Invited talks and presentations

2025

InterCOP conference, Europol, The Hague, Netherlands. Talk title: “Turning Players into Protectors: Serious Games for Cybersecurity and Cyber Offender Prevention”(November 2024).
ACOP Conference, Leiden, Netherlands. Talk title: “Press X to Secure: Exploring the Intersection of Cybersecurity and Serious Games” (October 2024).
OFCOM Scotland committee meeting, Scotland 5G Centre. Talk title: “Level Up Your Defences: Exploring the Intersection of Cybersecurity and Games” (September 2024).
Tackling Immersive Harms - IUK Creative Catalyst and IUK Immersive Tech Network, London UK. Talk : “Augmented Heartache: The Potential for Romance Fraud in XR” (September 2024).
Cyber Science 2024 Conference keynote , Edinburgh UK. Talk : "From Pixels to Protection: Exploring the Intersection of Cybersecurity and Games." (June 2024).
BCS INTERACTIONS Group HCI/UX Seminar. Talk title: “Tainted Love”. (January 2024).

Science Odyssey 2023, Canada. Talk title : "Gaming for all: the importance of accessibility in video games". (May 2023)
The Cybersecurity Revolution 2023 Conference. Talk title : "From virtual bliss to virtual betrayal: the growing threat of romance fraud in VR spaces". (May 2023)
Cyber Security Education Ecosystem Conference, talk titled "Phishing for Trouble: Serious Games for Cyber Security" (March 2023)

Scot-Secure Cyber Security Summit 2022, talk titled "The “New Normal” – Cybersecurity, COVID, and Future Challenges" (March 2022)

Invited speaker at Napier University. Gave a talk entitled “Usable Security and Human-Computer Interaction” (March 2021).
Invited speaker - IEEE UK and Ireland Cyber Security Group. Gave a webinar entitled “COVID-19 and the Impact on Cybersecurity: A Brave New World” (July 2021).

Invited speaker at the 2019 Scottish International Policing Conference: Digital Policing: ethical challenges regarding the role of technology in policing. Gave a talk entitled “Improving Security Awareness Through Gamification Techniques” to practitioners, academics, and law enforcement (December 2019).
Invited speaker - Human-Centered Cyber Security and the Role of Gamification (workshop), RWTH Aachen, Germany (September 2019).
Shepherd L. (2019). Promoting Cyber Security Awareness via Gamification. Abstract from the Workshop on Serious Games for Cyber Security. Edinburgh, UK.
Shepherd L., Renaud, K. (2019). How to Design Browser Security and Privacy Alerts (Extended Talk Abstract). In: Johns, M., Nikiforakis, N., Volkamer, M., Wilander, J., (2019), Dagstuhl Reports- Web Application Security (Dagstuhl Seminar 18321). Dagstuhl Reports, 8(8), pp.10, Schloss Dagstuhl–Leibniz- Zentrum fuer Informatik. Dagstuhl, Germany.