Public Speaking

    I have given keynotes, talks and lectures, moderated and spoken on panels, and testified before Congress, Parliaments, and competition authorities around the world. I’ve spoken at the United Nations, innumerable academic conferences, and everything in between. To book me for a talk or make an interview request, please contact me here.

    FEATURED TALKS

    Safeguarding Information: Accessing Facts in an AI-driven world. Moderator. Trust Conference: Strengthening Free, Fair and Informed Societies. Oct. 21-22, 2024. London.

    Ministerial Summit for Information and Democracy: “Cooperating for the integrity of information.” Paris Peace Forum. 11.10.23.

    Searching for Standards: The Global Competition to Govern AI. UN Internet Governance Forum. Kyoto, Japan. 10.10.23.

    Masters of Ceremony and moderator. Protecting News to Preserve Democracy. 09.26.23.

    Big Tech and Journalism — Building a Sustainable Future for the Global South. Johannesburg, South Africa. 07.25.23. 

    Preparing for Crisis X: Can newsrooms and the scientific community overcome skeptical publics? World Association of News Publishers. Taipei, Taiwan. 07.04.23.

    OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting 
    Annual Tom Olsen Lecture, St. Brides Chruck
    Enemies of the People: the Shifting Frontlines of Journalism 
    The Mid-Coast Forum for Foreign Relations
    Global Forum for Media Development (Indonesia)
    FOJO Media Institute and Linnaeus University (Sweden)
    TESTIMONY 

    Hearing. California Senate Judiciary Committee’s “Information Hearing on Issues Facing Digital News.” Dec. 5, 2023. Testimony.

    Hearing. “Tech Giants’ Current and Ongoing Use of Intimidation and Subversion Tactics to Evade Regulation in Canada and Across the World.”. Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC). Dec. 5, 2023. Testimony.

    Hearing on “International Human Rights and the Closing Civic Space”. U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. December 9, 2020. Testimony.

    Hearing. Global Freedom of Expression. Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs July 14, 2016. Testimony.

    Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
    TECH & DIGITAL RIGHTS
    The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Human Rights Foundation
    Internet Governance Forum (Germany)
    Newseum
    International Journalism Festival
    Journalism on the Frontlines: Terror, Tech and Tenacity
    Yale Human Rights Workshop
    Internet Governance Forum USA
    GNI Annual Public Learning Forum
    Terrorism and Information Communication Technologies
    Asia Information and Communication Technology and Counter-Terrorism Dialogue. UN Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
    DISINFORMATION
    UN Commission on the Status of Women
    The Alliance Series at The Albertine
    LA Public Library
    Global Network Initative Annual Lwarning Forum
    Weaponization of “Fake News” by Governments
    Bolo Bhi (Pakistan)
    SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations & the European Parliament Liaison Office
    Internet Governance Forum USA
    GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM
    World Affairs Council of America & Northwestern Michigan College
    World Bank Civil Society Forum (DC)
    Santa Fe Council on International Relations (New Mexico)
    M100 Colloquium (Poland)
    Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
    JOURNALIST SAFETY
    Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong
    New York University
    Convention on the Status of Women, United Nations
    International Bar Association
    PANDEMIC
    Carleton University
    M100 Colloquium (Poland)
    IISTP Seminar Series data governance webinar, George Washington University
    International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)