Spencer Kelly
Presenter • Speaker • Host
The World Famous Face of Tech
a speaker fizzing with energy
Spencer Kelly is the BBC’s longest serving and most experienced technology presenter and journalist, and a keynote speaker at events across the globe.
He’s an internationally-known face of technology, hosting Click, the BBC’s worldwide technology TV programme, for more than 20 years. He also presents the BBC Radio 4 series Understand: Tech & AI, the tech section for BBC Morning Live, and has travelled the world, documenting how science and innovation is changing people’s lives in countries across the technology spectrum.
Spencer studied Artificial Intelligence at Cambridge University, and now talks about the impact of the latest AI developments on businesses, and how to navigate the rapidly changing world of emerging tech.
His audiences love his passion, enthusiasm, and sense of humour, which he uses to bring technical topics to life, and explain complex subjects in a simple and accessible manner.
His life-long love affair with technology has allowed him to write, direct and present hundreds of short films, and seen him win Tech Personality of the Year, lose Celebrity Mastermind (by a whisker), be awarded an honorary doctorate of Technology, front Panorama and present at the BAFTAs.
Work with Spencer
On-air and on-stage
LIVE EVENTS
Spencer has spoken at over 200 live events about the latest technologies, demystifying concepts like Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, Quantum Computing, the Metaverse and the Future of Work. He tells some great stories about his life on the road as a technology tourist, and what we can all learn from how different cultures approach innovation.
BROADCASTING
Spencer has been a fixture on radio and international TV for more than 20 years, making programmes in countries across the technology spectrum. From playing a robot at ping-pong in Japan, to the life-changing impact of just one SIM card on the townships of South Africa, he has filmed in 360 at the Large Hadron Collider (it made him cry), underneath one of the Fukushima nuclear reactors, and walked on Mars with NASA. Kind of.
LIVE EVENTS
Spencer has spoken at over 200 live events about the latest technologies, demystifying concepts like Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, Quantum Computing, the Metaverse and the Future of Work. He tells some great stories about his life on the road as a technology tourist, and what we can all learn from how different cultures approach innovation.
SPEAKER AGENT:
Michael Levey
The Speaking Office
BROADCASTING
Spencer has spent 20 years making programmes around the world. From playing a robot at ping-pong in Japan, to the life-changing impact of just one SIM card on the townships of Johannesburg, he has filmed in 360 in the Alps and in the Large Hadron Collider, underneath one of the Fukushima nuclear reactors, and walked on Mars with NASA. Kind of. As well as hosting Click, Spencer has presented Radio 4’s Understand: Tech & AI, demonstrated hacking and phone theft on BBC Morning Live, and talked tech on Radio 2, 5 Live, and several podcasts.
SPEAKER AGENT:
Jacquie Drewe
Curtis Brown Ltd
Spencer in action
Peek into the wEird world of the technology tourist
