Schedule
To arrange a lecture, presentation or interview with Mr. Hill, contact him directly at ‘Hill at Steven-Hill.com’ or (415) 665-5044. Partial calendar below.
Appearances for 2018 (partial list):
October 16, 2018, “Technological Leadership and Industrial Revolution: The Role of the European Union,” European Ideas Network/European People’s Party, Berlin
October 15, 2018, Algorithm Watch, Berlin
October 9, 2018, “Digitalisation– A Global Perspective,” Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, Berlin
May 3, 2018, Berlin, “Who will control Big Data, the currency of the digital age?”, re:publica 18 conference
May 4, 2018, Berlin, “Digital Licenses and Digital Borders,” re:publica 18 conference, link here
April 24, 2018, “Reining in Facebook and the Platform Economy,” Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
April 19, 2018, “The Digital Culture in the US and Germany,” Aspen Institute-Deutschland, Berlin
April 14, 2018, “Free or precarious – How do we make the digital workplace fair?” Zeit-Stiftung, Hamburg
April 14, 2018, “Digital work — a global challenge?” Zeit-Stiftung, Hamburg
April 13, 2018, “Start-ups and Platforms: Regulating Labor in the Gig Economy,” Berlin Social Science Center, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
April 10, 2018, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), “The Future of Work”
March 15, 2018, “Managing Disruption: How to Ensure that Society Benefits from Technology and Innovation,” American Academy in Berlin and Bay Area Council, San Francisco
March 6, 2018, “Digitalization and the Future of Europe,” European Ideas Network/Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, Lake Como, Italy
Appearances for 2017 (partial list):
Sept. 14, Potsdam, Hasso Plattner Institut, “Design Thinking” conference, “Future of Work”
Sept. 1, Berlin, Die Zeit conference, “Artificial Intelligence”
June 13, Berlin, German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and OECD “New Jobs Strategy”
June 12, Berlin, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “Future Of Social Protection”
May 30, 2017, Prague, “If we are not careful, technology will destroy us,” interview with Steven Hill, A2larm, link here
May 29, 2017, Prague, “Uber a Airbnb? Zregulovat, říká jejich kritik. Tvrdí, že ničí taxikáře a hotely Zdroj,” Lidové noviny, a lengthy interview in Prague’s leading newspaper
May 29, Berlin, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
May 23-24, Zagreb and Ljubljana, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
May 18, Berlin, Ver.di, 6 pm
May 16, Berlin, IG Metall, 6 pm
May 11, Berlin, Telefonica Basecamp, Digital Masterminds: “Steven Hill über die Startup-Illusion,” (link to YouTube video of event)
May 9, Berlin, re:publica conference, Future of Work: How can Germany be a leader in the Digital Economy? (video) (Wired.de article reporting on this panel discussion: “Wie viel Silicon-Valley-Spirit brauchen wir in Deutschland?“)
May 9, Berlin, re:publica conference, #DigitalCharta – Wie geht es weiter? (video starting at 33:00 minute mark)
May 4-5, Prague, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
May 3, Berlin, event with Das Progressive Zentrum, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and D64
Appearances for 2016 (partial list):
October 6, Young Transatlantic Initiative, “US Presidential Election,” US Embassy, Berlin
Sept 28, “The California Challenge – How (not) to regulate disruptive business models,” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin
Sept 21, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Sept 15, “The Digital Revolution and the Future of Work: Policies and Politics,” Das Progressive Zentrum and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin
Sept 14, “Rethinking Innovation,” German-Israeli Young Leaders Exchange, Bertelsmann Foundation, Berlin
Sept 13, Bucerius Lab, ZEIT-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany, “Troubled Future: How the „Digital Economy” Will Shape our World, and How We Can Guide it”
Sept 4, ABC Treehouse, “Unpresidented: A US Election Like We’ve Never Seen Before,” Amsterdam
Sept 2, “Peer Value: Advancing the Commons Collaborative Economy,” Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 27, Clinton Global Initiative, U.S. Workforce Development
July 26, Rockefeller Foundation: Discussion on Independent Work
July 14, Ralph Nader Radio Hour, with authors Steven Hill and Thomas Frank
July 10, Book Passage, Corte Madera, “Expand Social Security Now” book talk
July 8, Guardian in San Francisco
June 29, “Boost or Barrier? – Upward Mobility in the On-Demand Economy,” R Street Institute and Opportunity America
June 28, Economic Policy Institute, “Why We Must Expand Social Security” (VIDEO)
June 26, C-SPAN, Washington Journal, “Raw Deal and the Uber Economy” (VIDEO)
June 24, New York City Central Labor Council
June 23, WorkAwesome conference, “Gigomania,” New York City (VIDEO)
June 16, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, “Expand Social Security Now!”
