Ramesh Srinivasan

The Economist estimates that nearly half of existing jobs could be automated within the next two decades, and as artificial intelligence and intelligent automation move into every function — from finance to HR to customer operations — what does this mean for the future of business? Ramesh Srinivasan walks executive audiences through how AI-driven systems are reshaping competitive advantage, where the largest productivity gains are realistically available, and where the largest hidden risks live. Leaders leave with a concrete framework for prioritizing AI investment and avoiding the most common deployment pitfalls.

Immersive environments are no longer a side experiment for gaming companies. They are increasingly tied to global commerce, brand experience, training, and customer engagement. Ramesh examines how Meta, Microsoft, Apple, and a wave of Asian players are shaping this next interface layer, what its connection is to the multi-hundred-billion-dollar global gaming market, and what business and cognitive consequences leaders should anticipate. He helps executives identify where to participate, where to partner, and where to wait.

Every major technology company now describes itself as an AI company, and yet some of the most well-known systems carry documented racial, gender, and cultural biases. Where do these problems originate, how do they impact performance and trust, and how can leaders build internal review processes that catch them early? Ramesh draws on his work advising business leaders, members of Congress, and civil society organizations to give audiences a clear, actionable approach to ethical AI, content integrity, and the broader question of technology and ethics.

Ramesh advises U.S. members of Congress, the EU, India, Brazil, and several African governments on technology policy and innovation strategy. He served as an Innovation Policy adviser to the Biden-Harris campaign and previously to Senator Bernie Sanders. In this keynote, he gives senior leaders a strategic map of how AI, data, antitrust, and platform regulation are likely to evolve across major jurisdictions — and what to do today to be ready for what is coming.

The World Economic Forum has called the present moment the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Automated systems and intelligent networked software are rewriting what work means, how it is organized, and how it is paid. Ramesh helps leadership teams see what jobs are likely to disappear, which will be reshaped, and which will emerge — and explores serious policy responses such as universal basic income, microcompensation for personal data, and new social contracts. Audiences leave with a clear lens on workforce strategy for the next decade.

The vast majority of internet and platform users are not in the United States or Europe but in South Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Drawing on fieldwork in nearly 70 countries, Ramesh shows how some of the most creative product, business model, and platform innovation today is emerging from these regions — often built with fewer resources but greater contextual intelligence. The keynote opens executive eyes to entire markets, partnerships, and innovation patterns that most Western strategy teams overlook.

We are at an inflection point. Generative AI tools, multimodal models, and immersive environments are colliding to reshape how customers find products, how employees do work, and how brands engage. Ramesh — a former MIT-trained AI developer who studied under Marvin Minsky and now advises members of Congress and the White House on AI policy — equips leaders to understand how these systems actually work, where the genuine business value sits, and which strategic, regulatory, and ethical decisions cannot be delayed.