Explore a selection of Adah Parris's impressive track record of notable achievements. From being recognised as one of TED Talks Global Emerging Innovators to being long-listed as one of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology, Adah's accolades speak for themselves and has garnered attention and made an impact in various fields.
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Experience Designer (voluntary) - Order of the Wild
Award Nominee: Employer of the Year, The Women’s Business Club Awards 2022
Award Nominee: The Positive Leadership Awards 2022
Keynote Speaker: Crowe LLP ; Human transformation - attracting and retaining the best talent
Keynote Speaker: Harvest Kaplankaya (October): Kinship in the age of 1s, 0s and nodes of possibility
Professor and Experience Designer: The College of Extraordinary Experiences
Chair of The Centre for Cultural Values Advisory Group
Closing Keynote Speaker: VCCP Network annual conference: What type of Ancestor do you want to be?
Keynote Speaker: The Drum Network CEO Club
Panel Host: Meta Gather 2022 (Conference) - Meta Boost Leaders Network
Speaker: TEDx Amsterdam 2021
Closing Keynote Speaker: Natwest Bank Annual Conference - Techstock 2021
Keynote Speaker: CPA Virtual Conference: Embracing the next innovation in finance
Keynote Speaker: The Creative Conscience Awards
Catalyst: BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt’s Responsible Leadership New Dawn programme
Longlisted as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in the UK (2021)
Judge: The Gerety Awards
Artist in Residence, SBCAST (The Santa Barbara Centre for Arts, Science and Technology).
Tutor/ Lecturer - The University of the Underground. Theme - I Want to Believe
#BiasInAI Innovation Group member, Durham University
Judge: The Gerety Awards - June 2021
Judge: WARC Awards for Effectiveness: 2021 Collaboration & Culture
Judge: RSA Student Design Awards. Category: For the Long Time
Speaker: TEDxGreekStreetWomen - Fearlessness
Facilitator and co-host of The Council of 90, The World Indigenous Forum
Panelist: Scotland’s Countdown to COP26 - Reinvent and reimagine
Keynote speaker and panelist: B3 Biennale - The Ecological Triptych: An uncomfortable truth
Chair, MHFA (Mental Health First Aid)
Buckminster Fuller Institute Trimtab Space Camp Thermosphere Instructor
Buckminster Fuller Institute + ReHabitual Design Science Studio (r)Evolutionary (2020 cohort)
Panel host: The Next Web: Opportunities from disruption: reshaping how we earn income
HATCH Impact Lab 2020 Cohort. Theme: Racial Justice
Longlisted as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in the UK (2020).
Interviewer: BIMA An Audience with: Paul Mason a journalist, writer, film-maker and speaker
Medicine // A Festival for People & Planet: Speaker - Cyborg Shamanism
Moderator: SheSays Action Against Racism Global Session
Speaker: The Unconference: The future of humanity, work and nature session (April)
Speaker: The London Futurists - What should we learn from the COVID-19 crisis? (March)
Keynote speaker: STEP Conference Dubai (February)
Performance Artist: Uniqlo Tate Lates - Nam June Paik. An immersive roundtable on Cyborgs and Shaman (November)
Resident and keynote speaker: The House of Beautiful Business Lisbon (November)
Steering Group Member to Hatch Enterprise UK £10m Impact Investing Fund
Nominee and attendee: Kinnernet Europe Imagination Festival.
Livestream Host: Launch of Digital Leaders Week
TED2019 Emerging Innovator. Nominated by Google and #IamRemarkable
2018
Recognised as one of the UK’s Top 100 Black and Minority Ethnic Leaders in Technology
Co-host: The Fourth Group Political Summit 2018
Keynote speaker: British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) Emerging Technology Showcase
Session Interviewer: Tech for Good, Digital Agenda Power & Responsibility Summit
Keynote speaker: Oxford Inspires Conference, Oxford University
Named as one of their Top 100 Creative Superheroes, Creative Social
Board Member and Trustee: The Collective Foundation
Judge: British Interactive Media (BIMA) Advance Award for Startup of the Year Jury
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2016