SPEAKING
I've given talks for small intimate audiences that fit into large conference rooms, as well as 5000-person developer events to 70,000 attendee festivals.
My talks cover the gamut from product design, user experience, social media, startups, technology, society and culture, media, the future, human behavior and relationships, and more.
I've put together workshops and other consulting programs for startups, small companies & enterprises, banks (including the Federal Reserve and American Express).
Photo credit: Christian Heilmann
Upcoming speaking events
economist
Mar 3, 2023 • Athens, Greece
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN 2023 AND BEYOND.
Technology has revolutionized our world, bringing about change.
It has played a huge impact on societies and most recently, the covid-19 pandemic became a driving force for change, accelerating the rate of digitalization and virtualization of business and society through network speeds, big data, cloud computing and remote working.
The technological revolution has also taken center stage in today’s global power struggle. The war in Ukraine has unveiled the need for Europe to adopt an ambitious digital diplomacy strategy, with the EU launching new digital partnerships and alliances aiming to reduce dependency on China and Russia.
Against this setting, The Economist Impact Events have great pleasure in hosting the Greek minister of digital governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis and well renowned Chris Messina who invented the hashtag, in an onstage meaningful discussion with The Economist chair, John Andrews, on March 3rd 2023, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
We encourage you to book your seat for the Gala Dinner and take part in the conversation on "TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN 2023 AND BEYOND: Designing, inventing, changing".
Past Events
I have been speaking publicly since 2004. My first talk was on open source and citizen activism, but I’ve come a long way since then. I’ve participated in over 100 speaking engagements (presentations, panels, workshops, and live Q&A) in dozens of cities over the world, including two TEDx events, SXSW, Google I/O, Microsoft’s Future Decoded, and more.
You can see some of my past presentations on SpeakerDeck, Colliq, and Slideshare.
watch my talks
Why Invent the Hashtag?
Sep 2019 • Draper University
The Technology of Better Humans
Mar 2019 • TEDxBend
The Unlikely Lesson from Inventing the Hashtag
Nov 2018 • TEDxIzhevsk
Lessons from the Death of the PC
September 2017 • Web Directions Summit