Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI

Why organisations work with Stephanie Hare Technology Is Not Neutral, named a Financial Times Best Technology Book of summer 2022, gives her a published framework her audiences can read before and after the session, which lifts her work out of conference-keynote territory. Her career covers the three sides of technology decision-making that most speakers can only address from one: operator (Accenture, Palantir), analyst (Oxford Analytica, Accenture Research) and researcher (LSE PhD, St Antony’s Oxford). That combination is unusually hard to replicate. Since November 2023, she has co-presented Artificial Intelligence: Decoded on BBC television, which means corporate audiences making AI decisions often recognise her work on the same developments before they meet her. Her published writing in the Financial Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Harvard Business Review and WIRED gives clients a body of work they can share internally when briefing a session. The institutional client list, including KPMG, IKEA, LEGO, BAE Systems, CERN, the Royal Society and the Alan Turing Institute, signals that she operates comfortably across corporate, scientific and public-sector audiences. Biography highlights Author of Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics (London Publishing Partnership), FT Best Technology Books of summer 2022 PhD and MSc from the London School of Economics; BA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; study at the Sorbonne Alistair Horne Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford Former Principal Director at Accenture Research; strategist at Palantir; senior Western Europe analyst at Oxford Analytica Selected for the BBC Expert Women programme; Foreign Policy Interrupted fellowship Co-presenter, Artificial Intelligence: Decoded, BBC television; contributor to BBC World Service Business Matters Selected for the BBC Expert Women programme and the Foreign Policy Interrupted fellowship; writing in the Financial Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Harvard Business Review and WIRED Biography Technology ethics is one of the few senior-leadership topics where the question is harder than the answer sounds, and Stephanie Hare has spent her career working on that gap. Technology Is Not Neutral, her book published by London Publishing Partnership, was named a Financial Times Best Technology Book of summer 2022 and has become a widely referenced practitioner text on how to think about the ethical consequences of AI, biometrics, surveillance and the platforms embedded in modern business operations. Her route to the argument is unusual. She holds a PhD and MSc from the London School of Economics, a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a year at the Sorbonne, and held the Alistair Horne Visiting Fellowship at St Antony’s College, Oxford. Her operator record covers Accenture, Palantir and Oxford Analytica, where she was a senior Western Europe analyst, before her current position as an independent researcher and broadcaster. That combination, academic, operator, analyst, gives her the register of each of the three rooms a technology ethics conversation usually has to run through. The media presence is specific. Since November 2023 she has co-presented Artificial Intelligence: Decoded on BBC television, the broadcaster’s programme analysing the latest developments in AI, and contributes to BBC World Service Business Matters. She was selected for the BBC Expert Women programme and the Foreign Policy Interrupted fellowship. Her bylines run across the Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, the Observer, Harvard Business Review and WIRED, which means corporate audiences often recognise the voice before they meet her. The advisory and speaking work sits across the organisations her argument is most relevant to: KPMG, IKEA, LEGO, BAE Systems, CERN, the Royal Society and the Alan Turing Institute. For boards, chief AI officers, chief technology officers and general counsel working through AI governance, biometric deployment and data strategy, Stephanie is one of the few commentators who can hold the ethics, the technology and the political risk in the same session. Key speaking topics Technology ethics and responsible AI AI governance and regulation Biometrics, surveillance and data strategy Political risk in technology and digital infrastructure Cybersecurity and emerging technology Climate action and the ethics of technology Ideal for Boards, chief AI officers and CTOs making defensible decisions on AI, biometrics and data General counsel, chief risk officers and compliance leaders facing accelerating AI and technology regulation Technology and advisory firms looking for a senior externally credible voice on ethics and governance Scientific institutions, research organisations and public-sector bodies running complex technology-ethics briefs Audience outcomes A working framework, drawn from Technology Is Not Neutral, for making and defending technology-ethics decisions A clearer view of where AI regulation and political risk are moving and how that should shape operating choices Reference material from the book and Stephanie’s published writing for teams to use internally after the session Cross-sector case examples drawn from her consulting work with KPMG, IKEA, LEGO, BAE Systems and the Alan Turing Institute

Why organisations work with Sandra Navidi She wrote the book on how the financial elite actually operates. SuperHubs maps the people, institutions and personal networks that move capital and policy, and gives a board a working model of where systemic risk concentrates rather than a list of headlines. She is a member of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society, founded by Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps, which gives her line of sight to academic research on capitalism, innovation and inequality alongside her practitioner work. Her second book, Future IQ, treats AI as a workforce and strategy question, not a technology demo. That makes her unusually well placed to take a board through the macro and the AI conversation in a single session. Bilingual delivery in English and German, paired with two decades of n-tv commentary, gives DACH and transatlantic audiences a speaker who works natively in both regulatory and cultural contexts. A licensed attorney in New York and Germany with prior roles in investment banking, fund counsel work and macro advisory at Roubini Global Economics. The credential stack maps directly to the rooms she is asked to speak in. Biography