After Dinner SpeakersSpencer Kelly is a technology and innovation journalist, keynote speaker and presenter of BBC’s flagship technology programme Click.
Click airs in over 200 countries on BBC World News and on BBC2.
Spencer is a respected broadcaster and journalist with more than fifteen years’ experience in radio and television.
Alongside Click, Spencer Kelly is a regular guest on BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon.
Spencer has interviewed many big names in entertainment and technology, including film director James Cameron, Microsoft bosses Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and legends Sir David Attenborough, Phil Collins and the Bee Gees.
As part of a lifelong love affair with science and technology, Spencer graduated with a double first in Computer Science from Cambridge University and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by the University of Coventry.
During his career, he has reported from countries across the globe on a range of technology issues – from the latest mobile internet devices in Japan and the crazy walking robots of South Korea, to the life-changing impact of just one computer on an Indian Village, and one SIM card in the slums of Johannesburg.
He has tested satellite broadband in the scorching Namib Desert, been turned into an alien in the studios of Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco, and he has reported on the re-emergence of 3D movies and TV in LA.
Spencer Kelly has also pursued some controversial investigations, including exposing security loopholes in Facebook and giving the first television demonstration of a botnet – showing the power available to hackers who take control of a network of infected PCs.
In 2015, Spencer was named Tech Personality of the Year at the T3 Magazine Awards
Spencer Kelly is an experienced conference host and AI keynote speaker.
He regularly speaks at corporate events about his experiences and anecdotes as a technology tourist, and looks ahead to the exciting technologies just around the corner.
Spencer Kelly Speaking themes:
- AI & U.
- How to save the world.
- Marketing the future.
- Things that have melted my mind.
