AI keynote speaker · Agentic AI · Future of work

AI is changing what work is worth, what machines can do, and what it means to be human.

I give thought-provoking keynotes on the future of jobs, the rise of autonomous AI agents, and the human advantages that matter more as intelligence becomes abundant.

  • PhD in Artificial Intelligence
  • Ex-Google and ex-Alexa engineer
  • Founder and CEO of Longevipedia
  • Best Speaker AI Cruise · Nomad Cruise 17
Daniel Duma gesturing towards the audience during a talk at Türkiye Nomad Fest
Türkiye Nomad Fest · 2025
Nomad Summit Chiang Mai · 2025
Daniel Duma on stage at Tirana Digital Nomad Festival in front of a giant brain anatomy slide
Tirana Digital Nomad Festival · 2024
Daniel Duma speaking on a panel at Startup Grind Shenzhen
Startup Grind Shenzhen · 2026
Longevity unconference
Nomad Summit Chiang Mai · 2025
Daniel Duma explaining an OpenClaw agent architecture diagram at Mindstone Madrid
Mindstone Madrid · 2026
Daniel Duma on a large stage in Bangkok under a screen reading “Building the AI startup: from employee to billionaire”
Bangkok · 2025
Daniel Duma explaining an idea with both hands at Swiss Nomad Fest
Swiss Nomad Fest · 2025
Bangkok · 2025
Daniel Duma speaking in front of a slide titled “The Complexity Tipping Point” at Türkiye Nomad Fest
Türkiye Nomad Fest · 2025
Longevity unconference
A full audience watching Daniel Duma at Tirana Digital Nomad Festival
Tirana Digital Nomad Festival · 2024
Black-and-white portrait of Daniel Duma smiling with a microphone on stage
Türkiye Nomad Fest · 2025
Nomad Summit Chiang Mai · 2025
Daniel Duma pointing at a chart of year-on-year change in US tech employment at Mindstone Madrid
Mindstone Madrid · 2026

Selected speaking engagements: Nomad Summit Chiang Mai, We Make Future Bologna, Porto AI Week, Mindstone Madrid, Startup Grind Shenzhen, ETH CDMX, Tirana Digital Nomad Festival, Bansko Nomad Fest, Swiss Nomad Fest, The Nomad World, Italia Nomad Fest, AI Cruise · Best Speaker, Politehnica București, Pecha Kucha Fukuoka

On stage since 2023

Real rooms. Real audiences.

talks, panels & workshops
36
events
24
countries
12
Best Speaker award
1
Nomad Summit Chiang Mai · 2025

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AI is moving faster than most organizations can adapt. The challenge isn’t simply understanding the technology. It’s understanding what changes because of it.

My talks connect what AI can do today with the bigger questions facing businesses, leaders and individuals.

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Featured keynote How to succeed as an entrepreneur in the age of cheap intelligence

Signature keynotes

When intelligence becomes cheap, what remains valuable — and what remains human? Pick the angle that fits your audience. Every talk is adapted to the event brief.

01

The End of Jobs?

What happens to work when intelligence becomes nearly free?

How increasingly capable AI changes the economics of cognitive work, expertise, careers and organizations — and how to prepare without pretending the future is predetermined.

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Leadership summits · Business conferences · Future-of-work events

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02

From Copilots to Agents

The next AI shift isn’t just answering questions. It’s taking action.

Agentic patterns, tool use and autonomous workflows made tangible through live examples — including OpenClaw — and why this changes how software and organizations operate.

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Technology conferences · Product & engineering teams · Innovation events

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03

The Human Moats

What becomes more valuable when intelligence is no longer scarce?

A framework for human advantage built around taste, judgment, trust, agency and the value of real-world connection.

Best for

Leadership events · Creative industries · Company offsites · Broad audiences

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Also on stage · Longevity science

The End of Ageing?

What science now knows about slowing — and even reversing — biological ageing.

An evidence-first tour of the biology of ageing, the interventions being tested in labs and clinics, and what it all means for how we live — told for a broad audience, without the hype.

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The human advantage

When competent output becomes inexpensive, the scarce things shift. Knowing what is worth making, deciding under uncertainty, earning trust, choosing to act and building meaningful human relationships become central questions.

Five concentric rings around a person: taste, judgment, trust, agency and IRL connectionTASTEJUDGMENTTRUSTAGENCYIRL CONNECTIONYOU
  1. 01TasteKnowing what’s good, meaningful or worth making.
  2. 02JudgmentMaking sound decisions in ambiguous, high-stakes contexts.
  3. 03TrustBuilding credibility and relationships others choose to rely on.
  4. 04AgencyTaking initiative, owning decisions and making things happen.
  5. 05IRL connectionCreating shared, physical experiences and genuine human relationships.

The human moats are my framing — a lens for thinking, not a law of nature.

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For teams · Workshops & facilitation

Hands-on company workshops where employees map their own work, find what AI can take off their plate, and leave having built their first automations — not just having watched a demo.

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  • Weekly status reportAgent drafts from tickets + chat3hManualAutomated
  • Inbox triage & first repliesSorted, drafted, flagged for you4hManualAutomated
  • Meeting notes & follow-upsTranscribed → actions → sent2hManualAutomated
  • Invoice matchingReconciled overnight, exceptions only3hManualAutomated
  • Competitor research briefResearched + summarised on schedule3hManualAutomated
Hours handed back / week0h

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What people leave with

  1. 01A clearer mental model of how AI agents are transforming work.
  2. 02A new perspective on what becomes abundant — and what becomes scarce.
  3. 03A useful framework for thinking about the future of human value.

The goal isn’t simply to understand the technology. It’s to leave asking better questions about what comes next.

Daniel Duma pointing at a slide titled “First they came for the juniors” at Swiss Nomad Fest
Swiss Nomad Fest · 2025
Packed hall at Tirana Digital Nomad Festival during Daniel Duma’s keynote
Tirana Digital Nomad Festival · 2024
Black-and-white portrait of Daniel Duma smiling with a microphone on stage

About

I explore the intersection of AI, work and human potential — from the practical reality of autonomous agents to the larger economic and social changes they create.

I have a PhD in artificial intelligence, worked as an engineer at Google and on Amazon Alexa, and have founded several startups — today I lead Longevipedia. I still build with AI agents every day, which keeps my talks grounded in what the technology actually does.

My speaking connects technical developments with accessible, memorable ideas about the future.

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