info [at] nonfiction.design
55 Grace Street, San Francisco, California
Phnam is an engaging speaker who lights up any stage with her personality, unique storytelling skills, broad reach of professional expertise, and rich life experiences.
She speaks internationally on the subject of "Designing the Future of Everything".
Her areas of expertise include future thinking, design, space exploration, education, sustainability, healthcare/wellness, and cutting-edge technologies aimed to make the world a better place.
To book Phnam for your next event, please email her agent Tristan Tanovan-Fox at tt [at] crownandsummit [dot] com.
December 2022
Biotech Planet
"Design and Biotech"
November 2022
Puzzle X
"Designing between Earth and Space"
November 2022
COP27
"60 min to Change your Mind about Eating Insects"
October 2022
Martian Greenhouse 3.0
"Turning Science Fiction into Reality"
October 2022
AIA Arizona State Conference
"Designing the Future of Everything"
September 2022
TED Conferences
"The Future of Food in Space"
May 2022
University of Wollongong Malaysia KDU
"Designing the Future of Everything"
May 2022
The Future of Eating Insects
Panel discussion about design, sustainability and the culinary arts of entomophagy, with Brooklyn Bugs and Itemfarm
April 2022
Space Education & Consciousness Symposium
"Making Space More Human"
April 2022
Health Experience Design (HXD)
"Designing for Human Transformation"
March 2022
SXSW
"Designing the Future of Everything"
February 2022
Ecole d'Architecture Paris Val de Seine
"Making Space more Human"
February 2022
"Art Architecture Ecology" at the Ruby Room
"Designing the Future of Everything"
February 2022
STEM School Highlands Ranch with Gregg Cannady
"The Future of Education"
December 2021
Space Philosophy by AIAA LA/LV
"Imperfect Astronauts: Inviting the Whole of Humanity into Space"
December 2021
Biotech Planet Conference(Portugal)
"Design & Biotech"
December 2021
iDesign Conference at University of Houston
Keynote: "Designing the Future of Humanity"
November 2021
ASCEND by AIAA
"Designing the Future of Humanity"
November 2021
Silicon Valley Teen Tech Talk
"Meaningful & Transformative IoT"
November 2021
Founder Institute Silicon Valley
"Branding & Design"
October 2021
Sofia University
"Designing the Future of Humanity"
October 2021
4Ward Futures Space Conference
"Making Space More Human"
October 2021
SQUARE1 Design Conference
"Making Space More Human"
August 2021
Space Show
"Sustainable Living in Space"
August 2021
Founder Institute Palestine
"Branding & Design"
July 2021
IDSA Women in Design Deep Dive
"Designing the Future of Humanity"
June 2021
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
"How to Design Today for the Future"
June 2021
Biotech Planet
“Design, Experience and Branding in Biotech”
May 2021
Audio Engineering Society / APEI Webinar Series
“Industrial Design for the Audio Industry”
April 2021
Otis College of Art and Design
“Practicing Industrial Design”
April 2021
DigitalFUTURES
“Making Space More Human”
April 2021
Advanced Design / Offsite Sessions
“Philosophy of Design”
March 2021
Industrial Designers Society of America / SF Chapter
“Sustainability at Nonfiction”
March 2021
École d’Architecture de Paris Val de Seine
“Le Futur du Spatial est Humain” (French)
February 2021
Space4Women Show: Space Architecture and Design
“Making Space more Human”
February 2021
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
“The Business of Design”
February 2021
UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation: Design Field Notes
“From Science Fiction to Reality”
October 2020
Advanced Design / Offsite Session
“The Business of Design”
October 2020
Future of Education Conference
“Designing Educational Systems”
September 2020
CoMotion University of Washington
“Good Design. Bad Design”
September 2020
Hive / Port Harcourt, Nigeria
“Post-COVID Capacity Building”
July 2020
Advanced Design / Lens
“Design for a Better Future”
June 2020
Founder Institute / Mentor Sessions SV, London, Palestine, Indonesia
“Branding and Design”
June 2020
Transtech / Paris Chapter
“Calming Wearables”
December 2019
Hive: Masterclass
“Designing for a Better Future”
November 2019
Transtech Conference
“Design for a Better Future”
October 2019
Border Sessions Japan
“Design for a Better Future”
October 2019
Women in 3D Printing
“Ergonomic Beauty”
August 2019
Hive Global Leadership Summit
“Designing a Better Future”
July 2019
Transtech Academy
“Designing Transformational Technologies”
April 2019
VO Art / China University Tour: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Chengdu
“Industrial Design in the USA”
March 2019
Northwestern University
“What is Industrial Design?”