highlights Founder and CEO of BeyondGlobal, a New York-based strategic advisory firm. Author of SuperHubs, a Bloomberg Best Book of the Year and 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards Silver Medal winner. Author of Future IQ: Your Success Strategies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Die DNA der USA: Wie tickt Amerika. Member of the Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University. LinkedIn Top Voice (Executive Blue Badge) and long-standing n-tv (RTL) expert commentator on business and politics. Co-host of the Biz and Beyond podcast with Ulrich Reitz, interviewing senior decision-makers and international experts. Biography The 2008 financial crisis exposed something most risk frameworks had missed. The shocks did not travel through markets in the abstract; they travelled through a small, interlocking network of bankers, regulators, central bankers and policy figures who knew each other personally. SuperHubs, written with a foreword by Nouriel Roubini, is the book that mapped that network and named it. It was selected as a Bloomberg Best Book of the Year and won a Silver Medal in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards. Sandra Navidi spent the years before that book inside the rooms she went on to describe. She worked as an investment banker, as general counsel at Muzinich and Co., as a Deloitte consultant, and then as a director of research strategies at Roubini Global Economics, where she briefed clients on macroeconomic and geopolitical risk. She is admitted to the bar in New York and Germany, holds an LL.M. in banking, corporate and finance law from Fordham, and is a member of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society, founded by Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps. Her second book, Future IQ, takes the same network thinking into the AI conversation. It treats AI as a workforce and capital-allocation problem, not a technology demonstration, and asks how individuals, organisations and economies stay relevant when machine intelligence absorbs more of the cognitive work. It is the bridge between her macro authority and the questions boards are now being asked by their own people. Through BeyondGlobal she advises corporates, financial institutions and ultra-high-net-worth clients; through n-tv (RTL) and the Biz and Beyond podcast she keeps a working line into German and European business audiences. The result is a speaker who can move between Washington-style macro analysis, frankfurt-style risk culture and a Silicon Valley AI brief inside the same keynote, in either English or German. Key speaking topics Systemic risk and the architecture of global finance Geopolitics, sanctions and transatlantic exposure AI as a strategy and workforce question Macroeconomic volatility and capital allocation Future-proofing leadership and human capital US political and economic intelligence for European boards Ideal for Boards and executive committees of banks, asset managers and insurers CEOs, CFOs and CROs in globally exposed corporates Family offices and private wealth platforms with cross-border allocation decisions DACH and transatlantic leadership audiences requiring bilingual delivery Audience outcomes A working mental model of where systemic risk concentrates in the global financial system, named by institution and actor. A clearer read on how geopolitical fracture, sanctions and US policy shifts reach their own balance sheet. A practitioner view of AI as a capital and workforce question, not a tooling debate. A briefing on what US business and political dynamics mean for European strategy in the next cycle.

Why organisations work with Chris Griffiths He brings a named, tested method. GRASP and the Solution Finder process, published across The Creative Thinking Handbook and GRASP The Solution, give teams a four-step route from problem to decision that can be run again without him in the room. He has built the tooling, not just the theory. OpenGenius turned the mind mapping method into Ayoa, a commercial platform used across Pfizer, the NHS, the European Commission and the State Bank of India, which gives his frameworks an operating record outside the keynote. He treats neurodiversity as a creative asset. Through the Inspire Genius Foundation and Ayoa’s neuroinclusive design, he connects creative thinking to the way neurodivergent minds actually work, giving leaders a practical angle on inclusion that is tied to output rather than compliance. He has run the playbook at scale. With Tony Buzan he built a global network of more than 1,000 licensed instructors operating inside Sony, the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, which is unusual evidence that his method transfers beyond the author. His work has been stress-tested in serious rooms. He facilitated a Nobel Laureate brainstorm at the Petra Nobel Conference convened by HM King Abdullah II of Jordan, and has coached senior teams at the European Commission. Biography highlights Founder and CEO of OpenGenius, the company behind the Ayoa mind mapping and productivity platform. Author of The Creative Thinking Handbook (Kogan Page), GRASP The Solution, and Mind Maps for Business (with Tony Buzan), with titles translated across more than 15 countries. Co-creator, with Tony Buzan, of the ThinkBuzan Licensed Instructor Course, a global network of more than 1,000 accredited mind mapping instructors. Founder of start-ups that have ranked in the Deloitte European Fast 50 and The Sunday Times Fast Track 100. Facilitator of a brainstorming session with Nobel Laureates at the Petra Nobel Conference, hosted by HM King Abdullah II of Jordan. Contributor and cited expert in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, BBC, The Telegraph and GQ. Biography Creativity inside most organisations is still treated as a talent rather than a process. Chris Griffiths has spent nearly three decades arguing the opposite, and building the books, frameworks and software to prove it. His published work sets out a specific method. The Creative Thinking Handbook, published by Kogan Page and now available in more than ten languages, lays out the Solution Finder model. GRASP The Solution distils a four-step process that teams can run on any live business problem. Mind Maps for Business, co-authored with Tony Buzan, remains a standard text on applied visual thinking. The frameworks have a commercial track record attached. As founder and CEO of OpenGenius, he turned the method into Ayoa, a mind mapping and productivity platform used inside Pfizer, the NHS, the European Commission and the State Bank of India. With