Karen Palmer
Keynote Speaker: Immersive Futurist, AI Thought Leader & Storyteller; Award-Winning XR Creator
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Categories:Television & Film, TED, Storytelling, Art & Design, Modern Media, Futurism, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Ethics & Integrity, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Innovation, Virtual Reality, Workshop, Black Heritage, Social Activism, Social Justice, Civil Rights, LGBTQ, Black History Month, Anti-Racism, Diversity & Inclusion, College, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Thinking
Karen Palmer Biography
Karen Palmer is a Black British XR creator, futurist, and TED speaker whose work explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, immersive storytelling, neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and social justice. Palmer develops emotionally responsive film experiences that use AI and facial recognition technology to adapt narratives in real time based on a participant's eye gaze and emotional state. Her projects examine the implications of AI bias, surveillance technologies, and digital inequality, transforming viewers into active participants in their own stories.
Palmer's background in parkour and freerunning informs her philosophy of moving through fear and rewiring subconscious behavior. Her early interactive project, "Syncself," combined film, technology, and parkour to explore how media can respond to human emotion. This foundation led to "RIOT," an emotionally responsive, live-action film that uses AI and facial recognition to place participants inside a riot scenario, prompting them to confront implicit biases. "RIOT" was recognized as part of Columbia University's Digital Dozen: Breakthroughs in Storytelling and has been exhibited at institutions including V&A London, Museum of Modern Art Peru, and PHI Centre Montreal, with coverage in The Guardian and Forbes.
Following "RIOT," Palmer created "Perception iO," an AI law enforcement training simulation and facial emotion detection experience that interrogates bias in AI systems and the need for transparency and regulation. The work was exhibited at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York as part of the Face Values: Exploring Artificial Intelligence exhibition, and received an Honorary Mention for the STARTS Prize at Ars Electronica. Palmer also developed "Consensus Gentium," commissioned by BFI, which won the XR Experience Competition at SXSW. Designed for smartphones, the film branches in real time based on the participant's eye gaze and emotions, fostering discussion about data privacy, unconscious bias, and AI governance. It has been shown at London Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Festival in Taiwan, Geneva International Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, and Ars Electronica in Austria.
As an international speaker, Palmer has delivered keynotes at venues and institutions including MIT, AT&T Shape Conference, Wired for Wonder Festival in Australia, TEDx Australia at the Sydney Opera House, Microsoft in Seattle, and Google Cultural Institute in Paris. She founded Hack the Future Labs, interdisciplinary think-and-action tanks that integrate art, neuroscience, technology, activism, and social justice to help individuals and organizations build new narratives. Palmer's work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company, CBS News, Channel 4 News, BBC News, and The Guardian. Through her projects, Palmer challenges audiences to engage with the futures shaped by emerging technologies and to claim agency within them.
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Karen Palmer Speaking Topics
For corporate clients Palmer can envisage a new narrative for the future or their business, through a culture and global lens, to enable them to be optimally prepared for the Future. The objective is to inspire the Leadership Team to start to imagine the business's future for themselves.
Palmer has delivered these with great success to clients such as Vertex Leadership Summit (Berlin), NBC Universal DigiFest (London), TomTom (Data &AI Summit), ThoughtWorks Leadership Conference (Canada) to name a few.
In the time where she comes from they use the power of storytelling to envisage strategies of liberation. Empowering people to not just imagine alternative futures, but create the tools, networks, and open source tech to full-fill the visions.
Karen Palmer is currently in your time developing this blueprint now, titled "Hack the Future Labs," Think and Action Tanks at the intersection of Art, Neuroscience, Technology, Activism, Social Justice, Spirituality, and the Parkour Philosophy of moving through Fear.
Palmer shares her new immersive emotionally responsive film experience "Consensus Gentium." The film that watches you back using AI and facial detection technology to enable the participant to become conscious of their subconscious behavior.
The Talk Take away will be:
- A call to action that will inspire the audience to activate their agency.
Hack the Futures Workshop
These Labs are designed to facilitate breakthroughs regarding creative practice, business strategy, ideas blockages or any other challenges. By enabling the team to become aware of limiting subconscious beliefs and harness the power of storytelling to create new narratives and develop the building blocks to actualize them in reality.
Karen Palmer is the Storyteller from the Future and she has come back to enable you to survive what is to come through the power of storytelling. This Talk is a cautionary tale of the impeding future crashing into our present and the potential role of the audience.
This Talk will cover Futurism Trends such as:
- Surveillance Cities masquerading as Smart Cities.
- Digital Colonisation : Exportation of Surveillance Cultures
- Exploring the ethical implications and social ramifications of AI through storytelling.
- Impending emergence of neural networked digital social platforms
- Protocols developed by the Resistance-ranging from creating Open Source AI to to Democratisation AI & Data Democratisation and Hacking the psychology of Fear to name a few.
Bias in AI: Palmer breaks down the importance of how Bias AI will impact society, in particular minorities, due to lack of representation. Her award winning immersive experiences enable the participants to experience the these bias Futures today.
Harnessing the Power of Fear: Palmer reveals what people can learn from (the urban inner city sport of) Parkour and the process of moving through fear.
World building for World Building: How we can access the power of storytelling to impact our reality.
How to activate Autonomy and Agency within individuals through the power of storytelling: Palmer explores how she developed strategies to activate agency in participants, transforming them from a disempowered mind to empowered mind through NeuroScience, Storytelling, and Parkour methodologies.
Why Smart cities are really Surveillance cities: Palmer's narrative story scape experiences prepares participants to navigate the future of a new digital colonization that discriminates against gender, race and class through bias AI systems.
Karen Palmer Videos
How do I book Karen Palmer to speak at my event?
