Speaking Archive

The complete chronological record of Yu-kai Chou’s speeches, workshops, and podcast engagements since 2009. For highlights, topics, and booking, see the main speaking page.

Yu-kai Chou’s Previous Speeches and Podcast Engagements

Astana Hub, AI & Digital Bridge – Keynote “Gamification in the Age of Agentic AI” and GameDev panel, EXPO centre, Astana (10/01/2026–10/03/2026)
10K HP Academy – Live workshop (09/25/2026)
Loyalty Connect Global (US debut): Keynote “Why the Loyalty Industry’s Inflection Point Needs Gamification” at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta – ~1,000 senior loyalty leaders (04/29/2026)
Loyalty Connect Global: Gamified Loyalty Masterclass, Atlanta, GA (04/30/2026)
ITRI (工研院) – Speech, Hsinchu (12/15/2025)
PressPlay – Workshop, Taiwan (12/05/2025)
Paid online keynote (11/06/2025)
Coca-Cola – Corporate Speech Online (10/04/2025)
Beast Philanthropy – Workshop (07/09/2025)
TechSoda Interview: Online interview (06/05/2025)
Ignyte – Mentor Masterclass, Madinat Jumeirah (05/12/2025)
Stand Together – Virtual workshop (05/05/2025–05/06/2025)
Let’s Talk Loyalty Podcast: Online Interview (05/01/2025)
Gamification Global Gathering: Keynote “Game On for Sustainability: Cross-Sector Insights into Gamification” in Kraków, Poland (02/22/2025)
Online speech, India – “Gaming your success,” 100 minutes (02/08/2025)
The Grow Retreat 2025: The Power of Play: 45-minute keynote and 2-hour workshop in San Antonio, TX (01/16/2025)
Nubank – Gamification workshop (10/10/2024)
RevenueCat – Speech (09/26/2024)
Starbucks – Starbucks Workshop: Seattle (09/20/2024)
“Unlocking the Power of Gamification: Exploring the Octalysis Framework”: Online Workshop (08/29/2024)
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana – Mini-workshop during the South America tour (07/20/2024)
FIT Hon Teng (鴻騰精密) – Online speech (06/19/2024)
National Taiwan Sport University – 2.5-hour speech, Guishan, Taoyuan (06/05/2024)
TU Dresden, CODIP – Online speech (05/10/2024)
Yangming High School – Speech, Shilin, Taipei (12/08/2023)
ICAP – 45-minute speech (12/07/2023)
DBS – Speech for HR (06/30/2023)
HarvardXR – Guest speaker, HarvardXR Conference, Cambridge (04/15/2023)
NFT Miami Week – Speech (03/31/2023).
Singapore Institute of Management – Behavioural Design Masterclass (02/21/2023)
NCCU – Speech for the IMBA (09/24/2022)
Takeda – Donor-value workshop, Chicago (08/10/2022–08/11/2022).
Blockchain Fest Asia – Speech, Singapore, “How to Imbue Meaning into your Blockchain Project” (06/03/2022)
Flutter customer product conference – Online speech (05/10/2022)
National Chengchi University – In-person EMBA talk, “NFT and Gamification,” Taipei (05/06/2022)
NFTCON – Speech (04/04/2022)
21K School – Speech (03/15/2022)
Semana del Talento – Virtual keynote, Medellín (03/11/2022)
Rotary Club Taipei – Speech (01/19/2022)
NextLeap – Three-day workshop (12/11/2021–12/13/2021)
Business Weekly – Online speech (08/19/2021).
Speech at a dating event (07/07/2021)
Amity University – Speech, “Organizational Happiness Gamified” (07/02/2021)
Edge Edu – Workshop (06/30/2021)
HTC – Workshop for Viveport and Hubble (09/04/2020 and 09/07/2020). Another HTC workshop (03/29/2021).
Oxford Saïd Business School – Oxford APAC Business Club, online (03/05/2021)
WOW Accelerator and DBS – Gamification masterclasses (12/02/2020, 12/23/2020, 01/20/2021)
Feng Chia University (逢甲) – Speech (05/28/2020). Teaching days on campus 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/08, 12/22, and 12/29/2020.
Gamification Europe – 20-minute talk (11/25/2020).
Walgreens – Workshop (11/20/2020)
Speech, National Taiwan University conference center (台大集思會議中心), – Taipei (11/14/2020).
