Talks and Speaking Engagements

I have been an invited speaker at technology and design-related events, meetups and interest groups, at the following venues:

I am available to speak at industry, academic and public events. Topics that I cover include respectful technology, trusted identity, digital harm, information architecture, accessible search, user research, women in technology, GIS and mentoring.

Please Contact Me about my availability and rates.

Talks and Presentations

Whysel, N. (September 28, 2024). “Architecting Standards: Leveraging Information Architecture to Drive Emerging Techn Standards.” Information Architecture Community Group Annual Meeting. [Conference presentation]. World Wide Web Consortium. Online. [conference website]

Whysel, N., S. Thurow & B. Corwin. (April 11, 2024). “A visual language to help IA practitioners understand and communicate concepts underlying the Semantic Web and how it is applied in AI applications.” [Poster]. IAC24: The Information Architecture Conference. Seattle, WA USA. [program]

Whysel, B. & N. (November 10, 2023). Effortless Mindfulness Techniques for Everyone: An Introduction. 2023 CUNY Professional Development Conference. Online.

Whysel, N, S. Thurow & B. Corwin. (October 30, 2023). “Not an Afterthought: Ongoing Accessibility Evaluations During Development of Science Gateway Websites – Life and Earth Sciences.” Poster presentation (accepted). Gateways 2023, Science Gateways Community Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

Whysel N. & S. Thurow. (October 27, 2023). “Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Style Guides.” Science Gateways 2023, Online.

Whysel, N. (October 27, 2023). “Information Architecture Community Group.” W3C TPAC 2023. World Wide Web Consortium.

Thurow, S., N. Whysel. (October 26, 2023). “Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Pattern Libraries.” Science Gateways 2023, Online.

Whysel, N. (September 12, 2023). Information Architecture Community Group Update [Conference presentation]. W3C TPAC 2023. World Wide Web Consortium. Online. [conference website]

Whysel, N. (June 14-16, 2023). Livable Cities: a conference on issues affecting life in cities: [Session chair]. Architecture_MPS, CUNY New York City College of Technology. Brooklyn, NY, USA. [conference website]

Whysel, N. (May 26, 2023). Preventing Digital Harm in Online Spaces [Conference talk]. UX-LX. Lisbon, Portugal. [program] [video][slides]

Whysel, N. (May 24, 2023). Designing Effective Search Experiences [Conference workshop]. UX-LX. Lisbon, Portugal. [program]

Whysel, N. (March 31, 2023). Mapping the Edges of Our Discipline [Lightning talk]. IAC23: The Information Architecture Conference. New Orleans, LA, USA. [program][slides]

Whysel, N. (March 4, 2023). World IA Day: New York City. [Master of Ceremonies]. Online. [program]

Whysel, N. (December 6, 2022). Short Take #4: UX/Product Lessons from Your Industry Peers [Lightning talk]. Design in Product Conference, Rosenfeld Media. Online. [program] [recording coming soon]

Kragh, J. & Whysel, N. (October 27, 2022). Resilient Identifiers for Vulnerable Populations: A conversation about trust, inclusion and data privacy [Conference presentation]. Technology Transfer Days. Online.

Whysel, N. (August 7-9, 2022). Informed Consent: Are Your Participants Aware of What They Share? [Conference presentation]. Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security. Boston, MA, USA and Online. [program] [recording]

Whysel, N (2022, June). User Experience Research Deriving Insights for Customer Development [Conference workshop]. Project 2.8. Columbia University. Online.

Whysel, N. (2022, May 13). Ethical Design [Guest lecturer]. General Education Seminar. New York City College of Technology. Online.

Whysel, N. (2022, April 23). Safe Tech Audit. IA as a Framework for Respectful Design [Conference presentation]. The Information Architecture Conference. Online. [program] [recording]

Cerf, V. & Whysel, N. (April 12, 2022). The Metaverse: Future of the Internet with Vint Cerf and Noreen Whysel [Panel presentation]. Disruptive Technologists. Online. [recording] [transcript]

Whysel, N. (April, 11, 2022). QuickByte with Noreen Whysel. [Interview]. Disruptive Technologists. Online. [recording]

Whysel, N. (Moderator). (February 25, 2022). Visualizing Information:  A Day in the Life of a Data Journalist [Panel moderator]. New York City College of Technology. Online.

