Bring expert insights on child safety, AI ethics, and regulatory compliance to your event
Talks designed for leadership teams, policy audiences, product organisations, and global forums working at the intersection of child safety, technology, and rights.
Maryam's flagship keynote explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the child safety landscape. This talk covers the emerging risks of deepfakes, generative AI, algorithmic exposure, and practical solutions for protection.
Background reading: A safety-by-design checklist for children's products
Ideal for: Tech Conferences, Policy Summits, Corporate EventsA practical framework for implementing institutional safeguarding that moves beyond compliance. Learn how to embed child protection into organizational culture, from leadership commitment to operational excellence.
Background reading: Building a child safeguarding policy framework
Ideal for: Corporate Leadership, Government, Education SectorA deep dive into the EU Digital Services Act, UK Online Safety Act, AI Act, and global regulatory frameworks. Essential guidance for understanding compliance obligations and building trust with regulators and consumers.
Background reading: UK Online Safety Act vs EU DSA for children
Ideal for: C-Suite, Legal Teams, Compliance ProfessionalsExplore age-appropriate design principles, safety-by-design methodologies, and ethical technology development. Learn how to prioritize child wellbeing in product decisions while maintaining innovation and engagement.
Background reading: What is age assurance, and which methods work?
Ideal for: Product Teams, UX/Design Conferences, EdTechAn inspiring keynote on the moral imperative and business case for protecting children's digital rights. Connect with the human impact of your work and discover how child safeguarding creates competitive advantage.
Background reading: UNCRC General Comment 25 explained
Ideal for: UN Events, Human Rights Forums, Philanthropy SummitsProfessional speaking rates for keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings. Customized packages are available for multi-session or strategic advisory engagements.
30–60 minute keynote presentation
Tailored to your organization's priorities
Interactive session with audience engagement
Comprehensive deep-dive with practical frameworks
Expert panelist on industry topics
Online presentation or interactive session
Global speaking experience grounded in international safeguarding leadership, policy work, and practical implementation across multiple sectors.
Led the scientific program for the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Congress in Edinburgh, shaping the global agenda for child protection research and practice.
Spoke at the UN Climate Change Conference on empowering vulnerable communities with resilience amid climate change, connecting environmental and child safeguarding priorities.
Led a 90-minute symposium on data privacy and consent in AI systems for child safeguarding, and presented papers on how policy makers can safeguard children in the age of AI and on rethinking child safety in the digital world.
Spoke at Beyond Barriers: Advancing Research for Children with Disabilities on the duty owed to children with disabilities who take part in research on violence and abuse.
Invited back for Celebrating 30 Years of Child Rights Teaching, recognised for her work in the field of child rights.
Convened and led a national conference of 250 participants from governments, donors and NGOs across 49 countries while leading Keeping Children Safe's global network.
Produces and hosts a podcast exploring critical conversations on child safety, policy, technology ethics, and the human impact of digital innovation on young people worldwide.
Selected conversations on AI, child safeguarding, digital literacy, and the policy choices shaping children’s experiences online.
With Margot Bletterie on The AI Social Club
A practical conversation on how AI is reshaping children’s learning, the risks from deepfakes and cyberbullying, what prevention can look like in practice, and how parents, schools, governments, and technology companies should respond.
With Emma Johnson on AI Trust Talks
Maryam explores what parents and organisations should ask before trusting AI tools, how to build children’s AI literacy without fear, which safeguarding technologies can support prevention, and why stronger policies and accountability still matter.
With Emma Johnson on AI Trust Talks
A focused discussion on who is responsible when AI harms children, why children remain underrepresented in AI governance, and what rights-based, child-centred AI should look like in real product, policy, and safeguarding decisions.
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