Keynote SpeakersRamy Nassar is a futurist, AI strategist, author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders stop reacting to disruption and start designing the future.
As the former Head of Innovation for Mattel, Ramy harnessed emerging technologies to reinvent one of the world’s most iconic brands, including contributing to the production team for the Barbie movie, which grossed $1.5B worldwide.
Today, he brings that same builder’s mindset to leaders, helping them Navigate What’s Next in AI and emerging technology with clarity and confidence.
Ramy Nassar doesn’t watch the future unfold from the sidelines. He’s on the court, shaping it.
With 25+ years of experience and trusted by more than 250 organisations, including Apple, TD Bank, TELUS, Verizon, New Balance, and the Government of Canada, he combines hands-on technical depth, strategic foresight, and powerful storytelling to turn complexity into clarity and disruption into opportunity.
Author of The World After AI and a faculty member at universities in Canada and Europe, Ramy equips leaders with practical frameworks to reimagine business models, rewire risk, and accelerate innovation.
His work includes building enterprise AI agents, advising AI governance teams, and launching innovation labs focused on real-world implementation.
Cutting through the hype, he helps leaders navigate responsible use, emerging risks, and governance implications.
Ramy Nassar AI Keynote Speaker
A trusted futurist with a global track record, Ramy’s AI keynote speeches and AI-themed workshops leave audiences energised, empowered, and ready to build what comes next.
Speaking Topics:
Ramy’s keynote themes typically include:
- AI strategy for business leaders
- Agentic AI and AI implementation
- Innovation and digital transformation
- Strategic foresight and future trends
- Responsible AI and governance
- Designing organisations for an AI-powered future
Signature Speeches by Ramy:
AI Now, Next, Never
AI is no longer a future bet. It’s an executive priority, and most leadership teams are still trying to figure out where to start. Drawing on 25+ years building inside Mattel, Apple, TD Bank, and 250+ other organisations, Ramy tells the real story of AI – daring leaders to confront what matters now, what’s coming next, and what guardrails are vital.
- AI Now maps the technologies driving real impact today: generative AI, agents, and the practical use cases inside enterprises that are actually moving the needle.
- AI Next equips leaders to scale investments past the pilot trap. The frameworks that turn proofs of concept into enterprise-grade value.
- AI Never draws the lines that protect trust, governance, and reputation. The strategic case for what to walk away from, even when the market is racing toward it.
The Future-Proof Leader: Strategic Foresight in an Age of Disruption
What if your biggest risks aren’t today’s challenges, but tomorrow’s blind spots? Linear planning was built for a world that no longer exists.
Drawing on his book The World After AI, Ramy Nassar challenges leaders to confront a harder truth: the executives who win the next decade aren’t the ones with the best plans; they’re the ones willing to lead differently.
- Anticipate teaches leaders to spot the patterns hiding in industry noise: the weak signals, leading indicators, and trend convergences that competitors miss until it’s too late.
- Adapt moves beyond static planning into multi-horizon thinking, equipping leaders to make strategic decisions that hold up across multiple possible futures rather than betting everything on one forecast.
- Lead translates foresight into proactive direction-setting that carries entire organisations through ambiguity, replacing reactive crisis management with strategic confidence.
Exponential Futures: Quantum, Blockchain, and The World After AI
The technologies that will reshape your industry aren’t theoretical; they’re already here. AI dominates the headlines, but quantum, biotech, and blockchain are quietly converging to reshape industries at unprecedented speed.
Drawing on his forthcoming book The World After AI, Ramy dares executives to think past today’s hype – mapping when to experiment, when to scale, and when to wait.
- Experiment maps the emerging technologies worth investing in now: where to place small bets, build optionality, and learn before competitors do.
- Scale equips leaders to commit when a technology has crossed from possibility to advantage. The frameworks that turn early bets into enterprise-grade capability before the window closes.
- Wait draws the strategic case for letting hype cycles complete – knowing which technologies are louder than they are ready, and standing back until infrastructure matures.
Responsible AI: Governance, Ethics, and Practical Adoption at Scale
Every enterprise wants the benefits of AI, but the risks are real. Hallucinations, bias, governance gaps, and lack of explainability can derail adoption, create reputational damage, and limit trust with customers and regulators. The organisations that win with AI won’t be the fastest adopters; they’ll be the most responsible.
Futurist and former Head of Innovation at Mattel, Ramy Nassar, equips leaders with the tools to adopt AI at scale, responsibly and sustainably. Drawing on years of hands-on experience guiding Fortune 500 companies, from global banks and healthcare organisations to energy providers and technology leaders, Ramy has helped design AI policies, launched governance committees, and established innovation labs that scale across the enterprise.
In this presentation, he introduces frameworks that balance innovation with governance, ensuring AI initiatives drive measurable impact without exposing the enterprise to unnecessary risk.
