Public speaking, hosting and other engagements
This is a list of past and events I have or am going to speak at, host and/or organised. I welcome invitations. Please read this first.
I speak about entrepreneurship, leadership and business. My talks and hosting are interactive, participant focussed, high quality and fun. I've written about this here.
My experience at TED events and as a TEDx Curator have helped me understand what truly high class events and talk feel, look and sounds like.
Forthcoming Events
CAMentrepreneurs January 27th 2021
Open Coffee Krakow December
Past events
TEDxKazimierz November
Open Coffee Krakow November
Open Coffee Krakow July 2nd
TED Circles # 11 July 8th
Open Coffee Global online #3 July 27th
TEDxKazimierzSalon- Performances September
CAMentrepreneurs Cambridge 21st October
Open Coffee Global online #2 - with Christopher Cytera 29th June - hosting
TED Circles #10 10th June
Open Coffee Krakow 4th June
TEDxKazimierzSalon - Can online marketing be ethical? 28th May
Open Coffee Global - looking beyond the crisis 25th May
TEDxShenkarCollege TEDx talk 24th May
The TEDxShenkarCollege Pre-Event 23rd May
Entrepreneurship during the crisis - CAMentrepreneurs/CUE 13th May
TED Circles #8 - Life at its fullest 6th May
TEDxKazimierzSalon - Entrepreneurship and Leadership 24th April
Asbiro Business School workshop Łódź
CAMentrepreneurs/CUE meetup hosting Cambridge 4th March
TED Circle - How we Love 5th February, Kraków hosting
January 2020
TEDxKazimierzSalon Krakow - hosting 28th January
Startup Weekend Krakow - Jury 12th January
IT Camp, Entrepreneurship Workshops Warsaw 5th January
2019
Krakow Enterprise Mondays Xmas Party and Quiz 16th December.
TED Circle Krakow (and on line) 11th December
TEDxKazimierzWomen 7th December Krakow, Organising/Hosting
The Chatty Cafe Scheme launch in Poland 5th December, Krakow. organising.
Pre TEDxWeekendTaipei meetup/All Hands Taiwan/CAMentrepreneurs Info Meeting 31st October, Taiwan, Organising/Hosting details here
TED Circle Taipei hosting 30th October, Taiwan details here
TED Circle Krakow 26th October hosting details here
CAMentrepreneurs launch 24th October 2019 at Judge Business School, Cambridge (hosting) details here
Winchester College Alumni Dinner 22nd October London, UK Speaking
Krakow Enterprise Mondays 21st October, Krakow details here
INNOVATIVE KRAKOW FORUM October 21st, 2019 hosting panel, details here
TED. TEDx, TEDx-ers Info Evening 10th October, Kraków, details here
A Fireside Chat with Marek Jankowski - Poland's leading business podcaster. Krakow 9th October details here
Lublin Enterprise Mondays launch 7th October, Lublin (hosting) details here
TEDxWeekendRoma Pre Event 3rd October, Rome, hosting. TEDxWeekendRoma attendees only
XXXI L.O im. Roman Ingardena - Kraków. Entrepreneurship Workshop in Polish for High School students. 27th September
Sabre "Talk 'n Roll" conference 26th September Krakow - speaking. details here
OMGKRK Summer Jam - 23rd August Business Networking Session - hosting Details here
Open Coffee Krakow 1st August (hosting)
The Pre-TED Summit Social Gathering Edinburgh, for TEDx-ers participating in the TED Summit. 19th July
TEDxKazimierzSalon plus TEDxKazimierzAdventure: Community Education and Leadership 14-16th June. Hosting. details here
TEDxTarnow 9th June Speaker details here
Cracow Tech Week - Hosting 23rd May. Fireside Chat with Startup Founders Opportunities And Challenges Of Building A Startup In Krakow. Details here.
LiGHT - Hosting 13th May Krakow Opera House details here
Kraków Enterprise Mondays #24 6th May. Hosting details here
Project Kazimierz Podcast I've hosted 86 episodes of this podcast on Innovation and entrepreneurship over the last four years details (and listen) here.
The Project Kazimierz podcast
Open Beer for Entrepreneurs! 30th April Hosting. www.facebook.com/events/602791683529323
TEDxKazimierzLive 27th April - hosting - Kraków. Details here
Open Coffee Kraków - hosting 25th April: details here
CAMentrepreneurs launch Dubai 17/18th April 2019. Details here
Asbiro - Business Basics, (in Polish) Warsaw 7th April 2019
TEDxKazimierzSalon 27th March 2019 Sport and Society (hosting)
"What, why and how to build a personal brand" Workshop 25th March at "Start up your Life with SEED" Krakow Technology Park
Webinar: Why is Sales so Hard? with Kimon Fountoukidis & Richard Lucas 14th March, 2019 11:00 EST (17:00 CEST) sign up here (US$75)
TEDxKazimierzSalon The Art of Entrepreneurship (co hosting) 28th February. 2019
Transcribe-a-thon brought to you by TEDxKazimierz 9th February 2019
OpenCoffeeKRK #180 Thu 8 AM · 7th February 2019
OpenCoffeeKRK #179 Thu 8 AM · 24th January 2019
Volunteer Appreciation TEDxKazimierzAdventure 24th January 2019
OpenCoffeeKRK #178 Thu 8 AM · 10th January 2019
Hosting and Speaking Engagements in 2019
Krakow Enterprise Mondays Xmas Event 17th December TEDxKazimierzWomenKrakow Technology Park Poland 8th December
Embassy School Krakow Entrepreneurship Course Launch 3rd December 2018
Startup Weekend Krakow. Judge- 2nd December 2018
Edinburgh Business Show, E-Commerce Panel. Edinburgh Scotland 23 Nov 2018
CAMentrepreneurs Event, Speaking and co-hosting Scotland 22nd November 2018
TEDxCapeTown Pre Event 16th November, Cape Town, South Africa
Krakow Enterprise Mondays, University of Agriculture and 5th November
Invested Investor Book launch, Cambridge, UK 18th October
Krakow Enterprise Mondays, University of Economics 15th October
Information meeting about TED, TEDx, TEDxKazimierz with several other TEDx Organisers 8th October
Inaugural address Politechnika Krakowska Department of Civil Engineering 1st October.
