Speaking
Barb is a popular speaker all around the world. Here is feedback about some of her previous engagements.
“When we were launching our learning initiatives at Hitchwood, we knew we wanted a way to engage the interest and effort of our team members at many levels — scientific, conceptual and personal. Barbara’s broad life experiences, well researched and produced material, excellent teaching methodologies, and humble, authentic style were just what we were looking for. Her “Learning How to Learn” presentation provided a great springboard for a firm-wide dialogue inspiring and supporting our team’s collective and individual commitment to mastery learning and harnessing creativity through deliberate effort and practice.” – Hitchwood Capital Management LP, Manhattan, New York
“Faculty members on my campus marveled that Barbara Oakley’s teaching tips were based on scientific facts! The session evaluations were overwhelmingly positive and described actions that faculty planned to implement right away. I received several enthusiastic thank yous, in person and via email, for bringing Barbara to our campus.” – Carla Vecchiola, Director, Hub for Teaching & Learning Resources, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“When I attended Barbara Oakley’s lecture at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security I had no idea I was about to hear what turned out to be the best presentation I’d heard in my over 25 years in the profession. Her insights into how the brain learns were truly life changing for me, and to this day influence me in how I understand myself, my colleagues and my young children.” – James Marsh, The Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Take a look to see where she’ll next be lighting up the stage!
Opening keynote and workshop for the grand opening of Osvitoria Hub, November 12-17
On 12th November 2019 at Kyiv, Ukraine
Touro College
On 20th November 2019 at New York, New York
Kickoff keynote for the Science of Learning Conference, co-sponsored by Harvard, MIT, and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, November 22-24
On 22nd November 2019 at Boston, Massachusetts
Kelvin Grove State College
On 23rd January 2020 at Brisbane, Australia
Sydney Grammar School
On 4th February 2020 at Sydney, Australia
East Asia Cambridge School Conference, April 18-19, 2020
On 18th April 2020 at Wuxi, China
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
On 22nd April 2020 at Pohang, Korea
Greg Tang’s MATH PLUS Conference
On 15th July 2020 at Kansas City, Missouri
Western Michigan University
On 17th September 2020 at Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Keynote on learning All-German Congress for Protestant Schools
On 24th September 2020 at Dresden, Germany
University of Szeged, week of Oct 5
On 5th October 2020 at Szeged, Hungary
Book Barb to speak
Dr. Oakley has given invited talks and keynotes at venues as varied as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, the University of Tokyo, the University of Sao Paulo, 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.
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