Invited Plenary at International Conference or Symposium
* Danish Marine Mammal Society Symposium (2020 Copenhagen) Keynote plenary on “The historic development and the current challenges facing management of marine mammals in the new millenium”
* International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (2019, Oslo) Keynote Public Address on “Lessons learned from waterfleas, whales and bees: A journey into environmental controversies in the search for sustainable food”
* European Food Safety Authority Conference: Science, Food, Society (2018 Parma) Keynote speaker on “Responsible Research and Innovation: Are we there yet?”
* Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced Studies (2016 Suzhou) Keynote speaker on “Transdisciplinary collaboration & education for addressing ethical aspects of emerging technologies”
* Making Science Public End of Award Conference (2016 Nottingham). Plenary discussant on “How do we understand ‘the public’ in attempts to make science public?”
* Circling the Square: Universities, Media, Citizens and Politics Conference (2015 Nottingham). Keynote panel presentation on “Science, Uncertainty and Advocacy”
* SIS-RRI International Conference: Science, Innovation and Society: Achieving Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) (2014, Rome). Keynote presentation on “The past, present and future of RRI”
* Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conference (2013 Glasgow). “Responsible Innovation” Stream, Keynote presentation on “Reflecting on Ethics in an Ecotoxicology Laboratory”
* BiCoDa Conference on The States’ Stakes in Science (2013 Bielefeld). Presentation on “Standardising Irresponsibility in Science for Policy?”
* 6th Meeting of the European Advisory Committees on Biosafety (2012 Paris). Keynote presentation on “Ethical Questions Entangled in Environmental Risk Assessment”.
*Science of Team Science Conference (2012 Chicago, USA). Expert Panel on “Reflections on Team Science and Society” Keynote Presentation on “Integrated Team Science for Responsible Technoscience”
* Science in Society: Crossroads and Challenges Symposium (2012 Bergen). Presentation “Everywhere but here. The start of a circle. Talking with those who aren’t speaking”
* The road ahead for ELSA in Norway: Issues of quality, influence and network cooperation (2012 Oslo) Presentation “Does ELSA have an identity crisis”.
* NanoMex 2010 International and Interdisciplinary Meeting on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2010 Cuernavaca). Presentation “From Assessing Environmental Risk to Negotiating Ecological Uncertainty”
* Third International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (2010 Agadir). Presentation “From Assessing Environmental Risk to Negotiating Ecological Uncertainty”
* Asia Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network Conference (2009 Brisbane). Keynote Address for Panel on “Responsibility in mediating debates on emerging technologies”.
Invited Participant at International Expert Workshops
* The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine meeting on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System (2016 San Francisco). Presentation on “Emerging biotechnologies, challenges and regulatory responses”.
* Making Nano Safer by Design (2016 Vienna). Presentation on “Interdisciplinary approaches to risk and responsibility”
* Nanosafety Workshop (2015 Adelaide). Presentation on “Balancing the yin yang of nanosafety research in the quest for standardisation”.
* BIONÆR Program Board of the Norwegian Research Council (2014 Oslo). Presentation on “Cross-disciplinarity for Responsible Innovation”
* EFSA Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs (2013 Parma) Presentation on “Environmental Protection goals: Philosophy, policy and publics”
* Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials (2012 Adelaide). Presentation on “Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Social and Ethical Aspects”
* Northern Scholars Scheme Public Lecture & Reception (2011 Edinburgh). Presentation on “Realising your Ecological Self: The deep ecology of Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss”
* Modern Biotechnology & Nanotechnology (2011 Trondheim, Norway). Presentation on “Governance of Emerging Technologies”
* European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) Horizon Scanning Workshop (2010 Oslo). Presentation on “Teaching Ethics to Nanoscience PhD Students”.
* Deliberating Converging Technologies: An international expert workshop on new technologies & public participation (2010 Berlin) Presentation on “Public engagement coming of age”
* After Public Engagement? Towards a critical governance of emergent technologies (2010 Barcelona). Presentation on “Governing the Invisible: Nanotechnology”.
* The Role of ISO in the Governance of Nanotechnology (2010 Maastrict). Presentation on “Terminology, Measurement and Characterisation: Merely technical or are there ethical aspects?”