Hal Hodson

Speaker Hal Hodson is the Americas editor at The economist newspaper.

Previously, as Special Projects Writer at The Economist Hal Hodson wrote for the title on technology covering everything from face recognition to high voltage power transmission, from AI to innovation in construction. Hal Hodson was named Britain’s Best Science Writer in 2018.

As a journalist on New Scientist in Boston and London, Hal conducted a successful two month investigation of the work that DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence company, is doing in working with the NHS. He reported on jetpacks and driverless cars, elephant radar, and the making of meat. Hal’s features included genetic engineering, meteorites, waterproof nanotechnology, and artificial hearts – exploring and explaining some of the most exciting technological developments of our times. He is the author of reports on technology in China, electricity grids, and vaccine manufacture.

Hal Hodson is a highly IT-literate speaker and he is able to present with knowledge and authority on Freedom of Information issues in the US and Europe, on SEC filings, patents and on intellectual property matters.

As well as speaking Hal is the ideal guy to host and to moderate events and debates. And he’s also a keen surfer who co-founded, captained and quarterbacked an American football team at Trinity College Dublin that’s still going strong almost ten years later!