Presentations

I have presented my work internationally at academic conferences & to the wider public at panel discussions.

2024

• Panelist at EU Week on Sustainable and Inclusive Communities: the Future is SHAFE in Brussels (Belgium), discussing participatory approaches through digital inclusion
• Facilitator of technology and innovation discussion at a COST action event in Frankfurt (Germany)
• Presentation at the special interest group for technology at the British Society of Gerontology congress in Newcastle (UK)
• Talk on digitalisation and participation at a symposium on inclusion in Cork (Ireland)
• Introduction to participatory approaches at expert meeting in Shanghai (China)
• Facilitation of technology and innovation discussion at a COST action event in Krakow (Poland)
• Talk on participatory action research at the University of Milano Bicocca (Italy)
• Symposium on digital participation at the Technical University in Munich (Germany)

2023

• Invited and paid keynote speaker at a Social Hackathon on digitalisation and ageing at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany). Funded by Volkswagen Stiftung.
• STS Austria conference: Learning from older activists (presentation) and facilitation of manifesto writing workshop as part of the conference closing session
• MIRAI – Swedish Japanese research collaboration: facilitation of conference workshop on the topic of age-inclusive digital futures in times of AI
• British Society of Gerontology conference: on digital activism in later life
• Invited workshop at the Ageing Futures seminar Bristol University with LLARC

2022

• Invited keynote speaker: citizen symposium at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) on ageing and broadcasting technologies: connecting citizens in intergenerational technology systems
  
• Averil Osborne Flagship symposium for participatory 2022 research at the British Society of Gerontology’s annual conference (online)

2021

•  Co-organiser Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2021 workshop: The new vulnerable – exploring transformation and empowerment in times of COVID-19 (online)
  
• Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology (online)

2020

• „The Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative“ – International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info Exclusion (online)
  
• „Content creation in later life“ – International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (online)
  
• „The Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative: a discussion round“ – webinar hosted by Centre for Ageing & Dementia Research, Swansea University
  
• „Digital research with older adults in COVID-19 pandemic“ – Newcastle University Engage and Learn Forum
  
• „HCI and ageing – new perspectives on digital participation“ – moderating a panel discussion at HCI Summer Festival 2020, Open Lab: video here
  
• „Reflections on being a participatory action researcher“ – public UCU event

2019

• „Digital Participation in later life“ – Age friendly city group, Newcastle, UK
  
• „Demo of Radio Grabber“ – ArtWorks and Participation Network, Sunderland University
  
• „Creating a Radio Festival for older adults“ – NorSC Lab, Northumbria University Social Computing talk series
  
• „Community-based participatory action research with older adults“ – Age friendly city group, Newcastle, UK
  
• „Later Life Civic Participation and Community Radio“ as part of a symposium – British Society of Gerontology Conference, Liverpool, UK
  
• „Bridging the digital gap“ – Newcastle University Institute of Health & Society Postgraduate Conference
  
• Symposium on later life civic participation – International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden

2018

• „Older Voices: community radio & civic participation in later life“ – Mofet Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
  
• „Digital sound archives of age activism“ – Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN), Prato, Italy