Speaking

Selected keynotes and presentations:

2025

Impulse Statement / Presentation / Hosting – Businessabc AI Global Summit, Royal Kensington Town Hall – Me and my digital twin
Co-curation and Panel Presentation – Animating Digital Identities Symposium Day – Diverse Perspectives on the “Avatar” in the Age of Distributed Digital Environments – My AI Hybrid Biotwin – University of Greenwich
Keynote – FICTA 2025 (13th Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications) – AI & data science – My AI Hybrid Biotwin –London Metropolitan University and University of Greenwich
Keynote – Export Tag Day 25, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA / Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce, Vienna. “People at the centre of innovation: shaping hybrid futures” exploring speculation around digital human twins plus panel input “Innovation as the key to resilience in times of crisis”
Podcast co-host – Somewhere on Earth, The Global Tech Podcast – regular podcasts on digital human twins, health and wellbeing deep fakes, AI in education, AI regulation and AI intentions, listen here
Presentation – Innovate UK Human Futures event series: Human Longevity – fireside opening presentation on My AI Hybrid Biotwin – Royal Academy of Engineering London
Exhibition – Future of Humanity ArtWalk at Davos (Switzerland) – selected exhibition included skintouchfeel photographic art works by Ghislaine Boddington

2024

Commission – BBC World Service radio “The Documentary – Me and my digital twin” – researched, written and presented by Ghislaine Boddington this documentary follows the journey of Ghislaine towards the creation of a personal digital human twin. First broadcast on 30th Nov 2024 across all global regions. Available as a podcast on BBC Sounds and other podcatchers, listen here
Podcast co-host – Somewhere on Earth – The Global Tech Podcast – listen to Biometrics Special episode here, more information about the podcast here
Opening Keynote – Digital Body Festival conference “Bodies of Knowledge” London – “Digital Human Twins – our future data selves” for dance tech and immersion sectors, more information here
Opening Keynote – Disruptia – The Light Collective, London – “Digital Human Twins – our future data selves” for the light and AV sectors
Presentation and panel moderation – “Digital Human Twins – our future data selves” for University of Cambridge “Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age 2024” conference
Speaker and invited participant – Bold Unconference, Austrian Chamber of Commerce
Host – TEDx ‘PORTALS of STORYTELLING’, University of Greenwich, London, UK
Podcast Interview – ‘Electronically Yours’ hosted by Martyn Ware with insights into the guests lives and experiences
Podcast co-host – monthly inputs as Studio Expert and Commentator into Somewhere on Earth – The Global Tech Podcast, more information here

2023

Radio / Podcast co-host – BBC World Service, Digital Planet x 8 to final show – Studio Expert and Commentator
Radio – BBC World Service, Digital Planet, researcher and presenter for special edition on digital identity ‘Who owns our data and what do they do with it?’, available here
Radio – BBC Radio 4, Free Thinking – Expert Input on identity and my digital human twin, available here
Podcast Series – Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future – researcher, writer and presenter for 6 near future B2C podcasts, available here
Keynote – Closing lecture on “The Internet of Bodies – alive, collective and connected” – Synthetic Syntax Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria [online]
Keynote – Opening lecture on “The Internet of Bodies and my digital human twin”– Launch of the Behavioural Research Analytics In Neurotechnological Systems (BRAINS) Lab, Kingston University, London

2022

Radio / Podcast co-host – BBC World Service, Digital Planet – 23 radio shows/podcasts – Studio Expert and Commentator
Radio / Podcast – BBC World Service, Digital Planet, researcher and presenter for special edition ‘What’s the deal with the metaverse?’, available here
Radio / Podcast – BBC News, People Fixing the World – Expert Input on digital identity and my digital human twin
Keynote – Closing lecture – ‘Collaborative Futures’, Deutsche Bank / NWES Women Entrepreneurs in Social Tech Cohort
Podcast Interview – ‘Is your body part of the Interface?’, about her long term work on digital human representation – CeBai – Creative Tech, Bayes Business School, City University, available here
Curator and Co-chair – ‘Extended Senses & Embodying Technology’ Symposium & Exhibition, University of Greenwich, London, UK, more infromation here
Jury member – for Hyundai Blue Prize and for European Commission S+T+ARTS

2021

Radio / Podcast co-host – BBC World Service, Digital Planet – 23 radio shows/podcasts –Studio Expert and Commentator
Radio / Podcast – BBC World Service, Digital Planet, researcher and presenter for special edition ‘How green is our data?’, available here
Keynote – ‘Connected Bodies – Virtual Physical Blending in Future Hybrid Worlds’, Nesta Italia / S+T+ARTS Urban Fest, Turin, Italy
Keynote – ‘The Internet of Bodies: The virtual physical blending of our bodies and our senses’, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) Conference, London, UK [online]
Keynote – ‘Connected Bodies – Virtual Physical Blending in Future Hybrid Worlds’, Norwich Science Festival, Norwich, UK [online]
Curator and host – ‘A Nudge and a Push: Towards Ethical Sustainability in an Era of (Invisible) Data Harvesting’, a 4 part webinar Series during the pandemic [online]
Keynote – ‘The Internet of Bodies’, Centre for Creative and Cultural Industries, Bath Spa University Annual Public Lecture, Bath, UK