Tony Buzan he built the ThinkBuzan Licensed Instructor Course into a network of over 1,000 accredited instructors operating inside Sony, the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, a rare piece of evidence that the method works without the author in the room. His businesses have ranked in the Deloitte European Fast 50 and The Sunday Times Fast Track 100. He has facilitated a Nobel Laureate brainstorm convened by HM King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Petra Nobel Conference, and through the Inspire Genius Foundation he funds young neurodivergent entrepreneurs, the group Ayoa’s neuroinclusive design was built around. Key speaking topics Applied creative thinking in business Systematic innovation and problem solving Mind mapping for leadership and strategy AI as a creative partner for human teams Productivity and focus for knowledge workers Neuroinclusive approaches to innovation Entrepreneurship and venture building Ideal for CEOs, founders and senior leadership teams who want a shared method for problem solving across the executive group. Chief Innovation Officers, Heads of Strategy and transformation leads tasked with making innovation repeatable rather than episodic. L&D and People leaders building creative-thinking capability and neuroinclusive practice across the workforce. R&D, product and commercial teams preparing for a specific planning cycle, offsite or innovation sprint. Audience outcomes A named four-step process (GRASP) that leaders can apply to a live business problem the day after the session. A working grasp of the Solution Finder model from The Creative Thinking Handbook and how to run it with a team. A practical introduction to mind mapping as a decision tool, not a sticky-note exercise. A view of where AI fits alongside human creativity, drawn from the design choices inside Ayoa. A clearer read on how neurodivergent thinkers contribute to creative output and how to design sessions that use that.

Why organisations work with Andrew Bryant He authored the McGraw-Hill book that defined self-leadership for a generation of corporate practitioners, and his research has been cited in more than 150 academic papers and dissertations. His 2026 Wiley book Potential-ize introduces the IGNITE Framework, a six-element model for leaders who need to combine human judgement with AI capability rather than be displaced by it. He has coached senior leaders inside Singapore Airlines, Microsoft, SAP, Deutsche Bank, and Nokia, so the work is tested against real operating pressure, not a coaching practice that lives only in workshops. He carries the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the Professional Speakers Association of Australia and has chaired the speaker associations of both Singapore and Spain, which means executional reliability on stage is a known quantity. The President of Singapore has formally recognised his work twice, in 2018 and 2020, for self-leadership programmes that produced measurable outcomes with disadvantaged teenagers and women leaders. Biography highlights Founder of Self Leadership International, established 1999, with clients in over 40 countries. Co-author of Self-Leadership (McGraw-Hill, 2012) with Dr. Ana Lucia Kazan, a defining text in the field. Author of The New Leadership Playbook (2022) and Potential-ize: How Leaders Unlock Human Potential in the Age of AI (Wiley, 2026). Certified Speaking Professional, Professional Speakers Association of Australia, 2009. Past President of Asia Professional Speakers Singapore (2015 to 2016) and Professional Speakers Association Spain (2021 to 2023). Acknowledged twice by the President of Singapore, in 2018 and 2020, for community leadership programmes. Biography Self-leadership is the practice of intentionally influencing your own thinking, feeling and actions toward a defined objective. That definition, written by Andrew Bryant and Dr. Ana Lucia Kazan in their 2012 McGraw-Hill book, is now cited in more than 150 academic papers. It is also the operating idea behind a coaching and keynote practice that has run for more than twenty-five years. The argument is simple. Leaders who cannot regulate their own attention, energy and reactions cannot reliably lead anyone else through change. Bryant founded Self Leadership International in 1999 and built the methodology out of work with named global organisations, including Singapore Airlines, Microsoft, SAP, Deutsche Bank and Nokia. The 2022 follow-up book, The New Leadership Playbook, translated the underlying research into twelve concrete leadership conversations that teams actually need to have. His 2026 Wiley book, Potential-ize: How Leaders Unlock Human Potential in the Age of AI, extends the work into the live boardroom question. The IGNITE Framework, six elements covering Inspire, Guide, Nurture, Integrate, Transform and Evaluate, is built for leaders who need to combine human judgement with AI capability without losing either. It is the same intellectual line, applied to the workforce conversation that buyers are having now. Bryant carries the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the Professional Speakers Association of Australia and has chaired the speaker associations of both Singapore and Spain. The President of Singapore acknowledged his community work formally in 2018 and again in 2020. The credentials are useful as proof of seriousness, but the more practical point for a buyer is that he is one of the very few speakers who can credibly claim to have shaped the leadership category he speaks on. Key speaking topics Self-leadership Leadership in the age of AI Executive presence and personal effectiveness Mindset and motivation Psychological safety and high-performing teams Leading change and restructure Human potential and talent development Ideal for CEO, COO and senior leadership teams under pressure to deliver during restructure or AI adoption. CHROs and Heads of Leadership Development building self-leadership capability across mid and senior cohorts. Boards and executive committees commissioning offsites on resilience, composure and decision quality. Audience outcomes A working definition of self-leadership that leaders can apply to their own behaviour the next day, not just discuss in the abstract. The IGNITE Framework as a structured way to think about unlocking team potential alongside AI capability rather than against it. A direct view of how composure under pressure compounds into team performance and retention. Specific leadership conversations, drawn from the twelve plays in The New Leadership Playbook, that managers can run with their own teams.