Whysel, N. (October 27, 2021). Information Architecture Community Group Update [Conference presentation]. W3C TPAC 2021. World Wide Web Consortium. Online. [conference website]

Gesing, S. et al. (July 19-22, 2021). A Vision for Science Gateways: Bridging the Gap and Broadening the Outreach. [Conference presentation]. Practice & Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC21). Association for Computing Machinery. Online. [conference website] [recording]

Whysel, N. (Moderator). (June 16-18, 2021). Cities and a Changing World: A Question of Culture, Climate and Design [Panel moderator]. Architecture_MPS, CUNY New York City College of Technology and PARADE. Brooklyn, NY, USA and Online. [conference website]

Whysel, N. (April 28, 2021). Shedding Light on Dark Patterns: A Case Study on Digital Harms [Conference presentation]. The Information Architecture Conference. Online. [program] [video] [links]

Corwin, B., Thurow, S. & Whysel, N. (April 20, 2021). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design [Conference presentation]. The Information Architecture Conference. Online. [program] [poster]

Thurow, S. & Whysel, N. (April 20, 2021). Sense-Making, Search Systems & Site Optimization [Conference workshop]. The Information Architecture Conference. Online. [program]

Whysel, N. (February 23, 2021). Customer Development [Workshop]. Impact Hub of New York. Online. [workshop]

Whysel, N. (January 27, 2020). Me2B Research: Consumer Views on Respectful Technology. [Webinar]. Me2B Alliance. Online.  [video]

Whysel, N. (November 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design [Poster presentation]. City Tech’s 18th Annual Poster Session. New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. Online. [program] [gallery – slide 20]

Whysel, N. (October 23, 2020). Information Architecture for Science Gateways. City Tech Computational and Data Science Conference. [Conference presentation]. New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. Online. [presentation] [youtube]

Thurow, S. N. Whysel & B. Corwin. (October 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design [Poster presentation]. SGCI Gateways 2020. Online. [poster]

Whysel, N. (July 10, 2020). Rapid Switch: How we turned a five day onsite event into a monthlong, online celebration [Conference presentation]. 500 Members Celebration  – European Sunset. Digital Collaboration Practitioners. Online. [presentation]

Lloyd, S. Ramsden, D. & Whysel, N. (May 9, 2020). IAC20 Closing Presentation [Conference presentation]. Information Architecture Conference. Online. [presentation]

Lloyd, S. Ramsden, D. & Whysel, N. (April 19, 2020). IAC20 Welcome Reception Co-Chairs Presentation [Conference presentation]. Information Architecture Conference. Online. [presentation]

Thurow, S. & Whysel, N. (2019, October 30). How to Create and Maintain an Effective Information Architecture and Navigation System for Science Gateway Websites. Gateways 2019. Science Gateways Community Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.  [workshop] [osf.io files]

Wallis, C. & Whysel, N. (June 4, 2019). CARIN – Kantara Why? [Conference presentation]. Health Information Summit. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Presentation. Leavitt Partners, Washington, DC, USA. [presentation]

Whysel, N. (May 20, 2019). Shaping the Future of Trusted Digital Identity. [Presentation]. Technology Committee Meeting? CARIN Alliance. Online. [presentation]

Whysel, N. (April 19, 2019). TTD Mentoring Roundtable: Understanding Your Customer from three perspectives [Conference presentation]. Technology Transfer Days, Microsoft, New York, NY, USA. [program]

Alkalay, G., Broustas, Y. & Whysel, N. (April 16, 2019). Entrepreneurial Journey [Panel presentation]. Startup Leadership Program, Cooley LLP, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, N. (March 16, 2019). IA Gateway. Poster presentation. The Information Architecture Conference 2019, Orlando, FL, USA. [program]

Arango, J., J.J. Garrett, S. Surla & N. Whysel. (March 15, 2019). The IA Conference – Past, Present, and Future. Panel. The IA Conference, Orlando, FL, USA.

