Kay Firth-Butterfield

For years, organizations viewed AI ethics as a compliance challenge. Today, forward-thinking leaders recognize that trust has become a competitive advantage.

Customers, regulators, investors, and employees increasingly expect organizations to deploy technology responsibly. Those that fail to meet these expectations risk losing trust, market value, and opportunities for growth.

Drawing on her pioneering work in global AI governance, Kay demonstrates how organizations can transform ethical principles into measurable business outcomes. Through compelling examples and practical insights, she shows how responsible technology can strengthen innovation, reputation, and long-term success.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Building or adopting AI products and services.
• Managing organizational risk and reputation.
• Seeking sustainable growth in the age of AI.

The audience will leave with:

• A deeper understanding of responsible AI leadership.
• Tools for embedding trust into organizational strategy.
• Practical ways to turn governance into business value.

The rules governing artificial intelligence are evolving rapidly across the world. For many organizations, the pace of change feels overwhelming.

Having helped shape global conversations on AI governance, Kay Firth Butterfield offers a rare insider perspective on how regulation, policy, and innovation are converging. Rather than focusing on legal complexity, she provides leaders with a clear framework for understanding what matters most and how to prepare.

This keynote helps audiences move beyond fear and uncertainty by translating emerging governance trends into practical business strategies.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Concerned about evolving AI regulation.
• Operating across multiple markets and jurisdictions.
• Building long-term AI strategies.

The audience will leave with:

• A clear understanding of the global AI governance landscape.
• Practical guidance for preparing their organizations within the AI Geopolitical landscape.
• A strategy for remaining innovative while meeting stakeholder expectations.

The AI revolution is not a technology story. It is a leadership story.

As generative AI reshapes industries, business models, and workforce expectations, leaders must navigate uncertainty while making decisions that will define their organizations for years to come.

In this thought provoking keynote, Kay explores the forces reshaping the global economy and explains how leaders can prepare for a future in which human and artificial intelligence increasingly work side by side. She provides a balanced and optimistic perspective grounded in real world experience at the forefront of global AI governance.

The result is a powerful call to action for leaders who want to thrive in a world of constant disruption.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Using AI to transform their organisation.
• Managing rapid technological change.
• Seeking clarity amid uncertainty.

The audience will leave with:

• A clear understanding of the most important AI trends.
• Practical guidance for leading through disruption.
• The confidence to make better strategic decisions in an AI-driven world.

From childhood to education, work, healthcare, relationships, and aging, artificial intelligence is becoming woven into the fabric of daily life.

But are we intentionally shaping that future or simply allowing it to happen?

Based on the themes from her acclaimed book Coexisting with AI, Kay takes audiences on a journey through the profound social, business, and human questions emerging from the AI revolution.

This keynote is both inspiring and deeply practical, encouraging leaders to think carefully about the choices that will define the future for themselves, their organizations, and the next generation.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Interested in the long-term societal impacts of AI.
• Seeking a broader perspective to shape their long-term business strategies.
• Exploring the future of humanity in an increasingly technological world.

The audience will leave with:

• A deeper understanding of AI’s impact on human life.
• New ways of thinking about human agency and choice.
• Practical insights into creating a strategy for your organization enhanced by a look into the future.

Artificial intelligence is changing work faster than any technology in history.

Yet the organizations seeing the greatest success are not those replacing people with AI. They are the organizations using AI to help people perform at higher levels.

In this energetic and pragmatic keynote, Kay explores how leaders can prepare their workforce for an AI powered future through reskilling, AI literacy, and human centered adoption strategies.

Rather than focusing on fear, Kay demonstrates how organizations can unlock productivity, creativity, and innovation while preserving the uniquely human capabilities that drive long term success.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Managing workforce transformation.
• Developing AI literacy initiatives.
• Building future-ready organizations.

The audience will leave with:

• Strategies for successful workforce adaptation.
• Insights into AI literacy and continuous learning.
• A roadmap for augmenting human capability with AI.

Artificial intelligence is no longer an IT initiative.

It is a board level issue.

Many organizations are investing heavily in AI, yet leadership teams often lack the understanding needed to govern its use effectively. As a result, boards risk missing opportunities, overlooking vulnerabilities, and failing to prepare for a rapidly evolving future.

In this executive focused keynote, Kay provides leaders with a practical roadmap for governing an AI enabled business wisely while creating value across the organization.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Board members and directors.
• Chief executives and senior leadership teams.
• Organizations building enterprise-wide AI strategies.

The audience will leave with:

• A leadership framework for AI decision-making.
• The key questions boards should be asking management.
• Practical guidance for governing AI across the enterprise.

Most conversations about AI governance focus on risk, compliance, and regulation.

The best organizations understand that governance is also a strategic advantage.

As customers, employees, investors, and regulators demand greater accountability, organizations that build trustworthy AI systems will be better positioned to innovate, compete, and grow.

Drawing from her experience advising global corporations, governments, and international institutions, Kay explains how forward thinking organizations are transforming AI governance from a compliance exercise into a source of resilience, trust, and long term value.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Deploying AI across business functions.
• Preparing for increasing regulatory scrutiny.
• Seeking to balance innovation with responsibility.

The audience will leave with:

• A clearer understanding of AI governance and its business value.
• Practical insights into managing risk while accelerating innovation.
• Strategies for building trust with customers, employees, and stakeholders.

The decisions leaders make today will shape the relationship between humans and AI for generations to come.

We hear constantly about the age of AI. But perhaps we should be talking about the age of humans.

As artificial intelligence transforms business, government, education, healthcare, and everyday life, leaders face an increasingly urgent question: What kind of future do we want to create? What will be best for our business?

In this thought provoking keynote, former Head of AI at the World Economic Forum and TIME100 Impact Award recipient Kay Firth Butterfield explores how leaders can harness AI’s extraordinary capabilities without losing sight of the human values that make progress worth pursuing in the first place.

Drawing on more than a decade at the forefront of AI governance, Kay challenges audiences to think beyond technology and focus on what truly matters: trust, human agency, purpose, and the future of society.

This Keynote serves leaders and teams who are:

• Navigating rapid technological change and want to ensure a profitable future.
• Seeking a human-centered approach to AI adoption.
• Concerned about the long-term impact of AI on society, the workplace and profitability.

The audience will leave with:

• A framework for thinking about AI beyond hype and fear.
• Greater clarity about the choices leaders must make today to secure the future.
• A compelling vision for a future where humans and AI thrive together.