International Keynote Speaker

With over 15 years experience in industry, Joanna can speak on various topics across technology, entrepreneurship and founder wellbeing. She has a particular interest in the future of technology and its impact on society, making her a sought-after voice for insightful discussions on innovation, ethical tech, and the evolving digital landscape. She is known for her honest and candid style and can work with you to deliver a session that will engage and inspire your audience.


Keynote Topics

Some recent keynotes include:

  • Building Products for Real Life, Not Ideal Users
    Designing for messy, emotional, high-stakes human moments - not just neat user journeys.

  • AI Won’t Save Us - But It Will Amplify Us
    How to navigate innovation, responsibility, and the uncomfortable truth about what we choose to build.

  • Empathy Is Not a Feature
    Why “human-centred” has become meaningless - and what it actually takes to build technology people trust.

  • You’re Not Burnt Out - You’re Over-Optimised
    Why the systems we build to be efficient are quietly breaking us - and how to design a different way of working.

“Joanna was one of the key note speakers at Festival of Doers in London. Her talk really resonated with the audience. Joanna is a very inspiring speaker and her complete honesty and presence is captivating.”
— Miisa Mink, MD @ Driven Women
 
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Prior Speaking Engagements

Including, but not exhaustive: 

  • TEDx - ‘Why we keep trying - and failing - to hack love’ (St Albans, 2025)

  • Tech Connect - ‘The Future of AI is Human’ (Newcastle, 2025)

  • Bett - ‘Bridging the Gap Between Education and Creative Industries’ (London, March 2022)

  • Digital Health Technology Show - ‘Running a Healthcare Business’ (London, March 2020)

  • University of Sydney and others - ‘Building Human Technology’ (Sydney, October - December 2019)

  • Festival of Doers - ‘Being Human in a Digital World’ (London, January 2018)

  • The Guardian - ‘Confessions of a Small Business’ (London, February 2017)

  • Mobile World Congress - 'The Future of Internet of Things' (Barcelona, February 2016)

  • UKTI Jumpstart - 'Creating a UK-China Technology Hub' (Shenzhen, March 2016)

  • Thinking Digital - 'Creating Mindful Connected Products' (London, March 2016)

  • GSMA Mobile 360 - 'The Future of Wearables' (Brussels, May 2016)

  • Digital Festival - 'Innovation Without Fear' (Brussels, June 2016)

  • Tech Open Air - 'Founder Burnout and How to Avoid It' (Berlin, July 2015)

  • WIRED Next Generation - 'Inspiring Entrepreneurship in Teenagers' Workshop (London, October 2015)

  • London Design Festival - 'Design in Context' (London, November 2015)

  • Unbound Conference 'A Future of Meaningful Technology' (December 2015)



Workshops and Consulting

Available to guide you in creating meaningful user experiences and emotionally-engaging interactions for your business, products or services. Half or full day workshops/consultations to suit any size of team. Prior work mostly under NDA but references/testimonials available on request. 

Please contact Joanna for availability and fee information.

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