Helen is a gifted and passionate speaker who has given talks to a wide range of audiences both academically and commercially.
She has spoken at conferences, award ceremonies, schools, universities, museums and festivals as well as giving both keynote and after dinner speeches. Previous clients include The Guardian, BlueDot Festival, the Hay Literary Festival, the Women of the Future conference and New Scientist Live among many others.
Helen speaks on a wide variety of topics and is very happy to work with brands, organisations and institutions to tailor her talks to best suit the event at hand. Helen is also an experienced host and moderator and has chaired events for many organisations, including government agencies, COP24, the Institute of Civil Engineers and the IBC. Highlights include chairing a debate between Ed Miliband & George Monbiot for Intelligence Squared, and live-hosting a whole day of events at London’s Science Museum during Tim Peake’s launch to the International Space Station. Her focus when moderating events is always on bringing the best out of the panellists while pushing on new ideas, to generate constructive and illuminating discussion in a friendly respectful atmosphere. Helen has a clear commitment to open and honest debate, even in the most challenging situations.
Helen has been part of many stage shows, including “Robin & Brian’s Christmas Compendium of Reason” at the Hammersmith Apollo, the Cosmic Shambles tour in Australia and New Zealand, and Space Shambles at the Royal Albert Hall. The enthusiasm she is known for on screen is just as infectious on stage, and she loves sharing the entertaining aspects of even the most serious science.
Her popular TEDx talk has amassed 1.8 million views to date.
Upcoming & Latest Talks
The major environmental challenge of our time is framed in terms of what happens in our atmosphere, and specifically what are called “greenhouse gases”…
The land is often seen as the canvas for human activity: a flat(ish) surface that we can build on, dig into and stand on…
Earth is a living planet. But how much life is there, and what is it doing?
Helen is the Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawaii Mānoa. As part of their Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, Helen is speaking…
Over the weekend Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Electric Home Show, “Hawaii Sustainability Expo”, is staged at the at Blaisdell Center, Honolulu…
The World's #1 Home Energy & Electric Vehicle Show returns to the UK!
The polar regions are still some of the most inaccessible and least touched by humans, but they are deeply linked to the rest of Earth…
The World's #1 Home Energy & Electric Vehicle Show returns to the UK!
Past Events
We often talk about the ocean by discussing what’s in it: fish, whales, pollution and ships. But that is to miss the biggest story on Earth…
We are part of our planet, not separate to it or just perched on top of it…
Helen will be doing lots of interesting events at Cheltenham Science Festival 2025…
Helen will be joining the world's no. 1 home energy & electric vehicle show…
Who Moved The Tortoise? Is a science and media podcast celebrating the best of science and natural history TV and filmmaking…
Helen joins Greater Manchester Humanists for their annual Darwin Day celebration …
Robin Ince’s iconic Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People presented by The Cosmic Shambles Network returns in 2024 for its 15th outing!
At this Cambridge Literary Festival event, Helen Scales and Helen Czerski discuss the ‘Future of the Ocean’ with Megan Kenyon…
Earth’s ocean is a 3D liquid engine, and the way it turns has shaped our history, culture and our planet’s natural history…
The fabulous Cheltenham Science Festival is coming up (June 4th-9th), and Helen’s hosting loads of interesting sessions…
Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024 runs from 23 May till 2 June. In this event, Helen Czerski and marine biologist Helen Scales speak to the Festival’s Sustainability Director Andy Fryers about our vast oceans…
At the Hay Festival, Rare Earth will be recording an episode in front of a live audience for the first time…
Everything Electric NORTH is a fun-filled, knowledge packed festival of electrification …
Join Helen as she dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine…
All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a Blue Machine…
Join this festival event in which Helen discusses the spectacular story of Earth's dynamic ocean and our human relationship with it…
Helen will be supporting Everything Electric - powered by Fully Charged, the global smash hit event coming to ExCel London. A fun-filled, knowledge-packed, festival of electrification …
Helen joins Canterbury Festival on Monday 23 October 2023 to talk about her new book Blue Machine…
Helen joins the festival on Saturday 21 October 2023 to talk about her new book Blue Machine – How the Ocean Shapes our World…
Off the Shelf Festival of Words, presented by the University of Sheffield, celebrates books, words and ideas…
At this New Scientist Live event, Helen will be talking about her book (published on 1 June 2023) “Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World” …
Helen joins the Wigtown Book Festival to talk about her new book, Blue Machine …
Helen gives a fascinating insight into the powerful force of the ocean …
THE WORLD’S NO.1 HOME ENERGY & ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOW is coming to Vancouver!
Helen joins the Wilderness Festival to talk about her brand new book Blue Machine…