Jun 2026
Fireside Chat — Thunderbird Executive Master in Global Affairs and Management
Remote
Jun 2026
Talk at the 4IR and Digitalization Seminar Series — University of South Africa (UNISA)
Remote
Apr 2026
Co-Opting AI: Geopolitics webinar — UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, and Sloane Lab
Remote
Apr 2026
"AI Rising: Emerging Economies, Emerging Opportunities" Panel — Mastercard Global Inclusive Growth Forum
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2026
Panel discussions at GITEX Africa
Marrakech, Morocco
Mar 2026
Deploying AI in Global Health: Partnerships, Power, and Public Value — Harvard Global Health Institute and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School
Remote
Mar 2026
Making AI Work for the People — Georgetown University Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Citizenship
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2026
Towards a Citizens Track on AI Governance — Connected by Data
Remote
Mar 2026
NRI 2025 Digital Outperformers Webinar — Portulans Institute
Remote
Mar 2026
Guest Lecture, "AI: Policy, Law, and Ethics" — Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Mar 2026
Guest Lecture, "Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society" — Yale University
New Haven, CT
Feb 2026
“International Co-ordination for Inclusive Technology” Panel — University of Chicago
Remote
Feb 2026
"Anticolonial AI: Reclaiming Power Against Systems of Algorithmic Extraction" — All Souls College
Oxford, UK
Feb 2026
"Toward Collective Action: A Roundtable on Safe & Trusted AI" Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
“Data Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence” Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
"Advancing Multilingual AI: Global South Governance" Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
AI Startups in Africa briefing presentation to the Harvard Business School Africa Research Center
Remote
Jan 2026
Keynote address the Nsk.ai Exchange Workshop on AI Governance and Data Privacy
Remote
Jan 2026
"Benchmarking Beyond Borders: Making AI Testing Truly Global" — Center for Democracy and Technology
Washington, D.C.
Jan 2026
Lecture at the Data Privacy & Protection Masterclass — Privacy Hub Africa
Remote
Dec 2025
Expert Consultation for World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2026
Virtual
Nov 2025
Keynote at the 8th Annual MIT Policy Hackathon — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virtual
Nov 2025
Expert Roundtable on Open Internet and Innovation — European University Institute (EUI)
Florence, Italy
Nov 2025
"Code of the Continent: Designing an African Future with AI" Session — Wharton Africa Business Forum
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2025
blackcomputeHER Reimagining AI Summit
Atlanta, GA
Oct 2025
UNA-NCA Young Professionals Career Dinner
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025
"African Youth and Women in AI" Session at the G20 AI for Africa Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
Sep 2025
Keynote at the launch of the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security
Cape Town, South Africa
Aug 2025
"AI Governance, Ethics, and Data Sovereignty" Panel — Gates Foundation AI for Disease Modeling Convening
Dakar, Senegal
Jul 2025
Keynote for the World Bank Group "DRIVE for People" AI Training Workshop
Washington, D.C.
