Festivals & conferences
A keynote they’ll still be talking about at the bar.
Big ideas, told as stories. Kester brings 500 years of myths, machines and monsters to bear on the question everyone in your audience is quietly asking: what is AI going to do to my work?
Past stages
Recently on stage
Greenbelt Festival
The arts, faith and justice festival, where the myth-and-meaning side of AI comes alive.
Brazen
Part of Bristol Tech Week, for founders, builders and the tech-curious.
University of Bristol
Academic audiences exploring AI, work and society.
Kingston University
Students and staff thinking about careers in an AI-shaped world.
Session types
Keynote, conversation or book event
30 min
Keynote
The core Claude Have Mercy! story, told in thirty minutes, with the option of a Q&A.
Ideal for: Opening or closing keynotes, main stages
45+ min
In conversation
An on-stage conversation or panel with your host, chair or fellow speakers, followed by audience questions.
Ideal for: Festival tents, panels, podcasts recorded live
60 min
Book event
A talk and reading from God-like, with Q&A and signing.
Ideal for: Literary festivals, bookshops, libraries
Themes that work well
AI & the future of work
Myth, faith & technology
Who pays the price? Tech ethics
AI literacy & education
Wellbeing at work
What organisers say
From the front row
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