PUBLIC SPEAKING
Samantha regularly contributes to public debate on issues related to human rights, technology, power, privacy and surveillance. She regularly provides expert commentary and analysis in the media, delivers keynote addresses, appears at Parliamentary hearings and industry roundtables, and participates in panel discussions hosted by a variety of organisations.
PAST TALKS & PANELS
AI and Privacy; Critical Thinkers, Missing Voices | International Association of Privacy Professionals | November 2023
Cyber and AI - Youth Perspectives | US Consulate General Melbourne | September 2023
Human rights for a collective liberatory digital future | Derek Fielding Memorial Lecture hosted by the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties | September 2023
Digital Rights / Digital Wrongs: Tech Policy and Human Rights in Australia | PyConAU Keynote Address | August 2023
AI and Privacy | International Association of Privacy Professionals | August 2023
Navigating a digital-first future | Vogue Codes In Conversation | August 2023
Cracking the code: tech and language for a gender equal future | International Women’s Day Keynote Address hosted by Frankston City Council | March 2023
People not data points | Australian Data Science Network - Data Ethics Workshop Series | June 2022 | Watch here.
Details in the data: protecting our rights online | Perth Disrupted Festival of Ideas Keynote Address | June 2022
Surveillance isn’t sexy: data privacy, sex tech and resisting surveillance capitalism | Public Interest Sextech Hackathon Keynote Address | February 2022
The Digital Literacy Gap | Melbourne Conversations hosted by the City of Melbourne | September 2021 | Watch here.
Let’s get radical: privacy as a collective issue | PyConAU | September 2021 | Watch here.
Exhibit: Rebalancing the Internet Economy | Panel moderator, hosted by Digital Rights Watch | July 2021. Watch here.
UPCOMING
Automating (in)justice: thinking beyond the hype of AI and automated-decision making | Community Legal Centres Queensland Conference | 22 May 2024 | Details and tickets here.
Privacy Awareness Week Panel Moderator: Privacy and Technology: Improving transparency, accountability and security | Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner | Online 8 May 2024
WATCH
LISTEN
ABC Radio Sydney | Smart home tech | February 2024
Triple J Hack | RentTech and renter digitial rights | August 2023
ABC Radio National - Life Matters | ‘The challenge of an adult internet’ | May 2023
3CR - Women on the Line | ‘Digital rights under surveillance capitalism’ | June 2022
Uprise Radio | ‘The state of digital rights and surveillance capitalism’ | March 2022
Flash Forward Podcast | ‘Would you date a robot?’ | December 2021
3CR | Social media “anti-trolling” legislation | November 2021
3RRR | Facebook, the metaverse, and the future of the internet | November 2021
3CR | Basic Online Safety Expectations | October 2021
Diffusion Radio | The Right to Repair | August 2021
3CR | Digital privacy and feminism | February and June 2021
Digital Rights Watch | Melbourne Surveillance Walking Tour | April 2021
2ser Radio | Think Digital Futures: Creeping Capability | November 2020
SBS | How young people are using TikTok to influence US politics | October 2020
ABC, The Conversation Hour | On Code Like a Girl and gender diversity in the tech industry | September 2019