Wanna Meet Up? (SXSW, Venice Privacy Symposium & Barcelona Meetup)
Are you a reader? Would you like to meet up? Here's where I'll be!
In less than a week I'm headed to Austin, TX to attend my very first SXSW, which is both exciting and terrifying because I am generally not a "crowd" person, but YOLO. 🤷♀️
However, I'm most excited about attending the inaugural AI Governance House and its uncoference, organized by the lovely Shoshana Rosenberg and Emerald De Leeuw-Goggin, and backed by the spectacular Women in AI Governance™ (WiAIG) team.
As Emerald has said before, "we belong in the places where the important conversations on technology, investment and innovation are happening", and I don't think it's an understatement to say that a whole lot will be happening at SXSW.
When I'm not attending AI Governance House events (or parties) you'll find me lurking around the AI & Tech Interactive Track events, and catching up with all the lovely folks who will be there.
I'm also excited that the AI Governance House itself will feature its own banger lineup of speakers, including Shoshana, Tea Mustać, Dr. Chantelle Brandt Larsen, and other fabulous folks. They're even letting me have a go at speaking, so I can officially say that I'll be speaking at SXSW* (* in the AI Governance House), which is fun.
I'll regale everyone with a short chat about Machine Unlearning and its challenges.
BTW, for those who do not know, Shoshana is a force of freaking nature, and if you have not witnessed her glory, you should (either at SXSW or one of the many WiAIG events). One of the best ways of experiencing that is to join Women in AI Governance™ (WiAIG) and of course, to attend her excellent trainings offered by Logical AI Governance.
If you’re heading to SXSW and want to say hi, let me know — I'd love to catch up. I’m there March 5-12!
AI Governance House signup
https://www.wiaig.com/event-details/inaugural-ai-governance-house-at-sxsw-2025
Become a Member of Women in AI Governance
But that’s not all — In May, I’ll be attending the Venice Privacy Symposium and then spending a week in the Catalonian part of Spain — including Barcelona. I’ll also be making a brief trip over to Andorra (for all my adoring fans who live there). I wrote much more on this here:
Bon Dia, Catalonia!
A few months ago, I wrote about how I have a legal obligation to go to Spain, and in particular, the Catalonian-speaking part of Spain and/or other Catalonian-speaking parts of the world.
The consensus I got from survey results was that May 24 was ideal for a meetup somewhere in BCN, so now I need to make that happen. This will be an informal Privacat Insights meetup, and I expect that tapas and wine will be involved, FWIW.
Feel free to reach out if you have venue suggestions. And do share this with friends — the more the merrier.
Quick Itinerary in Case you Don’t Want to Read:
SXSW: March 5-12
Venice Privacy Symposium: May 12-18
Barcelona: May 18-25
Bonus Cats!
It’s been unreasonably cold in Dublin, and yesterday I lit a fire. The cats were all for it. Slightly redacted image to deter stalkers & geoguessers.
Barcelona in May <3!