Gisli is a sought after speaker, trainer, and advisor on the role of innovation in the social good sector.
Below are examples of some of Gisli’s speaking engagements:
- NETHOPE VIRTUAL GLOBAL SUMMIT – TECHNOLOGY SUPERHEROES, October 2020
- NETHOPE VIRTUAL GLOBAL SUMMIT – ICT ROLE OF THE FUTURE, October 2020
- NETHOPE VIRTUAL GLOBAL SUMMIT – TRANSFORMATION IN THE TIMES OF CRISIS, October 2020
- Curiosity Video Series – Analytics in a Crisis, August 2020
- Latitude59 – Sustainable Development Goals, Entrepreneurship, and Investing – Tallin, Estonia, May 2019
- TechnoPort – Impacting the World Through Technology + Creating a Social Impact Startup – Trondheim, Norway, March 2019
- Action of Disaster Relief – Technology for Disaster Relief – San José, Costa Rica, February 2019
- NetHope Summit 2018 – Blockchain for NGOs – Dublin 2018
- Startup Reykjavik – Raising Capital in Silicon Valley – Reykjavik 2018
- HumTech 2016 – Disrupting Humanitarian Response – Boston 2016
- TEDxReykjavik 2015 – Humanitarian Work – The Untold Story – Reykjavik 2015
- World Islamic Economic Forum 10 – How can Technological Innovation Tackle Humanitarian Crisis – Dubai 2014
- ISCRAM 2014 – Typhoon Haiyan Response – Penn State 2014
- APEC Workshop – Smart ICT Disaster Management – Taipei 2014
- Lean Impact Summit – Lean Response – DC 2014
- Tohoku Earthquake Remembrance Speech – Seattle 2014
- UNICEF Innovation Workshop – NYC 2013
- IASC Open Humanitarian Initiative Presentation – NYC 2013
- ESRI User Conference – Open Humanitarian Intiative – San Diego 2012
- #140conf – Finding meaning in the chaos of a disaster – NYC 2012
- Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference – Panel on Sustainable ICT Solutions – Hamburg 2012
- World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group Workshop – Global Development Collaboration and Partnerships – DC 2012
- Emergency Management Europe – IAEM – Use of Digital Volunteers – Germany 2011
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – Humanitarian Response in Times of Mass Collaboration and Networked Intelligence – DC 2011
- UN-SPIDER Expert Meeting on Crowdsourcing – Ignite Talk – Vienna 2011
- Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction – Ignite Talk – Geneva 2011
- Rescue 2010 – Conference Keynote on Haiti Earthquake – Reykjavik 2010
- Rescue 2010 – Digital Disaster Responders – Reykjavik 2010
- Tulane University – DRLA – Information Management 2.0 – New Orleans 2010
- Tulane University – DRLA – Applied Response Theory – New Orleans 2010
- ISCRAM 2010 – Effective Coordination of Disaster Response – 2010
- NCDR Workshop – Disaster Social Computing – Taipei 2010
- NCDR Workshop – Role of Military in Disaster Response – Taipei 2010
- NCDR Workshop – Effective Coordination – Taipei 2010
- NetHope Summit 2010 – OneResponse – Multi-Agency Collaboration – Nairobi 2010
- UNISDR Conference – Microsoft’s Role in International Disaster Risk Reduction – Incheon 2009
- World Bank Seminar – Disaster Risk Management in the Information Age – DC 2008
- Various Microsoft TechEd and PDC Conferences 1997-2001 and 2003-2007