Why organisations work with Léa Steinacker Her “Code Capital” framework, developed through her University of St. Gallen doctorate and published by Nomos Verlag, gives executive teams a structured way to analyse what is embedded in AI systems from design through deployment, something most AI governance conversations currently lack. Her peer-reviewed research covers specific, contested AI applications, including cross-national surveys of facial recognition acceptance published in Government Information Quarterly and Public Understanding of Science, which gives her arguments empirical grounding rather than assertion. Her 2024 book co-authored with Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel (Rowohlt Verlag) reached both the Spiegel and Manager Magazin bestseller rankings, evidence that her framing of AI’s organisational and societal consequences resonates with senior business audiences, not only specialist ones. As co-founder of ada Learning, which has equipped thousands of employees from DAX companies, SMEs, and governments with AI transformation skills, she has tested her frameworks inside major institutions at scale, not only described them from the outside. Board-level experience at Weleda AG and active leadership as CEO of GaiaLogic AG mean her perspective on AI governance comes from someone directly accountable for it, not only someone who analyses it. Biography highlights PhD from the University of St. Gallen; doctoral thesis “Code Capital” published as an academic monograph by Nomos Verlag (2022) Co-author with Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel of “Alles überall auf einmal” (Rowohlt Verlag, 2024), ranked on both the Spiegel and Manager Magazin bestseller lists; published in English as “Everything Everywhere All At Once: How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Our World” and in Korean CEO of GaiaLogic AG; co-founder and former Executive Chairwoman of ada Learning GmbH, which has equipped thousands of employees from DAX companies, SMEs, and governments with AI transformation skills Member of the Board of Directors of Weleda AG; former member of the AI Advisory Board of Ringier AG Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, teaching “Social and Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence” Peer-reviewed publications in Government Information Quarterly, Electronic Markets, Public Understanding of Science, and Data and Policy (Cambridge Core) Degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPP), and the University of St. Gallen (PhD) Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe; Medium Magazine Top 30 Under 30 Journalists; BCG Thought Leader; Atlantik-Brücke Young Leader; Munich Young Leader (Munich Security Conference and Körber Stiftung); Henry Richardson Labouisse Prize, Princeton University Biography Organisations moving quickly on AI adoption are finding that their governance structures are not keeping pace. Boards are increasingly accountable for what AI systems do to their decisions and their people, yet most lack the analytical frameworks to evaluate it. Léa Steinacker has spent a decade building exactly those frameworks. Her doctoral research at the University of St. Gallen produced Code Capital, a sociotechnical framework for analysing AI systems from design through deployment. Published by Nomos Verlag in 2022, it gives leaders a structured way to identify what AI systems actually contain, from design assumptions to deployment risks. Her peer-reviewed work, covering facial recognition adoption across four countries and published in journals including Government Information Quarterly and Public Understanding of Science, brings empirical grounding to arguments that too often stay at the level of principle. Her 2024 book with Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel (Rowohlt Verlag) became an immediate Spiegel and Manager Magazin bestseller and was subsequently translated into English and Korean. It moved the question of what AI means for people, organisations, and societies from ethical debate into practical leadership conversation. She now carries that perspective directly into practice as CEO of GaiaLogic AG and as a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. As a member of the Board of Directors of Weleda AG, her perspective on AI governance is shaped by institutional accountability, not only academic analysis. She co-founded ada Learning, which has equipped thousands of employees from DAX companies, governments, and civil society organisations with AI transformation skills. She holds degrees from Princeton University, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the University of St. Gallen. Key speaking topics AI governance and responsible deployment The societal and organisational implications of AI Code Capital and sociotechnical analysis of AI systems AI regulation and the European policy framework Workforce transformation and AI readiness Human-AI collaboration and decision-making AI and the future of knowledge work Ideal for Boards and C-suite executives evaluating AI governance and accountability structures Chief Technology Officers, Chief Digital Officers, and transformation leads navigating AI adoption Policy, legal, and compliance teams working on AI regulation and enterprise risk Senior HR and people leaders managing workforce readiness and AI-driven organisational change Audience outcomes A framework, grounded in the Code Capital model, for evaluating what AI systems do to organisations beyond their stated technical capabilities Clearer understanding of where AI governance risk accumulates before it becomes visible at board level Practical grounding in European AI regulation and what it means for organisational decision-making and liability A more precise vocabulary for asking the right questions about AI in leadership and governance contexts Greater clarity on how to structure workforce readiness initiatives that treat AI transformation as an organisational challenge, not only a skills one