Jun 2025
"Bridging the AI Language Divide: Safeguarding Linguistic Diversity" Session at the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI
Bangkok, Thailand
Jun 2025
"Large Models and Small Players: Leveraging AI in Small States and Startups" Session at the Internet Governance Forum
Oslo, Norway
Jun 2025
"AI Explainability in the Global Majority: Development and Policy Perspectives" Talk at the 4th Explainable AI for Computer Vision (XAI4CV) Workshop — CVPR 2025
Remote
Jun 2025
"Contextualizing AI Regulatory Approaches in Africa" Session — 2nd Conference on the State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
May 2025
"AI for All Beings: Translating Ethics Into Action" Session at Web Summit
Vancouver, Canada
May 2025
"The Human Equation: Balancing Act in AI Safety with Scale" Panel at Vancity Innovation House
Vancouver, Canada
May 2025
"AI for Sustainable Development in Africa" Webinar — Global Center on AI Governance and the African Observatory on Responsible AI
Remote
May 2025
"Ethical Dimensions of AI in Storytelling" Session for the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development AI & Tech Accountability Reporting Fellowship
Remote
May 2025
"Global AI Governance - Balancing Innovation and Accountability" Session at Deep Tech Summit
Benguerir, Morocco
May 2025
"The Global Impact of AI" Event for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2025
"Building the Ecosystems: Preparing Africa for the Digital Future" Panel at the George Washington University Africa's Youth and the Technology Revolution Conference
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2025
"AI for All: African Youth Voices Shaping the Future" Session at the Global AI Summit on Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
Apr 2025
"Artificial Intelligence & International Security" Lecture for the BPIA Colin Powell Leadership Institute
Remote
Apr 2025
"AI and Society" seminar for the Tunisian National Defense Institute
Arlington, VA
Mar 2025
"What Does AI Mean for Climate Change and Gender Equity?" Panel for Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA)
Remote
Mar 2025
Inclusive AI Governance Guest Lecture, Global AI Governance (SEST 6735) — Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025
"Emerging Technologies and the Global South" Panel at the Georgetown Journal of International Law Symposium
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025
"Risks and Rewards in the AI Race" Panel at EuroFinance Treasury & Cash Management Summit West Coast
Santa Clara, CA
Feb 2025
Taipei, Taiwan
Feb 2025
Artificial Intelligence Strategy in the Security Domain Development Seminar — Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Remote
Feb 2025
"Global Governance of AI: Political and Ethical Challenges Across National, Regional, and International Approaches" Panel — University of Illinois
Remote
Feb 2025
"Africa's AI Strategy: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Forward" Panel at the Harvard Africa Business Conference
Cambridge, MA
Feb 2025
United Nations Diplomats Briefing "AI Key Concepts and Recent Trends: Information Session for Member States" for the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET)
Remote
Feb 2025
"AI and the Global Majority" Lecture for the EUI Florence School of Transnational Governance AI and Governance: Embracing and Harnessing AI for the Public Good Course
Remote
Feb 2025
"Catalyzing AI Innovation Ecosystems Worldwide" Panel at Trustworthy Innovation for a Connected World — AI Action Summit Side Event
Paris, France
Jan 2025
Autonomous Innovation Summit
Remote
Jan 2025
Howard Law Ferguson Symposium
Washington, D.C.
Jan 2025
"Realizing Africa's Potential: A Conversation with Book Author, Landry Signé" episode — Brookings TechTank Podcast
Washington, D.C.
Dec 2024
Remote
Dec 2024
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nov 2024
Technology Transfer and Culture in Africa: Large Scale Models in Focus — University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Nov 2024
San José, Costa Rica
Oct 2024
"AI, Bias, and Ethics for Tech Diplomacy" Lecture at the Foreign Service Institute
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2024
Wharton Lauder Institute Africa Regional Seminar — University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2024
African Studies Center Symposium on the Ethics of AI in Africa — University of Kansas
Remote
Oct 2024
"AI Governance: Navigating the Ethics and Regulation of Emerging Technologies in Media & Communication" Panel — Johns Hopkins University
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2024
MacArthur Foundation "Technology, Media, and Democracy" Panel
Remote
Sep 2024
Wilson Center Science and Technology Innovation Program Roundtable on "AI in the Global South"
New York, NY
Sep 2024
"The State of AI Governance in the African Union" Panel at The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC)
Washington, D.C.
Sep 2024
"The Transformative Power of AI" Panel — TIME100 Impact Dinner: Leaders Shaping the Future of AI
San Francisco, CA
Sep 2024
"The Promise and Perils of AI: Issues at Stake in the 2024 Election" — The Brookings Institution and Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
Sep 2024
"Empowering African Voices in AI: Data, Models, and Innovation" workshop at Deep Learning Indaba
Dakar, Senegal
Sep 2024
"Examining the Datafication of African Consumers through Digital Microlending", Data Power Conference
Remote
Aug 2024
"The Realities of Women in Artificial Intelligence" segment on Voice of America "Our Voices" Program
Washington, D.C.
