Events
Upcoming

CHELTENHAM SCIENCE FESTIVAL
“The world’s greatest scientists help answer big questions at Cheltenham Science Festival”
Located at Imperial Gardens, June 6-11, 2023
PAST EVENTS

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
This presentation explores these developments and discusses their potential not only to extend humanity’s relationship with nature but also to underscore the urgency of preserving biodiversity.

WWF PANDAS & PROSE
January 2023; Hosted by WWF, author Karen Bakker and WWF’s Global Data and Technology Lead Scientist Dave Thau have a conversation.

February 21st; Private Event

FUTURE TENSE
“A global pandemic treaty; communication vulnerabilities; and talking to the animals”

DLD MUNICH 23
DLD is a global media and conference network on innovation, digitization, science and culture. January 12-14th. (Watch here)

INTERSPECIES INTERNET
Listening Across the Tree of Life: December 3, 2022 at 11:00 am EST (Listen here!)

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE AT HARVARD
Radcliffe Institute at Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts) on February 8th, 2023
SCIENCE FRIDAY'S SCIFRI BOOK CLUB
Starting November 1st (Register here)

NEWSY'S IN THE LOOP
“Artificial Intelligence could help humans talk to pets”
SECRET SCIENCE CLUB
On December 1, join us on Zoom with Karen Bakker of the Smart Earth Project with The Sounds of Life. (Watch here!)

MANY MINDS
“[The Sounds Of Life] is really bursting with insight, science, and stories—all presented with unusual clarity.”
JOHN FUGELSANG PODCAST
“This week John is broadcasting from California…interview[ing] Karen Bakker, author of “The Sounds of Life – How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants”. They talk about the secret world of sound and how other species communicate”
IDEAS PODCAST
“Technology often distracts us from nature, but what if it could reconnect us instead?”
THE JEFFERSON EXCHANGE
“Technology has expanded our ability to detect the sounds of living things, even when they are inaudible to humans”
KUOW'S SOUNDSIDE
“How technology is mapping the unheard conversations of the natural world…”
SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES TALK
Smithsonian Associates talk (Washington, DC) on November 3, 2022 at 6:45pm EST (Register here)

EARTH SPECIES PROJECT
A presentation on decoding animal language by Aza Raskin, followed by a panel discussion hosted at the World Economic Forum in San Francisco on October 25, 2022 exploring how AI is expanding our ability to understand other species and the benefits and potential challenges that this new understanding will bring.
(Watch here)
PLANT YOURSELF
“What do you get when you combine a reverential attitude toward the natural world with a high-tech approach to problem solving?”
Listen on the blog, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Youtube

FUTURE PROOF WITH JONATHAN MCCREA
“Jonathan is joined by Karen Bakker, Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies and author of ‘The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants’ to explore the sounds in nature that we cannot hear.”
(Listen here)
TALK NERDY
Sounds of Nature with Karen Bakker (and Cara Santa Maria)
(Listen here)

KEEN ON
“A Digital Dolittle? On Technology That Will Enable Us to Talk With Other Species… Including Plants and Trees”
(Watch here)

UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL
University of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec) on November 17th, 2022

THE URBAN BIRDER
Virtual Event on Thursday January 26th, at 7pm GST (Register here)
CBC SPARK
“Explore the tech that helps us understand the language of plants and animals, and how it may hold the key to protecting biodiversity”
TOWNHALL SEATTLE
Town Hall Seattle (Seattle, Washington) on Monday, October 24, 2022 (Register Here)

SCIENCE ON TAP
Science on Tap (Portland, Oregon) on Wednesday, Oct 26, 2022 at 7pm EST (Register here)