CBG and IBG – Gamification workshop and masterclass (09/23/2020–09/30/2020)
TVBS – Speech, Neihu, Taipei (07/31/2020)
Behavioural Design Masterclass – Live-call run (06/29/2020–07/29/2020)
CAPACITY – Conference speech (10/10/2019)
SPIRE – 20-minute speech (10/09/2019)
Game of Aliveness – Workshop, Kentfield (02/09/2019)
Uber – Workshop, San Francisco (01/15/2019)
Speech in Russia for edtech, – plus talks the next day on HR and gamified education (10/01/2018–10/02/2018).
SEMrush – Speech (02/23/2018)
Public Octalysis workshop (01/26/2018 and 02/02/2018)
CEA – Speech, Crystal Springs Golf Club, Burlingame (06/21/2014). Further CEA speeches 04/30/2016 in San Mateo and 01/28/2018 in Livermore.
TrueMotion – Workshop (12/19/2017–12/20/2017)
National Taiwan University – Speech, and a Zoom with the university the same day (12/09/2017).
Incode – Workshops, including Rocketspace and Zoom (11/23/2017–12/08/2017)
HEC Liège – Remote video presentation (11/04/2017). Not HEC Paris.
Analog – Speech (02/03/2017).
Jackson National Life – Half-day workshop, Lansing (01/19/2017)
Capital One – Workshops (12/09/2016 and 12/14/2016)
Speech for China students from San Jose State, – Fiorillo Restaurant, Santa Clara (08/11/2016)
BNext Meet Taipei – Speech (11/28/2015)
IABC – Webex workshop series (10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015).
General Assembly – Workshops, San Francisco (12/17/2014, 02/13/2015, 04/10/2015, 07/21/2015, 10/07/2015)
Ericsson – Gamification keynote (08/18/2015).
Full-day Octalysis workshop (08/12/2015–08/15/2015)
Startup Socials – Speech, San Francisco (06/25/2015)
Advanced Octalysis Gamification Design Workshop (04/24/2015)
Workshop with Singapore students, – San Francisco (03/10/2015–03/17/2015)
Octalysis Workshop, Asia, – three days (12/06/2014–12/08/2014)
Octalysis Workshop, Europe, – three days (10/08/2014–10/10/2014)
Avenue Live – Octalysis workshop (09/10/2014–09/11/2014)
The Vault – Free workshop, San Francisco (07/15/2014)
Munich – Workshop (02/18/2014–02/19/2014)
India – Speech (12/09/2013).
Helsinki – Online keynote, and a Second Life keynote for a Finnish audience (10/31/2013)
CINACON – Entrepreneur workshop and pitching workshop (10/26/2012)
Stanford Business School – Speaker event (06/24/2012)
BAE – Workshop, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto (06/09/2011)
Stanford – Talk, Cis-X Auditorium (04/07/2011).
CINA – Workshop, marked as presenting (06/30/2010).
Hootsuite – Speech, Vancouver (04/02/2010)
Saunders – Speaking (03/24/2010)
Google – Speech (03/30/2009).
South America Conference Tour: close to 100 keynote speeches in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile (July – August 2024)
FLIT 2024 – Mainstage Keynote & Corporate Sessions in Peru (07/12/2024)
X Space Gaming Discussion: “Future of Gaming” (05/13/2024)
Corporate Tech Talk: “How AI Affects Our Digital Future” presented to 6,000+ employees (04/30/2024)
Innovate South 2024 – Leadership Keynote in Louisiana (04/25/2024)
Work Therapy Podcast – Workplace Gamification (04/19/2024)
McDonald’s – Workshop for McDonald’s: Online (12/04/2023)
Mastercard – Digital Safari Workshop (11/22/2023)
Rally Innovation Conference: Speech in Indianapolis, IN (08/30/2023)
AAMA Taiwan – Entrepreneurship & Innovation Keynote (08/11/2023) – Taipei
Gamfed Gamification Hackathon: Opening Speech (03/10/2023)
Singapore Corporate Meeting: Octalysis Gamification presentation in Singapore (02/20/2023)
Taiwan Organization Workshop: 3-hour workshop in Taiwan (12/17/2022)
CV Global Digital Day: Online keynote and Q&A (11/30/2022)
Mastercard: Mastercard Workshop (02/25/2022 & 03/25/2022)
Takeda Pharmaceutical: Behavioral Science Design Risk Workshop (11/17/2022)
Informa Connect FastForums – Learning & Development Forum (10/26/2022)
