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Keynote 01 · AI First, Human Always Keynote

AI First, Human Always

Leading through the era of superintelligence

Her signature talk, based on her bestselling book. The AI trends reshaping every industry, and the mindset leaders need to turn exponential change into a tailwind instead of a threat.

About this keynote

AI is moving on an exponential curve, and most organizations are still planning in straight lines. In this keynote Sandy unpacks the trends from AI First, Human Always, including the tokenization of everything, multimodal models, technical convergence and digital twins, and shows what each one means for strategy, operations and talent.

Then she makes the case at the heart of the book: the winners will not be the companies that automate the most, but the ones that pair AI with the things only people bring, such as judgment, creativity, intuition, empathy and ethics. Drawing on two decades as an IBM and AWS executive, and on her work today as a CEO building trust infrastructure for AI agents, she shows leaders how to build a culture that experiments boldly and stays human.

Your audience will leave with

  1. 1A clear map of the AI trends that will matter most to your industry over the next 24 months
  2. 2A first-principles test to apply before you start any AI project
  3. 3Practical models for dividing work between people and AI
  4. 4Ways to build an experimentation culture without losing trust or ethics

FebrabanTech 2025 hosted a series of provocative debates about the role AI will play in the financial space, and Sandy’s presentation about AI First, Human Always was certainly our main event. She left us all reflecting about the challenges on the long road ahead, while excited with the possibilities.

FebrabanTech 2025Event organizers, São Paulo

The research behind the talk

Sandy’s latest thinking on Forbes.

This keynote is updated continuously from Sandy’s weekly column, so your audience hears what changed this month.

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