Select Keynotes & Talks
Featured talk: “Human-Machine Communication & the Ethics of Communicative AI,” AI & the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Illinois State University. 2025.
Keynote. “Meeting the challenge of communicative Al: A Human-Machine Communication Framework”; SOC Research Day: School of Communication, University of Miami, Florida. 2025
Keynote. “The Human-Machine relationship in an age of Artificial Intelligence”; Mediatization Conference 6, Institute of Social Communication & Media, Lubin, Poland. 2025
Invited talk. “Methodological issues in studying human-machine relations: Interviews in artificial intelligence research”; Institute of Communications Research - College of Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2024
Keynote. “What is communication in an age of artificial intelligence?”; International Symposium: AI cultures: Communication between humans and machines in a plural world; Università di Torino, Italy; Oct. 24, 2023.
Keynote: “Communication and Artificial Intelligence: Media as message and messenger”; Cathedra Eric McLuhan: Artificial intelligence and communication; Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, Colombia; 2023.
Panelist, “Emerging Media,” AI & Web3 Creative Summit, Sónar 2023 +D, Barcelona, Spain, 2023.
Keynote: “Communication and authorship in an age of AI: Where does metaphor end and reality begin?”; +RAIN Film Festival; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; 2023.
Keynote: “Should machines write about death? Key ethical questions in the expansion of Al into journalism & media work”; Diederich College of Communication Scholarship Week, Marquette University. 2023
Invited talk. “Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in journalism: A Human-Machine Communication perspective on key relational and ethical questions in automated news”; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany. 2023
Invited talk. “What is Human-Machine Communication? The Evolving Role of Technology in Communication Research”; AASS Research Seminar, Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University, Sweden. 2022
Keynote: “Artificial Intelligence in Journalism: Key Questions and Ethical Issues”; Cultura Social Media 2021: Cultura de los algoritmos en un ambiente mediático cambiante; Escuela de Comunicaciones y Periodismo, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.
Keynote: “Reimagining Communication in an Age of Artificial Intelligence”; Agency in a Datafied Society: Communication Between and Across Humans, Platforms and Machines; Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. 2021
Invited talk. “Defining Artificial Intelligence within the Context of Human-Machine Communication”; Media@Sydney Research Seminar, Dept. of Media & Communication, The University of Sydney, Australia. 2021
Invited presentation. “The ‘Robot Reporter’ and the Paradox of Emotion in Journalism”; Should Robots Be Our Friends? Symposium; College of Communication, Boston University. 2019.
Invited talk. “What is Human-Machine Communication?: The Changing Role of Technology in Communication Research”; Visiting Scholar Series, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, The University of Iowa. 2018.
Invited presentation. “From Production Facilitator to Content Creator: A Human-Machine Communication Approach to AI in Media Spaces.” Chinese Broadcast and Presentation Art Communication Forum; Hangzhou, China. 2018.
Invited talk. “Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking (Again) How We Approach Technology Use & Design”; Latham Lecture Series, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago. 2018