Whysel, N. (March 13, 2019). Trust and inclusion in vulnerable populations [Workshop presentation]. 7th Academics and Practitioners Roundtable The IA Conference, Orlando, FL, USA. [presentation]

Whysel, N. (February 26, 2019). Service Design Workshop [Guest Lecturer/Facilitator], City College, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, N. (November 27, 2018). Women in Entrepreneurship. [Panelist]. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Bodkin, K., Cho, D., Green, D., Sanchez, V., Whysel, N. (October 28, 2018). Journey App (empathy mapping, user journey, field interviews, personas). Empathy Jam, Fordham University, New York, NY. [presentation deck]

Whysel, N. (August 28, 2018). User Experience Design Immersive [Panelist]. General Assembly, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, N. (August-September 2018). UX/UI 101 Intensive [Instructor]. New York Code and Design Academy, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, N. (July, 27, 2018). European Student Panel: Decision Fish [Panel presentation]. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and FHI 360. Impact Hub NYC, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, N. (June 14, 2018). Affinity mapping for empathy. UXPA Mentoring Open Mic Night. Mini workshop. FIT, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (April 4, 2018). Finding Empathy for Your Future Self [Guest Speaker]. FinTech UX: Research Challenges and Insights, NYC UX/User Research Meetup, New York, NY. [presentation]

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (March 28, 2018). Financial Wellness Workshop [Workshop]. Impact Hub NYC, New York, NY, USA.

Dorf, W., Maantay, J., McInnes, M., Seirup, L., Weeden, R., Wen, J., Whysel, N. (March 8, 2018). Plotting the Stars: A Celebration of Women in GIS [Panel moderator]. New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York, NY, USA. [Video]

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (February 22, 2018). Financial Wellness Workshop [Workshop]. CUNY School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (February 15, 2018). Financial Wellness Workshop [Workshop]. Impact Hub NYC, New York, NY, USA.

Elder, T. & Whysel, N. (February 7, 2018). Preserving Performance: An Archive Making Guide for Theatre Artists [Workshop]. NYC DH Week, American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA. [presentation deck]

Kumar, R. Lambert, J., Whysel, N. (December 5, 2017). Mentor Speed Dating. Evening program for the NYC Startup Leadership Program. Cooley LLP, New York, NY.

Granville, A., Somoza, A., Tunyan, E. & Whysel, N. (October 21, 2017). The Lean Startup: Customer Development Workshop. (Business Model Canvas, empathy mapping and field interviews). Full day workshop at the NYC Startup Leadership Program, Digital Ocean, New York, NY.

Whysel B. & Whysel, N. (August 24, 2017). Decision Fish, WalkThru, Networkd, HoliSym (Product demo). NYC TechBreakfast, Microsoft, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (July 31, 2017). Women in EdTech Meetup: Pitch Practice. Product demonstration. New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (May 17, 2017). Dreams, Resilience and Making a Difference. Presentation at the 2017 induction ceremony of Beta Phi Mu Theta, Pratt Institute School of Information, New York, NY.

(April 26, 2017). Technology Transfer Days – Collaborative Learning Panel, Panel moderator. Technology Transfer Days, Microsoft, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (April 4, 2017). 9/11 Geospatial Archive and COGITO, projects of the Center for Geospatial Innovation. Presentation. GISMO Membership Meeting, Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (March 26, 2017). IA Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Interactive session. 2017 Information Architecture Summit, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Whysel, N. (March 25, 2017). Diversity and Inclusion in Wikipedia. Presentation. 2017 Information Architecture Summit, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Whysel, N. (March 3, 2017). 9/11 Geospatial Archive, Geospatial Collaboration and NYC GIS Infrastructure Project. Presenteation. The City of New York Geographic Information Sciences Research Summit, CUNY Law School, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (March 1, 2017). Learning Gateway Update. Presentation. Meetup Mashup: Women in Open Source, Semiotics Web, Information Architecture, Microsoft, New York, NY.

