Past Talks

Flynn’s work has taken her into conversation with audiences across institutions, universities, companies, and communities around the world—exploring the questions that shape how we live, what we build, and who we become.

A selection of her past talks is included below.

  • NECR Webinar | A Human Algorithm In Conversation with Flynn Coleman

    The NECR program is thrilled to welcome Flynn Coleman, author and international human rights attorney, for a timely discussion around AI, human rights, and democracy.

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  • Taking Space: Women, Peace, & Leadership

    A vibrant multidisciplinary panel discussion on women's leadership in peace, negotiation, and security, followed by a screening of the documentary La Ciudad de las Amigas and a Q&A with members of Pirañas Crew.

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  • The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Flynn Coleman

    In this interactive event, she will discuss her views on AI and Ethics, her book, and the many insights she gained through her extraordinary academic and non-academic career.

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  • Outspoken Candid Conversations Virtual Event

    Flynn Coleman joins moderator Ashton Marra to explore what’s happening now and what’s to come with technological advances that are changing not only how we live during a pandemic, but how we will continue to change and grow as individuals and as a society.

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  • Plywood Presents: Flynn Coleman

    Flynn Coleman spoke at Plywood Presents 2017 at Atlanta Symphony Hall.

    In this talk, Flynn asks us to think about our role in shaping the technology and humanity of the future. As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes a part of human life, how will we interact with it? And are there ways to teach artificial intelligence the characteristics of social and moral good?

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  • Flynn Coleman: The Tapestry of Our Lives

    Coleman reflected on her conversations with people around the world as a human rights lawyer and social entrepreneur. She demonstrated how social enterprise and ethically focused businesses color our world with dignity, inspiration, hope, & equality.

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  • Human Rights and Technology: Through the Looking Glass | Flynn Coleman

    TEDxNapaValley — In this talk, Flynn Coleman, an international human rights lawyer, asks us to think about what it means to be human in new ways.

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  • Flynn Coleman Seminar at UC Berkeley School of Law

    UC Berkeley School of Law seminar on Human Rights Work in the 21st Century

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  • Women in Sports Award Acceptance Speech

    An abridged version of Flynn Coleman's speech to accept the inaugural award at the Women in Sports Day ceremony at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California. (2010) Film by: Andra Kokott

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  • Chautauqua Institution — The Science of Us / Gamble Lecture

    Chautauqua Institution — The Science of Us / Gamble Lecture

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  • Who Gets to Be Human?

    A talk by Dr. Flynn Coleman in Barcelona, Spain on Who Gets to be Human? Power, Stories, and Women Who Refuse

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  • NCP Benefit Honoring Flynn Coleman

    10th Anniversary Benefit 2018: Honoring Flynn Coleman

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  • Redefining Success in the Law

    Event at the LSE Dickson Poon School of Law, created by Flynn Coleman

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  • PCDN Fire Side Chat with Flynn Coleman

    Fire Side Chat with Flynn Coleman "Keeping Humanity at the Center of Our Work in Challenging Times"

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  • Uncorked Discourse in Barcelona, Spain with Flynn Coleman

    Inaugural Uncorked Discourse Talk in Barcelona, Spain with Dr. Flynn Coleman, who will discuss her work and book A Human Algorithm

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MORE PAST TALKS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FORUM BOLOGNA, A HUMAN ALGORITHM

ALL TECH IS HUMAN (NEW YORK CITY)

THE FUTURE OF WORK IN THE DIGITAL ERA - THE HARVARD CLUB OF OTTAWA

THRIVING IN OUR TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE: BLAKE STREET HOUSE

DN UNLIMITED BERLIN TALK - A HUMAN ALGORITHM

SYMPOSIUM ON DIVERSIFYING AI AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

INNOVATION LAND/ANDI (MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA)

SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT ASHOKA U

THE FUTURE OF WORK AT THE NEW SCHOOL, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

A HUMAN ALGORITHM: BOOK EVENT AT THE CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE, AND JUSTICE & PEACE STUDIES PROGRAM, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

INSPIRED CREATIVE WRITING AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

AI AND LAW, UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, INFORMATION SOCIETY LAW CENTER

TECHNOLOGY, INCLUSION, AND EQUITY: HOW EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS UPLIFTS US ALL (PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONFERENCE)

SKILLFUL ACTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - NYC

LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DIPLOMACY AT THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING (HOSTED BY FULBRIGHT AND STELLA NETWORK)

HUMAN ALGORITHMS AT ODA NETWORK’S INSPIRATION DAY, OSLO

THE JANUARY SERIES AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY - MILLER JOHNSON LECTURE

INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONAL LAW AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

DES MADRID

HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT WILDERNESS FESTIVAL

THE FUTURE OF AUGMENTED ORGANIZATIONS: CONVERGE AT THE NYSE

HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITY, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL IMPACT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

THE CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS: HOW INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES CAN IMPROVE HUMANITARIAN OUTCOMES AT THE ABA INTERNATIONAL LAW CONFERENCE

REIMAGINING LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE GRUNIN CONFERENCE

HOW AI IS REDEFINING WHO WE ARE - PALAZZO SAN NICCOLÒ, FIRENZE

THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI — PRAGUE

HD SUMMIT MEXICO

MTL CONNECT - CLOSING KEYNOTE - MONTREAL, CANADA

COMMUNITY COLLEGE HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE

THE SCANDINAVIAN FORUM SWITZERLAND - ZURICH

SAUGATUCK-DOUGLAS LIBRARY LECTURE

EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY AT KATAPULT

GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE NEW SCHOO

GOVERNMENT AND POLICY ISSUES IN IMPACT INVESTING AT YALE UNIVERSITY

FINDING YOUR PURPOSE IN SOCIAL ACTIVISM

INAUGURATION INDIVISIBLE GATHERING AT THE ALCHEMIST'S KITCHEN

ACADEMIC COLLOQUIUM ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CYBERSPACE CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA

HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL IMPACT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW

TEDXLSE STUDENT VOICES SPEAKER AT LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

FIRESIDE CHAT ON INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL IMPACT AT ROCKETSPACE

WHO GETS TO BE HUMAN: POWER, STORIES, AND WOMEN WHO RESIST: BARCELONA