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How much does it cost to book Karen Palmer for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Karen Palmer, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Karen Palmer are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and $10,000 - $20,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Karen Palmer, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Karen Palmer speak about?
Karen Palmer is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Television & Film, TED, Storytelling, Art & Design, Modern Media, Futurism, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Ethics & Integrity, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Innovation, Virtual Reality, Workshop, Black Heritage, Social Activism, Social Justice, Civil Rights, LGBTQ, Black History Month, Anti-Racism, Diversity & Inclusion, College, Thought Leadership and Disruptive Thinking.
Where does Karen Palmer travel from?
Karen Palmer generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
Who is the agent for Karen Palmer?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Karen Palmer for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Karen Palmer for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Karen Palmer or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
Karen Palmer is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Television & Film, TED and Storytelling. The estimated speaking fee range to book Karen Palmer for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Karen Palmer generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mutale Nkonde, Zack Kass and Andrew Busch. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Karen Palmer for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Karen Palmer Speaking Topics
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Imagining the Future of Corporate Clients' Businesses
For corporate clients Palmer can envisage a new narrative for the future or their business, through a culture and global lens, to enable them to be optimally prepared for the Future. The objective is to inspire the Leadership Team to start to imagine the business's future for themselves.
Palmer has delivered these with great success to clients such as Vertex Leadership Summit (Berlin), NBC Universal DigiFest (London), TomTom (Data &AI Summit), ThoughtWorks Leadership Conference (Canada) to name a few.
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Hack the Future Labs
In the time where she comes from they use the power of storytelling to envisage strategies of liberation. Empowering people to not just imagine alternative futures, but create the tools, networks, and open source tech to full-fill the visions.
Karen Palmer is currently in your time developing this blueprint now, titled "Hack the Future Labs," Think and Action Tanks at the intersection of Art, Neuroscience, Technology, Activism, Social Justice, Spirituality, and the Parkour Philosophy of moving through Fear.
Palmer shares her new immersive emotionally responsive film experience "Consensus Gentium." The film that watches you back using AI and facial detection technology to enable the participant to become conscious of their subconscious behavior.
The Talk Take away will be:
- A call to action that will inspire the audience to activate their agency.
Hack the Futures Workshop
These Labs are designed to facilitate breakthroughs regarding creative practice, business strategy, ideas blockages or any other challenges. By enabling the team to become aware of limiting subconscious beliefs and harness the power of storytelling to create new narratives and develop the building blocks to actualize them in reality.
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The Future Crashes into our Present
Karen Palmer is the Storyteller from the Future and she has come back to enable you to survive what is to come through the power of storytelling. This Talk is a cautionary tale of the impeding future crashing into our present and the potential role of the audience.
This Talk will cover Futurism Trends such as:
- Surveillance Cities masquerading as Smart Cities.
- Digital Colonisation : Exportation of Surveillance Cultures
- Exploring the ethical implications and social ramifications of AI through storytelling.
- Impending emergence of neural networked digital social platforms
- Protocols developed by the Resistance-ranging from creating Open Source AI to to Democratisation AI & Data Democratisation and Hacking the psychology of Fear to name a few.
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Popular Speaking Themes
Bias in AI: Palmer breaks down the importance of how Bias AI will impact society, in particular minorities, due to lack of representation. Her award winning immersive experiences enable the participants to experience the these bias Futures today.
Harnessing the Power of Fear: Palmer reveals what people can learn from (the urban inner city sport of) Parkour and the process of moving through fear.
World building for World Building: How we can access the power of storytelling to impact our reality.
How to activate Autonomy and Agency within individuals through the power of storytelling: Palmer explores how she developed strategies to activate agency in participants, transforming them from a disempowered mind to empowered mind through NeuroScience, Storytelling, and Parkour methodologies.
Why Smart cities are really Surveillance cities: Palmer's narrative story scape experiences prepares participants to navigate the future of a new digital colonization that discriminates against gender, race and class through bias AI systems.
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Karen Palmer Videos
REVIEWS
Karen Palmer Reviews
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We had a few very last-minute changes to make and Karen really addressed our high-level feedback on her own and delivered what we requested.
Comcast - Mar 14 2023
NEWS
Karen Palmer News
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UK creative artist Karen Palmer wins South by Southwest 2023 Award for innovation XR experience
Future Art and Culture is delighted to announce that UK creative artist Karen Palmer’s project CONSENSUS GENTIUM has won the XR experience competition at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. The award-winning international artist and TED Speaker uses interactive storytelling to explore race, bias in technology and social justice.
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SXSW Film & TV Festival 2023 Award Winners
Karen Palmer wins the XR Competition at SXSW for "Consensus Gentium."
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NFF Conference: Speculative Fabulation
Karen Palmer, storyteller of the future, and film and media maker, will introduce her project Consensus Gentium, an emotion-driven film in which smartphone functionalities in the field of intimacy and authenticity are used to create a hyper-realistic experience of the social media of the future.
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How do I book Karen Palmer to speak at my event?
Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Karen Palmer for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Karen Palmer, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Karen Palmer or any other speaker of your choice. -
How much does it cost to book Karen Palmer for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Karen Palmer, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Karen Palmer are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and $10,000 - $20,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Karen Palmer, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Karen Palmer speak about?
Karen Palmer is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Television & Film, TED, Storytelling, Art & Design, Modern Media, Futurism, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Ethics & Integrity, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Innovation, Virtual Reality, Workshop, Black Heritage, Social Activism, Social Justice, Civil Rights, LGBTQ, Black History Month, Anti-Racism, Diversity & Inclusion, College, Thought Leadership and Disruptive Thinking. -
Where does Karen Palmer travel from?
Karen Palmer generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Karen Palmer?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Karen Palmer for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Karen Palmer for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Karen Palmer or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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