Caitlin speaks around the world about designing a sociotechnical future.

Upcoming

  • MOME | Budapest, Hungary

    Caitlin will speak to university faculty, students, and affiliates about AI's impact on everyday life, work, and design. Helsinki-based Lili Ermezei will interview Caitlin.

  • Brain Bar | Budapest, Hungary

    Brain Bar is Europe's largest festival on the future. At Brain Bar, Caitlin will speak to thousands of students and young professionals about her podcast, "Progression to Analog", and how our lives are influenced by interconnectivity.

  • World Summit AI | Amsterdam, Netherlands

    World Summit AI is where the most powerful, innovative ideas in AI are born. Caitlin will speak on the panel "Beyond the hype: Navigating the AI ecosystem to ensure best value for business".

Architecting a sociotechnical future through workplace design, artificial intelligence, and ‘PROGRESSION TO ANALOG’

WORKPLACE DESIGN

  • Sociotechnical approach to workplace design, communication, collaboration, and sales

  • Psychogeographical approach, emphasizing the impact of place

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  • AI's impact on our workplaces and everyday lives

  • Sociotechnical approach to AI adoption

‘PROGRESSION TO ANALOG’

  • Expanding on insights from her podcast Progression to Analog, Caitlin explores the idea of a more human everyday amidst technological modernity

Past

  • Tech Open Air | Berlin, Germany

    "Technological Modernity, AI, and a Human-Centric Future" Dive into AI's impact on our workplaces and lives. Caitlin Begg navigates through hypercommunication and AI risks to foster true innovation and satisfaction. Challenge Silicon Valley's tech-for-progress mantra, advocating for a balance between tech and unmediated experience. June 2024

  • re:publica | Berlin, Germany

    "Freedom to Fail" Harvard Business School Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management Amy Edmondson & Authentic Social Founder and Sociological Researcher Caitlin Begg speak about who has the freedom to fail, failure as a privilege, technology's tendency to exacerbate these issues, and what to do about them. May 2024

  • AESC Global Conference | New York, USA

    "From AI to Analog: A Balanced Approach to the New Digital Landscape" Caitlin's keynote at the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) Global Conference dove into the nuanced interplay between advanced AI technologies and traditional, "analog" approaches in driving meaningful organizational change. May 2024

  • Columbia University | New York, USA

    Caitlin delivered an educational seminar titled “Neurodiversity and the Workplace: Strategies for Success in a Digital World”. April 2024

  • CHIEF | Virtual

    Caitlin spoke to almost 200 Chief members (C-Suite women) in a virtual educational and interactive fireside chat with Allie Nava called "Digital, ChatGPT, LinkedIn, & You in 2024."
    January 2024

  • Harvard Club of New York City Artificial Intelligence (HCNYAI) | Virtual

    “Impact of AI on Everyday Conversation, Social Interaction and the Enterprise” November 2023

  • The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Forum (TRAIF) | Munich, Germany

    Caitlin spoke and presented research at the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM's Responsible Artificial Intelligence Forum: "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Everyday Human Conversation and Social Interaction".

    She introduced socio-philosophical criticisms around artificial intelligence's impact on everyday human conversation and human interaction.  Areas of focus - social media, phones, work communication, and sociotechnical systems.

    September 2023

  • International Sociological Association: Law, Society and Digital Pasts, Presents and Futures | Lund, Sweden

    Lund University

    “Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems (A Legal Perspective)”

    August 2023

  • WORK2023 | Turku, Finland

    WORK2023 is an interdisciplinary future of work conference. Caitlin presented research 3x:

    1. “A Sociotechnical Approach to Digital Communication Dysfunction Avoidance in Remote and Hybrid Work Settings”

    2. “Joint Optimization of Social and Technical Systems to Effect Organizational Change”

    3. “Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems”

    August 2023

  • American Sociological Association Annual Meeting | Philadelphia, USA

    “Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems” August 2023

  • International Lab for Innovative Social Research 4th Annual Conference, Rethinking social theories and methods in a digital society | Virtual

    “Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems” (presented as in-progress research) June 2023

  • 26th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (Co-Hosted by UCLA & UCSB) | California, USA

    “Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems” (presented as in-progress research) May 2023