Keynote SpeakerDr Stephanie Hare

Dr. Stephanie Hare is an author, broadcaster and researcher whose unique expertise allows her to join the dots between business, technology and geopolitics. A co-host of the BBC television programme AI: Decoded, she is a seasoned communicator whose work in academia, consulting and technology gives her unparalleled insight into the effects of AI on our future. Stephanie’s book, Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, was named as one of the FT’s best books of 2022.

Dr. Hare interprets and predicts how the AI pendulum might swing between innovation and regulation, and its effects on employment and geopolitics over the next quarter century. Her knowledge of its core issues, including the current race for AI supremacy between China, the US, Europe and the Middle East, allow her to analyse and identify each player’s strengths and weaknesses. This makes her an engaging and informed keynote speaker for a broad range of audiences, be they senior decision-makers and policy heads or viewers of her live-broadcast TV shows.

Stephanie’s experience at the sharp end of business includes roles at Accenture, where she served as a Principal Director of Thought Leadership, and Palantir, where she specialised in big data and cybersecurity, managing projects in both the public and private sector. Dr. Hare also acted as a risk analyst at Oxford Analytica, focusing on global politics and events, including the euro crisis, Brexit and US-Europe relations.

After gaining a BA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, during which she spent a year at Université de la Sorbonne (Paris IV), Stephane Hare studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) where she was awarded a MSc and a PhD. She held the Alastair Horne Visiting Fellowship at St Anthony’s College, Oxford. Dr. Hare’s work has appeared in many publications including the FT, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Observer, Harvard Business Review, Computer Weekly, WIRED, The Herald, CNN and The National Interest.

Stephanie has consulted and presented events for many brands, including Google, Microsoft, PwC, eBay, Cisco, Autodesk, Lloyds, WorldPay, CapGemini, the Ethical Commerce Alliance, LEGO, KPMG, IKEA, Amex, Generali, the Design Council, Association of British Insurers (ABI), the Welsh Government, Pinsent Morrisons, Aldermore, the Royal Society, the Vodaphone Institute, BAE Systems, Citywide, CERN, Mishcon de Reya, the Internet of Things Alliance Australia, The Alan Turing Institute, Mayer Brown, 7 Bedford Row, Fujitsu, the Data Lab, Vistage and SOLACE, the UK’s leading network for public-sector professionals. She has worked as a board advisor and consultant to many firms, and is an experienced moderator, interviewer, panel chair and keynote speaker.

A native English speaker and fluent in French, Stephanie can deliver keynotes in both languages. She is also learning German, so watch this space for future speaking engagements in that language! Dr. Hare’s book is a syllabus text at Harvard Law School, and in 2013 she was selected for the BBC’s Expert Women program.