H. Barakat, “Where Cloud Meets Cement: A Case Study Analysis of Data Center Development.” ACM SIGCAS and ACM SIGCHI’s COMPASS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2025.

H. Barakat. “How Machine Learning Turns People into Patterns and Overlooks True Connection.” TEDxOcala, Ocala, Florida, November 2024.  ↗

H. Barakat, “Deconstructing AI Narratives.” AI x Design SlowAI Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2025. ↗

H. Barakat and D. Cupkova. “Remixing Better Images of AI.” AI x Design SlowAI Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2025.

H. Barakat. “Community Under Surveillance.” International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), Atlanta, Georgia, June 2022.

H. Barakat, S. Mehta, L. Abdul Rahman, D. Malik, and M. Gulaid. “Majority World Perspectives in Reimagining Trust & Safety in Big Tech.” TrustCon, San Francisco, California, July 2025.

H. Barakat, S. Mehta, L. Abdul Rahman, J. Bump, and A. Sengupta. “Harnessing Technologies in an Age of AI to Build a Healthier World.” Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2025.

H. Barakat, D. Stone, and J. Tanner. NetGain Learning Lab, Virtual, August 2024.

Selected Attendee

• REAL ML, Selected Workshop Attendee, 06/2025

• AI x Design “Building Better Images of AI,” Workshop Lead, 05/2025

• The Columbia Convening on AI Safety and Openness, Selected Attendee, 11/2024 

• Data & Society’s “Perspectives on Community, Technology, and Trust,” Selected Workshop Attendee, 04/2024

• Harvard University’s “DAO Conference,” Attendee, 04/2023

• Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center “Trust in the Majority World,” Selected Workshop Attendee, 04/2024