Adnan has spoken at the University of Cambridge, the Houses of Parliament and in the British Army, on topics from the Iraq war to identity. 

2024, ItalyPost, Link Festival, Guest speaker on war journalism in Afghanistan and Migration, Treiste

2023, The Felix Fund, Felix Fund Gala Dinner, Guest Speaker for the bomb disposal charity, London 

2019, Houses of Parliament, Indus Peace Park, a peace initiative between Pakistan and India, Guest Speaker, London 

2019, The Economist, What Iraq taught me about identity, community, war and peace, Guest Speaker, Manchester

2019, British Army, How journalists work in hostile environments

2018, Cambridge Union, Debating for The Economist on the benefits of social media, (received most votes), University of Cambridge

2018, British Army, Iraq, from Erbil to Basra, Speaker for the Officer’s Mess, 33 Engineer Regiment (Bomb Disposal)

2018, St Andrew’s University, TEDx, Imagination and Courage , Guest Speaker, Scotland 

2017, WAN-IFRA, How to boost a newspaper digitally, Buenos Aires, Argentina