June 15, WYPR, National Public Radio in Baltimore, “The Rise of the Gig Economy”
June 9, “The Dark Side of Silicon Valley,” hosted by KPFA, Berkeley
May 18, Ver.di trade union in Berlin
May 17, “Gig Economy — Threat to the German social state?” Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Berlin
May 12, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam
May 10, Holtzbrinck lecture at the American Academy in Berlin, “The Future of Work: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Threatening Workers’ Livelihoods”
May 3, re:publica conference, Crowdworking Behind the Scene – Clickworking and Labor Rights, Berlin
April 26, Hannover Messe Trade Fair, Hannover Germany
April 25, Stuttgart
April 22, Heidelberg Center for American Studies, commencement address, University of Heidelberg
April 21, German-American Institute, Heidelberg
April 20, Frankfurt
April 18, Hans Böckler Foundation
April 13, Future Internet Kongress, Frankfurt
April 12, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), Berlin
April 9, Partnerschaft der Parlamente/Partnership of Parliaments, Berlin
March 16, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart “Wie die Sharing Economy den Arbeitsmarkt verändert: Deutschland und Amerika im Vergleich”
March 8, Danish Confederation of Professional Associations, Copenhagen
March 2, US Embassy, Museum The Kennedys, Berlin
March 2, Telefónica Basecamp, Berlin, “Job Machine or Digital Exploitation? Challenges of the Digital Economy to the World of Work”
January 21, American Academy in Berlin
January 6, Raw Deal talk at SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association)
Appearances for 2015 (partial list):
December 17, Raw Deal talk at Progressive Democrats of America, San Francisco, 7 pm
December 10, Raw Deal talk at Lenny Mendonca’s Brews and Views, Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay, CA 6pm
December 8, Raw Deal talk at First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon, 7 pm
December 8, Raw Deal talk at the law office of Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, Seattle, noon
December 7, Raw Deal talk at Town Hall in Seattle, 7:30 pm
December 7, Raw Deal talk at Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, 1:30 pm
December 3, Raw Deal talk at Book Passage-San Francisco (Ferry Building), 6 pm
December 1, Raw Deal talk at Books Inc., Berkeley, 7 pm
November 18, Raw Deal talk at Books Inc. (Chestnut St branch), San Francisco
November 17, Raw Deal talk at Diesel Books, Oakland, CA
November 16, Raw Deal talk (with Gabriel Metcalf) at Mechanics Institute, San Francisco
November 10, Raw Deal talk at University of Wisconsin-River Falls
November 1, Raw Deal talk Politics and Prose bookstore, Wash DC
October 30, Raw Deal interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, NPR
October 29, Raw Deal talk at Economic Policy Institute, Wash DC
October 23, Steven Hill in conversation with NYT columnist Eduardo Porter, CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room, NYC, 6:30 pm
October 21, Raw Deal talk at New America in NYC, Civic Hall, 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, NYC 6:30 pm,
October 20, interview on Bloomberg Radio, “The Bloomberg Advantage”
October 20, Raw Deal interview on Fox Business News, Stuart Varney show
October 20, launch of new book, Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers
July 27, panel at LaborTech 2015, “The Gig Economy,” Stanford University
April 17, lecture at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, European Union Center, “Transatlantic Lessons: Why the European Way is Still the Best Hope in an Insecure Age”
April 16, lecture at Illinois State University
Appearances for 2013 (partial list):
November 6-7, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, “Year of Germany” event
May 8, “Utah Europe Days 2013,” Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Brigham Young University, Center for International Studies
Appearances for 2012 (partial list):
October 19, two panel presentations at the Bioneers Conference
May 22, Georgetown University, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
May 15, Berkeley Arts and Letters, with Michael Sandel, author of “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,” 7:30 pm
May 2, Global Policy Institute, London
April 19, Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris
April 11, University of Delaware lecture on Europe’s Promise
April 4, Amherst College, Massachussetts lecture on Europe’s Promise
March 15, KOPN, Columbia, Missouri, “10 Steps to Repair American Democracy”
February 28, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
February 20, television interview with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco
February 14, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
February 6, lecture on Europe’s Promise, Rutgers University
January 26, lecture at Progressive Democrats of America about Europe’s Promise, San Francisco
January 25, lecture on ranked choice voting at Golden Gate Breakfast Club, San Francisco
January 17, lecture at SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association)
January 6, interview by Sophie Vergucht, Belgian journalist re: GOP presidential primaries
January 6, lecture on ranked choice voting at University Club, San Francisco
January 5, television interview by French journalists for Le Ben Franklin Post/France USA media
January 3, lecture on ranked choice voting at Potrero Hill Dem Club, San Francisco
Appearances for 2011 (partial list):
December 14, television interview on Fox Business Network, Varney & Co.
November 22, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
November 19, radio interview on Iranian station
November 18, KPFA/Pacifica radio interview with Kris Welch
November 7, television interview on Fox Business Network, Varney & Co., “Is There a Bright Side to the EU’s Policies?”