Why organisations work with Scott Amyx Active deep tech investor with personal capital in D-Orbit (space logistics), Brightseed (plant bioactives), Bloom Diagnostics, Omnitron Sensors and Lunar Station Corp. His read on which technologies matter is filtered through real investment decisions. Range that few speakers credibly hold: climate adaptation, longevity science, the space economy, quantum computing and autonomy. The breadth lets him connect technologies most boards still see as separate silos. Forbes innovation columnist for nearly four years and a Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member. His frameworks have been published and stress-tested in serious commercial venues. Active judge at SXSW Pitch and a Singularity University Smart City Accelerator mentor. He sees the next wave of deep tech startups well before the press cycle catches up. Biography highlights Chair and Managing Partner at Astor Perkins, a New York based deep tech and sustainability venture capital firm. Founder and CEO of Uplifty AI. Author of Strive (Wiley, 2018), endorsed by Tony Robbins; co-author of academic publications with John Wiley & Sons and IGI Global on the Internet of Things and wearable technology security. Forbes innovation columnist, 2019 to 2022; Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member. TEDxRutgers speaker on Strive; co-organiser of TEDxWallStreet; SXSW Pitch judge; Tribeca Disruptor Foundation Fellow; Singularity University Smart City Accelerator mentor. Featured in The New York Times, TIME, Forbes, The Washington Post, WIRED, TechCrunch and Inc. Biography Most boardroom conversations about innovation traffic in the same handful of headline technologies. The deep tech that will actually reshape the next decade is being funded quietly by a much smaller group of investors. Most executive teams have no real view of what they are betting on. Scott Amyx is one of those investors. As Chair and Managing Partner at Astor Perkins, he runs a New York based deep tech and sustainability venture firm. The portfolio backs companies in space logistics, longevity science, climate adaptation and the space economy, including D-Orbit, Brightseed, Bloom Diagnostics, Omnitron Sensors and Lunar Station Corp. Beyond the fund, he writes prolifically. He spent nearly four years as a Forbes innovation columnist and now sits on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. His Wiley book Strive, endorsed by Tony Robbins, argues that consistent achievement comes from deliberately seeking discomfort. The thesis traces his own move from impoverished Korean immigrant to deep tech investor. For corporate audiences, the value is specific. Boards routinely struggle to discriminate between technologies that are loud and technologies that are commercially serious. Amyx makes that call on his own balance sheet, with active positions in space logistics, climate technology, longevity science and the broader space economy. Key speaking topics Deep tech and exponential technologies The space economy and frontier markets Climate adaptation and sustainability technology Artificial intelligence and the future of work Innovation strategy for large organisations Longevity and human health technology Venture capital and the next industrial revolution Ideal for Boards and C-suite leadership setting five to ten year strategy under technological uncertainty Chief Innovation Officers, CTOs and Chief Strategy Officers evaluating emerging technology bets Corporate venture capital and M&A teams scoping deep tech partnership or acquisition targets Government agencies and sovereign innovation programmes shaping national technology priorities Audience outcomes A working view of which exponential technologies are commercially serious and which are still speculative A current map of where venture capital is actually placing bets in deep tech A more rigorous lens for board level decisions on technology and capital allocation Specific examples from Astor Perkins portfolio companies that ground abstract trends in real businesses

Key speaking topics Future of work Human-AI collaboration Innovation strategy Radical adaptability Leadership in times of change Generative AI and team creativity Ideal for C-suite executives and senior leadership teams Strategy and innovation leaders HR and talent development leaders Organisations navigating AI and workplace transformation Audience outcomes Clear understanding of radical adaptability and its organisational implications Practical perspectives on integrating AI into team workflows Insights into innovation-driven leadership Greater clarity on building trust and collaboration in changing environments Why organisations work with Kian Gohar Combines research, leadership development, and advisory experience Bridges innovation strategy with practical workplace application Brings executive-level experience from global institutions Provides commercially relevant insight on AI and organisational change Biography Kian Gohar works with senior leaders navigating innovation, workplace transformation, and the integration of artificial intelligence into organisational strategy. As founder and CEO of Geolab, he leads a research and leadership development firm focused on helping organisations adapt to structural change, rethink team performance, and compete in a rapidly evolving business environment. His perspective is grounded in executive experience at globally recognised institutions. He previously held executive director roles associated with the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, where he worked at the intersection of emerging technology, leadership, and large-scale innovation. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kian is co-author of Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest, published by Harvard Business Review Press and widely recognised as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. His work explores how organisations build adaptability, integrate generative AI into team workflows, and sustain performance amid disruption. He has also contributed to Harvard Business Review on generative AI and team creativity. A Henry Luce Scholar with a placement in Shanghai and a graduate of Northwestern University, Kian combines global perspective with strategic rigour. He has delivered a TEDx talk examining trust and collaboration in the future, further reinforcing his focus on how organisations build resilient, high-performing cultures in times of change.

