Speaking
Barb offers a variety of keynotes and active workshops around the world, for higher education, business, and K–12 schools. Events range from 12–2,000 attendees, from a one-hour to a three-day workshop. She also consults with corporations worldwide to help them move into the vibrant world of modern learning based on solid scientific research. Virtual webinars are also available.
Take a look to see where she’ll next be lighting up the stage!
(Various talks in Guatemala Sep 17-Oct 2)
On 17th September 2025 at Guatemala City, Guatemala
(various events, Mexico City)
On 7th October 2025 at Mexico City, Mexico
ResearchEd and Launch of Uncommon Sense Teaching by Aptus in Spanish! (Oct 5-11)
On 11th October 2025 at Santiago, Chile
INSCIENCE Conference 2025
On 11th October 2025 at Kyiv, Ukraine (webinar)
ResearchEd
On 11th October 2025 at Santiago, Chile
Rethinking Neurodiversity: Understanding Autism, Dyslexia, and ADHD Through a Neuroscientific Lens, Japan Association for Learning Disabilities
On 18th October 2025 at Tokyo, Japan
Pathological Altruism in Education (for JALD)
On 19th October 2025 at Tokyo, Japan
Shirayuri University(白百合女子大学)
On 26th October 2025 at Tokyo, Japan
Nanyang Technological University
On 30th October 2025 at Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
On 30th October 2025 at Singapore
Annual International Congress organized by the Department of Sociology of Yerevan State University
On 4th November 2025 at Yerevan, Armenia
Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Hail
On 9th November 2025 at Ha’il, Saudi Arabia
Learning & the Brain
On 14th November 2025 at Boston, Massachussetts
UNESCO
On 10th December 2025 at Paris, France
ASU-GSV 2026
On 13th April 2026 at San Diego, CA
Keynote, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
On 5th May 2026 at Chattanooga, Tennessee
Rutgers
On 21st May 2026 at Pscataway, NJ
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Dr. Oakley has given the opening keynote for the Harvard-MIT-Dana Alliance "Learning and the Brain" conference, and spoken at venues as varied as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, the University of Tokyo, the University of Sao Paulo, Novartis, the Air Force Academy, Google Headquarters in Silicon Valley, Baidu Headquarters in Beijing, the Financial Times in London and Hitchwood Capital Management LP in Manhattan. She has appeared on shows ranging from Ira Flatow’s NPR Science Friday to Bloomberg News. Her op-eds have appeared in such publications as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
If you're interested in having Barb headline an event at your institution or for your organization, or for consulting to move your corporation into cutting-edge approaches to becoming a learning organization, please reach out through the following contact:
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