Karen Palmer
Keynote Speaker: Expert on Bias in Technology; Futurist Using Art & AI to Promote Social Justice; Award-Winning Artist; Creator of Interactive Film Experience "RIOT"
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Karen Palmer Biography
Karen Palmer is the Storyteller from the Future. An Award Winning International Artist and TED Speaker. She creates immersive film experiences that watch you back using Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition, which make you conscious of you subconscious behaviour. Incorporating Neuroscience, Behavioural Psychology and the Parkour philosophy of moving through fear. As an international speaker she highlights the impact of technology from a social justice perspective and the necessity to Democratise AI. The Future of Storytelling as a return to the role of mythology as a form of rights of passage through utilising Art & Tech to influence Cognitive Behaviour and reprogram our subconscious.
There have been numerous articles on her work published in Wired Magazine, Forbes, PC Mag, CBS TV, Fast Company, Engadget, The Guardian “It leapfrogs over VR”.
Palmer has been described as a Thought Leader in the realms of Immersive Storytelling, Futurism and Tech and featured in innumerable interviews and events. Ranging from The Future of Storytelling Festival NYC to The Big Think. She has been opening Keynote speaker at AT&T Shape Conference, L.A, Wired for Wonder Festival Australia, Sydney & Melbourne, MIT and TEDx Australia Speaker at the Sydney Opera House.
She has delivered keynotes and workshops to corporate clients and Leadership Summits include Microsoft Seattle, Vertex Berlin, ThoughtWorks Toronto and Google Cultural Institute in Paris. International Film and Storytelling events the Netherlands Film Festival to the Future of Storytelling in NYC. Worked closely with prestigious organizations such as the British Councils in Canada, Western Balkans, South Africa and Peru. Invited to speak,ZKM Living Amongst Intelligent Machines AI Conference in Germany. IFA+Summit Innovative Summit Berlin, Silbersalz Festival, was keynote speaker, Future, Science & media Festival, Halle Germany, Strategic Storytelling Seminar NYC Lincoln Centre. CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival under the theme, Art, Technology & Change to name a few.
She has exhibited at The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum NYC, the V&A London, PHI Centre Montreal, Sensory Stories Exhibition, Armoury Arts Week NYC, Museum of Modern Art Peru, and Sheffield International Doc Festival etc.
Her recent commission by the BFI set for release 2023 is "Consensus Gentium," an emotionally responsive film designed to be experienced on a mobile devise, tapping into the intimacy and authenticity of your smartphone features and world to create a uniquely realistic experience. Set in a near future of an increased surveillance State and bias AI. "Consensus Gentium" enables you to experience potential surveillance technologies today. "Consensus Gentium" won SXSW's 2023 XR Competition, solidifying Palmer as one of the leading artists in the XR space.
In 2020 she received Honorary Mention for the STARTS Prize ARS Electronica for Perception iO, the future of law enforcement. This is A.I. Law enforcement training simulation which will watch you back. Perception iO will enable participants to experience how easily human bias can be intergraded into networks by humans and therefore understand the necessity for Transparency and Regulation in AI.
In 2017 her installation RIOT was acknowledged as one of the Digital Dozen Award for break throughs in storytelling. RIOT is emotionally responsive, film, which uses facial recognition and A.I. technology to navigate though a dangerous riot. RIOT makes the player aware of their subconscious behaviour and enables them to consciously build new neurological pathways in their brain, to override automatic behaviour responses and create new ones.
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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 to book Karen Palmer?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Karen Palmer for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Karen Palmer, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Karen Palmer or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Karen Palmer?
Booking fees for Karen Palmer, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Karen Palmer, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Karen Palmer?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Karen Palmer for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent 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. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Karen Palmer for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Karen Palmer or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Karen Palmer or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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, Juliette Powell and Ayesha Khanna. 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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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
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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 to book Karen Palmer?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Karen Palmer for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Karen Palmer, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Karen Palmer or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Karen Palmer?
Booking fees for Karen Palmer, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Karen Palmer, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Karen Palmer?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Karen Palmer for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent 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. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Karen Palmer for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Karen Palmer or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Karen Palmer or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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, Juliette Powell and Ayesha Khanna. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Karen Palmer for an upcoming event.
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