Georgia Frances King - Deputy Ideas Editor, Quartz

Georgia ia a technology, features, and lifestyle editor born in Melbourne, Australia and currently based in New York.

Currently the Deputy Ideas Editor at Quartz and formerly the Editor of Kinfolk magazine, she has fused a background in lifestyle journalism with a passion for emerging technology. She brings a quality-of-life focus to the future's most pressing topics and translates dense, academic subjects into engaging content. She has edited New York Times best-selling books, concepted innovative digital projects, and led award-winning teams of journalists and designers.

Aside from editing and writing, she is a public speaker and panel moderator—including talking about blockchain at the UN, evolutionary psychology at Creative Mornings, and empathy in VR at Future of Storytelling Festival—and a business consultant who helps future-thinking companies speak to their audience in a language they understand.