Whysel, B. & Whysel, N. (January 31, 2017). Help Millennials Make Better Financial Decisions. Service design workshop. 100 Days of Impact. (Ideation, spectrum mapping). Impact Hub, New York, NY. (Article – outcome)

Elder, T. & Whysel, N. (Februray 7, 2016). Preserving Performance: An Archive Making Guide for Theatre Artists. Workshop presented at NYC DH Week, American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY.

Ulmer, J., & Whysel, N. (December 1, 2016). Creating a Gateway for Collaborative Learning. Presented at Meetup Mashup: OWASP Brooklyn, Semiotics Web, Information Architecture Meetups. Eligible, Brooklyn, NY.

Whysel, N. (November 3, 2016). Mentoring for Science Gateways. Presented at Gateways 2016, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA.

Ulmer, J., Medina, J. & Whysel, N. (November 2, 2016). Creating a Gateway for Collaborative Learning. Presented at Gateways 2016, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA.

Case, C., Elder, T. & Whysel, N. (October 7, 2016). Preserving Performance: An Archive Making Guide for Theatre Artists. Workshop presented at Preludes NYC, CUNY Graduate School, New York, NY. (Video)

Whysel, N. (July 16, 2016). Mentoring Women in Technology. Presented at Women in Open Source Camp, Open Camps, United Nations, New York, NY.

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (June 9, 2016). Decision Fish Demo. Workshop presented at Lee Hecht Harrison, New York, NY.

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (May 13, 2016). Decision Fish: Scalable Decision Support Tools for Consumers. Workshop and Focus Group presented at the Semiotics Web/Information Architecture Meetup, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (May 7, 2016). Pinterest as Digital Archive. Poster presented at the ASIS&T 2016 Information Architecture Summit, Atlanta, GA.

Whysel, B. and Whysel, N. (March 1, 2016). Mentoring Women in STEM, Lecture presented at Union County College, Union, NJ.

Whysel, N. (February 10, 2016). Pinterest as Exhibition. NYC Digital Humanities Week. Workshop presented at Metropolitan Library Council of New York, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (October 21, 2015). Social Media and Architecture Journal Archives. Presented at the 2015 Archives Week Symposium, Archivists Round Table of New York, Center for Jewish History, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (October 27, 2015). IA Gateway. Presented at the Semiotics Web and Information Architecture Meetup, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (September 24-25, 2015). Chapter Leaders Workshops. Workshop presented at AppSecUSA 2015. San Francisco, CA.

Recordings:
Part 1: People and Capital – The Fire & Fuel for Chapter Activities
Part 2: I’m a Leader. Now What? – Basic Information for Jump Starting a Chapter (Part 1 and 2 are combined, 71MB MP4 audio only)
Part 3: What’s in Your Toolbox? – Resources for Engagement (167MB MP4 audio and video)
Part 4: If You Build It, They Will Come – The OWASP Wiki Edit-a-Thon (265MB MP4 audio and video)

Whysel, N. (September 24, 2015). State of OWASP: Community Manager Report. Presented at AppSecUSA 2015, San Francisco, CA.

Whysel, N. (September 17, 2015). Tech Transfer Days. Presented at GeoDev Meetup Group – Northeast, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (April 25, 2015). IA Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Presented at the 2015 Information Architecture Summit, Minneapolis, MN. Slide deck tutorial and Resources

Whysel, N.(April 25, 2015). IA and Wikipedia. Poster presented at the ASIS&T 2015 Information Architecture Summit, Minneapolis, MN.

Whysel, N., (March 18-19, 2015). OWASP Wikipedia Editathon. Presented at the NYC OWASP Hackathon and (mini)Project Summit, New York, NY. Slide deck tutorial and Resources

Whysel, N. (November 1, 2014). Semiotics, Mapping and Emergencies. Presented at the Semiotics Web and Information Architecture Meetup. Presentation, New York Public Library, New York. Reviewed at: http://t.co/ag39kcdPnB

Whysel, N. (January 13, 2014). Let It Flow: Government Documents: PDF (or PDF + XML) to Reflowable ePUB. Presented at the New York Public Library 2014 Open Book Hack, New York, NY.

