Carl Miller

Carl Miller is an experienced digital researcher, author, and international keynote speaker, with particular emphasis on how technology is changing society and politics.

He is the co-founded of Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world, and is currently its Research Director. Alongside David Omand and Jamie Bartlett, Carl coined the term “Social Media Intelligence” (SOCMINT).

He is a prominent writer, and has contributed to publications such as The Economist, New Scientist, Wired, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, and The Guardian. He also released the book The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab in 2018.

He is often asked to contribute to television shows, is a proficient researcher, and technological entrepreneur, and now frequently provides keynote talks on how the change in media, politics, crime, and warfare can mean to society.

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A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)Business & FinanceFuturistKeynoteLaw, Crime & SecurityLeadership & TeamworkMotivationalPresentersSpeakerStemSTEM

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CAREER

Carl Miller analyses data with immersive, first-hand reporting to understand how our lives our changing on a social and political scale. He does this by visiting information warfare bases, interviewed fake news merchants, exposed autocratic states, met Taiwan’s digital democrats, re-created himself from hidden data, and become involved in the struggle to control an online assassination market

His investigations blend the data and analysis found with real people and their lived experiences. He does all of this to help us understand how the digital revolution is causing traditional power structures to evolve, and how it has affected our lives in ways we may not be aware of.

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In 2012, Carl co-founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to the digital world. Through this institution, he has written over 20 major research studies on topics including conspiracy theories, cybercrime, digital politics, internet governance, online electoral inference, and radicalisation. He does this by analysing politics, tech, cybercrime, war, journalism, hackers, hate speech, automation, and social and political power.

Since 2019, Carl has been serving as an expert advisor on social media for the Care Quality Commission (CQC),as an external advisor on the cross-governmental review on the use of data science in public, and for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat of the UK Government. He is also a member of the Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing.

He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, a Fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, a Visiting Fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, a member of the RUSI States Threats Task Force, an Associate of the Imperial War Museum, a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, a member of the advisory board of the Global Network on Extremism and Technology, a member of the Challenging Pseudoscience group at the Royal Institution, and a member of the society board of the British Computing Society.

MEDIA

Carl’s expertise has seen him contribute writings to the likes of The Economist, The Sunday Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, Wired, New Scientist, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, and The Guardian, on topics including civic hackers, deep fakes, sex robots, vegan meat, cyber warfare, information warfare, democracy, illegal wildlife trade, COVID conspiracies, bots, silicon valley, online habits, elections, digital democracy, and social media.

In 2018, he released his book The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, examining the new centres of power and control in the 21st Century; it went on to win the 2019 Transmission Prize.

He also presented programmes for BBC’s flagship tech show, Click.

SPEAKING

Carl’s experience has made him a prominent keynote speaker for companies around the world about what the digital revolution really means to us. Speaking topics include:

– The influence of the internet on radicalisation

– Hate crime and social media

– Policing and counter terrorism

– Digital democracy

– Conspiracy theories

– Changing identities and beliefs in the digital world

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KEYNOTE TOPICS

The Hidden Reality of Power Today: Carl will talk about his year-long journey tracking down the nature of power today, show where it has gone, and the shape it now takes.

Understanding Risk and Volatility in the Digital Age: Carl will explain the important and often hidden risks that digital technologies have created, such as fake news.

Digital Crime and Cyber Security: Carl draws upon his first-hand experience going on a cyber-crime raid with the police, going to the largest hacking gathering in Las Vegas, and trying to do some cybercrime himself to show how we’re all living through the worst crisis of law enforcement in the history of modern policing.

How to Win the Digital Revolution: From hackers to cyber criminals, fake news merchants, citizen journalists, digital presidents and information warriors, Carl looks at the lessons that we can all learn from those on the frontlines of digital revolution.

Information Warfare Began With Cats: Carl explores some key questions: where did information warfare come from? How do people do it? What are the tools and techniques in this strange new kind of conflict, and where will it go next?

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Testimonials

The audience was blown away. The combination of fascinating ideas about power and bizarre personal adventures were a perfect fit for our event.
Alexander Mouret, Director, Brave New World Festival

Carl opened a really important conference we were hosting, with a multi-national audience of senior executives and experts. His presentation was excellent – well thought through, colourful, and meaningful – and his delivery was truly engaging. He brought real insight and challenge.
Senior Cabinet Office Official

Our audience is generally made up of quite cynical and highly opinionated tech professionals. Carl was a compelling speaker, presenting fascinating, and often deeply technical, material in an engaging, light manner for 45 minutes. All this on his birthday.
Joe Fay, Editor, The Register

Carl is a thought provoking speaker who grabs the attention of the audience, both with the power of his ideas and the engaging way in which he delivers them.
Rick Muir, Director, Police Foundation

The Association found his contribution fascinating and truly educational. It opened many Peers’ eyes to the issues facing us concerning the internet and the challenges concerning any possible regulation or controls. It was a session that was greatly valued by all who attended.
Baroness Couttie, House of Lords

Carl’s presentation was energetic, engaging and exceptionally interesting and informative. He has a large amount of knowledge.
Jennifer Housego, Deputy National Policing Leader for Open Source

Carl Miller was an excellent speaker and panel participant at our festival. His arguments were clear, interesting and on-topic. It became a very lively talk panel.
Nina Kaiser, Founder, 4GameChangers

With or without visual aids, he holds the room and provides real insight to participants and fellow speakers alike.
Wilton Park, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Executive Agency

Carl Miller is a very impactful and inspiring speaker, able to engage with a very senior audience on topics they are unfamiliar with. Participants love Carl’s style and expertise.
Marc Guyon, Shell