AI holds immense potential, but it’s not a silver bullet. Behind every breakthrough are costs—environmental, ethical, and human—that demand attention.

In this keynote, we’ll cut through the hype and focus on what it really takes to innovate responsibly with AI. You’ll learn why AI isn’t the solution for all problems, how to avoid common pitfalls, and how combining human ingenuity with AI tools can lead to real, scalable solutions.

For companies starting their AI journeys, this is about making informed, sustainable choices that drive meaningful progress— without shortcuts.

AI is often labeled "ethical" based on what happens inside an algorithm, but the true story starts long before—and extends far beyond—the code.

In this keynote, we’ll dismantle the myth of ethical AI, exposing the hidden costs embedded in its value chain: the environmental toll of data centers, the exploitation behind dataset creation, and the societal impacts of automation.

Ethical AI isn’t just about outputs; it’s about accountability across the entire lifecycle. If we want AI to truly serve humanity, we need to confront these realities and rethink what “ethical” really means.

From utopian dreams to dystopian warnings, the stories we tell about AI are more than predictions—they’re modern prophecies with deep cultural and ideological roots.

This keynote explores the rise of prophetic AI narratives, examining how influential leaders and institutions use language, metaphors, and appeals to reason to shape our vision of the future.

Drawing parallels to religious traditions and ideological fantasies, we’ll uncover how these narratives legitimise power, convey moral claims, and influence societal expectations.

It’s essential to understand AI as more than a technological tool- we need to talk about AI as an ideology.

True innovation isn’t about following market trends—it’s about creating the science and industries of the future.

This keynote dives into how to design an innovation system that moves beyond incremental improvements and drives breakthroughs capable of disrupting entire sectors.

You’ll learn how to spot signals from the future, foster the right culture, and build strategies for transformative change. Technology plays a role, but this is about more than tools—it’s about harnessing human creativity, curiosity, and foresight to shape what doesn’t yet exist.

GenAI is transforming industries, automating tasks, and even challenging the boundaries of human creativity. But as machines encroach on creativity, where does that leave us?

This keynote explores why innovation must start with people—not machines. We’ll explore why human values, originality, and ethical responsibility are more critical than ever in shaping innovation, and how to balance its power with the need to protect and amplify human creativity

Whether you’re navigating AI in your work or rethinking its role in shaping the future, this talk offers a compelling vision for progress: innovation starts with humanity— this is how we get it right.

In November 2023, I joined the largest-ever women-in-STEMM expedition to Antarctica—a stark and fragile front line in the climate crisis.

What was meant to be a leadership program amidst the climate emergency became a reckoning force to confront a profound inner conflict: to reconcile the devastating reality of a collapsing ecosystem and the suffocating sense of hopelessness, with the urgent call for resistance and action.

Drawing on three years of research into ice sheet melting and sea level rise, this keynote explores how Antarctica’s rapidly changing landscape became a mirror of our collective force— and ultimately, to the unwavering belief that the way to heal our planet is in the very humanity that binds us to it.