January 2019
AIAS Conference
“Industrial Design as a Life Opportunity”
January 2018
AIAS Conference
“A Career in Industrial Design”
2022-present
Board Advisor at Abacus Ridge
Aerospace: energy resilience.
2022-present
Board Advisor at Outlandish Ventures
Aerospace: deep tech for human resiliency and climate change.
2022-present
Board Advisor at Deep Space Biology
Aerospace: innovations for accelerating safe deep space exploration.
2021-present
Fast Company Executive Board Member
Leadership: article contributions that spark innovation and bring world-changing ideas to life.
2021-present
Board Advisor at J Squared Innovations
Public safety: hardware innovation for inner city safety and behavior change.
2021-present
Board Advisor at Padbanque
Women's health: period education and community supporting teenage girls and dads.
2020-present
Board Advisor at Positive Fibers
Sustainability, fashion: fully compostable high fashion.
2019-present
Board Advisor at Smart Kaya
Technology, new economies: Afrocentric powered smart devices promoting culture, language preservation and education.
April 2022
Founder Institute VIP Mentor Talk
"Designing the Future of Everything"
March 2022
STEM School Highlands Ranch with Gregg Cannady
"Growing Food in Space"
January 2022
Founder Institute San Francisco
"Product Development" Mentoring
September 2021
Texas Innovation Center
Female Grad/PostDoc Pitch Competition Judge
September 2021
VO Art Union (China) Visiting Professor
Design students portfolio review.
December 2022
Louisville Metro Police Department, with Blue Courage
"Utilizing Creativity in Law Enforcement"
November 2022
Launch Texas at University of Texas at Austin
"Space Innovation and Technology in the New Space Era"
July 2022
The GFDA, Prowl, Nonfiction
"The New Comfort"
December 2021
Biotech Planet Conference Panel (Portugal)
"The Future of Biotech"
November 2021
ASCEND by AIAA Workshop with MIT's Ariel Ekblaw
"Scaling space Architecture and Habitats; Next Generation Models for Growth in Orbit"
November 2021
SpaceConneX Moderator
"Architecture Reciprocities of the Earth-Space Continuum"
October 2021
Clubhouse panel hosted by 9AM in Japan
"The Future of Wearables"
October 2021
Clubhouse panel hosted by 9AM in Japan
"The Future of Education"
September 2021
Master of Translational Medicine - UCSF/UC Berkeley
"Defining Good Design"
"Storytelling for Innovators"
July 2021
IDSA Women in Design Deep Dive
Q&A Roundtable
July 2021
Yeh Design Summit
"Guiding Businesses Through Change"
June 2021
Vital Voice Training
"Executive Presence"
May 2021
CHI 2021 / SpaceCHI workshop
“Making Space More Human”
March 2021
United Nations CSW65
“Empowering Women and Girls for Gender Equality”
March 2021
Thought Experiments with Nonfiction
“The Future of Happiness on Mars”
September 2020
UC Berkeley/UCSF: Master of Translational Medicine
“Storytelling & Good Design”
March 2020
EmotionAI Conference
“Quantified Self”
August 2022
The Boss Ladies Podcast
"Designing the Future of Everything"
July 2022
Epiphany with Tiffany Podcast
"Designing the Future of Everything"
May 2022
Design Lab with Bon Ku
"Designing the Future of Everything"
March 2022
Exceptional Alien
"Interview with Phnam Bagley"
February 2022
VOICE(is) by Vital Voice Training
"Executive Presence"
December 2021
Yeh IDeology Podcast
"Designing Futures" with Virgil Calasejan
March 2021
Build The Future Podcast
“Space Architecture & Design”
February 2021
Being an Engineer Podcast
“Knowing nothing can make you more creative”
October 2020
Next Wave Leadership Podcast
“On building a world that doesn’t exist yet”
October 2020
Nomads, the HCI Podcast
“Union of creativity, logic and design for the future”
October 2020
Leadership Activators Podcast
“Daring to design for a better future”
August 2020
Integral Podcast
“Design for a better future”
July 2020
Design Wanted
“Design for and from the future”
June 2022
Fast Company
"Designing for Impact: How Good Design Benefits Humans, the Environment, and Innovation."
October 2021
Fast Company
"Making Space More Human: Innovation requires designing systems from scratch."