2020

Radio / Podcast co-host – BBC World Service, Digital Planet – 23 radio shows/podcasts – Studio Expert and Commentator
Presenter and writer – ‘Identity’, a short film series for A&T, Hyundai and Bloomberg
Presentation – ‘The Internet of Bodies – alive, collective and connected’, MIT Tangible Medias [online]
Presentation – ‘The Internet of Bodies – alive, collective and connected’, Leonardo LASER, University of Cambridge, UK
Presentation – ‘The Internet of Bodies – alive, collective and connected’, The Game Changers Lab, Barcelona, Spain [online]
Keynote and Fireside Chat – ‘Digital Intimacy’, Transformative Tech Conference, Los Angeles, USA [online]

2019

Keynote – ‘The Internet of Bodies – body data and ethics’ at UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy conference ‘BEYOND – AI and Creativity’, Edinburgh, UK
Keynote – ‘The Internet of Bodies – alive, collective and connected’ at Women in Games European Conference, London, UK
Keynote Speaker – ‘Internet of Bodies: Exploring the Future Human and Collective Engagement Scenarios’ for ‘Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age’ Conference, University of Cambridge, UK
Presentation – ‘Cyborg Futures’ for The Pioneers, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria
Opening Keynote ‘The Internet of Bodies – alive, connected and collective’ and ‘Biohacking on Stage Live Human Chip Implant Show’ for Mobile World Congress / 4YFN (4 Years From Now), Barcelona, Spain

2018

Keynote Speaker – ‘Women in Tech: Diversity & Inclusivity Enables Innovation’ for the Deutsche Bank Women Entrepreneurs in Social Tech Accelerator Launch at Deutsche Bank, London, UK
Keynote – ‘Internet of Bodies – alive, connected and collective’ for the House of Beautiful Business, Academy of Science, Lisbon, Portugal
Presentation and curation – ‘Future humans: Augmented selves’ and ‘AI and Creativity Futures’ for Nesta’s FutureFest, London, UK
Presentation – Live Human Chip Implant Show ‘You have been upgraded’ for Manchester Science Festival, UK
Keynote – ‘The Internet of Bodies’ for the Simulation Training for Resilience & Safety Symposium, London, UK

2017

Opening Keynote – ‘The Internet on Bodies – alive, connected and collective’ for Internet Mobile World, Bucharest, Romania
Keynote – ‘Internet of Bodies – alive, connected and collective’ for Manchester Science Festival, UK
Opening Keynote – ‘Internet of Bodies’ for IX Immersion Experience Symposium for SAT Dome, Montreal, Quebec
Presentation – ‘Internet of Bodies – alive, connected and collective’ for Thinking Digital, Newcastle, UK

2016

Keynote Speaker and curation – ‘Live Human Chip Implant Show’ for Nesta’s FutureFest, London, UK
Presentation – ‘Women in Tech’ for Telefonica Digital Futures, London, UK
Presentation – ‘The Internet of Bodies – connected and collective’ for Develop:Evolve VR conference, Brighton, UK
Keynote – ’The Internet of Bodies” for Market Research Council Conference, London, UK

Selected previous and present clients:

Deutsche Bank; UK Research and Innovation; BBC World Service; London Tech Week; British Council; Toyota Europe; Nesta; Market Research Society UK; Women in Games Europe; Here East London; EU Forum Europe Digital; King’s College London; V&A London; EUNIC; 4YFN / Mobile World Congress; Google; Manchester Science Festival; Convergence Festival London; Techxlr8 London; British Library; FutureLab London; Plexal Innovation Centre; LORCA Cybersecurity London; SAT Montreal; Stylus London; Digital Catapult; London Games Festival; Bacardi Ltd; Studio Wayne McGregor; TEDx’s Limassol and Vienna; Media Trendy Warsaw; Sadler’s Wells London; cda Paris; BFI Sci-Fi Fest; Develop VR; Zealous; ISEA Hong Kong; Tech London Advocates; Daiwa Foundation; Crafts Council London; Virtual Futures International; Halidale Group; University of Cambridge; Imperial College London; Salford Business School, etc.

Ghislaine regularly receive significant press / TV coverage of her work in written articles and is asked to input topical commentary for TV, radio and government reports on her key expertise. Recent reviews and interviews on her expertise include Financial Times, Forbes, Sky News, The Independent, The Guardian, Vice Canada and UK, BBC World News, BBC Science, BBC World Service, Digital Futures Telefonica, Upload VR, Daily Mail, Playboy, The Memo, etc.