Keynote SpeakersZack Kass is a global AI advisor, keynote speaker, former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, and bestselling author of The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential.
At OpenAI, Zack led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships, and customer success, turning the company’s cutting-edge research into real-world business solutions.
As an executive advisor, he has personally advised leaders spanning dozens of industries in 124 cities across 20 countries.
Zack Kass works with Fortune 1,000 boardrooms and leadership teams, including those of Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen. He helps leaders deploy AI at scale and navigate the rapidly evolving landscape.
His mission is to ensure that individuals, businesses, and governments are active participants in the AI-powered future by making AI technology both understandable and actionable.
Zack Kass is recognised as one of the foremost thinkers in applied AI, with insights featured in Fortune, Newsweek, CNN, Entrepreneur, Ad Age, and Business Insider.
Beyond his advisory work, Zack currently collaborates with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Virginia to study the future of work and intelligence.
Furthermore, he is also the AI for Conservation Fellow at Conservation International.
He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and currently lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his family.
Zack Kass AI Speaking Topics:
The Next Renaissance
The Next Renaissance is Zack Kass’s signature AI keynote and the culmination of 16 years at the vanguard of AI. It’s built on firsthand experience shipping frontier technology, three years inside OpenAI, research roles at two leading universities, and more than 500 meetings inside Inc. 5000 boardrooms.
The talk invites audiences to examine AI through a new lens and make specific choices about how they will lead.
The Next Great Company
Artificial Intelligence is transforming work as we know it, and the stakes for organisations couldn’t be higher.
Individuals and companies that don’t adapt risk being left behind. How can you prepare for what’s coming?
As the former Head of Go-To-Market for OpenAI and global AI advisor, Zack has helped hundreds of leaders rethink their AI strategy.
In this compelling talk, Zack delivers a comprehensive roadmap for building, developing, motivating, and retaining high-performing teams and companies in an AI-driven world.
Audiences leave understanding the importance of soft skills, continuous learning, and a culture of adaptability for thriving in the new business landscape.
Societal Thresholds
Throughout history, we embraced innovation when it clearly made life better – think fire, electricity, antibiotics, the internet. But today, this phenomenon has shifted.
As AI races forward, the biggest barrier is no longer what technology can do, but what society is willing to accept.
In this provocative keynote, Zack Kass explores the growing gap between technological possibility and societal readiness.
Drawing from his experience at the forefront of AI’s evolution, Zack unpacks why cultural, ethical, and institutional resistance – not technical limitations – will define the pace of progress.
Audiences leave with a framework for navigating resistance, rethinking innovation, and leading through one of the most pivotal moments in human history.