Jul 2024
Brooklyn, NY
Jun 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Elections, and the Future of Democracy and Leadership: Global Experiences and Directions” — University of Johannesburg
Virtual
Jun 2024
Building a Just AI Ecosystem in Africa - Just AI Conference Research ICT Africa
Cape Town, SA
Jun 2024
“Where does Society Stand on Responsible AI?” Panel — Global Digital Development Forum
New York, NY
Jun 2024
Conclave: Accelerating Responsible AI in Emerging Markets — FII PRIORITY Summit
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 2024
AI Research Group Seminar — Georgia Tech School of Public Policy
Remote
May 2024
"An African Perspective on AI Governance" Roundtable — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, D.C.
May 2024
Keynote in the AI, Digital & Data Solutions for Health Session — UNDP HIV and Health Community of Practice Meeting
Remote
Apr 2024
"Incorporating Trustworthiness as a Grounding Principle for AI in Africa" Webinar — Mozilla Foundation
Virtual
Apr 2024
"The African Union AI Continental Strategy: Examining the African AI Landscape" Webinar — Center for Strategic & International Studies
Virtual
Apr 2024
“Anchoring AI in Policy and Politics of Change” Session — CRPE Think Forward AI Learning Forum
Albuquerque, NM
Mar 2024
Inclusive AI Governance Guest Lecture, Global AI Governance (SEST 6735) — Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2024
Roundtable on the Implications of ChatGPT and Other AI Tools for Education in Africa — CEMRI
Remote
Feb 2024
Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis (IUPRA) Seminar Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy — UT Austin
Austin, TX
Feb 2024
Development and Inclusion of the Global South — Forum for Cooperation on AI (FCAI) Roundtable on AI
Remote
Jan 2024
World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC '24)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dec 2023
Algiers, Algeria
Nov 2023
AI Safety Beyond the UK Summit: A Conversation with Secretary Michelle Donelan — The Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2023
Georgetown Hoyalytics Seminar
Washington, D.C.
May 2023
Stanford Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) Rising Stars Workshop — Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Oct 2022
Change Seminar — University of Washington
Remote
Aug 2022
AI4PAN Artificial Intelligence for Pandemics Seminar Series — University of Queensland
Remote
Jul 2022
Microsoft Research Technology & Empowerment (TEM) Seminar — Microsoft Research India
Bangalore, India
Jul 2022
AI for Social Good Group Seminar — Google Research India
Bangalore, India
Jun 2022
Big Data & AI in the Global South CRAFT Session — ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)
Seoul, Korea
Apr 2022
Technology for Underserved Communities (INFO 6600) — Cornell University
Remote
Nov 2021
Computing for the Socio-Techno Web (CS CS115) — Wellesley College
Remote
Jun 2021
Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) — American Museum of Natural History
Remote
May 2021
2nd ELLIS Workshop on Human-Centric Machine Learning — Alan Turing Institute, ELLIS Society, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Remote
May 2021
Practical Machine Learning for Developing Countries Workshop Keynote Talk — International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)
Remote
Apr 2021
Technology for Underserved Communities (INFO 6600) — Cornell University
Remote
Apr 2021
Try AI Speaker Series — Virtual
Remote
Dec 2020
Black in AI Workshop — NeurIPS
Remote
Jul 2020
Women in Computer Vision Workshop — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR)
Remote
Jun 2020
OHUB365 Webinar
Remote
Mar 2020
SWE Local Buffalo — Society of Women Engineers
Remote
Dec 2019
Black in AI Workshop — NeurIPS
Remote
Dec 2019
Issues in African Development Seminar Series — Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Apr 2019
Graduate Cohort Workshop for Women — Computing Research Association
Chicago, IL
Mar 2019
Graduate Cohort Workshop for URMD — Computing Research Association
Waikoloa, HI
Oct 2018
Microsoft Research PhD Summit
Redmond, WA