Edelstein, J., Madeo-Li, C., Marsden, J. & Whysel, N. (30 November – 1 October 2013). “Linked open data for cultural heritage: evolution of an information technology. Paper presented at SIGDOC 2013: Simplifying Complexity. Greenville, NC. (Download PDF)

Whysel, N. (September 25, 2013). Digital Infrastructure: From Storage to Content a Management Solutions. Lecture presented at Pratt Institute, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (22 July 20213).  WC3 Rich Multimodal Web Development. World Wide Web Consortium, Weehawken, NJ.

Whysel, N. (10 May 2013). A Survey of Digital Humanities Skillshare Applications. Presented at the Pratt SILS Student Showcase, New York, NY.

Dowling, K., Hart, D. & Whysel, N. (10 May 2013). Folksonomies and Social Tagging in Museums, Poster presented at the Spring 2013 Pratt SILS Student Showcase, New York, NY.

Edelstein, J., Madeo-Li, C. & Whysel, N. (10 May 2013). Linked Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions. Presented at the Pratt SILS Student Showcase. Conference presentation, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (10 May 2013). Linked Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions, Poster presented at the 2013 Pratt SILS Student Showcase, New York, NY.

Dowling, K., Hart, D. & Whysel, N. (5 April 2013). Folksonomies and Social Tagging in Museums, Poster presented at the ASIS&T 2013 Information Architecture Summit, Baltimore, MD.

Whysel, N. (9 February 2013). Information Architecture and City Data, Presented at 2013 World IA Day, New York, NY.

Whysel, N., (12 July 2012). Information Architecture in Emergency Response for Designers. Presented at the New York Interaction Design Association July Meetup, New York, NY.

Whysel, N., (28 March 2012). Information Architecture in Emergency Response, Presented at the New York City Office of Emergency Management Women’s History Breakfast, Brooklyn, NY.

Whysel, N., (23 March 2012). Information Architecture in Emergency Response. Presented at the 2012 Information Architecture Summit, New Orleans, LA.

Whysel, N. (22 March 2012). Incident Timeline and Review of Technology Advances at OEM Since 2001 (revised). Poster presented at the ASIS&T 2012 Information Architecture Summit, New Orleans, LA.

Whysel, N. (16 November 2011). Incident Timeline and Review of Technology Advances at OEM Since 2001. Poster presented at the NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (2010). On-site taxonomy training. Workshop presented at a Confidential Startup Company, Long Island, NY.

Whysel, N. (6 May 2009). Online Networking Tools. Presented at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (November 2004). Community Information Technology Initiative Training Series. Facilitator, Municipal Art Society and Bushwick High School. New York, NY. (Media coverage: City Limits, November 2004).

Whysel, N. (2004). Virtual GISMO: A Look Back. Presented at the 2004 GISMO Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (2004). Community Information Technology Initiative. Presented at Data Connection XIV,: State of New York/City University of New York, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (1997). Website Design. Presented at InterGalactic 10, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (1998). Search Engine Positioning Strategies. Workshop presented at Virtuous Reality Interactive, Inc., Price Waterhouse, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (1996-1998). Real Estate Market Data Sources on the Internet. Lecture presented at the School of Continuing and Professional Education, New York University, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (1996). Internet Data Sources. Presented at Data Connection XIV, State of New York/City University of New York, New York, NY.

Whysel, N. (1996). Internet Resources for Real Estate. Lecture presented at the Appraisal Institute, Long Island, NY.

Whysel, N. (1996). Web Design. Lecture presented at Little Wound Middle School, Pine Ridge, SD.

Whysel, N. (1996). Web Design. Lecture presented at North Middle School, Rapid City, SD.

Whysel, N. (1995). Internet Real Estate Resources for Asset Management. Workshop presented at Prudential Realty Group, Newark, NJ.