Speakers & Events
Practitioners, not pitches
Our people build and run technology for banks, health systems and public agencies, under rules that leave little room for error. When they speak at your event, they talk about how that work is done: what holds up under an examiner’s questions, what fails at three in the morning, and what they would do differently. This page explains what we speak on, how to ask, and how we decide.
Topics
What we speak on
Our speakers come from our business units, our Fusion Center and our research teams. Each area below is one where we do the work every day, so talks rest on practice rather than theory. If your theme is not listed, describe it in your request; we will tell you whether we can do it justice.
Financial services technology and regulation
- Building and running systems that satisfy SEC and FINRA supervision and record-keeping rules
- Operational resilience under DORA and APRA expectations
- Model risk management and SR 11-7 in an age of machine learning
- Third-party and vendor risk from both sides of the table
Healthcare operations and interoperability
- Moving data between systems without losing trust or context
- Patient access, prior authorization and the work behind the front door
- Running HIPAA-regulated technology day to day
- What clinical and administrative staff need from technology teams
Public-sector technology
- Modernizing services agencies cannot switch off
- CJIS and FedRAMP in practice
- Records, transparency and public trust
- Delivering inside procurement and budget cycles
Security operations and resilience
- How a follow-the-sun operation hands over between regions
- Incident response: the first hours and the weeks after
- Identity, backup and recovery as the controls that matter most
- Sovereign hosting and data residency across jurisdictions
Data and AI governance
- Putting AI into production where decisions must be explained
- Governance that engineers can follow and auditors can test
- Privacy engineering and the limits of anonymization
- Research from our Data Trust & Governance Labs and AI Research Lab
Delivering programs in regulated industries
- Implementations that keep audit evidence as they go
- Change management when the rules cannot bend
- Teams spread across time zones and countries
- Handover from project to operations
Formats
How we can take part
We take part in most formats, in person or online. Tell us which you have in mind, and we will suggest the speaker and approach that suit it.
| Format | What it suits | What helps us prepare |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote | A single argument for a broad audience, setting the theme for a day or a track | The event theme, the sessions around it and what you want the audience to leave with |
| Panel | Several perspectives on a contested question | The other panelists, the moderator and the questions planned |
| Workshop | Hands-on work for a smaller group: a tabletop exercise, a design review, a governance walk-through | Group size, participants’ roles and experience, room layout and equipment |
| Fireside chat | A conversation with a host, with room for audience questions | The host, the themes and any topics to avoid |
| Webinar | A focused session for an online audience, often with live questions | The platform, the registration list’s use, and whether it will be available on demand |
| Podcast | A longer conversation for a specialist audience | The show, recent episodes, the host and the release plans |
Making a request
What to include
The more we know at the start, the faster we can match the right speaker or tell you we cannot help. A complete request saves both sides a round of questions.
About the event
- Name, organizer, date, location and whether it is in person, virtual or hybrid
- Its theme and who attends: roles, seniority, industries and expected numbers
- A link to the event’s site or last year’s agenda
About the session
- The topic area and the question you want answered
- The format, length and time slot
- Other speakers or panelists confirmed or invited
- Whether it will be recorded, streamed or published
About the terms
- Any fee the event charges speakers or sponsors (we do not pay to speak)
- What travel and accommodation, if any, the event covers
- Deadlines for confirming, for a bio and for slides
About you
- Your name, role and organization
- The best way to reach you
- Anyone at Moraph you have already spoken to
Lead times
Our speakers also run client programs and operations, so their diaries fill well in advance. As a guide, ask as early as you can: keynotes and in-person events abroad need the most notice, panels and webinars a little less, and podcasts the least. Short-notice requests are still worth sending; we will tell you quickly if we cannot make it.
How we decide
From request to confirmation
- Step 1
We read every request
Our events team reads each request and checks it against our principles below.
- Step 2
We look for the right speaker
We match the topic to the people who do that work, considering their expertise, their diaries and their client commitments.
- Step 3
We decide
We weigh the fit with our areas of work, the audience and how far it reaches the industries we serve, the format and the panel’s balance, and the time the session would take.
- Step 4
We answer
Yes or no, we tell you. If we decline, we say why where we can, and suggest another format or a later event if one would work.
