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Pascal Bornet Keynote Speaker and AI and automation expert

Pascal Bornet

Top-10 Global AI & Automation Expert | Author, IRREPLACEABLE | Founded AI Practices at McKinsey & EY

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Few experts explain how AI is changing business and work as clearly as Pascal Bornet. Ranked among the world's top 10 AI and automation experts, he founded the AI practices at McKinsey and EY and wrote the bestsellers Intelligent Automation and IRREPLACEABLE. Audiences learn to put AI agents to work while building the human skills machines cannot replace.

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    Pascal Bornet biography

    AI speaker Pascal Bornet is one of the world’s leading authorities on artificial intelligence and automation, regularly ranked among the top 10 global experts in the field. Over more than 20 years as a senior executive, he founded and led the AI and Automation practices at McKinsey and at EY, guiding large organizations through digital transformations that delivered efficiency gains at scale. Today he is a bestselling author, a member of the Forbes Technology Council, and one of the most followed voices in technology, with more than two million followers across social platforms.

    Bornet’s first book, Intelligent Automation, became an Amazon bestseller and the first reference work on the subject, endorsed by analysts at Gartner, Forrester, and HFS Research. His articles have appeared in Forbes, Bloomberg, McKinsey Quarterly, and World Economic Forum publications, and he has been named a Global Top Voice in Tech. He is a committed advocate of human-centric AI, convinced that, used well, the technology can make work and life more human, not less.

    From Intelligent Automation to the Agentic Era

    In IRREPLACEABLE: The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Bornet introduces the Three Competencies of the Future: becoming AI-ready, human-ready, and change-ready. At the heart of the book are the “Humics,” the distinctly human capabilities of creativity, critical thinking, and social authenticity that machines cannot replicate. His latest book, Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work, and Life, written with Jochen Wirtz and Thomas H. Davenport, gives leaders a practical guide to the next wave of AI, in which autonomous agents take on entire workflows.

    Bornet delivers more than 100 keynotes a year, in English and French, to audiences of up to 100,000 people. He often shares the stage with Anna, a digital human he built with machine learning, whose live exchanges with him show audiences what the technology can already do.

    As a speaker, Pascal Bornet makes AI tangible and actionable for senior audiences. He pairs the credibility of an executive who has scaled automation inside global enterprises with clear frameworks and live demonstrations, helping leaders decide where to deploy AI, how to prepare their people, and how to stay competitive. Audiences leave energized by the opportunity and equipped with practical steps to make themselves and their organizations irreplaceable.

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    Pascal Bornet Speaking Topics

    AI is moving from tools that answer questions to agents that plan, decide, and complete entire workflows. Drawing on his book Agentic Artificial Intelligence, Bornet explains what AI agents can do today, where they are already creating value, and the levels of autonomy organizations should expect over the coming years. Leaders leave with a practical roadmap for deploying agents responsibly and redesigning work around them.

    As AI takes on more of what we do, the question is no longer whether jobs will change but how people and organizations stay valuable. Based on IRREPLACEABLE, Bornet shares his Three Competencies of the Future (AI-ready, human-ready, and change-ready) and the “Humics” of creativity, critical thinking, and social authenticity. Audiences leave with concrete ways to build the skills and mindset that keep them ahead of the machines.

    Many companies run promising AI projects that never reach scale. Drawing on two decades leading transformations at McKinsey and EY, Bornet reveals the critical success factors behind enterprise-wide AI and automation programs, from leadership alignment and data to change management and measurement. Executives leave with a clear playbook for turning experiments into lasting productivity and growth.

    In this unforgettable format, Bornet shares the stage with Anna, a digital human he built with machine learning. Their live exchange shows audiences, in real time, how far conversational AI has come, why he created her, and what digital humans mean for customer experience, work, and trust. It is an experience that turns abstract AI debates into something people can see and question for themselves.

    Bornet makes the case that AI and automation, applied with purpose, can free people from repetitive work and help tackle some of humanity’s hardest problems in health, education, and the environment. He explores the opportunities and the risks, and shows leaders how to adopt technology in ways that strengthen, rather than diminish, the human side of their organizations.

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    FAQs on Booking Pascal Bornet

    Booking Pascal Bornet brings your audience one of the world’s top 10 AI and automation experts, an executive who has done the work, not just studied it. He founded and led the AI and Automation practices at McKinsey and EY, wrote the bestsellers Intelligent Automation and IRREPLACEABLE, and co-authored Agentic Artificial Intelligence with Thomas H. Davenport and Jochen Wirtz. With more than 100 keynotes a year and a following of over two million, he combines enterprise credibility with energetic delivery and live demonstrations, including his digital human, Anna. He is an ideal choice for events on AI, automation, digital transformation, and the future of work. To bring Pascal Bornet to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.

    IRREPLACEABLE: The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence explains how individuals and organizations can stay valuable as AI advances. It introduces the Three Competencies of the Future (becoming AI-ready, human-ready, and change-ready) and the “Humics,” the uniquely human capabilities of creativity, critical thinking, and social authenticity.

    Anna is a digital human that Bornet built using machine learning to support his presentations. During some keynotes, the two hold a live conversation on stage, giving audiences a firsthand look at what conversational AI and digital humans can do today.

    Bornet speaks on agentic AI, intelligent automation, the human skills that matter in the age of AI, scaling AI transformations, decision intelligence, and technology for good. Every keynote is tailored to the audience and blends strategy with real enterprise examples. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to customize a session for your event.

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