NFT Seattle Conference: Panel “Gamification and Longevity in NFTs” in Seattle, WA (09/30/2022)
Let’s Talk Loyalty: Podcast Interview (09/14/2022)
NFT Tech Online Conference: Speech (07/08/2022)
Polygon Studios NFT Event: Keynote “Grow Your NFT Project with Gamification” in New York, NY (06/23/2022)
Miami NFT Week: Speech in Miami (04/01/2022 – 04/03/2022)
Gamification Europe: Online speech (03/23/2022)
NEOMA Business School: Online speech (03/10/2022)
Houston Tech Rodeo: Online speech (03/01/2022)
International Business Administration Program: Speech in Taipei (12/10/2021)
Google L&D Summit: The Future of Learning – Gamification and Behavioral Science: Online speech (11/12/2021)
The Kurty D Show – Entertainment & Motivation (10/27/2021)
The Virtual Reality Show – VR & Gamification (06/24/2021)
Psicologia.io, Ciclo di Seminari: Online speech (05/26/2021)
Yale-Ipsos: Online Lecture (02/26/2021)
GamiCon21: Online speech (02/22/2021)
Asus: Speech in Taipei (01/08/2021)
RISE: Online workshop (11/12/2020)
SOSV, Growth Summit: Online speech (11/04/2020)
ICCA Congress 2020: Speech in Taipei (11/03/2020)
German Chambers of Commerce: Workshop (2/12/2020)
DealWise: 2 Day Workshop in Amsterdam, Netherlands (11/25/2019 – 11/26/2019)
DIGISFÄÄRI: Keynote in Helsinki, Finland (11/01/2019)
Churn.fm: Podcast Interview (09/26/2019)
2nd Annual Redemptive Business Forum: Keynote in La Mirada, CA (04/05/2019)
Gamification For Corporate Innovation Workshop: Keynote in Bangkok, Thailand (03/28/2019)
GamifyUs: Keynote in Stockholm, Sweden (12/05/2018)
Entrepreneurial Leaders Organization: Keynote in Vancouver, Canada (11/07/2018)
Singapore Games Exchange: Masterclass in Singapore (11/01/2018)
1st Macedonia eCommerce Conference: Skopje, Macedonia (10/28/2018)
National Taiwan University: Speech in Taipei, Taiwan (08/08/2018)
Enboarder Conference: Remote Speech for Australia (06/25/2018)
Classcraft: Webinar (06/20/2018)
Turkish Airline: Workshop in Istanbul, Turkey (06/03/2018)
Gamfed Gamification Conference @ BAU: Conference in Istanbul, Turkey (06/03/2018)
Habit Summit Speech: Workshop in Toronto, Canada (04/12/2018)
Microsoft: Workshop in Seattle, Washington (03/26/2018)
FICO: Speech in Las Vegas, Nevada (03/19/2018 – 03/21/2018)
CITIC: Speech in Hong Kong (03/15/2018)
Sberbank University: Speech and full-day workshop in Moscow, Russia (03/11/2018)
Executive Pastor Leader Group: Virtual Speech, UK (03/07/2018)
HR Strategy Forum: Forum in London, UK (02/27/2018 – 02/28/2018)
Quandoo: Workshop in Barcelona, Spain (02/24/2018)
Kwerafund: Workshop with Kwerafund in Amsterdam, Netherlands (02/22/2018)
South Bay Church: Speech and workshop in Los Angeles, California (11/07/2017)
Togliatti University: Speech in Russia (10/20/2017 – 10/21/2017)
Aperam: Workshop in Luxembourg (09/04/2017)
FICO Masters: Speech in Calistoga, California (08/15/2017 – 08/17/2017)
FWD: Workshop in Hong Kong (07/26/2017)
Singapore Computer Society: 3 Day Workshop in Singapore (07/18/2017 – 07/20/2017)
Dutch Digital Day: Keynote Speech in Amsterdam, Netherlands (06/30/2017)
iflyyoung.org: Speech in Fremont, California (06/26/2017)
Business Weekly Taiwan – Entrepreneurship & Innovation (05/11/2017)
Asurion: Speech in Nashville, Tennessee (04/26/2017)
Jagex (Runescape): Speech and workshop in Cambridge, UK (03/15/2017)
British Legal Technology Forum: Keynote Speech in London, UK (03/14/2017)
SxSW (South By Southwest) Conference: Keynote Speech in Austin, Texas (03/10/2017)
Tesla – Speech at Tesla: Tesla Factory in Fremont (03/06/2017)
Citizen Science Summit: Speech in Sønderborg, Denmark (11/28/2016 – 11/30/2016)
School of Business and Social Sciences -Aarhus University: Speech in Aarhus, Denmark (11/24/2016)
