I am a regular keynote speaker, panellist and event chair. My experience includes corporate events, conferences, book fairs and universities. Key themes include publishing and media, digital transformation and the impact of artificial intelligence.
Please get in touch if you’d like to explore me talking at your event.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- 🇬🇧 25 February 2025: Chairing a panel on AI in Publishing with Ed Newton-Rex of Fairly Trained and Will Crook of Publishers Licensing Services
Past Speaking Engagements
2025
- 🇨🇦 20 February 2025: Update and online Q&A on AI and publishing to Booknet Canada
- 🇸🇪 19 February 2025: Delivering a webinar presentation on AI and publishing for the Swedish Publishers Association
2024
- 🇬🇧 25 November 2024: Chairing panel on AI and publishing at Futurebook Conference, London
- 🇩🇪 15 October 2024: Presentation on AI and publishing to the 45th International Supply Chain Seminar at Frankfurt Book Fair.
- 🇬🇧 6 October 2024: Presentation and workshops on innovation and publishing, Bath Spa University
- 🇬🇧 18 September 2024: Presentation on AI and publishing to the Society of Indexers Conference (online)
- 🇬🇧 17 September 2024: Chairing case study session on AI with Vicky Hartley of Watkins Media at the Independent Publishers Guild Autumn Conference, London.
- 🇨🇦 10 September 2024: Presentation on AI and publishing to Booknet Canada (online)
- 🇬🇧 11 July 2024: Presentation on AI and publishing, Oxford International Centre for Publishing
- 🇸🇮 26 June 2024: Keynote address on AI and publishing at By the Book9 (Conference of the European Publishing Studies Association), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 🇬🇧 28 February 2024: Keynote address on AI and publishing, followed by chairing session on content licensing, at the Independent Publishers Guild Spring Conference, London.
- 🇮🇪 27 February 2024: Keynote address on AI and publishing at the Publishing Ireland Conference, Dublin.
2023
- 🇬🇧 23 November 2023: Guest lecture on AI and publishing, King’s College, London.
- 🇦🇪 30 October 2023: Presentations on AI and publishing at Sharjah Publishers Conference.
- 🇩🇪 17 October 2023: Presentation on AI and publishing to the 44th International Supply Chain Seminar at Frankfurt Book Fair.
- 🇬🇧 10 October 2023: Presentation on AI and publishing to the board of the Reading Agency, London.
- 🇬🇧 9 October 2023: Guest lecture on innovation in publishing, Bath Spa University.
- 🇬🇧 20 September 2023: Keynote address on AI and publishing at the Independent Publishers Guild Autumn Conference, London.
- 🇦🇪 21 May 2023: Participating in panel discussion on audio content at the International Congress of Arabic Publishing and Creative Industries.
2022
- 🇬🇧 31 October 2022: Organising and introducing a joint event on new developments in bookselling hosted by the Stationers Company and Byte the Book
2021
- 🇬🇧 19 November 2021: Chairing a panel on audio publishing at The Bookseller Futurebook conference
- 🇬🇧 8 July 2021: Chairing an online panel on audio publishing for the Stationers Company
2019
- 🇬🇧 28 November 2019: Guest lecture on Mergers & Acquisitions in Publishing, University College, London
2016
- 🇬🇧 3 March 2016: Presentation at Westminster Media Forum on competing in the wider content economy
- 🇬🇧 22 November 2016: Presentation on the publishing landscape to the Society of Authors AGM
2015
- 🇯🇲 3-4 November 2015: Two presentations at the Online Mind conference, Kingston, Jamaica
- 🇬🇧 1 December 2015: Presentation to BIC Breakfast event on meaningful metadata
2014
- 🇬🇧 10 February 2014: Panellist at Byte the Book event on publishing commercial models
- 🇬🇧 6 April 2014: Panellist at Read Ahead event at Freeword Centre
2013
- 🇬🇧 24 September 2013: Panellist at Publish! New Adventures in Innovation conference at St Bride’s Foundation
- 🇬🇧 21 November 2013: Presentation at The Bookseller Futurebook conference
2012
- 🇳🇴 15 November 2012: Presentation at Digital Winners Conference, Telenor, Oslo
- 🇸🇦 10 March 2012: Presentation at Riyadh Book Fair
- 🇬🇧 9 February 2012: Guest lecture on Digital Publishing at University College, London
2011
- 🇷🇺 7 September 2011: Presentation at Moscow Book Fair
- 🇬🇧 21 June 2011: Presentation at Publishers Launch conference on the development of global digital publishing infrastructure
- 🇬🇧 16 June 2011: Presentation at The Bookseller Futurebook conference
- 🇬🇧 19 May 2011: Panellist at Westminster Media Forum discussion of the UK publishing industry
- 🇦🇷 1-5 May 2011: Visit to Argentina sponsored by the British Council, including presentations at the Buenos Aires Book Fair, the University of Buenos Aires and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
2010
- 🇬🇧 30 November 2010: Presentation to BIC on the Digital Landscape
- 🇬🇧 19 May 2010: Presentation at the Marsh Communications, Media and Technology Conference
- 🇬🇧 18 April 2010: Presentation at the London Book Fair Digital Conference
- 🇬🇧 26 January 2010: Presentation at the Publishers Association Digital Publishing Forum
2009
- 🇬🇧 10 November 2009: Presentation at the Publishers Association International Conference
- 🇬🇧 2 November 2009: Presentation at The Bookseller conference
- 🇩🇪 13 October 2009: Presentation at Tools of Change Frankfurt