Select Talks

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August 2024
The power of community
Dublin

March 2023
International Women’s Day
Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa

April 2021
The Building Blocks of the Future
Natural History Museum of Utah

May 2020
Graduation Commencement
Parsons School of Design, NY

October 2019
Science or Science Fiction: Creating the Future
MIT Solve
Cambridge, USA

April 2019
Commencement Speech
Marymount School of New York
New York, USA

January 2019 
What Makes a Toy a STEM/STEAM Toy?
Toy Fair
New York, USA

April 2016
Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes in Media and Toys featuring LEGO, Mattel, Disney, Pixar and littleBits
The White House
Washington DC, USA

July 2015
The Brick
MIT Media Lab Design Summit
Boston, USA

February 2015
Keynote
International Design Association IxDA
San Francisco, USA

February 2012
Building Blocks that Blink, Beep and Teach
TED 
Longbeach, USA

October 2011
Electronics as Material
Talk To Me Symposium
MoMA
New York, USA