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SPEAKING AGENTS

Dr. Seymour is a high profile global speaker with an extraordinary ability to create synergies between science, technology, society, and art.

She is currently represented by:
Singularity University, Expert, Biotechnology, Distributed Ledger Technology, Computing, Governance & Faculty Member Portugal (speaker profile video), USA & Portugal, since 2020
A-Speaker, Futurist Keynote Speaker on Ethical Innovation, USA & Denmark, since 2025

She was previously represented by:
Zukunftsinstitut, Professional Speaker (speaker profile video in German), Germany, 2019 – 2023

keynotes & Panels


2025
Wild Ideas For The Next 10 Years, Waves of Change, Biarritz, France, 2025
IEEE Women in Engineering, Toronto, Canada, online, 2025

2024
Unlocking the Power of Data: Data, AI and Innovation for Climate and Biodiversity Solutions, Ethical Assembly, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
Innovation, Extreme Hangout, Cascais, Portugal, 2024
The Economics Of Data Sovereignty: Democratizing Data, Iot & Data Driven Business Models, Singularity University Executive Academy, San Francisco, USA, 2024
Data Design: Environmental data and the body, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, UK, 2024
Digital Fairness, Data for Good, Laura Bassi 4.0 Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2024

2023
Urban Street Food – literally! with René Zimmermann, Vienna Design Week, Austria, 2023
European Leadership Academy, NextGenChangeMakers, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
Futur/io Executive Programme for Regenerative Futures, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023

2021
Digital Humanism: Data, Inclusion, and Body Sensors, Technical University, Vienna, 2021
Data Cooperatives, Coop Summit, online, 2021
Data Cooperatives, Digitale Montagsrunde Wien, online, 2021

2020
Singularity University Virtual CoVid-19 Summit, online, 2020

2019
Architectural Digest Summit on Sustainability, Munich, Germany     2019
Tokenizing the Creator’s Content, Medientage, Munich, Germany    2019
Positive and Mindful Leadership Summit, London, UK    2019
Meet the unexpected Healthcare Disruptors, Cannes Lions, France    2019
Tokenizing the Body, World Web Forum, Blockchain track, Zurich, Switzerland    2019

2018
Tokenizing the Body, Blockchain Party Boat @ Web Summit, Lisboa, Portugal    2018
Tokenizing the Body, Keynote, DMEXCO, Cologne, Germany    2018
Dada Data, Resident, House of Beautiful Business, Lisboa, Portugal    2018
Data & Sports, WT @ ISPO, Munich, Germany    2018
SUPA, Flying Lab Lufthansa, onboard to CES, Las Vegas, USA    2018
Sensor, Japanese Society, New York USA    2018

2017
Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Fashion, SXSW, curated the panel, Austin, USA    2017

2016
Wear, Boston, USA    2016
Creative Tech Week, New York, USA    2016
The Evolution of Smart Textiles, Wearable Technology @ ISPO, Munich, Germany     2016
Keynote at the Opening of Fashion + Technology program, University of Applied Arts, Linz, Austria    2016

2015
Sensors, Computational Fashion Salon, Soho House, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2015
Pioneer Mode, New York, USA    2015
Watch This Space: The Future of Wearables, Internet Week, New York, USA    2015
This Year’s Model: Fashion Design, Technology, and Wearables, Bklyn Designs, New York, USA    2015
Craft and 3D Printing, 3D Print Show, moderated the panel, New York, USA    2015
Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Technology, Lux Research Executive Summit, Boston, USA    2015
What Does An Art and Design Incubator Look Like? SXSW Next Stage, Austin, USA    2015
Finalist, SXSW Accelerator Wearable Technologies, Austin, USA    2015

2014
Computational Fashion Salon: Where Digital Bespoke meets Traditional Craft, Soho House,    2014
curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    
Interconnected, A Global Summit on Wearables & Retail Innovation, organized by Decoded Fashion, New York, USA
Visionary: Inspiration, Incubation & Realization, 16th Annual New York Fashion Conference, organized by Initiatives in Art and Culture, with Sarah Scaturro (The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Joris Debo (Materialise), et al., New York, USA    2014
The Beauty of the Augmented Second Skin, TEDx Transmedia, Geneva, Switzerland    2014
Organizer and The Physical Impact of Wearing Technology, Wearing Technology: cultural and psychological impacts of tech on the body, organized by Eyebeam Art + Technology Center & The New School    2014
Computational Fashion: The Next Generation Wearables, by Rising Minds, Soho House, New York, USA     2014
New Paradigms of Interaction for Computational Fashion, d:Tech, Cornell University, New York, USA    2014
Fashion x Technology, organized by Made for Milk Studios, New York, USA    2014
Brandinnovators at Fashion Week, with Meg Burich (Adidas), New York, USA    2014
Computational Fashion, Zero Power Smart Fashion, New York, USA    2014
WEARTECHCON: Art+Design of Wearable Tech Startups - Design of Wearables Series, San Francisco, USA    2014
Keynote, Tech Couture. How Design Tech is Transforming the World of Fashion, Design Night, Autodesk, San Francisco, USA    2014
Keynote, Wearing a Sound Perfume, I am Digital, Wearable Technology Conference, New York, USA    2014
Opening The Skin as Metaphor, Computational Fashion Masterclass, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, hosted at NYU Poly, USA    2014
Second Skin, Golden Seeds Investor Forum, New York, USA    2014
Second Skin, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Nanoelectronics Devices Laboratory (Nanolab), Lausanne, Switzerland    2014
Wearable Technology, Reimagineering Ideation Summit, Disney, Los Angeles, USA    2014
Computational Fashion, 3D printing for the Body, Internet Week, moderated the panel with Bradley Rothenberg, Duann Scott (Shapeways), Gabi Asfour, Joris Debro (Materialise), New York, USA    2014
The Skin as Metaphor, Leaders in Software and Art, New York, USA    2014
Second Skin, Textile Innovation Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil    2014
Who Designed Marilyn's Dress? Impact, Craft and Future of Film, with Francis Bitoni et al., NYU Steinhardt,
New York, USA    2014
Intellectual Property in Fashiontech, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center / Computational Fashion, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2014
Decoded Fashion Meetup, Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA    2014
Fashion & Technology, Wearable Demo Day, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center / Computational Fashion, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2014

