Questions bookers ask Before you enquire.
Everything practical — bios at three lengths, photographs you may use, an introduction your host can read aloud, what the room needs to provide, and what travel actually costs — is on the speaker pack.
What does an AI keynote speaker actually do?
An AI keynote speaker helps a leadership audience understand what artificial intelligence changes about their work, their decisions and the skills their people need, in a single session of 40 to 90 minutes. The useful ones do less explaining of the technology and more equipping of the humans: what to protect, what to build, and what to do differently on Monday. My sessions focus on one question: as AI takes the tasks, where does human judgement have to remain?
What is the difference between an AI keynote and an AI workshop?
A keynote is 40 to 90 minutes, built to change how a large audience thinks. A workshop is a half day or full day with a smaller group, built to change what they do. Many organisations book a keynote to open an event, then a workshop for the leadership team the following day. I deliver both.
Is this a keynote, a presentation or a briefing?
Whichever word you use. The estate says keynote because that is the search term, but a good number of the bookings are not main-stage keynotes at all: board sessions, leadership presentations, a briefing before a strategy day, a conference breakout, a fireside conversation.
The distinction that matters is not the label but the room. Forty minutes to eight hundred people at a conference and ninety minutes with twelve directors around a table are different pieces of work, and I build them differently. The argument is the same; how much of it you can interrogate is not.
So tell me the room, the number of people and what you want different afterwards, and I will tell you which of these it is. If it turns out you want a working session rather than a talk, say so, because that changes the shape and it is usually the better buy.
How long is a keynote and what does the format include?
My keynotes run 40 to 90 minutes depending on the slot, with optional audience Q&A and breakout facilitation. In person or virtual. Every session is tailored: I work with your team in advance to understand the room, the sector and what the event needs to achieve.
How far in advance should I book?
Three to six months ahead for in-person keynotes is ideal. Virtual sessions can sometimes be arranged on shorter timelines. Later slots in a calendar year fill first.
Does Rahim deliver keynotes outside the UK?
Yes. I am based in London and have delivered recently in Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore, Madrid and across Canada. I deliver across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America in person, and worldwide virtually. All sessions are in English.
What does an audience actually leave with?
A shared language for where judgement stays human, a way to locate their own organisation on the drift versus design matrix, and specific decisions they can act on the next morning.
Does Rahim run sessions for boards?
Yes. Private board and executive sessions on AI and decision quality, distinct from conference keynotes: smaller room, more challenge, built around the decisions that organisation is actually facing.
Can a keynote be tailored to our sector?
Every keynote is tailored. Recent rooms include banking, logistics, law, advertising, higher education and technology, and the preparation includes conversations with your team beforehand. For the Kaplan retreat in Istanbul, Rahim interviewed students and families directly, unasked, to bring the room evidence it did not have.
Does Rahim speak at schools, charities and universities?
Yes. A small number of slots each year are kept for schools, charities and universities. Ask, and be straightforward about budget; the answer is often yes.
