AI keynote speaker on early careers and graduate talent.

Rahim Hirji is a London-based keynote speaker specialising in AI and human judgement, and the author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, 2026). He speaks on synthetic seniority: what happens to a profession that built its senior people by giving juniors the work nobody senior wanted, once that work is the first thing automated. He founded the skills platform EtonX, later acquired by Eton College, and led Quizlet's international growth across more than 60 countries. The material is published in full before the room books it, including 1245 questions answered or marked open and 537 graded studies with what each does not establish.

Output that looks like the work of an experienced professional, produced by somebody who has not built the judgement that work normally requires. It matters because organisations assess people on output, so a pipeline can look healthy for years while producing nobody capable of the senior role.

There are signals rather than proof, and the distinction is kept on the page. INSEE found French employment of 15 to 29 year olds excluding apprentices down 7.4 per cent year on year in IT services in Q4 2025, against minus 0.7 per cent across the market sector, while cautioning against attributing that to AI alone. Korea found realised effects concentrated on younger, tertiary-educated workers. The pattern is consistent across independent methods, which makes it harder to dismiss without making it proven.

Professional services firms, graduate recruitment and early-careers teams, talent and L&D leaders, and professional bodies concerned with training routes. It also suits partner or leadership audiences in law, consulting and accountancy, where the apprenticeship model is most exposed. The material is published in full before the room books it, including 1245 questions answered or marked open and 537 graded studies with what each does not establish.

Six to twelve weeks is comfortable for most dates, and short notice is often possible from London or for a virtual session. Ask earlier rather than later: there is one of him, and the advisory clients and writing sit alongside the speaking, so not every date can be taken. Each city page carries the real lead time and travel position for that market rather than one number applied everywhere.

Most conference keynotes come in around £10,000. What moves it: the time I commit, travel, how full the diary is that month, and how far the talk is built for your room. What moves the number is set out at what an AI keynote speaker costs. Schools, universities and charities are quoted differently. A London booking carries no travel, accommodation or expenses at all.