Keynote speeches, talks and lectures include topics like critical making, grassroots movements, social innovation, social business models, openness and inclusion in tech and social entrepreneurship.
2026
- FOR2026, The Future of Open Research: Reliable, Responsible, Equitable Conference (May, Munich):
Exploiting Biases Inherent to AI to Responsibly Co-Design Digital Futures
2025
- IASDR Conference (December, Taipei):
Critical Participatory Co-Design: Exploring Critical Themes for the Future of Design Research - Friedrich Schiedel Fellowship Coffee Talk Series (June, Munich):
Prototyping Treasure Hunt: Towards an Evidence-Based Translational Design Framework for Human-Centered Innovation - STS Italia Conference (June, Milano):
Agency on the Peripheries: Case Studies of Grassroots Innovation in the Global South
European Human-Centric Digital Transformation Projects as Case Studies for Approaching Public Interest - Weizenbaum Conference (June, Berlin):
Using Generative AI to Grapple with Digital Futures: The Critical Participatory Co-Design Method - Re:publica Conference (May, Berlin):
Lost in the Funhouse: Knowledge Distribution in a Splintered Web - By Design and by Disaster Conference (May, Bolzano):
From Wicked Problems to Prototyping Transitions: Co-Designing Transitions in Crisis Contexts - Friedrich Schiedel Fellowship Kick-off Event (May, Munich):
T:INTERFACE Project: Towards an Evidence-Based Translational Design Framework for Human-Centered Innovation
2024
- EASST-4S 2024 Conference – Making and Doing Transformations (July, Amsterdam):
Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up: Grassroots Innovators and Self-Directed Development in Indonesia
Hacking Urban Development: Using Critical Making and AI to Create Speculative Cityscapes and Uncover Biases - Global Digital Development Forum (June, Washington, DC):
Made in Everywhere – The Next Industrial Revolution - 7. Internationale Tagung Soziale Arbeit und Stadtentwicklung (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, June, Switzerland, Basel):
Let’s Hack Urban Development / Lasst uns Stadtentwicklung hacken – Critical Making - Coffee Talks @ Urban Design, Technical University of Munich:
Three Approaches to Critical Making: Grassroots Design Beyond Academia, Inspiration for Responsible Research and Innovation, and a Tool to Speculate about Alternative Post-Digital Futures. - Re:publica conference (May, Berlin):
Making Critique and Care - STS Conf Graz (Technical University of Graz, April, Austria, Graz):
Navigating Future Skills: The Founding Lab Experience in Shaping the University of the Future - Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (International Telecommunication Union, March, Switzerland, Geneva):
Human-Centric Approaches to Digital Transformation
2023
- Ars Electronica Founding Lab Fireside Chat (August, Linz, Austria):
How We Treat Each Other (diversity, inclusion and mental health) - FAB23 Fab Fest Bhutan (July, Thimphu, Bhutan):
BioClub Tokyo – BioArt, BioFab and BioCommunities - Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (Long Night of Sciences, June, Berlin):
The Origins of Critical Making: Why Engineers Need Future Skills
Exhibition of Hacking Innovation Bias Students’ Critical Making Artefacts - Urban Hosts
Top-down vs Bottom-up: Smallness as a Sustainability Strategy - Re:publica 23 Conference (June, Berlin):
Redistribute: Distributed Manufacturing for a Just Future
Workshop Testing UNBOX!NG: Introducing the Critical Making Reflection Game - HASTAC 2023 Conference on Critical Making and Social Justice (June, New York, USA):
Six Arguments why Critical Making is open, local and connected, social and diverse, reflexive, impactful, joyful and meaningful - FOSSASIA (April, Singapore):
Scaling Distributed Manufacturing - Open Hardware Research Network (January, online):
Towards a Scaling Model for Distributed Manufacturing
2022
- CyFy Conference, ORF Foundation (October, Delhi)
Aspirations, Access, and Agency: Startups and the Quest for the Next Million - FAB17 Fab Fest Bali (October, Bali):
Public presentation: How Critical Makers Propose Alternative Futures
Peer reviewed academic paper presentation: Critical Making Responsibility Framework - Festival University at Ars Electronica Festival and Johannes Kepler Universität (August-September, Linz):
Lead Facilitator, Academic Output - Re:publica 22 Conference (June, Berlin):
What’s Critical about Making – Is Making Critical? - Eu-SPRI Conference, Utrecht University (June, Utrecht):
Reshaping RRI keys to Embrace Grassroots Innovations: Focus on Community Empowerment
2021
- Maker Meetup, RWTH Aachen University, Media Computing Group (October, Aachen/online):
Introducing Critical Making - CyFy Conference, ORF Foundation (October, Delhi/online):
Co-curator and moderator: Recrafting the Agora: Inclusive Agendas - CoAct Citizen Social Science School: Social Dimensions in Citizen Science. Universitat de Barcelona (September, online)
Knowledge Production with Makers: Situatedness, Infrastructuring, and Criticality – 3 Emerging Research Topics - Future University at Ars Electronica Festival and Johannes Kepler Universität (August-September, Linz):
Lead Facilitator and Co-Creator - 10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (June, Seattle):
Critical Making with and for Communities. Community-Driven Critical Making Grounded in Practitioners’ Perspectives on Definition and Praxis - Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Masterstudiengang Soziale Innovation (May, Salzburg):
Critical Practice Cases in Social Innovation - Digital Culture and Society Special Issue Launch Event: Alternative Histories in DIY Cultures & Maker Utopias (April, online):
Tracing the History of DIY and Maker Culture in Germany’s Open Workshops - hybrid plattform, Global Makerspaces – Critical Perspectives, Positions and Practices (January, Berlin):
