Speaking
Talks from someone who has had to make the thing work live.
Practical talks for conferences and teams dealing with systems under pressure, AI, automation, interface design and operational complexity. The ideas come from delivery, not a brisk afternoon with a trend report.
Pricing depends on the event, format, preparation and travel requirements. Industry and community events are considered on fit as well as fee.
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Live delivery gives the story somewhere solid to stand
The Airtime 2025 photographs show the useful part of the speaker profile: explaining a real operational problem, the decisions made under pressure and what the system needed to do next. No abstract futurism. The future already has enough slide decks.
Michael "Milo" Lockett
Co-Founder and CTO of Symbiometry, fractional CTO and technical adviser. I write from practical experience across systems, event technology, interfaces, automation and complex delivery.
Based in Windermere, England. Working in event technology since 2013.
Talk subjects
Five useful conversations
AI in event operations
Where AI can reduce operational friction, where judgement needs to remain visible, and where novelty is still being mistaken for usefulness.
How automation changes event teams
What gets faster, what gets calmer, and where human judgement still needs to stay visible.
Turning operational chaos into systems
How to trace a recurring delivery problem through people, data, interfaces, and decisions until the real system becomes visible.
Building useful AI agents
Why assistants need useful memory, clear state, and interfaces that let people understand what the system is doing.
Why front-end detail matters in enterprise event experiences
How interface craft changes trust, comprehension, and adoption inside constrained systems.
Map your system. Find the friction.
A working session for leadership or operations teams. We map the real workflow, including the handoffs and workarounds, then find where time, trust and attention are leaking.
Scoped according to the room, preparation and intended outcome.
Turn the map into a plan.
A full working day with the team, followed by a written plan that turns the discussion into priorities, ownership and sensible next moves.
Scoped according to the team, preparation and written follow-up.
Give the room something it can use on Monday.
Speaking is one way to use the thinking.
If you need technical leadership, independent advice or help recovering a difficult project, the commercial routes sit separately.