Public Speaking

Mark is available for speaking events in private company events and public conferences.  Mark will speak on disruptive innovation, using principles developed in Formula One and now Formula E to provide real world examples and concepts developed over 25 years working the motorsports industry. Mark often gives bespoke presentation to universities looking to learn more about motorsports, especially focussed in Formula Student and Formula SAE.

Mark can also be booked through Champions public speaking.

Past Events and Podcasts

• Moores Lobby – click here
• The Monkey Seat Podcast –
• Internal Masterclass for Animal Dynamics – click here
• Episode 8 – Mark Preston, Team Principle at Formula E team DS TECHEETAH shares his Passion – https://youtu.be/Xx5gLWjrLAE
• In a Conversation with Mark Preston – podcast
• The Rise of TECHEETAH in Formula E – podcast
• Oxford Platinum Lectures 2020
• Credit Suisse Paris Auto Show Investor Conference – 2018
• Mines and Money – London 2018
• Lisbon Mobi Summit 2018
  • Future Powertrain Conference – Racing to the future of EV?
  • TechX15 – Driving Success with sensors, data and real-time decision making
  • FT Future of the Car Summit – Engines for Growth
  • PMW Cologne 2015
  • Warwick Energy Conference November 2015
• Shell Eco Marathon
• Racetech 2015 Symposium
• Intelligent Mobility Technology – Silverstone, 1st July 2015

Ep. 21 | Carnegie Mellon's Karen Lightman on the Intersection of Tech and Policy for Smart Cities – Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits

"Smart city" isn't exactly an engineering term. And yet engineers are responsible for developing the technologies that take a city from being advanced to being "smart," including wireless communications, sensor fusion, and machine-learning algorithms implemented to serve public life.  But it turns out the real hurdles in the way of smart city technologies are much more human and complex than we may realize. In this episode, Dave speaks with Karen Lightman, the Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon's Metro21 Smart Cities Institute about how engineering and public policy work hand-in-hand in smart cities. Hear about the tragedies of falling in love with a chip design that doesn't have a market, the dangers of avoiding standards in the tech industry, and the importance of testing smart city technologies in real-world "living laboratories"—or "living sandboxes," as Karen prefers to call them.

1. Ep. 21 | Carnegie Mellon's Karen Lightman on the Intersection of Tech and Policy for Smart Cities 35:23
2. Ep. 20 | Dr. Aaron Edsinger, CEO & Co-founder of Hello Robot and Former Head of Robotics at Google on Humanity in Robots 33:25
3. Ep. 19 | Open-Source Machine Learning with BeagleBoard Co-Founder Jason Kridner 33:51
4. Ep. 18 | Seth Coe-Sullivan and NS Nanotech Are Revolutionizing Display Technology 44:20
5. Ep. 17 | The Maiden Voyage of Virgin Hyperloop with CTO Josh Giegel 45:18