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Digital expert Payal Arora offers transformative insights into technology.

Payal Arora

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Payal presented inspirational keynotes in more than 62 countries. As a TEDx presenter, she delves into topics ranging from digital governance to global inequality. She uses her platform to shed light on the plight of the Global South's marginalized women.

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5 out of 5 stars

Payal’s participation at our leadership summit was inspirational, impactful and insightful. She was able to distill complicated, in-depth research and deliver a presentation that was engaging and easy to follow. All of our participants from across the Caribbean and Latin America felt Payal’s presentation was right on the mark and exactly what we were looking for as our company strives to build momentum and reach the next billion users.

Michael Coakley, VP, Head of Communications, Liberty Latin America Telecom See all references

Why you should book Payal Arora for your next event

  • Payal Arora is an inspiring and passionate speaker who brings audiences a wealth of information about the internet’s role in alleviating poverty for marginalized communities.
  • She leverages her digital expertise to offer important insights into how individuals and groups may participate in digital activism to positively transform the world. Offering actionable steps for incorporating technology into inclusion efforts, she’s become a powerful voice in the area of digital and social mobility.
  • An author of popular books, Arora receives recognition for delving into online security and privacy challenges in developing countries.
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With more than two decades in digital and social science, Payal Arora breaks down barriers by talking about inherent inequities that marginalize underrepresented groups. In particular, Arora sheds light on women in the Global South. As a senior professor at Erasmus University, she leverages her digital experience to make students aware of the power of the internet in alleviate the circumstances facing low-income world citizens. Offering topics to global audiences about diversity, inclusion, and transformation, Arora is a sought-after speaker in the areas of technology and media cultures.

Why you should book Payal Arora for your next event

  • Payal Arora is an inspiring and passionate speaker who brings audiences a wealth of information about the internet’s role in alleviating poverty for marginalized communities.
  • She leverages her digital expertise to offer important insights into how individuals and groups may participate in digital activism to positively transform the world. Offering actionable steps for incorporating technology into inclusion efforts, she’s become a powerful voice in the area of digital and social mobility.
  • An author of popular books, Arora receives recognition for delving into online security and privacy challenges in developing countries.

Payal Arora is a critically acclaimed author and speaker who has delivered keynote addresses in more than 62 countries. As a senior professor of Technology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, she leverages her two decades of experience to educate about digital science. With a particular interest in marginalized women in the Global South, Arora shares information about the power of the internet in raising awareness about issues facing the global poor.

In 2020, Arora founded FemLab.co to help enhance networks for marginalized women with the help of digital media. As a prolific writer, her work is available in media and publications, such as BBC, TechCrunch, The Boston Globe, and the Economist.

She’s also authored numerous books about the digital media age and its impact on developing countries. Dot Com Mantra focuses on digital media in the Central Himalayas and its impact on digitally disadvantaged groups. In 2019, her book called The Next Billion Users explores privacy and national security issues of developing countries. She’s also co-authored a book about new media, which offers the reader insights into the relationship between cultural transformations and technology.

As an acclaimed speaker on the inclusion of low-income groups in the digital evolution, Arora brings audiences a wealth of insights on the topic.

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Topics:

  • Digital governance
  • Global inequality
  • Marginalized Women
  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Technology
  • Media cultures
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Payal is a great speaker, who gave an stunning insight into a topic, our congress attendees – most of them senior IT-executives – normally are quite unaware: How is a large part of mankind using Internet and IT, what are the needs, wishes and hopes of the Next Billion Users? Many thanks for this inspiring look outside the western box.

Robert Gammel, Executive Producer Hamburger IT-Strategietage

Payal kindly agreed to give a talk at the India Science Festival and also join the discussion on the Keynote Panel. She is one of the few researchers who deeply understands technology and society. Her talk and thoughts illuminate how these two should interact to create the most benefit for all of us. The importance of this topic cannot be overstated and Payal’s clarity of thought is the need of the hour.

Varun Aggarwal, Co-founder, Aspiring Minds, India Science Festival

Payal Arora´s Keynote for the FoME Symposium was inspiring and eye-opening. It was a convincing appeal to the Media Development Community to rethink their assumptions on how to work in the Global South. We really need to understand better the needs of the people we working for. We can´t just impose our beliefs on them. One key phrase for me was that she reminded us that people don’t make judgments based on just facts. That is a very rational perspective but decision-making doesn’t work that way.

Steffen Leidel, Senior Consultant, Deutsche Welle (DW)

Payal presented to our audience of strategists and marketing professionals with unique insights into the lives of the “next billion users”. Through her contributions, she gave listeners the opportunity to diversify their views on what users around the world are doing online and the impact the Internet and data are having on their lives. She has a very engaging appearance on stage and has a lively way of presenting figures and statistics.

Juliane Hennig, Project & Event Manager, NEXT conference Hamburg
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5 out of 5 stars

Payal’s participation at our leadership summit was inspirational, impactful and insightful. She was able to distill complicated, in-depth research and deliver a presentation that was engaging and easy to follow. All of our participants from across the Caribbean and Latin America felt Payal’s presentation was right on the mark and exactly what we were looking for as our company strives to build momentum and reach the next billion users.

Michael Coakley, VP, Head of Communications, Liberty Latin America Telecom See all references

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