Keynote Speaker
AI Ethicist with 40 years designing and delivering IT solutions, Jane uses her experience of executive burnout and subsequent recovery in South Korea to explore what’s gone wrong with technology and how to develop digital wellness in high-tech societies.
“I highly recommend Jane for your next conference, because we all need to be reminded to be human.”
TRICIA BROUK
Keynote Speaker ∣ Founder, The Big Talk Academy
Jane’s Talks
“Choosing a Future That's Human”
Oxford Talks
LONDON, ENGLAND
JULY 2025
In this talk filmed at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, Jane shares her discoveries about harmful technology. She discusses the social isolation and mental health issues in young people. She provides evidence about the uncontrolled spread of data centers and asks the audience to consider the real costs of using AI and what we need to do about it.
“Re-humanising: Reclaiming our humanity in a techno-centric world”
The Big Talk
NEW YORK CITY
MAY 2025
In this talk filmed live on stage in New York, Jane shares her personal story of executive burnout and how she rebuilt her life in South Korea. She describes her discovery that humans are experiencing discrimination in favour of technology and provides a series of actions for the audience to take away that can alleviate the imbalance caused by unregulated technology.
Jane speaks on global stages and at corporate events about digital wellbeing; maintaining balance and wellness in the digital era, and protecting children from digital harms
Speaking Topics
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In this Keynote, Jane shares her personal story about Executive burnout and how she found healing in South Korea. She describes how the overuse of technology and AI is discriminating against humanity and harming the planet. Discover what we need to do to change the future by making conscious choices about the technology we use with awareness of its costs and long term impacts.
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In this essential keynote, Jane describes the social isolation, anxiety, cognitive decline and mental health issues that have become normalised in children and young people. She applies the cultural values she has learned from South Korea to re-assess digital behaviour and improved wellbeing She asks the audience to consider how to apply traditional values to healing children from the virtual world they become lost inside. Audiences will walk away with an understanding of why screen time limitations are ineffective on their own and the necessity of digital wellbeing in current parenting.
Panels, Workshops and Corporate Training
Jane brings her 30+ years in IT with executive leadership, mentoring and training skills to inspire business leaders to bring people’s wellbeing to the centre of successful business. She offers VIP consulting to leaders seeking personal coaching and mentoring support.
She presents workshops on how to apply digital wellbeing practices within the workplace and at home that boosts confidence and increases cohesion within and across teams.
Presentations will be tailored to suit your specific audience and event.
Jane Newman as a panelist at a CodeSeoul event on "Using AI as an Engineer"
“An exceptional and impactful communicator.”
“Jane is an exceptional and impactful communicator. She has always had the ability to project trust and integrity through her extensive knowedge of a subject and the conviction that is abundantly apparent in the delivery of her message.”
MORRIS RASHAD
Principal Enterprise Architect at ACUITAS
“Brilliant & informative.”
“Jane is a powerful, dynamic, and knowledgeable speaker. Her expertise in technology and AI takes listeners on a journey that's highly relevant in today's world. As a presenter, she is brilliant, informative, and makes complex subjects easy to understand on stage.”
LEE POWERS RN, BSN
RN Advocate, Oxford Talks Speaker, Educator, Researcher, Author.