Events
We regularly speak at international and online events. View our past talks and contact us if you want to book Laura or Aral for your event.
Past Events
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Howest 2020 in Cork, Ireland (Online)
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SmashingConf Freiburg 2020 in Freiburg, Germany (Online)
Laura gave an online keynote titled “This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You”.
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Hey! Live: Using the web for social good in Cork, Ireland (Online)
Laura was interviewed about ‘Using the web for social good’ for Hey! Live.
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Creative Mornings Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey (online)
Aral gave a talk titled ‘Beyond surveillance capitalism: alternatives, stopgaps, Small Web, and Site.js.’
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New Adventures 2020 in Nottingham, UK
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Defying the mainstream: building technology that respects our rights’.
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ffconf in Brighton, UK
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘8 Unbelievable Things You Never Knew About Tracking’.
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Accessibility Scotland: Accessibility and Ethics in Edinburgh, Scotland
Laura gave a talk titled ‘Accessible Unethical Technology.’
Learn more about Accessibility Scotland: Accessibility and Ethics.
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Nordic.design in Stockholm, Sweden
X is giving/gave a keynote titled ‘’.Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice.
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State Of The Browser 2019 in London, UK
Laura gave a talk titled ‘Accessibility For Everyone’.
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Reading Bodies! Cruising Corpoliteracy in Arts, Education and Everyday Life in Berlin, Germany
Aral took part on a panel on Human/Body/Rights.
Learn more about Reading Bodies! Cruising Corpoliteracy in Arts, Education and Everyday Life.
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UX Australia in Sydney, Australia
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Loupe 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Laura presented a keynote titled ‘Accessibility For Everyone’.
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Think About! Conference in Cologne, Germany
Aral and Laura gave a keynote together, titled ‘Peerocracy.’
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From Business To Buttons in Stockholm, Sweden
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice.
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EuropaCamp 2019 in Hamburg, Germany
Aral gave a keynote.
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Straits Times Education Forum in Singapore, Singapore
Aral presented for the motion “Enterpreneurs Today Do More Harm Than Good.”
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CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Grand Barouf Numérique in Lille, France
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Aracon 2019 in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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Designing For Tomorrow in London, UK
Laura was on a panel.
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Nordic Privacy Arena in Stockholm, Sweden
Aral gave a dinner speech.
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Blend Web Mix in Lyon, France
Aral gave a keynote.
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Smukfest 2018 in Skanderborg, Germany
Aral was interviewed on stage.
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Public Stack Summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aral and Laura participated.
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Futurefest in London, UK
Aral gave a keynote and Laura was on a panel.
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Ask Direct Summer School in Dublin, Ireland
Laura gave a keynote.
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Webinale in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a keynote.
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UX Camp CPH in Copehagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Democracy in a Digital Age, Eurocities in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave a talk.
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NextM in Stockholm, Sweden
Aral gave a talk.
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NextM in Helsinki, Finland
Aral gave a talk.
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NZZ X.Days in Interlaken, Switzerland
Laura held a session.
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UX Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark
Laura gave a talk.
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IxDA in Lausanne, Switzerland
Laura gave a talk.
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WebStock in Wellington, New Zealand
Laura gave a workshop and spoke at the conference.
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HWSW Mobile! in Budapest, Hungary
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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ada_conf in Malmö, Sweden
Laura gave the keynote.
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Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup in Chicago, USA
Laura gave the keynote virtually.
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A11Y (Accessibility) Club in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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General Assembly in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave talks.
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Push Conference in Munich, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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Ecopolis in Brussels, Belgium
Aral gave a talk. The event will be translated into English, French and Dutch
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Freedom Not Fear in Brussels, Belgium
Aral presented the opening keynote.
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European Conference on Data Ethics in Copenhagen, Denmark
Laura introduced Better.
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Desire For Meaning in Milan, Italy
Aral was on a panel.
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IxDA Berlin in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave the keynote.
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Internet Summit Austria in Vienna, Austria
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Empodera Live in Malaga, Spain
Aral was interviewed.
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Foreplay Conference in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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DiEM25@G20 in Hamburg, Germany
Aral and Renata Avila presented the Internet Of People initiative as a counter-narrative to the surveillance-based regulation that Merkel has hinted she will be pursuing at the G20.
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UX Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Landing Festival in Lisbon, Portugal
Aral gave the opening keynote. Laura was on a panel.
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App Builders in Lausanne, Switzerland
Laura held a Q&A
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Internet Week Denmark in Aarhus, Denmark
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Bulgaria Web Summit 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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NextM in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a keynote
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RSA Engage: Tech For Good in London, UK
Aral introduced Better
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DIBI 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Laura gave a keynote.
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Decent #1 at FooCafé in Malmö, Sweden
Aral and Laura both gave talks.
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Harnessing the Power of the Cloud in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a talk.
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Tweakers Development Summit 2017 in Utrecht, Netherlands
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017 in Rome, Italy
Aral gave a talk.
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Frontier Conference in London, UK
Aral gave the opening keynote
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Øredev in Malmö, Sweden
Aral gave the opening keynote at Øredev on “The Matrix, Inverted.”
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DrivingIT in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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ADCE 3rd European Creativity Festival in Barcelona, Spain
Aral spoke.
