Keynote SpeakersSol Rashidi is the world’s 1st Chief AI Officer, an American technology executive, AI strategist, author, and keynote speaker.
With 9 patents, a best-selling author on AI, and a former Amazon & C-Suite Exec (5x), Sol was named FORBES “AI Maverick & Visionary of the 21st Century” in 2023, and FORBES ‘Top 5 People Taking AI To Market‘ in 2025.
Sol Rashidi has also earned accolades including:
- Top 100 AI Thought Leaders
- Top 50 Women in Tech
- LinkedIn’s 2025 AI Influencer
Sol started her AI career in 2011 when she helped IBM launch Watson.
Her job is not just to create capabilities and deploy programs at scale, but to help educate and advise on 1) Workforce preparation & human relevance in the age of AI and 2) Data security & AI Governance.
What sets Sol apart is that she is a practitioner, an operator, and a strategic executive who’s done the work several times over.
She’s built these capabilities from scratch and has over 200+ deployments, so her conversations are deeply rooted in experience.
Sol Rashidi is also the inventor of The Human Amplification Index, a platform that measures how well we’re strengthening both the business and the workforce through AI, ensuring you have both financial and human capital ROI.
Sol Rashidi Speaker:
As an AI keynote speaker, Sol Rashidi bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and real business impact, equipping audiences with practical strategies and proven frameworks to adopt AI with confidence, drive meaningful results, and prepare their workforce for the future.
Her approach ensures AI deployments amplify human ingenuity, creativity, and problem-solving rather than replace them.
Signature Keynotes by Sol:
From Talent Taxonomy to Organisational Redesign: Rewriting the Rules of Work.
The workforce is no longer organised by roles—it’s being restructured around capabilities, workflows, and human-AI collaboration. This keynote explores how traditional talent models are giving way to dynamic skill architectures, AI-augmented teams, and more adaptive organisations.
AI Without the Hype: What to Do, What to Avoid, and What Comes Next.
AI is everywhere—but clarity is not. This keynote cuts through the noise with a practical guide to applying AI across business and personal workflows, showing where AI delivers value, where it adds unnecessary complexity, and how to make sustainable decisions that balance speed, scale, and governance.
AI in Your Industry: What’s Actually Working (and What’s Not).
Every industry is experimenting with AI, but only a few are getting it right. Through industry-specific examples, this session highlights proven use cases, measurable outcomes, common pitfalls, and how to prioritise AI investments that create competitive advantage.
Staying Relevant in the Age of AI: Redefining Value, Skills, and Human Potential.
As AI reshapes work, the question is no longer “Will my job change?” but “Will I evolve with it?” This keynote explores how individuals and organisations can strengthen the uniquely human skills AI cannot replace to build resilience, adaptability, and long-term value.
The Human Advantage: Designing Organisations Where AI Amplifies, Not Replaces.
The future of work is humans with machines, not humans versus machines. This keynote explores how organisations can use AI to amplify human capability, creating people-centred operating models that deliver stronger innovation, collaboration, and long-term performance.
