1%TOP ONE PERCENT AIA Speaker Guide for Event Organizers and Planners

A practical guide for event organizers

The right speaker.
For the decision ahead.

Discover AI strategy, AI security and responsible-AI speakers by audience fit, subject and format. Start with what your event needs to accomplish.

Audience-first categoriesNo numerical ratings
How to use this directory

Browse by documented topic fit. Listings are alphabetical, not ranked. Inclusion is not an endorsement or a guarantee of availability. Read the selection criteria.

Make the shortlist meaningful

Book expertise.
Not just a recognizable name.

01

Know the room

Executives, educators and employees need different levels of depth. Start with roles, industry and the questions already on their minds.

02

Name the decision

AI adoption, AI incident readiness and ethical oversight are different objectives. Choose the capability your audience needs next.

03

Match the format

A keynote establishes shared understanding. A workshop applies it. A tabletop lets leaders practice decisions under pressure.

The editorial shortlist

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Enterprise AI

Allie K. Miller

Enterprise AI strategy

Applying AI in business and building organizational capability.

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Enterprise AI + leadership

Andreas Welsch

Founder and Chief AI Strategist, Intelligence Briefing

Leadership audiences choosing where AI belongs in business strategy and how people will take responsibility for its use.

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AI security + trust

Bruce Schneier

Security technologist and author

Leadership and technical audiences examining the relationship between AI security, trust and institutional incentives.

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AI safety + security

Caleb Sima

Chair, CSA AI Safety Initiative

Security leaders considering AI safety, defensive operations and preparation for AI-related incidents. Verify the proposed scope rather than assuming hands-on incident response is included.

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Decision intelligence

Cassie Kozyrkov

Decision intelligence speaker and adviser

Leadership teams that need to decide where AI belongs in a business process and how to evaluate the resulting decisions.

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AI threats + technology risk

Chuck Brooks

Cybersecurity and emerging-technology adviser and speaker

Executive and security audiences connecting AI-related threats with broader technology and risk decisions.

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AI attack + defense

Daniel Miessler

AI and cybersecurity researcher; Unsupervised Learning founder

Teams preparing for AI-enabled threats and changes to security workflows. The incident-readiness category reflects preparation topics, not a claim of an emergency response service.

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Ethics + human agency

David Danks

UC San Diego philosophy and data science professor

Audiences examining responsibility, values and the effects of AI on human decisions.

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AI threats + deception

Eric O’Neill

AI deepfakes, extortion and protective actions

Audiences preparing for AI-fueled deception and attacks. Confirm the current talk and any exercise scope.

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AI, work + learning

Ethan Mollick

Wharton Associate Professor and Generative AI Labs Co-Director

Audiences exploring changes to work, learning and the practical use of AI.

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AI-enabled fraud + human defenses

John Sileo

AI-enabled phishing and security behavior

A human-centered message on AI-enabled phishing and deception. Confirm current keynote topics.

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Algorithmic accountability

Joy Buolamwini

Founder and President, Algorithmic Justice League

Events focused on algorithmic discrimination, affected communities and accountability for AI systems.

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AI risk + governance

Kayne McGladrey

Cybersecurity and AI governance adviser

Leaders who need AI security and governance framed as business risk rather than a disconnected technical topic.

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AI ethics + design

Lisanne Buik

AI ethics, design and leadership

A perspective connecting technology, human values and leadership choices.

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AI + security leadership

Mark Lynd

Executive AI strategy, security and incident readiness

Your audience needs to connect AI opportunity with operational risk and leadership decisions.

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AI-enabled threats

Mikko Hyppönen

Cybersecurity researcher and speaker

Audiences building awareness of AI-enabled threats and the preparation questions they create. The source documents a past talk, not current availability or employer.

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Trusted AI + governance

Pamela Gupta

Trusted AI founder and AI governance speaker

Security and governance audiences examining approved and unapproved AI use, ownership and practical oversight.

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Responsible AI

Rebecca Bultsma

AI ethics and human judgment

Practical AI choices grounded in trust, privacy and human judgment.

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Responsible AI + governance

Rumman Chowdhury

Responsible AI and governance speaker

Leaders and governance teams designing accountability, evaluation and stakeholder participation.

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AI security + executive dialogue

Shira Rubinoff

CEO, The Cybersphere Group

Security leaders planning an AI-focused executive briefing or moderated conversation about changing defensive practices.

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AI data governance

Sounil Yu

Knostic co-founder and AI safety leader

Security and architecture teams examining AI access controls, data exposure and preparation. Confirm separately whether the engagement includes a facilitated exercise.

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AI + security

Theresa Payton

AI, security and leadership

A broad leadership session linking emerging technology, security and organizational change.

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AI transformation

Zack Kass

AI transformation and the future

A wide-angle perspective to open a leadership conversation about change.

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Speakers can appear in more than one category. Counts reflect sourced topic fit, not ratings or tested outcomes. Confirm current topics and availability directly.

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