The focus of my public work is on digital culture, data, ethics, AI, innovation, cultural management and explainable AI.
I have been invited to speak, chair, programme and MC events at leading cultural centres and tech events in the UK, Europe and US, including MUNCH, Royal Academy, The Barbican Centre, V&A, National Theatre, New Museum, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Cooper Hewitt – Smithsonian Design Museum, Belvedere.
If you would like to book me a for a talk contact me on hello@oonaghmurphy.com
Selected Speaking engagements:
- KEYNOTE “Responsible AI as a Cultural Imperative” The Art Museum in the Digital Age, Belvedere, Vienna, January 2026.
- KEYNOTE “Responsible AI in the Cultural Sector – From Theory to Practice ” BETA Festival, Dublin, November 2025
- “Responsible AI at Arts Council England” Alan Turing Institute, AI & Arts Group, Community Call, October 2025
- Event convenor, AI Creative Expression & Skills, Forging New Pathways Together with Arts Council England and techUK, July 2025.
- Panellist, Innovation Fellows Reception, British Academy, July 2025 (invite only event).
- “Countering AI Harms” BRAID Community Gathering, Manchester, June 2025.
- Data Ethics Professional #6: Responsible AI at Arts Council England, Open Data Institute, July, 2025
- “AI R&D Beyond Arts Funding” Figurative Webinar, June 2025.
- “AI in the Cultural Sector” OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN, June 2025, London.
- Emcee, AI UK The UK’s national showcase of data science and artificial intelligence (AI), March 2026.
- “AI in the Gallery” with Laura Herman, Rachel Walker. Remix Summit, London, January, 2025.
- Chair ‘Exploring the Value of AI’ Let’s Get Real Conference, Bristol, January 2025.
- “Digital Dilemmas x International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent” with Pascal Hufschmid- Gulbenkian Summer School, Museums, Democracy and Citizenship. Portugal (Online), Sept 2024.
- KEYNOTE “Artificial Intelligence in cultural heritage: critical perspectives and creative” European Heritage Hub Forum x Europeana ‘Championing a responsible digital transition for and with cultural heritage’ Romania, Oct 2024.
- “A Primer for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence” Museum + Heritage Show, London, 15th May 2024
- “Critical Technology Discourse” NEMO, Museums Paving the Way in an AI Driven Society, Brussels, March 2024.
- Guest Expert (Online Tutor), We Are Museums, Web3 Lab, March 2024.
- “Data Ethics Canvas” Workshop. Museum Academy. Germany x Online, February 2024.
- “Future-proofing your AI Museum Projects from an ethical point of view” Museums + Tech 2023, Royal Academy, 24th November 2023.
- “Critical technology discourse: creating a space for Emerging technology languages and applications” National Hangeul Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 19th October 2023.
- KEYNOTE ENCATC Congress, Helsinki, October 2023.
- Workshop ‘Unlocking the Ethical Aspects of AI for Museums’ IULM University Milan, 9th October 2023
- KEYNOTE“Critical Technology Discourse – creating a space for a public reckoning with technology” Digital Humanities Summer School, Keble College, Oxford, July 2023.
- “Critical Technology Discourse” AI ART Meeting, City, University of London, June 2022.
- “Curating AI and Digital Art” Creative Machine Conference, Jesus College, Oxford, May 2023.
- “Cultures of Artificial Intelligence – new perspectives for museums” Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe (Germany), December 2022
- “Troubleshoot: AI in the Museum? University of Applied Arts” (Vienna), December 2022
- “Working with and for museums: exploring the space between the museum and university” The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sept 2022.
- “Intro to AR for cultural heritage” Public Records Office Northern Ireland, Aug 2022
- KEYNOTE Discovering Collections Discovering Communities, The National Archives, RLUK and Jisc, July 2022.
- “Audience Development // Creating Change” Arts & Business NI, July 2022
- “The use of AI technologies in cultural institutions” Wavelab, Munich, May 2022.
- Visiting Fellow, Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies, multiple events across 2022.
- “Artificial Intelligence: Creative Solutions and Technical Realities” with Elena Villaespesa, LINKed – KI als Werkzeug in Museen, Badisches Landesmuseum. March 2021.
- “The Museums + AI network” with Elena Villaespesa, Future Museum. February 2021.
– “Curator, Computer, Creator?” World Museum Forum. November 2020.
- “Precarity – Panel”. Museums 2020. November 2020.
- “AI, ethics and museums – a complex web or a crucial opportunity?” UNESCO International Conference on Digital Heritage. November 2020.
- “The relationship between AI, Museums and Creativity” UCL, Principal of Creativity in Technology Webinar Series. July 2020.