- Step 5
We prepare together
Once confirmed, you have one contact at Moraph for logistics, the speaker joins a briefing call where the format calls for it, and materials arrive by your deadlines.
Speaker principles
How our speakers take part
These principles apply to every event, whoever organizes it. We share them up front so there are no surprises later.
No pay-to-speak slots
We do not buy speaking slots, and we do not accept sponsorship packages that include a place on the agenda. Our speakers are invited because of what they know, and audiences should be able to trust that every speaker on the program was chosen the same way.
Diverse panels
We prefer panels whose speakers bring a range of backgrounds and perspectives. When we are invited to one that does not, we say so, and we may suggest other speakers, from Moraph or elsewhere. This is a preference we state openly, not a condition we impose in silence.
No product pitches from the stage
Our speakers talk about the problem, the practice and the lessons, not about why you should buy from us. If attendees want to know more about our work, they can find us afterwards.
Accessible materials
Slides use readable type and sufficient contrast, images carry descriptions, and speakers describe what is on screen. We provide materials in advance for captioning and interpretation when asked.
Client confidentiality
We never discuss clients by name or client incidents without the client’s written permission. Examples are anonymized or drawn from public sources.
Honest about uncertainty
Where the evidence is thin, the rules are unsettled or we got something wrong, our speakers say so. We do not give investment advice or comment on rumours.
What we need from you
What we ask of organizers
Good sessions depend as much on preparation as on the speaker. Once a speaker is confirmed, we ask for the following.
A brief
The session’s purpose, the questions you want covered, the run of the day around it, and the name of the moderator or host. For panels, the planned questions and the other panelists.
The audience
Who will be in the room or online, their roles and level of expertise, and what they already know. A talk for chief risk officers differs from one for engineers.
AV and the room
The stage setup, microphones, screen format and aspect ratio, clicker, confidence monitor, the platform for virtual sessions, and a technical check before the session.
Recording consent
Whether the session will be recorded, streamed, transcribed or photographed, where it will be published and for how long. Recordings need the speaker’s agreement in advance, and a speaker may ask for part of a session, such as audience questions, to be left out.
Accessibility
An accessible venue and stage, and any captioning, interpretation or other support for attendees, so our speaker can prepare materials that work with it.
A code of conduct
Your event’s code of conduct and how to raise a concern on the day. If your event does not have one, tell us; it is something we ask about.
Travel and fees
Travel and honoraria
We do not require a speaking fee. Speaking is part of how we share what we learn, and we would rather a good event went ahead than ask a fee it cannot pay.
Fees
We do not ask for an honorarium. If your event offers one, tell us in your request; we may ask you to donate it to a charity instead, or decline it where the audience includes public officials or clients whose rules would make accepting it inappropriate.
Travel
For many events, especially near one of our offices, we cover our own travel. For some events, such as those far from our offices or over several days, we may ask the organizer to cover economy travel and accommodation. We say so in our answer, before anything is confirmed.
Public-sector events
Where government ethics or gift rules apply to the event or its audience, we follow them, and we pay our own way where accepting travel would be inappropriate.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can I ask for a specific person?
Yes. Name them in your request. We will check their availability, and if they cannot attend, we will suggest a colleague who works in the same area.
Why do you not list your speakers?
Our speakers’ first commitment is to clients and to running services that cannot stop, so who is available changes from month to month. We match each request to the right person rather than publishing a roster that would quickly go out of date.
Can Moraph sponsor our event?
Sponsorship is a separate decision from speaking, and the two are never linked: sponsoring an event never buys a speaking slot, and speaking never depends on a sponsorship. Describe the opportunity in your request and we will pass it to the right team.
Can a speaker review our slides or panel questions in advance?
Yes, and we encourage it. Our speakers may also ask to see the moderator’s questions before a panel, so they can prepare, not to restrict what is asked.
Do you speak at student and university events?
Yes. Lectures, seminars and student society events are handled by our University Relations team; request them there.
We are a journalist or podcast producer looking for comment, not a speaker.
For interviews, comment and media requests, go to our Newsroom. For a podcast episode built around a conversation, either route reaches us.
Can we use the recording afterwards?
On the terms agreed with the speaker before the event. If you want to reuse it beyond those terms, such as in advertising, ask us first.