Let’s Talk About the Future of Sex, Baby! [Sydney Event]

March 20, 2018

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Will technology enhance our sexuality?

"Future of Sex Salon" is written in hot pink in capital letter on a black horizonal rectangular background.

Four international sex tech experts are gathering in Sydney for a panel you won’t want to miss.

The Future of Sex Salon is a free event taking place on Monday, March 26, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Academy Xi in Sydney’s CBD.

Happening the day after Australia’s first SexTech Hackathon, the salon will feature international talent attending the weekend-long competition. They include:

Polly Rodriguez, Unbound CEO and Women of Sex Tech co-founder (US)
Mal Harrison, Founder of the Center for Erotic Intelligence (US)
Bryony Cole of the Future of Sex podcast (US/Australia)
Ross Dawson, world-renowned futurist and FutureofSex.net publisher (Australia)

(From left to right: Ross Dawson, Bryony Cole, Polly Rodriguez, and Mal Harrison.)

Along with the audience, the experts will discuss the exciting possibilities and possible pitfalls technology may have on human intimacy and sexuality. For people unable to spend an entire weekend at the hackathon, the salon offers a casual alternative that will likely share insights and experiences from the competition.

While exploring paths toward building positive sexual futures, the panelists will also consider the uptake of various sexual technologies and the differences between how women and men may respond to them.

The Future of Sex Salon is co-organized by Dawson and Cole. For more information or to register, visit the Eventbrite page for the event here.

Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. From 2014 to 2022 she was Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.