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!
Healthcare Leadership Academy
On 31st March 2026 at UK (webinar)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On 10th April 2026 at Hong Kong (April 10-14)
researchEd Tokyo
On 18th April 2026 at Tokyo, Japan
researchEd Colombia
On 25th April 2026 at Bogota, Colombia (webinar)
Keynote, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
On 5th May 2026 at Chattanooga, Tennessee
OMSCS Conference (Online Master of Science in Computer Science)
On 11th May 2026 at Atlanta, Georgia
Rutgers
On 21st May 2026 at Pscataway, NJ
Wollongong
On 5th June 2026 at New South Wales, Australia (webinar)
biannual Cambridge Schools Conference
On 15th July 2026 at Cambridge, UK (July 15-16)
2026 Ernst Strüngmann Forum on “Memory, Learning, and Neural Adaptation in the Age of Cognitive Offloading”
On 30th August 2026 at Frankfurt, Germany (Aug 30-Sep 4)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
On 17th September 2026 at Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
AHISA Leading Learning Caring Conference
On 6th October 2026 at Perth (6 - 9 October) (webinar)
HR Forum Norway
On 11th November 2026 at Oslo, Norway (November 11-12)
Cognitive Flexibility Under Pressure: Why Smart Teams Make Bad Decisions—and How Leaders Can Prevent It
The Human Rise – learning in a new era
On 20th November 2026 at Göteborg, Sweden
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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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