- “Museums and AI: Imagining the AI We Want for Museums”(video available). Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society (University of Edinburgh), June 2020
- “Algorithmic Futures: Curator Computer Creator?” Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek, June 2020
- KEYNOTE “Deepening human connections: digital and values-led practice” – Let’s Get Real Conference, London, 2nd March 2020
- MC – “What is the future of cultural experience?”ARTIQ X Broadgate: London, 12th February 2020
- “AI Now and Next” Northern Ireland Museums Council workshop, December 2019
- “Curator Computer Creator: Museums and AI” The Museums Computer Network, San Diego, November 2019
- “AI Now and Next” AHRC Workshop on UK-US Collaboration for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions, National Museum of African American History and Culture, September 2019
- “Museum Management – Branding Intensive” (5 day workshop led by myself and Jo Taylor, MHM) – British Council, Uzbekistan, May 20th – 24th May
- “Introducing the Museums AI Network” – An[0]ther {AI} in Art Summit 2019: Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Art Making, Another AI – New Museum, New York, April 24th – 26th April 2019
- “Hacking the museum: Appropriation, Reproduction and Digital Culture” Cast Courts Conference Celebrating Reproductions: Past, Present and Future – V&A, London, 17th – 19th January 2019
- “Hacking the Museum: Digital Culture, Content and Visitor Appropriation of Museum Collections” – The Art Museum in the Digital Age, Belvedere Museum – Vienna, 10th – 11th January 2019
- “Relative peace: Museum policy and Practice a Northern Ireland perspective” – Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Conference – Manchester, 1st – 3rd November 2018
- “Can Beyonce Save Art History?” ResFest Courtauld Institute X Ulster Museum – Belfast, 25th October 2018
- “Creative Legacies: Collaborative Practices for Digital Cultural Heritage” – Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities – Malta – 9th -12th September 2018.
- “Rising to the Challenge: Digital Innovation in Museums” – Plateforme 10 – Lausanne, Switzerland – TBC April 2018
- “Social Media and The Arts” – National Theatre – 18th January 2018
- “Taking a skills-led approach to your museum career”. Moving Up: Building a Dynamic Career – Museums Association – Cardiff – 26th February 2018. Booking Link.
- “Crowdfunding Workshop” – We Are Museums – Latvia – 11th June 2017
- Conference MC- Culture Geek – London – 19th May 2017
- “Working in the Art World: Professional Practice Reimagined”- GLAD Conference – Manchester – 6th April 2017
- “Developing your Professional Digital Identity” – BAU International Berlin – 17th March 2017
Older Talks:
Professional Practice Talk: MA Media Management – Middlesex University – February 2017: Workshop for Early Career Researchers – Digital Networking for research and career development – Canterbury University – Funded by the British Academy and University of Ulster – 5th October 2016: Guest Lecture – Crowdfunding research and practice – Middlesex University – MA Media Management, 13th February 2017: Talk: Developing Your Digital Footprint: A Workshop for Emerging Artists – Art Rooms, Art Fair – London – 21st January 2017
Session Chair -DAY 1 – Museum Next – Dublin – 18th April 2016
What makes a city creative? – D.A.T.E LAB – This is Antwerp – 18th March 2016
Workshop: Digital Strategy for Artists: Golden Thread Gallery – Artist’s Career Enhancement Programme, Northern Ireland – 25th August 2015
Workshop: Creating Awesome Digital Content for Under a Fiver: A Practical Workshop for Artists and Designer-Maker: Creative Peninsula, Northern Ireland – 26th August 2015
Older Talks and Workshops
Creative Economy Seminar – 27th March 2015, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
> How to Make Awesome Digital Content + Stand Out Online
Driving Digital – 20th November 2014, Belfast, Northern Ireland
> Driving Digital Debate – Panel Chair
Arts & Business NI: Masterclass – 20th October 2014, Belfast, Northern Ireland
> Crowdfunding Masterclass
Developing your Fundraising Mix – 7th October 2014, Belfast, Northern Ireland
> Fundraising Online
Collaboration Interchange – 17th September 2014, Belfast Northern Ireland
> Family Friendly Galleries
CXNI: Creative Collaborative Futures – 5th Dec 2013, Belfast, Northern Ireland
> Invited speaker: Topic TBC
> Invited speaker: (workshop) Cats Are Your Competition
Audiences NI, Digital Day – Oct 2013, Belfast, Northern Ireland
> Invited speaker: How to Create Awesome Digital Content for Under a Fiver
CultureTech – Sept 2013, Derry, Northern Ireland
> Invited speaker: Remix the Museum
Museums and The Web – April 2013, Portland, Oregon
> This is Our Playrgound: Recognising the Value of Students as Innovators
MuseumNext – May 2013, Amsterdam
> R&D on a Shoestring: What’s now, What’s Next, and What’s Within Your Budget?
Engaging Visitors through Play – May 2013, Belfast
> Learning to Play: Hack days, rapid protoyping and digitally mediated solutions
> Hacking Art History
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