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Launching the Privacy and Sustainable Computing Lab in at WU Vienna, Austria
Aral gave a talk.
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MakingWeb in Oslo, Norway
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design.’
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Globart 2016 in Krems, Austria
Aral spoke.
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Frontend Conference in Zurich, Switzerland
Laura returned to Frontend Conference Zurich, this time as an MC.
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Foo Café Four Year Anniversary in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke about Thinking Slow About Fast-Moving Things.
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How To Build A Startup City in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke about how to build the anti-start-up city.
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Doku:tech in Prizren, Kosovo
Aral gave a talk.
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MedienMittwoch in Frankfurt, Germany
Aral gave a talk on ‘Beyond The Clouds’.
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Black Hat Sessions in Ede, Netherlands
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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The Digital UI in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke at Foo Café at Media Evolution City.
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DEVit in Thessaloniki, Greece
Laura spoke about Ethical Design.
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see-conference #11 in Wiesbaden, Germany
Aral gave the opening keynote at the conference.
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CreativeMornings Malmö
Laura gave a talk on ‘Change’ and Ethical Design.
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DataEthicsEU: ‘Understanding The Privacy Market’ in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a short talk.
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Bucerius Lab in Hamburg, Germany
Aral spoke about ‘Digital Emancipation: Ownership of the self in the digital age’
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Dialogue in London, UK
Laura spoke on a panel on “Privacy, Protection, Publicity: Does Your Freedom Have Boundaries?”
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Learning Technologies conference in London, UK
Laura spoke on a panel on “Instructional design is dead. So what’s next?”
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Power To The People conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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European Parliament High-level conference on ‘Protecting on-line privacy by enhancing IT security and EU IT autonomy’
Aral participated in this conference organised by the European Parliament and the Luxembourg Presidency in Brussels, Belgium
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IP Communications & VoIP Community
Aral chatted with a tech group.
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EDST *15 in Kerkrade, Netherlands
Aral gave a talk on “The Tyranny of Everyday Things”
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OpenFest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Aral gave the opening keynote on “The Tyranny of Everyday Things”
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Media Democracy Festival: Rally for Media Democracy in London, UK
Aral spoke on a panel
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Open Xchange Summit 2015 in Berlin, Germany
The Ind.ie team was in Berlin, hosting the Soap Box stage and sharing Heartbeat at the Ind.ie stand
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“Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital” at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium
Aral spoke on a panel, “Internet as a Commons: the Big Picture”
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Over The Air in London, UK
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design’.
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Frontend Conference Zurich, Switzerland
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design’.
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The Conference in Malmö, Sweden
Aral gave the opening talk at The Conference.
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D-Cent in Brussels, Belgium
Aral took part in a roundtable discussion.
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Camp Alphaville in London, UK
Aral took part in a panel.
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Blockchain (R)evolution in London, UK
Aral gave a talk and took part in a panel on ‘Internet of Things: Designing Architectures’.
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418conf in Redhill, UK
Laura gave a talk on ‘Designing for Web Accessibility’.
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RSA Engage: London, UK
Aral hosted a free event featuring lightning talks from RSA fellows.
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Web We Want Festival, London, UK
Aral spoke on a panel about The New Economy.
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OuiShare in Paris, France
Aral gave a short talk on ‘85: How an otherwise unremarkable number portends ubiquitous surveillance, erosion of human rights, & end of democracy.’
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Inclusive Design 24, Online
Laura spoke about ‘Accessibility by Design.’
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Secure Computing Forum in Dublin, Ireland
Aral spoke about how You Are The Product.
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re:publica 15 in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave a talk on You Are The Product, and the whole Ind.ie team attended.
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Penguicon in Detroit, USA
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Web Sherpa Summit Online Conference
Laura spoke about ‘Designing for Web Accessibility’.
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Brighton Pavilion ‘Civil Liberties’ Hustings
Aral chaired a panel on the Human Rights Act, freedom of speech, surveillance, and more.
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Innovathens, Greece
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Leiden University, Centre for Law and Digital Technologies 30th anniversary, Netherlands
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Glocal Design Spring 2015 in Bolzano, Italy
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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WordCamp London 2015, UK
Laura spoke about ‘Indie Design’.
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Tech in 10 in Brighton, UK
Laura gave a ten minute ‘Introduction to WAI-ARIA’.
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WebTomorrow in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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RSA Engage: London, UK
Aral spoke about Ind.ie.
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Big Science at the Brighton Science Festival, UK
Aral spoke about ‘The Camera Panopticon’.
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Bath Digital Festival: Digital For Good, UK
Aral spoke about ‘Spyware 2.0’.
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TedX Youth @ Bath, UK
Aral was in Bath to discuss ‘Spyware 2.0’.
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dsgnday in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Laura spoke about designing for accessibility.
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Audi A3 E-tron launch in Barcelona, Spain
Aral gave a talk on ‘I, Simulation’.
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World Usability Day in Berlin, Germany
Aral was in Berlin, speaking on ‘I, Simulation’.
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Future Shock in London, UK
Aral sat on a panel discussing the need for visionary, long-term thinking in the shaping of government policy.
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Big Brother Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aral was in Amsterdam to deliver a keynote on ‘Moving beyond the clouds’.