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!

Khalifa University (August 22-26)
On 22nd August 2022 at Abu Dhabi

Fundación Mustakis
On 26th August 2022 at Santiago, Chile (webinar)

Effective Ways to Teach and Learn During War
On 1st September 2022 at webinar for Ukraine
Progressive Community; The biggest community of higher education workers in Ukraine.
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USP Zdrowie
On 5th September 2022 at (Webinar)
Coding Bootcamp webinar Class Central
On 8th September 2022 at

32BJ Training Fund
On 10th September 2022 at

Community Colleges of Spokane
On 14th September 2022 at Spokane, Washington (webinar)

South Plains College (webinars) Sep 16 and Sep 23
On 16th September 2022 at


Longyearbyen School (World’s Northernmost K-12 School)
On 27th September 2022 at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

LWMOOCS 2022, September 28-30
On 28th September 2022 at Antigua, Guatemala

Learning in Vietnam (ETS Data)
On 10th November 2022 at Hanoi, Vietnam

Universitas Negeri Makassar (Makassar State University)
On 15th November 2022 at Makassar, Indonesia (webinar)

Mannkal 25th Anniversary event
On 26th November 2022 at Perth, Australia (in person

Keynote speaker for LearnTech Conference
On 30th November 2022 at Perth, Australia, in-person event
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Engineering Institute of Technology Keynote
On 30th November 2022 at Perth, Australia

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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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