Social Innovation in Critical Technical Practice in Indonesia - Critical Making Consortium (January, online):
Critical Making Basic Theoretical and Practical Principles: Defining Common Ground
Building the Critical Making Knowledge Base
Case Action: Young Talents – Making and Digitalisation in Education
2020
- techSHE meet-up (December, Hannover):
Female Social Entrepreneurs: Inspiration from South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America - United Nations, Forum “Objectif Sciences International” (December, Geneva):
Participatory Research, Citizen Sciences, Crowd-Innovation and Fab Labs for Peace and Development track: Critical Making – Studying Responsible Research and Innovation Practices in the Maker Community - Event of House of Natural Fiber (October, Jogjakarta/online):
“Digital Artivism”: Social Solidarity Amidst the Pandemic Crisis - Media Startup Fellowship Bootcamp, Media Lab Bayern (September, Munich/online):
Coach: Human-centred Design, Testing Assumptions and Pitching - Datenspuren (September, Dresden/online):
Democratizing and Decolonizing the Future. Grassroots Utopias from Indonesia - Hack from Home Hackathon (May, Indonesia/online):
Organizer and mentor: How to Get Started With Your Social Startup - Prototype Fund (May, Berlin):
Jury member for Round 8. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) - DAAD Science Lectures (April, Jakarta):
Grassroots Innovation Movements - FOSSASIA (March, Singapore):
Sustainable Making Needs Critical Thinking - HONF x Institut Teknologi Telkom Purwokerto and Purwokerto Semendulur Community (March, Purwokerto):
Critical Making - Universitas Gadjah Mada, Social Development Talks (February, Jogjakarta):
Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Alternative Business Models
2019
- ORF Dhaka Global Dialogue (November, Dhaka): Women in the GIG economy
- ESSI 5th Global Research Conference: Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation – Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy (October, Dortmund):
Social Innovation in Critical Technical Practice - Cyfy Conference (October, Delhi):
Inclusive Technologies and Democratising Innovation - CIHR Netzwerktreffen (October, Berlin):
Open Source Software, Maker Communities and Governance - Ars Electronica Festival (September, Austria):
Future Innovators Summit, Facilitator of Future Humanity Group - Dinacon (August, Panama):
Not giving a talk, just learning, making and being inspired! - No School Nevers (July, Nevers, France):
Not giving a talk, just learning, making and being inspired! - GATWU Jahrestagung (June, Hamburg, Germany):
Souveränität, Entrepreneurship und Beteiligung durch Digitalisierung: Social Entrepreneurship und Digitalisierung - Communities and Technologies Conference (June, Vienna):
Critical Making with and for Communities Workshop - German-American Conference at Harvard e.V. (May, Berlin):
Chancen und Herausforderung für Impact-Driven Technologie Startups in Schwellenländern - Prototype Fund (May, Berlin):
Jury member for round 6 topic “Commit: System Erneuern”. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). - Autotopia (May, Leipzig):
Interaktiver WorkshopKritische Maker-Kultur
- HubIT Berlin Workshop at the Technical University (April, Berlin):
The Origins of Critical Making and Two Examples
2018
- Chaos Communication Congress(December, Leipzig):
The Critical Making Movement. How using critical thinking in technological practice can make a difference. - Prototype Fund (November, Berlin):
Jury member for round 5 topic “Maschinen lernen lassen / Technologien für die Zukunft”. An initiative by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). - Entrepreneurship Summit (October, Berlin):
Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries - CyFy Conference (October, Delhi):
Women and the Gig Economy - Hive Europe (June, Berlin):
Tech as a Vehicle for Economic Development - re:publica (May, Berlin):
Activating Local Networks - #AttractYouth (April, Trieste, Italy):
CERN Imaging and Detection Technology Transfer Youth Event, Anti-Personnel Landmine Detection coach - Persist* Summit (April, Berlin):
Open Source for Non-Profits - Nesta (March, remote):
A Theoretical Framework for the Digital Social Innovation Index for the European Commission - FOSDEM (February, Brussels):
Cooperative Communities
2017
- Hungarian Social Impact Day (December, Budapest):
Hungarian Social Impact Ecosystem - Ars Electronica Festival (September, Linz, Austria):
Future Innovators Summit, Facilitator of Future Work Group - ‘Hofgespräch’ Starke Frauen, Starke Wirtschaft (June, Berlin):
Digitalisierung: Chance für Frauen oder Dreifachbelastung? - Prototype Fund (June, Berlin):
Jury member for round 2 topic “Tools for an Empowered Civil Society”. Initiative by Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). - LinuxWochen (May, Linz, Austria):
Closing Keynote: Beyond the Next Unicorn - Re:publica (May, Berlin):
Can I be Social, Digital and Not Starve?
2016
- ITU Telecom World (November, remote):
Jury Member for the ITU Telecom Innovation Awards - #neuLand(October, Berlin):
Jury Member - QtCon (September, Berlin):
Building a Sustainable, Impactful and Open Social Business - AngelHack (June, Berlin):
Jury Member
2015
- Creative Economy Lecture Series, Eötvös Loránd University (November, Budapest):
Why Become a Social Entrepreneur? - Youth and ICTs, ITU (June, Geneva, Switzerland):
Inauguration of the New Patron, President Luis Guillermo Solís - Re:publica (May, Berlin, Germany):
Fighting Chronic Disease with Digital Innovation - ITU Girls in ICT Day (April, Geneva, Switzerland):
How Can STEM be Social?
2014
- Ars Electronica Festival (September, Linz, Austria):
Young Innovators Competition and Future Innovators Summit
Dr. Regina M. Sipos 