November 1, television interview, CBS News in San Francisco
October 31, radio interview on KCBS, San Francisco
October 27, television interview on Fox Business Network, Varney & Co., “Can the U.S. Learn from Europe’s Economic Practices?”
October 19, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
October 18, interview by Andreas Kluth from The Economist
October 15, lecture at Bioneers Conference, plus radio interview
September 30, lecture at “Lessons from Europe” Workshop at the Center for European Studies, Rutgers University
September 23, lecture at European Ideas Network conference in Bucharest, Romania
September 14, lecture at Illinois State University
September 13, lecture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, European Union Center
September 12, Chicago, Law Offices of Korey Cotter Heather and Richardson, “Europe vs. the US: Who Will Lead the 21st Century?”
August 17, San Francisco Elections Commission
August 3, San Francisco Elections Commission
July 7, KPFA/Pacifica radio interview with Kris Welch
July 1, KPFK/Pacifica radio interview about Europe
June 24, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
June 22, radio interview with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
June 21, KPFK/Pacifica radio interview with Ian Masters
June 20, lecture at “Strengthening European Social Democracy” conference, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament, Barcelona, Spain
June 13, FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior), Madrid, Spain
June 13, European Council on Foreign Relations, Madrid, Spain
May 13, lecture at conference “Europe in America – Learning from Each Other,” Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
April 27, lecture at the University of Delaware on Europe’s Promise
March 31, interview by French journalist on Gov Jerry Brown’s first 100 days
March 30, KPFK/Pacifica radio interview with Ian Masters
March 30, give IMPACT lecture at EU Center at Georgia Institute of Technology
March 29, lecture at Georgia Institute of Technology
March 27, presentation to Unitarian Universalist, San Francisco
February 19, interview by Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny
Feb. 18, Goethe-Institut, Prague, “American Dream – Escape from Old Europe?”
Feb. 16, lecture in public library, Brno, Czech Republic, sponsored by the US Embassy
February 11, KQED radio interview, National Public Radio in San Francisco
Feb. 10, Harvard Club of San Francisco (cosponsored by the Yale Club — detente at last!), “US vs. Europe vs. China: Who Will Lead the 21st Century?”
January 27, Rossmoor Community Club, Walnut Creek, California
January 5, KPFK/Pacifica radio interview with Ian Masters
Appearances for 2010 (partial list):
Dec. 4 — Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany
Dec. 3 — Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany
Nov. 15 — Sacramento, United Nations Association
Oct. 28 — Istanbul, Democrats Abroad
Oct. 18 — Athens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lecture hosted by Institute for Regional Dialogue and Strategy (IPEDIS)
Oct. 16 — Athens, University of Indianpolis
Oct. 14 – Rome, lecture hosted by Fondazione Fare Futuro
Oct. 12 – Salzburg, Salzburg University
Oct. 11 — Vienna, lecture hosted by Renner Institut at “Europasaal” auditorium
Oct. 10 — Vienna, observe Vienna municipal elections
Oct. 9 — Vienna, Beethovenhaus Heuriger
Oct. 8 — Berlin, Humbloldt University
Oct. 7– Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin
Oct. 6 — Frankfurt, address Democrats Abroad-Germany
Oct. 6 — Heidelberg, lunchtime address to German-American Institute (DAI)
Oct. 2 — Munich, Democrats Abroad
Oct. 4 – Strasbourg, INSA, 24 bd de la Victoire
Sept 29 – Toulouse, Ecole Superieur de Commerce (Business School of Toulouse)
Sept. 27 – Marseille, Les Deux Garçons
Sept. 26 – Nice, France, Holy Trinity Church Hall
Sept. 24 – Oslo, lecture at Rica Victoria Hotel
Sept. 23 – Stockholm, ABF Huset
Sept. 22 – Amsterdam, ABC Treehose bookstore
Sept. 21 – Brussels, Waterstone’s Bookstore
September 21 — lunch time seminar at the European Commission with Directors General and Commission spokeperson
Sept. 21 — Brussels, Jacquemin Seminar lecture at the European Commission
Sept. 19 — Paris, Democrats Abroad
Sept 18 –Luxembourg, Democrats Abroad
Sept 16-17 – Budapest, speak at conference “The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty” hosted by the European Ideas Network
September 9, Thursday, 6:00 pm, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California
August 1, Sunday, 1:15 pm, 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, San Francisco
July 14, Wednesday, 12:30 pm, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), San Francisco
June 22, Tuesday, 9 am, European Ideas Network/European People’s Party, Washington DC
June 9-15, Zurich, Lucerne, Bern, Switzerland, Initiatives and Referendum Institute
June 8, Tuesday, 3:00 pm, Rossmoor Community Club, Walnut Creek, California
