speaking engagements

  • Guest Critic / Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts & Media / The Mechanical Object in Zero Gravity class / 2024

  • VIP Guest / Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts & Media / HyperSpace Symposium / 2024

  • Keynote Speaker / LA Design Festival: Creative Principles for the New Normal / 2020

  • Professional Development seminar: Redesigning the Digital Classroom Experience / The Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum / 2020

  • Design Educator / The Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum / Design Camp: Future Mobility Workshop /2019-20

  • Panel Moderator / Ageist YBL Conference / 2019

  • Keynote Speaker / IIDA conference: Design Principles for Future Workspaces / 2019

  • Panelist / The Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum / Designing the New Rules of the Road / 2019

  • Advisory Council / The Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum: Re-imagining Mobility / 2018-19

  • Judge / The Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum / NHS Design Competition / 2018

  • Speaker / DMI Leadership Conference: Designing for Reduced Complexity / 2018

  • Curator & Moderator / DTLA Roundtable: Urban Mobility Innovation (with LA DOT) / 2018

  • Innovation Coach / LA CoMotion Future Mobility conference / 2018

  • Panelist / LA Auto Show: Design’s Power to Shape the Future of Mobility / 2017

  • Speaker / AIGA Speaker Series / 2017

  • Curator & Moderator / Silicon Valley roundtable: Digital Life (with Nest, Fitbit, HP, Samsung)  / 2017

  • Keynote Speaker /  Adidas Disruption Tour: Designing Disruption / 2016

  • Speaker / Sport Analytics Conference: Human Performance Innovation / 2016

  • Curator & Moderator / Premium Lifestyles roundtable: Understanding the Premium Consumer (with Design Within Reach, Equinox, Williams-Sonoma) / 2015

  • Speaker / Foresight & Trends Conference: Designing for Reduced Complexity / 2015

  • Representative / C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group / 2015

  • Curator & Moderator / Silicon Valley roundtable: Managing Research Teams (with Google, Apple, HP, Nokia) / 2014