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Ghislaine Boddington

Transform digital identity strategies with Ghislaine Boddington, speaker and virtual interaction expert. Ghislaine works with global organisations to navigate hybrid society challenges and foster digital innovation, delivering insights across 35 countries for clients like Hyundai and IKEA.

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Ghislaine Boddington, Speaker | Digital Identity Expert
Ghislaine Boddington

Ghislaine Boddington

London, United Kingdom

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Ghislaine Boddington's biography

At a glance

  • Leading expert in virtual presence and immersion experiences
  • Creative Director of body>data>space
  • Former co-host of BBC’s Digital Planet podcast
Ghislaine Boddington is a leading expert in digital identity and virtual interaction. As a speaker, researcher, podcaster, consultant, and curator, Ghislaine explores the fusion of physical and digital identities, reshaping our understanding of interaction within a hybrid society. Ghislaine has been at the forefront of digital human interaction, highlighting key challenges the industry and public must navigate as technology evolves. Her thought-provoking inputs spark debates, combining historical analysis with contemporary implications to offer a nuanced perspective on the future. She has delivered keynotes globally across 35 countries, influencing sectors from business to policy and education to creative industries. Her impact has been recognised through features in Forbes and The Guardian, and collaborations with clients like Hyundai and IKEA. She is a member of the UK Government’s College of Experts, advising on the future of creative industries. Ghislaine supports gender equity in tech, founding Women Shift Digital in 2012 and serving as spokesperson for Deutsche Bank’s ‘Women Entrepreneurs in Social Tech’ programme. She mentors and is a Trustee for Stemettes Futures, a charity supporting young women in STEM careers, demonstrating her commitment to a diverse and inclusive future.

Topics, sessions and talks

Me And My Digital Twin
This presentation outlines Ghislaine Boddington’s exploration of the future potential of guiding our own digital human twins from birth and even beyond death, who learn and support us through all aspects of our lives. This involves research insights from data scientists, ethicists, and artists, and it is a debate for all of us – for society, as individuals, and for our descendants. The issues (both positive and negative) are at the base of the blending of our virtual and physical selves.
From Telegraph To Telepresence
The then, now and future of connecting people across the globe – a fascinating historical and contemporary overview of our hybrid evolutions looking back at the differing modes of communication entering our homes through to the beginning of radio and television to the 60s and onwards. With some fascinating references to early video conference projects, Ghislaine Boddington takes us into the debate that has dominated since the pandemic – how can we move forward now with a hybrid way of living? Can we build trust and develop methods to enable good communications and professional practices to exist across time and space.
Future Selves And Virtual Physical Presence
From her long-term practice, Ghislaine Boddington shows, using historical analysis to contemporary implications, how intimacy, trust, touch and sense enhancements are evolving within our connected futures. “I explore a space where our physical bodies and our data selves merge and converge seamlessly. I research virtual physical blended presence and the shift in our identities through our avatar and robotic interactions, the integration of our senses and gestures and our evolving behaviours in virtual space.” Ghislaine Boddington
Co-Creation In An Age Of Interdisciplinary Engagement
Using her evolved practice, Ghislaine Boddington outlines methodologies for dealing with interdisciplinary creation processes and the complexity of the “I and the We” in collaborative teams and communities. “This ever-expanding digital eco-system is not yet fully understood by anyone, from big business to the most radical innovators – it is new collaborative learning for all – yet what is clear is that the body is the interface for the virtual physical future of our experiences and our senses.” Ghislaine Boddington

Why we recommend booking Ghislaine

Book Ghislaine Boddington as a speaker to gain unparalleled insights into the fusion of physical and digital identities, crucial for navigating our hybrid future. Her visionary expertise in digital interaction and identity has captivated global audiences, sparking thought-provoking debates and innovative solutions. With a rich background in technology, performing arts, and gender equity, Ghislaine offers a unique, forward-thinking perspective that will inspire and challenge your team.

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Testimonials

Boddington is a pioneer in immersive technology, which emulates the physical environment through a digital or simulated world. …… [Her] vision of the future is one where people talk interchangeably about their digital and physical selves, a world in which microchips embedded under your skin enable you to have a physical relationship with another person remotely.

Serena Tarling

Financial Times

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Ghislaine Boddington - BBC's Digital Planet podcast cover

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Ghislaine Boddington structures her sessions around historical analysis traced forward to contemporary implications, using research drawn from data scientists, ethicists, and artists to frame debates on digital identity, hybrid presence, and the merging of physical and virtual selves.

What topics does Ghislaine Boddington specialise in?

Ghislaine Boddington's sessions cover digital twin technology and identity, the history and future of hybrid communication and telepresence, and the merging of physical and virtual presence through avatar, robotic and sensory integration. She is a researcher, consultant and Creative Director of body>data>space, with keynote delivery across 35 countries and membership of the UK Government's College of Experts advising on the future of creative industries.

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