Invited Presentations and Speeches

DIP principals regularly speak about the Imagination Age, new global economy, art, games, education transformation, virtual worlds, social media, cultural relations, digital culture and the intersection between art, culture, and the new global culture and economy. Please contact us for speaking inquiries.

A sample of recent presentations and speeches include:

• Business Innovation Factory: Exploring Hybrid Realities (March 10, 2011). Rita J. King and Joshua Fouts spoke about new tools for collaboration for business, education and culture.
• Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Santa Clara, California. Rita J. King spoke about the secrets of digital community organizing.
• TEDxNASA, “Creativity and Design of Identity and Community.” (November 4, 2010)  Rita J. King spoke about “What Matters Next” in digital culture and digital space.
• Business Innovation Factory – 6, “Rita King: Virtual world muse of the new digital reality,” (September 16, 2010). Rita J. King speaks to the Business Innovation Factory audience about cultural relations in a digital world, highlighting some findings from the Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds project.
• TEDxVolcano “Notes from a Volcano Refugee,” (April 16, 2010) Rita J. King spoke at this TED event organized in 48 hours after the eruption of Icelandic volcano Mount Eyjafjallajokull. Also see TEDxVolcano.
• “Technology is a Prism Held Up to the Imagination: A Vision of Reality for Gov 2.0 Looking Forward“ (May 25, 2010). As an invited speaker at the O’Reilly Gov2.0 Summit and Expo, Rita J. King spoke about the responsibility and vision that technology provides for a Gov2.0 world. ‘The misperception that “digital, virtual and augmented reality” aren’t real, or should be stovepiped into new categories, is one of the most considerable obstacles standing in the way of success in the new global reality. Because ecosystems arise from the realities in which they are created, it is of critical importance that the digital culture and all it encompasses not be perceived as separate from the real world.’
  
• “Governance of Virtual Wolds,” (March 26, 2010) a conference co-hosted by Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and World2Worlds, Inc. Topic: Public Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds. Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua Fouts.
• Obama’s Internet Initiative & Social Reform in the U.S. & Japan (March 19, 2010) The Japan Society, New York City, NY. Joshua Fouts spoke about the use of ICTs for cultural relations and public diplomacy.
  
• Communicating Change in a Complex World Conference (November 20, 2009) Monterey Institute for International Studies
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua Fouts
  Location: Second Life and Monterey California
• Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, Palm Desert, California (November 11, 2009)
  Topic: Managing & Retaining Millennials
  Speaker: Rita J. King (fellow panelist included Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos)
• Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum, Avilés, Asturias, Spain (September 15, 2009)
  Topic: Culture of Security: Cyberspace and Underground Battlegrounds
  Speaker: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• O’Reilly Gov2.0 Summit and Expo, Washington, DC (September 9-10, 2009)
  Topic: Government as Peacekeeper
  Title: Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds
  Speaker: Rita J. King
  Archive: video
  Notes: This speech was awarded the first-ever Gov2.0 Showcase award.
• IBM’s Smarter Technology, (August 19, 2009)
  Title:  3D Education and Augmented Reality
  Speakers: Rita J. King, Jerry Paffendorf and Joshua Fouts
• 140Conf Twitter Conference, New York City, NY (July 2009)
  Topic: Digital Diplomacy & Cultural Collaboration
  Speaker: Rita J. King (moderated by Joshua S. Fouts)
  Archive: video; text
• Bridges of Understanding Annual Conference, Washington, DC (October 2008)
  Topic: Women, Technology and the Middle East
  Speaker: Rita J. King
• Workshop for Ethics in Business, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, NY (October 2008)
  Topic: Ethics in Business
  Speaker: Rita J. King
• HiPiHi Diplomacy, Bradesco Cultural Center, Sao Paulo, Brasil, via Second Life (August, 2008)
  Topic: Public Diplomacy
  Speaker
• Meridian International, Washington, DC  (June 2008)
  Topic: Public Diplomacy and New Technology
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• Gunpowder Park, Essex, England (May 2008)
  Topic: Art, Public Space and Culture
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, National Defense University, Washington, DC (April 2008)
  Topic: ROI, virtual worlds and public diplomacy
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (April 2008)
  Topic:  Cyber Ethics, Journalism and New Technology
  Speaker: Rita J. King
• The Aspen Institute, Amman, Jordan (March 2008)
  Topic: New Media, Journalism and the Middle East
  Speaker: Joshua S. Fouts
• U.S.-Islamic World Forum, Doha, Qatar (February 2008)
  Topic: Cultural Diplomacy and New Technology
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• Global Knowledge Summit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (December 2007)
  Topic: Public Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds
  Speakers: Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts
• Virtual Worlds Conference & Expo, San Jose, California, USA (October 2007)
  Topic: ROI and Virtual Worlds
  Speaker: Rita J. King