AIG Japan: Full-day Workshop in Tokyo, Japan (11/21/2016)
Promise Elearning Conference: Keynote Speech in Stockholm, Sweden (11/15/2016)
GateKeepers: Speech in Singapore (11/12/2016)
Singapore Cybersports & Online Gaming Association: Speech in Singapore (11/11/2016)
Singapore Computer Society: 2 Day Workshop in Singapore (11/11/2016 – 11/14/2016)
Singapore Pools: Workshop in Singapore (11/10/2016)
M1 Telecom: Workshop in Singapore (11/09/2016)
World Lottery Summit: Keynote Speech in Singapore (11/09/2016)
LVL UP KL Conference: Keynote Speech at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (11/08/2016)
PE Geek Podcast – Physical Education & Gamification (11/07/2016)
SEA Game Jam: Opening Speech at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (11/05/2016)
Taylors University: Full-day Education Workshop at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (11/03/2016)
Talent Intelligence: Full-day Corporate Workshop at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (11/01/2016)
Gamification World Congress: Keynote Speech at Madrid, Spain (10/26/2016)
Founders Network Summit: Speech at Napa Valley, California (10/20/2016)
Berkeley Channel: Speech at UC Berkeley, California (10/14/2016)
Code for Kingdom Hackathon: Speech in San Francisco, California (09/24/2016)
Entrepreneur Organization: Speech in Calgary, Canada (9/15/2016)
Fitpreneurs Mastermind: Full-day Workshop in Tokyo, Japan (08/20/2016)
Intel Harvest: Speech in Santa Clara, California (07/20/2016)
FIndShadow Retreat: Full-day Workshop in New York (07/14/2016)
Retail Executive Summit: Keynote Speaker in Laguna Beach, California (06/24/2016)
Boston Consulting Group Hackathon: Speech (06/10/2016)
Professor Game Podcast – Gamification for Learning (06/16/2016)
The Interactive Media & Games Seminars: Speech in Stanford University (05/28/2016)
Sovereign Capital: Speech in Menlo Park, California (05/18/2016)
Q Denver: Keynote Speaker in Denver, Colorado (04/22/2016)
Christian Entrepreneur Association: Speaker at Burlingame, CA (4/15/2016)
Hospitality Technology Magazine – Restaurant & Hotel Gamification (03/25/2016)
MURTEC Conference: Keynote Speaker in Las Vegas, Nevada (03/16/2016)
SxSW Gamification 3.0: Panel Speaker in Austin, Texas (03/14/2016)
CauseSquare – Gamified Nonprofit Platforms (03/09/2016)
Google Talk: Expert Speaker in Mountain View, California (02/29/2016)
Draper University: Speaker in San Mateo, California (02/16/2016)
Hult International Business School: Expert Speech in London, United Kingdom (02/08/2016)
AKQA: Expert Speech in London, United Kingdom (02/08/2016)
NovaBase: 2-Day Onsite Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal (02/02/2016)
LEGO Workshop: 3-Day Onsite Workshop Lecturer in Billund, Denmark (01/26/2016 – 01/28/2016)
TAITA Seminar: Speaker (01/21/2016)
Chilean Entrepreneur: Webinar Speech (12/05/2015)
Growth Marketing Congress: Keynote Speaker in San Francisco, California (12/04/2015)
ServiceRocket – Enterprise Gamification Webinar (12/01/2015)
Brighton University: Guest Lecturer in Brighton, United Kingdom (11/19/2015)
World Gamification Congress: Keynote Speaker in Barcelona (11/10/2015)
Peabody Essex Museum: Expert Speech in Salem, Massachusetts (11/13/2015)
Silicon Valley Prayer Breakfast: Main Speaker in Palo Alto, California (10/28/2015)
<analog>: Main Speaker in Los Gatos California (09/24/2015)
Samsung Workshop: Workshop Lecturer in Seoul, South Korea (09/18/2015)
Ericsson’s Global Learning Professionals Week: Keynote Speaker for Stockholm, Sweden (09/17/2015)
Smartcloud Show (South Korean Government): Keynote Speaker in Seoul, South Korea (09/17/2015)
IABC – International Business Communications (09/10/2015)
Alpha Camp – Startup Failure Case Studies (07/28/2015)
Yahoo! Talk: Main Speaker in Sunnyvale, CA (07/15/2015)