Collin Croome is an Internet and Metaverse pioneer, one of Europe’s leading experts on artificial intelligence, and a renowned keynote speaker on AI, digital marketing, and future trends. He is known for making complex technological developments understandable, tangible, and strategically relevant for decision-makers. His AI keynotes are among the most sought-after in Germany and are widely regarded as the best-rated AI presentations in the country, with more than 3,000 five-star ratings across speaking platforms and client feedback. Collin is especially valued for his ability to inspire people, connect artificial intelligence with real-world business impact, and create confidence in times of rapid technological change. With more than 30 years of experience, Collin has advised and actively supported over 150 international companies and premium brands – including Apple, Audi, Hugo Boss, Microsoft, Siemens, and Deutsche Telekom – in developing and implementing digital and AI-driven strategies. Over the course of his career, he has been responsible for more than 800 high-impact digital projects and campaigns. Collin began his career at the age of 19, when he applied to Apple with a floppy disk. He founded his first company in 1991 and went on to work closely with Apple’s marketing team for over a decade as a multimedia evangelist, trainer, and keynote speaker, helping to shape the early era of digital experiences and interactive marketing. He later co-founded and led the digital agency coma2 e-branding, with offices in Munich and New York. For more than 22 years, Collin and his team set benchmarks in digital branding and online marketing, delivering sophisticated and creative solutions for international premium brands at the highest strategic, aesthetic, and technical level. Today, Collin focuses on the stage and on thought leadership. His keynotes are visually powerful, highly interactive journeys into the future of business and society. With a strong emphasis on artificial intelligence, generative AI, and spatial computing, he demonstrates how these technologies are already transforming work, communication, leadership, and decision-making – while also addressing risks, limitations, and ethical implications. As an early adopter by conviction, Collin lives and breathes the digital lifestyle – professionally and personally. Curious, forward-thinking, and always ahead of the curve, his mission is clear: to inspire people to embrace artificial intelligence and actively shape the future with confidence.

Why organisations work with Roger Dooley A 20-year published track record applying neuromarketing to commercial problems, not a recent rebrand into the topic. Friction gives commercial leaders a single operational lens for finding the small frictions that quietly suppress revenue, conversion, and loyalty. Brainfluence translates academic behavioural research into 100 specific tactics marketing and CX teams can deploy, which is why the book has been translated into eleven languages. Forthcoming Wiley title The Persuasion Engine (2026) positions the conversation on AI-enabled behavioural science before most CX functions have a working view of it. Forbes column and 400-plus episodes of the Brainfluence podcast keep him in active dialogue with the field’s leading researchers, from Robert Cialdini to Dan Ariely. Biography highlights Author of Brainfluence (Wiley, 2011), translated into eleven languages. Author of Friction (McGraw Hill, 2019), named a Top 3 Management Book and Best Business Book of 2019 by PwC’s strategy+business. Forthcoming author of The Persuasion Engine (Wiley, 2026), on AI applied to behavioural science. Forbes contributor on neuromarketing, customer experience and behavioural science. Host of the Brainfluence podcast, with guests including Robert Cialdini, Dan Ariely, Dan Pink, Tom Peters, Rory Sutherland, Nir Eyal and BJ Fogg. Named a Top 50 Global Thought Leader and Influencer on Customer Loyalty by Thinkers360. Biography Most marketing plans assume customers behave rationally. They do not. The gap between what a brand believes its customers are doing and what their brains are actually doing is where Roger Dooley has built his work for two decades. His 2019 book Friction (McGraw Hill) argues that the small unnecessary frictions inside a buying journey, an employee process, or a product experience are usually more powerful than the bigger strategic levers leaders prefer to discuss. PwC’s strategy+business named it a Top 3 Management Book and Best Business Book of 2019. The earlier Brainfluence (Wiley, 2011) compresses academic behavioural research into 100 marketing-grade tactics, and has been translated into eleven languages. That commercial frame is what separates Dooley from purely academic behavioural-economics voices. The Neuromarketing blog he started in 2005, his Forbes column, and 400-plus episodes of the Brainfluence podcast keep him in continuous dialogue with Robert Cialdini, Dan Ariely, Rory Sutherland, BJ Fogg and Nir Eyal, then translated for marketing, CX, and growth teams who need to ship decisions on Monday. His next book, The Persuasion Engine (Wiley, 2026), turns to AI: how language models and behavioural analytics are pushing the tools once held by Fortune 500 research budgets into the hands of much smaller commercial teams, and what governance, customer trust and brand questions that opens. Key speaking