Experienced AI Keynote Speaker for New Zealand & Australia
I deliver practical AI keynotes and executive briefings for leadership teams across New Zealand and Australia, drawing on more than 25 years of digital transformation experience.
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Recent AI Speaking Engagements
Helloworld Travel Conference — Auckland Viaduct Conference Centre
I delivered a 45-minute AI keynote for the Helloworld Travel NZ Frontliners Forum 2026 in Auckland, focused on turning AI from hype into practical value for travel professionals.
Topics: Practical AI • Client communications • Research • Marketing • Responsible AI
AMCA National Conference — Sanctuary Cove, Brisbane, Australia
I delivered an AI keynote for the AMCA National Conference in Brisbane, focused on helping member organisations identify where AI can create genuine business value and where to start.
Topics: AI tool selection • Business use case selection • Workflow automation • Responsible AI
Molemap Annual Conference — Auckland CBD
I delivered a 2-hour interactive AI speaker session for MoleMap, engaging people from across Admin, HR, IT, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Call Centre teams.
Topics: Practical AI • Prompting • AI adoption • Responsible AI • Business use cases • Copilot • ChatGPT
Newton & Henry AI Leadership — Launceston, Tasmania
I worked with Newton & Henry’s leadership team in Launceston across an AI advisory engagement that combined leadership discussions, practical workshops and a conference speaking session.
Topics: AI leadership • Strategy • Governance • Workforce capability • AI adoption
WHY CHOOSE ME AS YOUR AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Every Keynote Is Customised to Your Audience
I don’t deliver an off-the-shelf AI presentation. Every keynote is shaped around your organisation, industry, audience and event objectives — combining research, stakeholder insight and my experience working with organisations
adopting AI in practice.
01
Understand Your Event
We start with a conversation about your event, audience, objectives and the outcomes you want to achieve. I also explore where your organisation and industry are on their AI journey.
02
Research Your Industry
We research the trends, opportunities, risks and examples most relevant to your sector, so the keynote reflects the issues your audience is actually facing — not generic AI commentary.
03
Listen to Your People
Where appropriate, I speak with selected leaders or stakeholders before the event to understand their priorities, challenges and perspectives. This helps make the keynote feel like it was created specifically for the room.
04
Build the Keynote
I combine those insights with more than 25 years of business transformation experience and my current AI advisory work to create a practical, commercially grounded keynote with relevant examples, clear messages and actionable takeaways.
The result: a keynote that feels relevant to your audience, reflects their world and gives them something useful to do next.
Popular AI Keynote Topics
Every keynote is tailored to your audience, industry and objectives. Common themes include:
Choosing the Right AI Tools
How to assess
ChatGPT,
Copilot, Claude, Gemini and other platforms against your organisation’s needs.
Where to Start with AI
How to move from experimentation to a practical, prioritised approach that delivers value.
Immediate Productivity Gains
Practical ways AI can save time, improve communication, support analysis and reduce administration.
The Future of AI
What leaders need to understand about agents, automation, AI-native organisations and the changing workforce.
AI Governance & Responsible Adoption
How to balance innovation with privacy, security, risk, policy and human oversight.
AI in Your Sector
The opportunities, risks and emerging use cases most relevant to your industry.
Experience That Goes Beyond the Stage
I don’t speak about AI from the sidelines. My keynotes are informed by the advisory, coaching and workshop work I undertake with organisations adopting AI in the real world.
I’ve delivered AI keynotes, executive briefings, workshops and leadership sessions for organisations across New Zealand and Australia, working with everyone from boards and senior leadership teams through to large business audiences.
That experience helps me connect emerging AI capability with the issues leaders are already dealing with — productivity, workforce change, governance, risk, customer experience and competitive advantage.
AI Keynotes for Conferences, Leadership Teams & Corporate Events
I speak at corporate conferences, leadership events, industry forums and executive sessions across New Zealand and Australia.
My AI keynotes are particularly suited to:
- Executive and leadership teams
- Corporate conferences and strategy days
- Industry associations and member events
- Client and partner events
- Management and workforce conferences
- Organisations preparing for AI-driven change
Each session is tailored to the audience, industry and level of AI maturity.