CAMentrepreneurs/Oxbridge Society of Poland Fresher (new student) orientation with the Oxbridge Society of Poland,
the Cambridge University Polish Students Society, and the Oxford University Polish Students Society at Google Campus Warsaw 8th September.
TEDxTarnow - introducing a favourite TED talk 24rd June
TEDxKazimierz Main Event organising/hosting 9th June 2018
Krakow Enterprise Mondays (organising/hosting) in University of Economics 4th June
Light 4.0 in Krakow (hosting a panel) May 23th
Infoshare Gdynia talk/workshop May 22nd
TEDxKazimierzSalon (organising/co-hosting) 19th May
XIV International MBA Congress in Krakow (panel) 18th May
TEDxKazimierzLive (organising/co-hosting) 28th April
Entrepreneurs Club @JCC Krakow 26th April
Krakow Enterprise Mondays in the Agricultural University (organising/hosting) Krakow 23rd April
CAMentrepreneurs New York global Luncheon (speaking, guest) 14th April
TEDFest NYC Pre-event (organising/hosting) 9-10th April
TEDxKazimierzSalon (co-organising) 28th March
TEDxWarsaw Pre Event workshop on networking 21st March
Krakow Enterprise Mondays (organising/hosting) 12 March
TEDxKazimierzSalon 28th February 2018
Entrepreneurs Club @JCC Krakow #2 27th February 2018
Spotkanie ASBiRO Kraków z Richardem Lucasem 14th Feb
Startup Weekend Kids Krakow Jury 4th February
JCC Krakow’s Entrepreneurship Club launch host 30th Jan
2017
PAMI Conference Polish-American Innovation Bridge 2017 host 17-18th November
Zakonu Pijarów High School talk about TED , TEDx and TEDxKazimierz October 26th
Gimnazjum Ziarnko Maku talk about Wojtek the Soldier Bear, TEDx and enterprise 25th October
Winchester College "Studium" Pluses and minus of going into business Wed 11 Oct
Embassy International School talk about TED , TEDx and TEDxKazimierz 19 September
TEDxKazimierz events and meet ups since October 2015
CAMentrepreneurs from 12.2016
Krakow Enterprise Mondays 2016-present
Open Coffee Kraków co-host from 2013-present.
Mentor Kraków Wrocław Living Lab February 2017
The Roast of Richard Lucas Kraków Standup Comedy 22nd Jan 2017
2016
Polish Student Societies Leadership Workshop Edinburgh December 2016
Jury at Krakow Smogathon November 2016
Poland 2:0 Summit London October 2016
Workshop for Redlands MBA students in Krakow in October 2016
Community Building Workshop at the TED Summit Canada June 2016
Pre-TED Summit Event Calgary, Canada co hosted June 2016
Pre-TEDxWarsaw event March 2016 Co-host and organiser
Smart City Panelist, Change Leaders Foundation event, March 2016
Innovators' Summit #4: Smart City / Smart Living Kraków November 2015
Workshop for Fordham MBA students May 2015
Krakow Innovation Swarm April 2015
Startup Sprint Silver Tsunami April 2014
Innovators' Summit November 2014
Women's Entrepreneurship Day November 2014
TechSaturdays Wrocław: October 2014
Startup Sprint E-commerce June 2014
Wojtek the Solider Bear Statue unveiling speech in Park Jordana 18th May 2014
Startup Sprint March 2014
KrakSpot #16 January 2014
Christmas StartUp Mixer December 2013
TEDxKrakówCinema - entrepreneurship December 2013
Robienie interesu życia November 2013
Startup Stage #6 September 2013
Startup Pirates May 2013
BOSS - Festiwal Biznesu April 2013
Startup Stage #3 March 2013
Startup Weekend Krakow February 2013
Entrepreneur from our School http://znaniabsolwenci.pl/Home/English November 2011 May 2013
Speaker and Judge at entrepreneurship events at "Gielda Przedsiebiorczosci, " 2009-2012
TEDxWrocławSalon Speaker
TEDxKraków Speaker October 2010
Global Entrepreneurship Week numerous activities, hosting of School Visits to companies I was involved in 2008
1996 Polish Ministry of Education - business perspectives at Soros Foundation Scholar orientation event I sometimes contribute to events as a panellist and speaker. Based on 30 years experience as an entrepreneur and activist.
Doing Business in Poland event 1995 CBI event in Centre Point, London
Main areas I talk or teach about
entrepreneurship, leadership, investing. Smart cities, technology, startups, Social media, community management, All things TEDx related, Poland, Cambridge (UK)
If you want me to speak at your event, before contacting me, please read this written in someone sarcastic patronising tone of voice.