brands Can Use Sensors to Create Better Customer Experiences
• Connecting Touchpoints: How Companies Can Apply the Internet of Things Across the Entire Customer Journey
• Demystifying Blockchain: Use Cases & Business Implications
• Artificial Intelligence: Discerning Hype from Reality
• Emerging Technologies to Watch in [Hospitality] (have delivered this tailored to specific industries)
• Consumer Perceptions of Privacy in the Internet of Things
• Privacy in the Internet of Things: Protections Today & Considerations for Tomorrow
• The Imperative for Transparency & Trust in the Digital Age