Talks

Keynote speeches, talks and lectures include topics like critical making, grassroots movements, social innovation, social business models, openness and inclusion in tech and social entrepreneurship.

2021

• Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Masterstudiengang Soziale Innovation (SoSe 2021, Salzburg):
  Critical Practice Cases in Social Innovation
• hybrid plattform, Global Makerspaces – Critical Perspectives, Positions and Practices (January, Berlin):
  Social Innovation in Critical Technical Practice in Indonesia
• Critical Making Consortium (January, online):
  Critical Making Basic Theoretical and Practical Principles: Defining Common Ground
  Building the Critical Making Knowledge Base
  Case Action: Young Talents – Making and Digitalisation in Education

2020

• techSHE meet-up (December, Hannover):
  Female Social Entrepreneurs: Inspiration from South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America
• United Nations, Forum “Objectif Sciences International” (December, Geneva):
  Participatory Research, Citizen Sciences, Crowd-Innovation and Fab Labs for Peace and Development track: Critical Making – Studying Responsible Research and Innovation Practices in the Maker Community
• Event of House of Natural Fiber (October, Jogjakarta/online):
  “Digital Artivism”: Social Solidarity Amidst the Pandemic Crisis
• Media Startup Fellowship Bootcamp, Media Lab Bayern (September, Munich/online):
  Coach: Human-centred Design, Testing Assumptions and Pitching
• Datenspuren (September, Dresden/online):
  Democratizing and Decolonizing the Future. Grassroots Utopias from Indonesia
• Hack from Home Hackathon (May, Indonesia/online):
  Organizer and mentor: How to Get Started With Your Social Startup
• Prototype Fund (May, Berlin):
  Jury member for Round 8. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
• DAAD Science Lectures (April, Jakarta):
  Grassroots Innovation Movements
• FOSSASIA (March, Singapore):
  Sustainable Making Needs Critical Thinking
• HONF x Institut Teknologi Telkom Purwokerto and Purwokerto Semendulur Community (March, Purwokerto):
  Critical Making
• Universitas Gadjah Mada, Social Development Talks (February, Jogjakarta):
  Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Alternative Business Models

2019

• ORF Dhaka Global Dialogue (November, Dhaka): Women in the GIG economy
• ESSI 5th Global Research Conference: Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation – Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy (October, Dortmund):
  Social Innovation in Critical Technical Practice
• Cyfy Conference (October, Delhi):
  Inclusive Technologies and Democratising Innovation
• CIHR Netzwerktreffen (October, Berlin):
  Open Source Software, Maker Communities and Governance
• Ars Electronica Festival (September, Austria):
  Future Innovators Summit, Facilitator of Future Humanity Group
• Dinacon (August, Panama):
  Not giving a talk, just learning, making and being inspired!
• No School Nevers (July, Nevers, France):
  Not giving a talk, just learning, making and being inspired!
• GATWU Jahrestagung (June, Hamburg, Germany):
  Souveränität, Entrepreneurship und Beteiligung durch Digitalisierung: Social Entrepreneurship und Digitalisierung
• Communities and Technologies Conference (June, Vienna):
  Critical Making with and for Communities Workshop
• German-American Conference at Harvard e.V. (May, Berlin):
  Chancen und Herausforderung für Impact-Driven Technologie Startups in Schwellenländern 
• Prototype Fund (May, Berlin):
  Jury member for round 6 topic “Commit: System Erneuern”. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).
• Autotopia (May, Leipzig):
  Interaktiver Workshop Kritische Maker-Kultur
• HubIT Berlin Workshop at the Technical University (April, Berlin):
  The Origins of Critical Making and Two Examples

2018

• Chaos Communication Congress(December, Leipzig):
  The Critical Making Movement. How using critical thinking in technological practice can make a difference.
• Prototype Fund (November, Berlin):
  Jury member for round 5 topic “Maschinen lernen lassen / Technologien für die Zukunft”. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).
• Entrepreneurship Summit (October, Berlin):
  Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
• CyFy Conference (October, Delhi):
  Women and the Gig Economy
• Hive Europe (June, Berlin):
  Tech as a Vehicle for Economic Development
• re:publica (May, Berlin):
  Activating Local Networks
• #AttractYouth (April, Trieste, Italy):
  CERN Imaging and Detection Technology Transfer Youth Event, Anti-Personnel Landmine Detection coach
• Persist* Summit (April, Berlin):
  Open Source for Non-Profits
• Nesta (March, remote):
  A Theoretical Framework for the Digital Social Innovation Index for the European Commission
• FOSDEM (February, Brussels):
  Cooperative Communities

2017

• Hungarian Social Impact Day (December, Budapest):
  Hungarian Social Impact Ecosystem
• Ars Electronica Festival (September, Linz, Austria):
  Future Innovators Summit, Facilitator of Future Work Group
• ‘Hofgespräch’ Starke Frauen, Starke Wirtschaft (June, Berlin):
  Digitalisierung: Chance für Frauen oder Dreifachbelastung?
• Prototype Fund (June, Berlin):
  Jury member for round 2 topic “Tools for an Empowered Civil Society”. Initiative by Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).
• LinuxWochen (May, Linz, Austria):
  Closing Keynote: Beyond the Next Unicorn
• Re:publica (May, Berlin):
  Can I be Social, Digital and Not Starve?

2016

• ITU Telecom World (November, remote):
  Jury Member for the ITU Telecom Innovation Awards
• #neuLand(October, Berlin):
  Jury Member
• QtCon (September, Berlin):
  Building a Sustainable, Impactful and Open Social Business
• AngelHack (June, Berlin):
  Jury Member

2015

• Creative Economy Lecture Series, Eötvös Loránd University (November, Budapest):
  Why Become a Social Entrepreneur?
• Youth and ICTs, ITU (June, Geneva, Switzerland):
  Inauguration of the New Patron, President Luis Guillermo Solís
• Re:publica (May, Berlin, Germany):
  Fighting Chronic Disease with Digital Innovation
• ITU Girls in ICT Day (April, Geneva, Switzerland):
  How Can STEM be Social?

2014

• Ars Electronica Festival (September, Linz, Austria):
  Young Innovators Competition and Future Innovators Summit