AIG Japan Workshop: Workshop Lecturer in Tokyo, Japan (06/10/2015)
The Growth Hacking Podcast – Gamification & Growth Strategies (05/05/2015)
Computer Education Management Association (CEdMA) West Coast Conference: Keynote Speaker in Sunnyvale, CA (04/28/2015)
Gamemakers Art: Lecturer for Egio, Greece (4/23/2015)
Growth Hacking Summit: Speaker, San Francisco, CA (03/24/2015)
QCommons SF: Speaker, San Francisco, CA (2/26/2015)
Fidelity Center for Applied Technology Global Seminar: Keynote Speaker in Boston, USA (10/30/2014)
@Cloud: Speaker, Sunnyvale, CA (10/24/2014)
Adobe – Actionable Gamification: Lead Generation in the Discovery Phase: Online Speech (10/23/2014)
Game Industry Trends Conference 2014: Keynote Speaker in Warsaw, Poland (10/2/2014)
European Association for International Education (EAIE) 2014 Annual Conference: Keynote Speaker in Prague, Czech Republic (09/16/2014)
Gamification and Mathematics Education Seminar: University of Adger, Kristiansand, Norway (09/22/2014)
GSummit Conference 2014: Speaker in San Francisco, CA (06/13/2014)
Bahrain International eGovernment Forum: Keynote in Manama, Bahrain (04/20/2014 – 04/23/2014)
Startup Marketing Conference: Speaker in San Francisco, CA (03/27/2014)
Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC) Conference: Keynote in Saratoga Springs, NY (03/21/2014)
South by Southwest (SxSW): Speaker in Austin, Texas (03/11/2014)
University of Agder: Speaker in Agder, Norway (02/22/2014)
Tedx – Lausanne: Speaker in Lausanne, Switzerland (02/12/2014)
Entrepreneurship Summit 2014: Keynote & Workshop in Bombay, India (2/1/2014- 2/2/2014)
Chief Human Resource Officer Conference: Keynote in Jacksonville, Florida (11/10/2013-11/12/2013)
Huawei Conference: Keynote in Shenzhen, China (10/26/2013)
Gamified India: Keynote & Workshop in Bangalore, India (10/4/2013)
Enterprise Gamification Conference: Panelist in New York, NY (09/24/2013-9/26/2013)
SES Conference: Speaker in San Francisco, CA (09/04/2013)
Austria Innovation Center: Panelist in Palo Alto, CA (09/11/2013)
London Gamifiers: Speaker in London, England (07/03/2013)
Enterprise Gamification Conference: Keynote in Copenhagen, Denmark (06/20/2013)
Fortune 500’s Chief Learning Officer Conference: Keynote in Atlanta, Georgia (06/19/2013)
Stanford Entrepreneurship Class: Guest Lecturer in Palo Alto, CA (06/03/2013)
Microsoft BizSpark: Interactive Speaker in Mountain View, CA (05/12/2013)
JumpLabs: Interactive Speaker Online (04/01/2013)
TheStartupAngel: Speaker in Los Angeles, CA (02/28/2013)
Scopely Enrichment: Speaker in Scopely Headquarters in Los Angeles 2/27/2013
Rocket Field Labs: Speaker in Orange County, CA (02/26/2013)
eBay Workshop, Speaker in San Jose (01/14/2013)
JW Tech Salon, Speaker in InnoSpring, Santa Clara (01/04/2013)
Venture Series 7 from CSPA, Panelist in Redwood City, CA (11/15/2012)
CINA.org Workshop: Speaker in Mountain View, CA (10/25/2012)
Spotlight – Social Engagement: Panelist in San Francisco, CA (05/23/2012)
European Women’s Professional Network: Interactive Speaker Online (11/14/2011)
SVC Wireless Annual Conference: Panelist in Computer History Museum (09/13/2011)
Panelist Speaker, Stanford University, Palo Alto (05/24/2011)
Guest Lecturer at Mission College, Santa Clara (04/04/2011)
Workshop for CINA.org (03/24/2011)
Stanford Personal Branding Class: Guest Lecturer in Palo Alto, CA (02/15/2011)
Google BayFuBai, Speech in Google, Mountain View (06/20/2010)
Draper Richards Conference, Speaker in Palo Alto, CA (05/13/2010)
Internet Marketing Conference: Speaker in Vancouver Canada (09/18/2009)
California Student Sustainability Coalition: Speaker in California (04/24/2009-04/26/2009)
And many more

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