A round-up of recent talks, workshops and events, from a board session with the London Symphony Orchestra and an AI Salon at Abbey Road Studios to appearances at the Barbican and the Royal Ballet and Opera.

This year I've had the enormous privilege to work across Turkey, Denmark, Brazil, Finland, Scotland, Norway, Belfast, Derry, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, the Isle of Wight (pic on ferry), Birmingham, Exeter, Warwick, London and so many places in between.

Hello Fortaleza! I'm in Brazil this week for MICBR2025, the Brazilian Creative Industries Market. Grateful to the Brazilian Ministry of Culture (Ministério da Cultura) and OEI Brasil for inviting me to join conversations linking artists, technologists and policymakers from across Latin America.

I had an AMAZING time at the first full day of BEYOND Conference, especially being on the 'Right to Remix' panel with Nuala Polo, Guy Gadney, Content London, Rishi Coupland and the brilliant chair Martin SFP Bryant.

Hej! I'm in Copenhagen this weekend working with Den Danske Filmskole (National Film School of Denmark), exploring AI in the context of storytelling, experimentation and innovation as part of their Mini MBA programme.

I was at the University of Leeds today giving a talk and Q/A with Creative Industries students about emotions, innovation and AI.

I had a brilliant day with The Audience Agency (at London's Goethe-Institut) hearing from all our Let's Get Real: AI cohort teams about their AI experiments, discoveries and learnings which took part this year.

It was a huge privilege to deliver a two-hour lecture at the Goethe-Institut UK in South Kensington this weekend, exploring AI specifically in the context of language, education, emotion and empathy.

I’m thrilled to join British Council's UK delegation to Istanbul this week for Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF), in partnership with BEYOND Conference.

I had a brilliant time speaking with Tom Dawson (Association for Cultural Enterprises) and Owen Hopkin (Director of New Technologies and Innovation, Arts Council England) on The Arts & Culture Podcast.

I had a lovely time on a panel (AI & Ethics on Social Media) at the beautiful Tower of London (Historic Royal Palaces) as part of the SMAsH conference this (rainy) morning!