topics Neuromarketing and consumer neuroscience Friction in customer experience and operations Behavioural economics applied to marketing and sales AI-enabled behavioural science and persuasion Customer loyalty and brand trust Persuasion and decision architecture Ideal for CMOs and marketing leadership teams redesigning customer journeys Heads of customer experience and digital product leaders working on conversion and retention Sales leaders rebuilding playbooks around buyer psychology Growth and innovation teams testing AI-enabled behavioural tools Audience outcomes A working definition of where friction is suppressing revenue inside their own customer and employee journeys A vocabulary of behavioural mechanisms drawn from named research, not generic persuasion tropes A current read on how AI is changing the cost and access economics of behavioural research Specific, testable changes to marketing, sales or CX practice they can run inside their teams

Why organisations work with Monica Verma Operational CISO experience that informs every recommendation. Three CISO appointments, including Orange Business Cloud Services and the Norwegian Directorate of Health, mean her advice on AI risk comes from someone who has actually run the response. A hacker’s view of AI threats paired with a CISO’s view of governance. She started in offensive security finding web application vulnerabilities. She now advises boards on AI trust and accountability. Both perspectives in the same conversation. A proprietary maturity model. Her Cybersecurity Adoption Lifecycle Model, introduced in 2020, gives executive teams a way to locate themselves on the cyber and AI maturity curve. Credibility with technical and commercial audiences. Booked by FT Live in Luxembourg, the ACFE Fraud Conference Europe, and WCM 2025 in Brazil for an audience of 2,000 leaders. A clear point of view on the most contested question in the boardroom right now: how to adopt AI without breaking trust and governance. She has built her current keynote portfolio around it. Biography highlights Three-time Chief Information Security Officer with prior CISO appointments at Orange Business Cloud Services and the Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet, Helfo, POBO). Director, International Cybersecurity & Resilience at Booz Allen Hamilton (2024). Recognised as Top #3 CISO in EMEA (2023), Top 50 Women in Tech (2022), and Outstanding Security Advisor at Norway’s Outstanding Security Performance Awards (2019). Board-certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) and former board member of Cloud Security Alliance Norway and Women in Cybersecurity Norway. Founder and CEO of Monica Talks Cyber and Cyber Foyer. Host of The Monica Talks Cyber Show podcast and author of The Predictability Factor newsletter. Contributor to Dark Reading. Featured speaker at FT Live, the ACFE Fraud Conference Europe, WCM Brazil, Cyber Root Malta, and the Norwegian Tax Authority’s IT Tech conference. Biography AI is now in the boardroom and in the threat model at the same time. Most leadership teams have someone who can speak credibly about one or the other. Few have someone with three CISO appointments behind them and an active AI advisory practice on top. Monica Verma’s career has run through both. The starting point was offensive security, finding vulnerabilities in web applications and cloud environments before attackers could. Three CISO appointments followed, including Orange Business Cloud Services and the Norwegian Directorate of Health. By 2024 she was Director of International Cybersecurity and Resilience at Booz Allen Hamilton. Her published work bridges the same divide. The Cybersecurity Adoption Lifecycle Model, which she introduced in 2020, adapts the technology adoption curve to give executive teams a usable map of their cyber maturity. Her current keynote portfolio takes that lens into the AI era: Innovating with AI Without Breaking Trust and Governing AI Before It Hacks You. The credentials track. Top #3 CISO in EMEA in 2023, Top 50 Women in Tech in 2022, Outstanding Security Advisor at Norway’s OSPAs in 2019. The booking pattern says more. FT Live brought her in for the European fund management industry in Luxembourg. The ACFE chose her to open its 2025 Fraud Conference Europe to ca. 500 anti-fraud executives. WCM Brazil put her in front of 2,000 leaders at one of the world’s largest strategy and leadership conferences. Key speaking topics AI security and governance Cyber resilience in the AI era AI risk and trust for the enterprise Cybersecurity leadership at board level The evolution of cybercrime AI-enabled fraud and threat response Ideal for Boards and executive committees making AI adoption decisions where governance and security are not yet aligned. CISOs, CIOs and CTOs whose teams are being asked to defend against AI-enabled threats while adopting AI internally. Financial services, healthcare and public sector organisations facing high regulatory exposure on both AI and cybersecurity. Audience outcomes Specific examples of how AI is currently breaking enterprise trust in regulated industries. A maturity check against the Cybersecurity Adoption Lifecycle Model that locates where the organisation sits. The questions a board needs to ask before approving its next major AI initiative. A view of how attackers are using AI today and which enterprise defences are still holding.

