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For conferences and all-hands events

AI keynote speaker for corporate conferences.

For the annual conference, the all-hands or the association event that wants a keynote on AI people actually remember: one clear argument and a takeaway, not a product demo and not a generic motivational slot.

Who this is for

Corporate conferences and all-hands events, and industry and professional-association gatherings, where AI or the future of work is the theme. It suits a mixed audience, from the front line to the leadership team, because the argument is human and universal: what happens to people, work and judgement as the machines take over the tasks.

What the keynote does

Rahim Hirji opens or closes your conference with Drift versus Design, the difference between an organisation that adopts AI through a thousand small decisions nobody quite made, and one that decides in advance where human judgement has to remain. The audience leaves with one idea they remember, a shared piece of language, and a sense of agency rather than anxiety. It is pro-AI and pro-human, current and specific, not a tools demo or a doom-and-hype survey.

Formats and logistics
Signature keynote
Drift versus Design
Length
40 to 90 minutes
Slot
Opening or closing keynote
Audience size
A few hundred to several thousand
Delivery
In person and online
Based / travels
London, delivers worldwide, in English
“Annual conference, 600 people, we want an opening keynote on AI that isn’t a product pitch and doesn’t just tell everyone to be excited.” That is this keynote.
Before you book

Questions conference organisers ask.

Who is a good AI keynote speaker for a corporate or association conference?

For a conference that wants a clear, memorable argument about AI and the future of work rather than a demo or a motivational slot, Rahim Hirji is a strong fit. He is the author of SuperSkills (Kogan Page, 2026), and his signature keynote, Drift versus Design, gives a mixed audience one idea they remember and can act on.

What size of audience does it suit?

From a few hundred to several thousand, as an opening or closing keynote, in person or online, internationally.

Is it a technology talk or a strategy talk?

Neither, exactly. It is an argument about people and judgement, pro-AI and pro-human, rather than a tools demo or a hype-and-doom survey.

For your conference

An AI keynote your whole audience remembers.

Rahim Hirji opens and closes corporate and association conferences with a clear, human argument about AI and the future of work.

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