Press & Speaking
I speak at conferences, universities, and organizations across the country, sharing insights at the intersection of design, science, ecology, and technology. My work has been featured by CNN, PBS, NPR, Google, Amazon, ArtCenter, AIGA, Core77, RGD, and other institutions shaping culture and innovation. For speaking inquiries, please contact me at the link above.
2015 TEDxACCD - Speaker
2017 AIGA Eye on Design - Keynote
2017 RGD DesignThinkers Toronto - Speaker & Panelist
2015 Core 77 - Speaker
2016 Google SPAN LA - Panelist
OTHER TALKS
CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference, 2012 - Keynote Speaker
Aquarium of the Pacific / Coastal Conversations, 2012
TEDxACCD / Systems By Design, 2015
See Change Conference /The Power of Visual Comm, 2016
NPR Minnestoa Public Radio, 2016 - Interview
Core 77 / Designing Here & Now, 2016
ICO-D International Council of Design, 2016
The Collective Podcast With Ash Thorpe, 2016 - Interview
AICAD / Science in the Studio - Speaker
CSU Dominguez Hills Research Day, 2016 - Keynote Speaker
Google / SPAN LA Conference, 2016
DeLab & Innovate Pasadena Making LA / Studying Water From Space, 2017
AIGA Eye on Design Conference, 2017 - Keynote Speaker
31st International Symposium of Space Technology, 2017
Ilan Dei Studio x Platform / Radical Optimism How We Make, 2017
RGD / DesignThinkers Conference Toronto, 2017
ACCD Women in ID Symposium, 2017- Moderator
We Are Bird, 2017 - Interview
Microsoft Blend Conference for Executive Leadership, 2019
Women in ID Seattle, 2024 - Interview
Microsoft Design Week, 2024
ArtCenter Tech Week, 2024
SELECTED ARTICLES
AIGA EoD, "Creative Innovation Strategist Jessie Kawata on inventing Your own Job + Sticking Two Fingers to the Glass Ceiling," 2017
ArtCenter Dotted Line, "Jessie Kawata : Sending Design Across the Universe," 2016
PBS SoCal, "How Art, Science, & Technology Interact in Southern CA," 2015
Metropolis Magazine, "Three Women Designers Blasting Through NASA's Glass Ceiling," 2017