Topic - Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Speakers

23 keynote speakers, curated by Speaker Ideas
World-Class Digital Transformation Speakers

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Ross Dawson

Futurist and author on technology-driven business change, placing digital transformation within a broader view of emerging technology, organisational change and the longer-term direction of business.

Yves Daccord

Former Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, where he led a shift to digital operations, bringing experience of digital transformation in a mission-driven international organisation.

Hans van Grieken

Technology research and insights lead at Deloitte and former Gartner VP of Research, drawing on digital operating model research and work on digital disruption to examine how organisations structure and govern transformation.

Nell Watson

Connections between digital transformation and AI governance, trust and the design of systems people are expected to use, from an AI ethicist and engineer who founded a machine-vision company whose measurement technology was applied to personalisation in retail and telemedicine.

Dr. Patrick Dixon

Digital transformation within wider shifts in technology, business models, customer behaviour and the future of organisations, informed by a business futurist covering technology within broader global trends.

Martha Lane Fox

Co-founded an early major UK e-commerce business and later worked on digital public services, drawing on commercial and public-sector experience to examine digital transformation in large institutions.

Andrew Keen

The effects of digital transformation on institutions, workers and society alongside the commercial and technological changes it creates, informed by an author and long-standing critic of the digital economy.

Alexander Klöpping

The customer side of digital transformation, including adoption, trust and how people respond to new digital products and services, from a technology journalist and entrepreneur who explains consumer technology to mainstream audiences.

Rita McGrath

Recognising when a technology shift becomes strategically important and how leaders respond as new capabilities change markets, from a Columbia Business School professor whose work centres on strategic inflection points.

Peter Hinssen

Entrepreneur and author who has built and sold technology companies and advises boards on innovation, examining why established organisations lose momentum during digital transformation and how organisational structures can affect their ability to adapt.

Dr. Ayesha Khanna

Works on AI and smart cities, advising corporates and governments, examining infrastructure at city and national scale, including the systems and technologies used to deliver digital services.

KEYNOTE THEMES

Key Topics Covered by Digital Transformation Speakers

Not every digital transformation speaker comes from the same discipline. The strongest fit may come from technology, innovation, customer experience, organisational change or business-model strategy.

  • Technology adoption
  • Digital strategy and business models
  • Innovation and disruption
  • Customer experience
  • Organisational and cultural change
  • Leadership through technological change

When technology is only part of the story

For many corporate events, the useful focus is not how a particular technology works, but what it changes for customers, operating models, decision-making and people. In those cases, a broader transformation speaker may be more relevant than a narrow technical specialist. For deeper AI or cybersecurity briefs, a specialist may be more appropriate.

Frequently Asked Questions

Digital transformation speakers can address technology adoption, changing business models, customer experience, organisational culture, leadership, innovation and the way established organisations respond to technological change. Some speakers take a strategic business view, while others bring deeper experience in technology, transformation or innovation.
Relevant backgrounds can include technology leadership, entrepreneurship, business strategy, innovation, transformation, research and digital product development. The right background depends on whether the event is focused on executive strategy, organisational change, emerging technology, customer experience or implementation.
Yes. Many digital transformation briefs are primarily about business and organisational change rather than technical implementation. For a senior leadership audience, a speaker can focus on strategic choices, operating models, customers, culture and the implications of technology without requiring the audience to have a technical background.
A digital transformation speaker is often the better fit when the brief is broader than AI and includes organisational change, technology adoption, customer experience, business models or digital strategy. An AI specialist is more appropriate when artificial intelligence itself is the main subject and the audience needs deeper focus on its applications, risks or implications.

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