Live events
I've chaired, hosted and spoken at more than 50 conferences, festivals and universities since 2005. My favourites were an on-stage interview with Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, exploring the unintended consequences of technology with author Steven Johnson at CES and discussing why video games are great at the Southbank's Web We Want festival.
Frontiers // San Francisco // Apr 2019
Stewart Butterfield, Slack and Eric Yuan, Zoom (interview)
British Consulate // San Francisco // Oct 2018
Talking to the media (speaker)
Web Summit // Lisbon // Nov 2017
Stewart Butterfield, Slack (interview)
Outside Insight book launch // San Francisco // Oct 2017
How AI will change decision making for businesses (host & chair)
Collision // New Orleans // Apr 2016
Alex Chung, Giphy (interview)
Naveen Jain, Moon Express (interview)
The future of media (chair)
CES // Las Vegas // Jan 2016
The unintended consequences of technology (chair)
Culture Collide Festival // San Francisco // Oct 2015
When music and tech collide (speaker)
IAB Mobile Engage // London // May 2015
The Guardian on tech and trends (speaker)
Decoded Fashion // London // May 2015
Mobile - fashion's game changer (chair)
SXSWi // Austin // Mar 2015
Surveillance, trust & ethics - restoring the faith (chair)
Web Summit // Dublin // Nov 2014
Who decides the right to be forgotten? (chair)
Matt Brittin, Google (interview)
Playful // London // Oct 2014
A one-day conference of thought, talk and play (host)
Intelligence Squared // London // Oct 2014
The high street is dead; long live the high street (chair)
Women in Journalism // London // Oct 2014
Digital media & new roles for journalists (speaker)
Camp Bestival // Dorset // Aug 2014
Why gaming is good (interview)
Michaela Strachan, TV prersenter (interview)
Wikimania // London // Aug 2014
Open data roundtable (chair)
Labour Conference // Manchester // Sep 2014
Fabian Society: Data, democracy & power (speaker)
Web We Want Festival // Southbank London //Sep 2014
Demystifying the world of online gaming (interview)
Re:work // London // Sep 2014
Amy Puliafito, Misfit (interview)
Guardian: Activate // London // Jul 2014
Patrick Collison, Stripe (interview)
Thinking Digital // Newcastle // May 2014
Tipping points: Snowden, privacy and surveillance (speaker)
Guardian: Commercial Conference // London // May 2014
Internal event for sales and marketing teams (host)
Guardian: Women in Leadership // London // Apr 2014
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook (interview)
SXSWi // Austin // Mar 2014
Why didn't a tech journalist break PRISM? (speaker)
Guardian: Changing Media Summit // London // Mar 2014
Nathan Blecharczyk, AirBnB (interview)
Mediatrust // London // Mar 2014
Using challenging content online (chair)
Remix // London // Dec 2013
Culture, technology and entrepreneurship (chair)
How the internet is changing the skills business needs (speaker)
Re:work // London // Dec 2013
Future of cities and urban landscapes (chair)
Salesforce Roundtable // London // Dec 2013
SEO vs social media (chair)
Web Summit // Dublin // Nov 2013
Phil Libin, Evernote (interview)
Jay Bregman, Hailo (interview)
Mumsnet Blogfest // London // Nov 2013
Down and dirty blogging how-tos (chair)
Online Information Conference // London // Nov 2013
From social media to real time media (chair)
ad:tech // London // Sep 2013
Nic Jones, Vevo (interview)
Guardian Society & o2 Roundtable // London // Sep 2013
Public services meet digital technology (chair)
Guardian: Activate // London // Jul 2013
Cities, innovation and entrepreneurship (chair)
Salesforce Roundtable // London // Jul 2013
Digital marketing is maturing (chair)
Great Escape // Brighton // May 2013
Marketing digital music (chair)
Silicon Milkroundabout // London // May 2013
The search for silicon sisters (chair)
Blackberry #keepmoving // London // May 2013
Robert Rodriguez: Tech, film & the future (chair)
Web Summit // London // Mar 2013
Adam Pritzker, General Assembly (interview)
Symantec Roundtable // London // Mar 2013
How CIOs can enable security (chair)
Symantec Roundtable // London // Jan 2013
The state of cyber risk (chair)
Becoming YouTube Stars // London // Apr 2011
Meet some of YouTube's partners (chair)
SXSWi // Austin // Mar 2011
Open for news: Turning journalism inside out (speaker)
Google EMEA Publisher Advisory Council // Paris // Nov 2010
Innovation panel (chair)
Arts & Business Debate // London // Oct 2010
What's the future for TV? (chair)
Mediapodium Journalism Conference // Lucerne // Jul 2010
Working as a digital journalist (speaker)
Online News Association // London // Jul 2010
Hacks and hacking (speaker)
Digifest @ The Science Museum // London Mar 2010
PechaKucha on technology you can't live without (speaker)
Music 4.5 // London // Mar 2010
What is the future for the music industry? (chair)
Digital youth music project (chair)
City University // London // Mar 2009
Is Twitter here to stay? (speaker)
National Union of Journalists // London // Feb 2008
User-generated content & comment (speaker)
Association of Online Publishers // London // May 2007
The rise of user-generated content (chair)
ITV Marcomms Conference // London // Mar 2007
Journalism in the digital age (speaker)
National Union of Journalists // London // Feb 2006
The rise of citizen journalism (speaker)
University of Westminster // London // Jan 2006
Journalism in the digital age (speaker)
University of Central Lancashire // Preston // Jan 2006
Journalism in the digital age (speaker)
JISC Conference // London // Feb 2005
Journalism in the digital age (speaker)
Speaking at IAB Mobile Engage, 2015
“Jemima was the first person I would go to when looking for advice on content ideas for events, whether it be the right ‘angle’ to approach a difficult tech subject, or who we might approach to join us to talk about that subject. Her knowledge and approach can’t be beaten. Thank God for someone that doesn’t just repeat a press release or run through an interviewee’s CV on stage.”
Thinking Digital, Newcastle, 2014. Photo: Thinking Digital
Chairing a session on blogging at Mumsnet Blogfest 2013 - the first and only time I've chaired an event with my son sleeping on my lap