AI Revolution
Preparing your organization for AI-powered transformation
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This keynote delves into the rapid evolution of AI, especially the surge of generative AI—from the debut of ChatGPT and Copilot to the autonomous AI agents of tomorrow. Richard explains how these technologies are not just trends, but seismic forces reshaping departments, roles, and entire industries.
🧠 1. Understanding AI & Generative AI
Richard begins by demystifying AI: what artificial intelligence really entails, how generative models such as Large Language Models (LLMs) function, and the breakthroughs behind image, video, and text generation. With vivid examples, he transports participants into a world where AI instantly creates content, insights, and solutions.
⚡ 2. AI as a Productivity Powerhouse
Beyond generating media, AI becomes a catalyst for efficiency. It streamlines finance, HR, marketing, operations, and sales—transforming manual tasks into automated workflows. By showcasing industry-specific use cases, participants see how generative AI can optimize processes within their own sector.
🔍 3. Sector-Specific AI Innovation
Richard journeys through multiple industries—healthcare, logistics, retail, education, agriculture, finance, construction, smart cities, security, …—demonstrating tangible AI applications: from predictive maintenance in factories to AI-assisted diagnosis, and from personalized customer experiences to autonomous supply chains.
🛠 4. Job Implications & Organizational Readiness
Generative AI is disrupting roles across the board—some becoming obsolete, others emerging anew. Richard addresses how organizations can reskill staff, redesign workflows, and foster an AI-embracing culture. Executives learn to prepare their people for both change and opportunity.
⚖ 5. Ethics, Governance & AI Safety
He also highlights crucial issues: ethics, data security, regulatory frameworks, and risk mitigation. How do we safeguard against bias, deepfakes, and misuse? Richard equips the audience with considerations to ensure that AI serves society responsibly.
🚀 6. The Autonomous AI Frontier & Moving Forward
Finally, Richard casts a forward-looking gaze: towards autonomous AI agents that can discover answers, execute tasks, and advise humans. He concludes with practical guidance for leaders and teams to adopt AI strategically—through pilot programs, mindset shifts, and organizational readiness .
Why this keynote adds value for your organization:
Built on Richard’s latest insights and real-life use cases
Fully customizable by sector—from education to smart cities, from security to agriculture
Balances vision with pragmatism: idea, risks, and execution
Equips executives and teams to be AI leaders, not just adopters
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As a futurist, keynote speaker, and trendwatcher, Richard van Hooijdonk is an authority on new technology. He has several chip implants because he wants to physically experience the future.
His inspiration sessions have been attended by over 550,000 people. He has given more than 2,000 lectures across 35 countries. With his international research team, he researches many trends in the field of robotics, drones, self-driving systems, 3D & 4D printing, sensors, blockchain, quantum computing, neurotech, biotech, platforms and augmented & virtual reality. Combined with artificial intelligence, these technologies offer groundbreaking opportunities, but also lead to challenges and threats for people, organisations and governments.
Richard is driven by a desire to inject innovation and imagination into the mindsets of the people and organisations who are going to shape the world of tomorrow. With the right forward-looking mindset, he believes that we can better effect change for the improvement of our health, happiness, and prosperity.
Renowned trendwatcher and futurist and the man with several chip implants in his body.
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