Beginning in 2002 as the world's first scientist in residence at an arts institution (the ICA in London), he has organised and moderated hundreds of panels on every continent and in every medium. Ranging from his unscripted hosting of TEDx at the Albert Hall with a dozen talks and 5000 in the audience, to a series of intimate salons he convened as part of his Winston Churchill fellowship travelling across America, Daniel find a style and rhythm to suit all occasions.

 

He has organised roundtables and workshops in New Zealand, Thailand, South Africa and throughout Europe with professional and public audiences. He founded and chaired the London Café Scientifique for 10 years and has organised panels for NGOs, charities, major corporations, and international conferences.

 

His primary focus is always on the audience experience. As early as 2006 he developed a web-based teleconference format for remote ‘world café’ discussions with the British Council that combined audiences in a pair of international locations with a speaker in London and has pioneered the use of new technology for effective remote interaction before during and after the pandemic.

 

He's equally comfortable with an intimate ‘in conversation’ with an author at Cheltenham, a post show discussion at the National Theatre or a q&a after a film screening at the Edinburgh Film Festival. He has developed a model to teach chairing and moderation with a particular focus on women and people of colour to increase diversity and representation on high profile panels. As director of the programme at the Royal Institution he has hosted and engaged with the world's highest profile scientists including multiple Nobel Prize winners.