Why organisations work with Andrea Iorio Operator credibility from inside a platform business: five years running Tinder across Latin America, where consumer-tech decisions had to be made under real commercial pressure, not theorised about. A published, peer-reviewed thesis on the AI-human boundary. Between You and AI (Wiley) made the USA Today bestseller list and gives him a defensible point of view that maps to a three-part framework executives can use. Bilingual, dual-market authority. He writes the MIT Technology Review Brasil column, hosts NVIDIA Brazil’s official podcast, and lectures on the MBA at Fundação Dom Cabral, while delivering globally in English to Fortune 500 audiences. A working CX and digital-transformation playbook drawn from his time as Chief Digital Officer at L’Oréal Brazil, useful for any consumer-facing organisation rebuilding its phygital journey. A delivery cadence at Fortune 500 scale. Repeat clients include Abbott, Bayer, Cargill, Dow, IBM, Roche, Syngenta, and Tetra Pak. Biography highlights USA Today bestselling author of Between You and AI: Unlock the Power of Human Skills to Thrive in an AI-Driven World (Wiley). Author of two #1 Amazon Brazil bestsellers in People Management and Leadership: 6 Competências para Surfar na Transformação Digital and O futuro não é mais como antigamente. Former Head of Tinder, Latin America (5 years) and Chief Digital Officer, L’Oréal Brazil. MBA professor at Fundação Dom Cabral. Columnist at MIT Technology Review Brasil; host of NVIDIA Brazil’s official podcast. Economics, Bocconi University (Milan); MA International Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS (Washington, DC). Biography AI capability is no longer the scarce resource inside large organisations. Human judgement is. Between You and AI, the Wiley book that put Andrea Iorio on the USA Today bestseller list in 2025, makes that case for senior teams trying to convert pilots into operating advantage. The argument runs along three axes: cognitive, behavioural, and emotional. Each carries a practical set of skills that AI tools cannot supply on their own. The operator credentials behind that argument are unusual for someone now working primarily as an author and educator. Iorio spent five years as Head of Tinder for Latin America, then served as Chief Digital Officer at L’Oréal Brazil. Both roles forced commercial decisions about consumer technology under real revenue pressure, not the conference-room version of digital transformation. The academic platform sits alongside. He teaches on the MBA at Fundação Dom Cabral, writes the MIT Technology Review Brasil column, and hosts NVIDIA’s official Brazil podcast. His first book in Portuguese, 6 Competências para Surfar na Transformação Digital, set out a framework of six competencies, from cognitive flexibility to digital altruism, that became the most-read leadership title on Amazon Brazil. Clients book him for Fortune 500 keynotes in English and Portuguese. The roster includes Abbott, Bayer, Cargill, Dow, IBM, Roche, Syngenta, and Tetra Pak. The work that follows the keynote is usually a board-level conversation about which human skills the organisation now needs to build, fast, alongside its AI deployment. Key speaking topics Artificial intelligence and human skills Digital transformation and leadership Customer-centricity and phygital experience Innovation culture Future of work in the age of AI Ideal for Boards and CEOs setting the human-skills agenda alongside an AI roadmap. CHROs and learning leaders redesigning capability programmes for an AI-augmented workforce. CMOs and CX leaders rebuilding the customer journey across digital and physical touchpoints. Latin America regional executive teams of multinational consumer and B2B businesses. Audience outcomes A three-part framework for the cognitive, behavioural, and emotional skills that matter most when AI enters the workflow. A concrete set of decisions about which managerial behaviours to keep, change, or retire in an AI-augmented operating model. Reference examples from Tinder, L’Oréal, and other consumer-facing businesses that have rebuilt the phygital customer journey. A working definition of innovation culture that distinguishes managed practice from creative theatre.

Key speaking topics Extended reality (XR) strategy and applications Artificial intelligence use cases in business Emerging technology validation and experimentation Digital product design and user experience Customer-centric innovation Digital fashion and immersive virtual production Ideal for Innovation and digital transformation leaders Corporate strategy and technology teams Startup and scale-up founders Organisations exploring XR and AI adoption Audience outcomes Clear understanding of practical XR and AI use cases Insight into validating emerging technology opportunities Perspective on integrating user-centric design into innovation work Greater clarity on immersive and digital product possibilities Why organisations work with Krista Jäntti Combines executive leadership experience with hands-on digital product expertise. Brings cross-disciplinary insight spanning life sciences, technology and business education. Advises startups and organisations on structured exploration of emerging technologies. Offers commercially grounded perspectives on XR, AI and immersive innovation. Biography Krista Jäntti works at the intersection of emerging technology and business strategy, advising organisations on how to explore and validate practical use cases for XR and AI. As founder and CEO of EventuallyXR, she supports companies seeking structured approaches to immersive technology and digital innovation. Her work focuses on translating complex technologies into commercially relevant opportunities. Through consultancy and advisory roles, she helps organisations assess potential applications, test concepts, and align innovation initiatives with customer needs and business objectives. Krista is also publicly associated with Exthereal, a digital fashion and immersive production initiative that reflects her engagement with virtual environments and new forms of digital experience. This work complements her broader expertise in extended reality and AI-driven innovation. With more than a decade of experience in digital product design and customer-centric development, she brings a practical understanding of user experience, experimentation and product thinking. Her background spans life sciences and computing-related disciplines, underpinned by a Master of Science and an Executive MBA. In addition to her executive work, she serves as a Business Advisor at Aalto University/Aalto Startup Center, supporting early-stage ventures in navigating technology and growth challenges. She has also been recognised through selection to a Women of the Future Top 100 list focused on emerging technology.