June 1, Tuesday, interview on KQED “Forum Show” (NPR affiliate) with host Michael Krasny, San Francisco, California
May 25, Tuesday, 7 pm, Book Passages, Corte Madera, California
May 20, Thursday, 3 pm, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
May 19, Wednesday, 12 noon, German Marshall Fund, Washington DC
May 18, Tuesday, podcast interview by Jack Janes, Executive Director, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington DC
May 18, Tuesday, noon, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)/Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
May 17, Monday, Busboys and Poets Bookstore, Washington DC
May 11, Tuesday, 6:30 PM, American Council on Germany, San Francisco, California
May 6, interview on KGNU public radio, Boulder Colorado
April 29, Thursday, interview on KPFK (Pacifica), Berkeley, California
April 27, Tuesday, interview on Thom Hartmann show
April 24, Saturday, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (broadcast on C-SPAN’s “Book TV”)
April 22, Thursday, noon, European Union Centerof California, Claremont University/Scripps College, Los Angeles
April 15, Thursday, Council for European Studies, Montréal, Canada
April 1, Thursday, noon, EU/European Student Association of Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York
March 26, Friday, interviewed by Tomasz Zalewski, Polityka/Polish Press Agency
March 25, Thursday, House of Sweden/Swedish Ambassador, Washington, DC
March 25, Thursday, noon, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
March 24, Wednesday, noon, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
March 17, Wednesday, 7 pm, Village Books, Bellingham, WA
March 16, Tuesday, 7 pm, Town Hall, Seattle, WA
March 16, Tuesday, interview on KEXP radio, Seattle, WA
March 16, Tuesday, interview on KCTS TV (PBS), Seattle, WA
March 15, Monday, interview on KIRO radio with host Dave Ross, Seattle, WA
March 15, Monday, noon, Economic Opportunity Institute, Seattle, WA
March 15, Monday, 6 pm, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
March 8, Monday, interview on KALW (NPR affiliate), San Francisco, CA
March 3, Wednesday, Rutgers University, Europe Center
March 2, Tuesday, interview on WHYY Radio Times (NPR) with Marty Moss-Coane, Philadelphia, PA
March 2, Tuesday, noon, American Council on Germany and German American Chambers of Commerce, Philadelphia, PA, “Models of Capitalism in the 21st Century: The U.S. vs. Europe”
March 1, Monday, 4 pm, University of Pennsylvania/Temple University, European Studies Colloquium, Philadelphia, PA
February 25, Thursday, author/book profile by Capitol Weekly, Sacramento, CA
February 24, Wednesday, 7 pm, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
February 24, Wednesday, interviewed on AM 760 Progressive Talk with host David Sirota, enver, Colorado
February 23, Tuesday, 6 pm, Denver World Affairs Council and American Council on Germany, Denver, Colorado
February 18, Thursday, 6 pm, World Affairs Council, San Francisco, California
February 16, Tuesday, noon, California State Association of Counties, Sacramento, California, “What the U.S. (Even California) Can Learn from Europe”
February 16, Tuesday, featured on Politico blog discussing the Greek debt crisis
February 14, Sunday, “Europe’s Promise” is featured salon/discussion topic on FireDogLake website
February 14, Sunday, interview on the BBC World Newshour about Greece’s deficits and the euro
February 12, Friday, interview on Democracy Now! with hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
February 9, Tuesday, 8 am, Deutsches Haus/American Council on Germany, 42 Washington Mews, “Germany’s Alternative to Wall Street Capitalism”
February 8, Monday, 6:30 pm, Political Salon, 302 Fifth Avenue, 11th floor, Idealist.org office, “Capitalism in the 21st Century: The United States vs. Europe”
February 8, Monday, noon, Demos, 220 Fifth Ave., 5th Floor, New York City
January 28, Thursday, interview on KPFK (Pacifica), Los Angeles, CA with host Ian Masters
January 25, Monday, interview on KPFA (Pacifica), Berkeley, CA with host Mitch Jeserich
January, 25, Monday, interview on KSFR (NPR affiliate), Santa Fe, with host Diego Mulligan
January 23, Saturday, interview on WZBC Radio in Boston/Boston College with host John Grebe
January 22, Friday, noon, debate on “Europe versus America” at New America Foundation, Washington DC
January 22, Friday, interview on White House Chronicle TV show (PBS) with host Llewellyn King
January 21, Thursday, noon, presentation at New America Foundation, Washington DC
January 20, Wednesday, 6:30 pm, presentation at Alliance Française de Washington
January 20, Wednesday, interview on Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
January 19, Tuesday, noon, Brookings Institute, Washington DC
January 19, Tuesday, 7 pm, presentation to Young Professionals at Foreign Policy, Washington DC, www.ypfp.org
January 17, Sunday, interview on WTOP radio, host Dmitri Sotis, Washington DC