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Catriona Wallace
Global Authority on Responsible AI & the Ethics of Emerging Technology | Founder of Flamingo AI & the Responsible Metaverse Alliance | Shark on Shark Tank Australia
Dr. Catriona Wallace is one of the world's leading authorities on responsible AI and the ethics of emerging technology. A serial entrepreneur who founded Flamingo AI, one of the first AI companies to list on the Australian Securities Exchange, she was named the AFR's Most Influential Woman in Business & Entrepreneurship and was a Shark on Shark Tank Australia. She helps organizations harness AI powerfully and responsibly.
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Catriona Wallace biography
AI speaker Dr. Catriona Wallace is one of the world’s most recognized authorities on artificial intelligence and the ethics of emerging technology. A pioneering entrepreneur, global ethicist, and adjunct professor with two PhDs, she has spent more than twenty years at the intersection of technology and humanity, helping governments, corporations, and global forums adopt AI in ways that are as responsible as they are powerful. Few people combine her real-world experience building AI companies with her authority on how to build the technology ethically.
Wallace first made her name as the founder of Flamingo AI, one of Australia’s earliest artificial intelligence companies and one of the very few woman-led businesses ever to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. For her work she was named the Australian Financial Review’s Most Influential Woman in Business and Entrepreneurship, recognized as a pre-eminent scientist by the Royal Institution of Australia, and named a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology and one of the world’s top commentators on AI and ethics. In 2023, she joined the hit television series Shark Tank Australia as a Shark.
The How and Why of Responsible AI
Today, Wallace is one of the most influential voices in the global movement for responsible technology. She is the founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, chairs the Boab AI venture capital fund, and is the co-author of Checkmate Humanity: The How and Why of Responsible AI, as well as the acclaimed leadership book Rapid Transformation. Through her work advising organizations worldwide, she has become a trusted guide on how to capture the enormous opportunities of AI and the metaverse while managing their risks to people and society.
As a speaker, Catriona Wallace is bold, visionary, and refreshingly candid, exploring the biggest questions about where technology is taking humanity, and what we should do about it. She speaks on the current state and future of AI, responsible and ethical AI, the promise and perils of the metaverse, ethical leadership in a technological age, and how organizations can innovate boldly without losing sight of their values. Audiences leave both excited about what AI makes possible and clear-eyed about how to build it for the collective good.
Catriona Wallace Speaking Videos
Dr Catriona Wallace, Flamingo - AFG National Broker Conference 2017
Artificial Intelligence: The How and the Why? | Dr Catriona Wallace at Curious Thinkers 2022
Catriona Wallace Keynote Topics
In this timely and thought-provoking keynote, Dr. Catriona Wallace explores the biggest questions raised by artificial intelligence: the current state of the technology, where it is heading, and what its rise means for humanity. She examines both the extraordinary promise and the real risks of AI and the metaverse, from productivity and progress to bias, invasiveness, and the early stirrings of transhumanism, and offers a clear-eyed view of how we might steer this technology toward the collective good. A big-picture, genuinely important talk for our time.
Drawing on her book Checkmate Humanity and years advising governments and corporations, Catriona Wallace makes responsible AI practical. She explains what "responsible AI" actually means, why it matters commercially as well as ethically, and how organizations can design and deploy AI that is fair, transparent, and trustworthy, avoiding the bias, risk, and reputational damage that follow when they don't. An essential, actionable keynote for any organization adopting AI at scale.
As founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, Catriona Wallace is one of the leading voices on immersive technology and its implications. In this keynote she demystifies the metaverse, what it is, where it's genuinely heading, and how it will reshape how we work, connect, and do business, while confronting the ethical questions of identity, privacy, and power it raises. She helps leaders understand the opportunities without ignoring the risks. A forward-looking talk on the next frontier of digital life.
Technology is only as good as the values of the people building and deploying it. A global ethicist and entrepreneur, Catriona Wallace explores what ethical leadership looks like in an era of rapid, powerful technological change: how leaders can make responsible decisions about AI, build cultures of integrity, and navigate disruption without losing sight of their humanity. An inspiring, values-driven keynote for leaders determined to do well and do good at once.
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FAQs on Booking Catriona Wallace
Why Catriona Wallace?
Booking Catriona Wallace brings audiences a rare combination: a serial AI entrepreneur who built and listed an AI company, and a global ethicist recognized among the world's top voices on responsible technology. A former Shark on Shark Tank Australia, an adjunct professor with two PhDs, and the Australian Financial Review's Most Influential Woman in Business and Entrepreneurship, she speaks with genuine authority on both the promise and the perils of AI and the metaverse. Bold, visionary, and refreshingly candid, she helps leaders capture the opportunities of emerging technology while building it responsibly. She is ideal for events on AI, technology ethics, the metaverse, digital transformation, and ethical leadership. To bring Catriona Wallace to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Catriona Wallace?
Dr. Catriona Wallace is a globally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, leadership transformation, and the ethics of emerging technology. An entrepreneur, global ethicist, and adjunct professor with two PhDs, she founded Flamingo AI, one of Australia's first AI companies and one of the very few woman-led businesses to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. She has been named the Australian Financial Review's Most Influential Woman in Business and Entrepreneurship, recognized as a pre-eminent scientist by the Royal Institution of Australia, and named a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology. In 2023 she was a Shark on Shark Tank Australia. She is the founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, chairs the Boab AI venture capital fund, and is the co-author of Checkmate Humanity: The How and Why of Responsible AI and the author of Rapid Transformation.
What is Responsible AI, and what is Checkmate Humanity about?
Responsible AI refers to designing, building, and deploying artificial intelligence in ways that are ethical, fair, transparent, and accountable, so that AI benefits people and society while minimizing harms such as bias, discrimination, invasion of privacy, and loss of trust. It is the field in which Catriona Wallace is a globally recognized authority. Her book, Checkmate Humanity: The How and Why of Responsible AI, co-authored with two University of New South Wales professors, is an extensive guide to artificial intelligence, its benefits and its risks, and, crucially, how organizations can actually design and implement responsible AI strategies in practice. It reflects the core of her work: helping governments, corporations, and leaders adopt powerful emerging technologies in a way that is deliberately aligned with human values and the collective good, rather than leaving ethics as an afterthought.
What topics does AI speaker Catriona Wallace cover?
Catriona Wallace speaks on AI and the future of humanity, responsible and ethical AI, the promise and perils of the metaverse, and ethical leadership in the age of AI. Her keynotes suit events on artificial intelligence, technology ethics, the metaverse, digital transformation, innovation, and leadership, for corporate, government, and general audiences. To book Catriona Wallace as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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