The HR executive who was caught on camera canoodling with her boss at a Coldplay concert over the summer will be featured as the keynote speaker at a pricey crisis communications conference in April.
Kristin Cabot, a 53-year-old mom of two, will share keynote spot at PRWeek’s 2026 “Crisis Comms Conference” with Dini von Mueffling, the founder of her eponymous communications firm that the ousted HR chief employed in the wake of the scandal.
Tickets to the conference are going for a hefty $875 a pop.
Cabot was at the heart of a public relations nightmare after she and her married boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, were caught on candid camera cozying up against the railing at a Coldplay concert in July.
Astronomer tried to make the most of the firestorm and brought on Gwyneth Paltrow, the ex-wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, as a “temporary” spokesperson for the company in a gag ad.
Cabot and Byron both resigned in disgrace within the month.
While Byron has remained relatively mum, Cabot jumped into the limelight and gave several interviews in December in which she bemoaned the “scarlet letter” she said was branded upon her.
The HR professional and von Mueffling will share a 30-minute speaker spot at the April conference titled “Kristin Cabot: Taking back the narrative,” according to the event’s agenda.
“Cabot experienced firsthand the extremity of public shaming that women have long experienced when in the negative spotlight of the media, one their male counterparts often seem to avoid. During this session, the former Astronomer chief people officer and her PR representative, industry legend Dini von Mueffling, share the strategy — both immediate and long-term — that has helped Cabot take control of her narrative and rewrite her story,” the segment description reads.
The conference boasts that it will give attendees a new playbook so they can “pivot at a moment’s notice for unexpected occurrences that are now the norm, not the exception,” as stated on its website.
Naysayers scoffed at the conference’s steep ticket price — and cheekily noted it costs more than the average ticket to a Coldplay concert.
“I’ll just listen to the audio version of The NY Times article. or poke my own eyes out,” one user commented.
“Who has the narrative and who gave it away in the first place?” another queried.
“Will there be a Kiss Cam?” another teased.
The conference, slated for April 16 in Washington, DC, will feature 14 other speakers helming companies like The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that focuses on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ folks, and Blackbird.AI.
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