This article published by the American Psychological Association, features some of my work, demonstrating the role psychology can pay in responsibly shaping new technologies.

Keynote at the 2023 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.

Keynote at the Seattle Town Hall, hosted by the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures.

Keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Congress of the Portugese Psychological Association.

Presentation at the Center on AI Technology for Humankind, National University of Singapore.

Featured in Engatica’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology to follow for 2023.

Featured in the Portuguese newspaper (Jornal Económico) article, describing how in an era where ethics and technology are foreign concepts, psychologist Arathi Sethumadhavan is a 'voice of conscience'.

Interviewed for the '60 Leaders on AI' initiative, aimed at bringing unique insights about AI to the public.

Featured in the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics list of 2022.

This interview was part of Women in AI Ethics (WAIE)’s “I am the future of AI” campaign launched with support from Ford Foundation and Omidyar Network to showcase multidisciplinary talent in the AI space.

In a conversation with Hamilton Mann, as part of a series focused on "Aiming for the best future of society”.

This talk, which was part of the Microsoft Research Lecture Series, touched on prominent ethical tensions and challenges at play among visions of the metaverse and proposed design tenets to investigate innovation opportunities from the perspective of responsible design.

Featured in Microsoft’s Resilience episode, where we explore how new innovations are helping us to travel more safely, to share public spaces, and to conduct our daily lives. From detecting the virus in our environment, to understanding and optimizing the movements of people, technology can help us reduce the spread of the disease and protect us into the future.

Featured in this cover story that discusses the role of psychologists in the development and use of AI.

In this NOW podcast, Brown Advisory’s Katherine Kroll explores with me and fellow guests the investor case for “ethical AI” and why failing to proactively ensure AI is used to help, not harm, is a material and salient risk not only to investment performance but to our society’s ability to thrive.

Panel discussion hosted by the Avanade School of Innovation. Panelist alongside Ghazi Ahamat, Head of AI Assurance for the UK Center for Data Ethics and Innovation and Stephanie Hare, Broadcaster and Author.

The growth in the number of older adults will be one of the greatest social, economic, and political transformations of our time. It is going to be inarguably important to rely on technology to help address ageing related challenges (health, end of life, mobility, social isolation, caregiver burden, health, financial well being, and disability) at scale. But these technologies should be designed with intention. In this podcast, I share my perspectives with Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of AI and ML at the World Economic Forum.

Galvanized by recent political events and social movements, concerns about diversity, equity, and justice are increasingly informing the world of UX. However, many researchers and designers often struggle to operationalize them in their companies and organizations. In this Puget Sound SIGCHI keynote series, I share tips on how to successfully shape the next generation of innovative technologies by using the perspectives of a diverse set of stakeholders.

Featured in the “Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us” with Host, Ira S. Pastor.

The conversations on ethical AI have been dominated by ethicists, policymakers, data scientists, and others. In this talk, I describe why user experience professionals should be at the forefront of these conversations and offer techniques that you can start applying to create AI experiences with intention.

To promote inclusivity and realize the goals of the UN and World Health Organization’s Decade of Healthy Ageing, the adoption of digital technologies must occur across all age groups, with a focus on older adults to ensure that they are not excluded from the opportunities and benefits brought by technology. Panelist alongside multiple dignitaries including representatives from the WHO, CEO of Home Instead, and Ambassadors to the United Nations.

Describes my experience as a Fellow at the World Economic Forum.

Invited speaker alongside Steven Tiell, Senior Principal, Responsible Innovation Practice at Accenture.

Keynote on AI ethics to University students in Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Invited address to the Tech Ethics Engaged Researcher Lab Lecture Series at Accenture Labs.

Invited lecture to University of Washington’s graduate program on Communication Leadership.

"Responsible innovation can give you a competitive advantage", says Sethumadhavan. Individual firms’ engagement with responsible AI will lead to positive outcomes such as improved products, talent attraction and retention, reputation and regulatory preparedness.

Panelist alongside Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of ML and AI, World Economic Forum and Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Professor of Engineering, Ohlone College.

Panelist alongside Kevin Kelly, Founding Executive Editor, Wired magazine; Brad Templeton, Futurist-in-Chief, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Brandeis Marshall, Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; Alires Almon, Partner Director, Iliff Artificial Intelligence Institute; Brian Green, Director of Technology Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University.

Now more than ever it is important to regain our own sense of agency, understand what it means to be a good technologist, define our values, and through our own self-improvements, build better technology. Speaker alongside Matthew J. Gaudet, Lecturer of Ethics, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University and Reid Blackman, CEO, Virtue.

In this podcast, I discuss our approach to ethical innovation and how my team brings the perspectives of diverse communities to shape products responsibly.

In this talk, Sam Levulis and I describe techniques that can be adopted to make AI algorithms capabilities and vulnerabilities more transparent to users.

At Microsoft, Arathi Sethumadhavan conducts research to fuel responsible design of new technologies.

Invited presentation at MyData conference.

Invited presentation at IxDA Seattle.

Panel presentation alongside research leaders and academics from Meta, Google, and North Carolina State University, at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

Participated in a workshop alongside research leaders from Draper, State Farm, Boeing, Facebook, and YouTube to mentor emerging talent, at the annual convention of the Human Factors and Ergonomics conference.

Panel presentation alongside research leaders from the US Air Force, US Army, Rice University, Embry-Riddle University, and Google at the annual convention of the Human Factors and Ergonomics conference.

Featured in this trends report from the American Psychological Association on how as technology is changing the way we work, play, and think, Corporate America is increasingly in search of the skills of applied psychologists.