Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker, and journalist. He used to work for Raspberry Pi and was the person responsible for writing things down. He is the author of eight books, and over eighty peer-reviewed papers. Sometimes he also stands in front of cameras. You can often find him... Read more
Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker, and journalist. He used to work for Raspberry Pi and was the person responsible for writing things down.
He is the author of eight books, and over eighty peer-reviewed papers. Sometimes he also stands in front of cameras. You can often find him at conferences talking about interesting things, or deploying sensors to measure them.
He’s known for benchmarking the new generation of Tiny ML accelerator hardware, and for hacking hotel radios.
Some years ago he rolled out a mesh network of five hundred sensor motes covering the entire of Moscone West during Google I/O.
A couple of years before that he caused a privacy scandal by uncovering that your iPhone was recording your location all the time. One of the first big scandals around mobile data it later became known as “locationgate” and caused several class action lawsuits, along with a U.S. Senate hearing. It even got a mention on South Park. Some years on, he still isn’t sure what to think about that.
He has written for Make: Magazine, Motherboard and VICE, Hackaday, Hackster.io, Raspberry Pi, and the O’Reilly Radar.
Alasdair is a former academic. As part of his work he built a distributed peer-to-peer network of telescopes that, acting autonomously, reactively scheduled observations of time-critical events. Notable successes included contributing to the detection of what—at the time—was the most distant object yet discovered.
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Alasdair Allan speaks on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Trends, Future & Technology, Future of Work, Innovation & Creativity. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Alasdair to align the content with your delegates and goals.
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Virtual and hybrid keynotes are now a standard part of the speaking industry. Please contact London Speaker Bureau to confirm whether Alasdair Allan is available to deliver a virtual session for your event and on which platform (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, a bespoke studio or your own).
Most keynote speeches run between 45 and 60 minutes, often followed by a 15-30 minute Q&A. Other formats - shorter conference slots, panel appearances or longer workshop sessions - may also be possible. Share your agenda with London Speaker Bureau and we will confirm what Alasdair can accommodate.
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Alasdair Allan delivers keynotes in English. This profile may not list every language available; ask London Speaker Bureau to confirm. If you require simultaneous interpretation or a multilingual format, please mention this in your enquiry and London Speaker Bureau will arrange it for you.
Alasdair Allan's areas of expertise include Artificial Intelligence, Digital Trends, Future & Technology, Future of Work, Innovation & Creativity. To get a clear sense of Alasdair's style, credentials and how they engage an audience, please review the biography, popular talks and any videos or testimonials shown on this page, or request a detailed speaker brief from London Speaker Bureau.
Alasdair Allan can be booked through London Speaker Bureau for corporate conferences, leadership events, internal team meetings, association gatherings and private client engagements where expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Digital Trends, Future & Technology, Future of Work, Innovation & Creativity is relevant. Details of Alasdair's background and previous engagements are included in the biography above; contact us if you would like a more detailed list of past clients or case studies.
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We generally recommend enquiring at least three to twelve months in advance to secure your preferred date with Alasdair Allan, particularly during peak conference seasons. Where possible we also accommodate shorter lead times - please contact London Speaker Bureau to check Alasdair's current availability for your dates.