Ilya is an expert in creativity, ethics in artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and dance. He has spoken at Fortune 500 companies, universities, international conferences, and cultural nonprofits around the world.
 

Select previous speaking engagements:
- Tender Robotics Keynote, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

- Wearable Tech + Dance Performance, TEDxProvidence, with 2000+ attendees

- "Ethics + Creativity" Keynote, Creativity in the Age of A.I. Conference @ Foothill College 

- "Choreographic Design" Keynote, Design Research Society Conference

- Ethics of Physical Interaction Talk, American Academy of Arts + Sciences

- Unconventional Group (Partnership with Apple)
- Harvard Medical School, Arts + Humanities Initiative 
- Le Laboratoire @ MIT
- Google Collaborative Team-Building Workshop
- Creative Ethics Guest Lecture, Harvard Business School

- Feeling Beyond Touch, New Museum (NYC)
- CRCI, Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces at Brown University

 

Ilya has taught collaborative movement workshops at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School, Google, Apple, DePaul University, University of Malta, New York University, Brown University, Yale University, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, among others.

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