2013
Fashionable Technology, School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland    2013
The Skin as Metaphor, Fiber Science & Apparel Design, College of Human Ecology, Cornell, Ithaca, USA    2013
The Skin as Metaphor, Fashion Innovations, Arnhem Fashion Biennial, The Netherlands    2013
The Body as Metaphor, Smart Fabrics, San Francisco, CA, USA    2013
Solo The Skin as Metaphor, SXSW, Austin, TX, USA    2013

2012
The Skin As Metaphor Computational Textile Interfaces, Material Innovation, Bregenz, Austria    2012
Special Guest at Opening, Technosensual – the Future of Fashion, Vienna, Austria    2012
Functional Aesthetics: Commercial Fashion with Technology, Texworld USA, New York, USA    2012

2011
* Amplification of Energy, Ambience11, Boras, Sweden    2011
Networked Fashion, European Cultural Capital, Tallinn, Estonia    2011
Functional Aesthetics, Future Textiles, Herring, Denmark    2011
Functional Aesthetics, Smart Fabrics, London, UK    2011

2010
Functional Aesthetics, TEDxVienna, Vienna, Austria    2010
Functional Aesthetics, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2010
Functional Aesthetics, V2 Expert Meeting, Rotterdam, The Netherlands    2010

2009
Fashionable Technology, Kepler Salon, Linz, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, BIG Design Conference, Ljubjana, Slovenia    2009
Fashionable Technology, Coded Cultures, Yokohama, Japan    2009
The Future of Fashion Retail, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, Wearable Technology – Powered Art and Fashion Design, 5 days-off Festival, Netherland New Media Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands    2009
Functional Aesthetics: Fashionable Wearables as Aesthetic Interaction Interfaces, Coded Cultures, Vienna, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, V2, Test_lab: Fashionable Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands    2009
Fashionable Technology: Aktuelle Beispiele Medialer Interfaces in der Mode, Fashion in Context, Vienna, Austria    2009

2008
Fujifilm ZSpotNow: Fashion & Technology, New York, USA    2008
Fashionable Technology, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria    2008
Fashionable Technology oder Ein Chip zum Anziehen, designforum Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria    2008
Fashionable Technology, R/GA, New York, USA    2008
Fashionable Technology, New York University, Skirball New Media Center, New York, USA    2008
The Garment as Interface, Macy’s, New York, USA    2008

2007
Function and Aesthetics in Fashionable Wearables, 6. Deutscher Designtag, Berlin, Germany     2007
*Designing for the extended body – Hearing aids and transitive materials, Ubicomp 2007, Innsbruck, Austria    2007
Fashionable Technology - The Impact of Design on Innovations, Smart Textiles, Washington, DC, USA    2007

2006
The Epidermis as Interface – Dynamic Textile Surfaces, Interface and Society, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway    2006
Collaborations and Innovations in Fashionable Technology, Fleshing Out, V2 & Virtuell Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands    2006
Lecture: Emotionelle Kleidung – aus der Wunderkiste, Design-Tagung, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2006
Digitale Technologien und Handwerk , Mittwochsvision, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2006

2005
The Epidermis as Metaphor, The Essential Balance of Function and Aesthetic Appeal, FO.AM Softwear, Brussels, Belgium    2005
How to Design Intelligent Clothing for Winter Sports, World Winter Forum, Vienna, Austria    2005
Interface Cultures, Mensch und Computer 2005 - Kunst und Wissenschaft - Grenzüberschreitung der Interaktiven Art, Linz, Austria    2005
The Epidermis as Metaphor: The Art of Creating Intelligent Clothing, 3rd International Avantex-Symposium, Frankfurt, Germany    2005

2004
Mobile Communication vs Pervasive Computing: The Role of Handhelds, Mobile HCI 2004, Glasgow, UK    2004
Fashionable Technology, Banff New Media Institute, Outside/Inside: Boundary Crossings A Wearable Design Workshop, Inside/Outside: Responsive Environments and Ubiquitous Presence, Banff, Canada    2004
Fashionable Technology, Netzwerkstoffe, Luzern, Switzerland    2004
Wearable Experience, ISEA 2004, Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland    2004

2003
SlopeStyle, Viper, Basel, Switzerland    2003
ACAR/2 - An Academy for Interactive Crafts, Basel, Switzerland    2003
New Media Education, Questions of Future, RAM3 - Reclaiming Cultural Territory in New Media, Tallinn, Estonia    2003
Poster, SlopeStyle, ISWC2003, White Plains, USA    2003

2002
The Epidermic Interface: New Directions in Wearable Technology and Fashion, Numer02, Paris, France     2002

2001
Fashionable Technology, Interstanding4: end repeat, Tallinn, Estonia    2001
Multi-Channel Project Management, WPM, New York, USA    2001
Pervasive Computing, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, USA    2001
E-Fashion, E-Fashion Symposia, Parsons School for Design, New York, USA    2001

2000
Designing the Mobile Experience, Internet World, New York, USA    2000

1998
Face Settings: Face2Face: Körper, Identität und Gemeinschaft um Cyberspace, Graz, Austria    1998
Neue Medien – neue Möglichkeiten, Zwischen Kritik und Kommerz, medianexus.net, Vienna, Austria    1998