Focusing on AI as a means to amplify human potential, Ayesha has her eye on our intelligent future: technology, innovation and 21st century skills

Dr. Ayesha Khanna is Co–Founder and CEO of ADDO AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions firm and incubator. She has been a strategic advisor on artificial intelligence, smart cities and fintech to leading corporations and governments. Ayesha serves on the Board of Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Singapore government's agency that develops its world–class technology sector to drive the country's digital economy and power its Smart Nation vision. Ayesha is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Media, Entertainment, and Culture, a community of international experts who provide thought leadership on the impact and governance of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.

In 2017, ADDO AI was featured in Forbes magazine as one of four leading artificial intelligence companies in Asia and Ayesha was named one of South East Asia’s groundbreaking female entrepreneurs by Forbes magazine in 2018.

Ayesha has been named one of Singapore's leading female entrepreneurs and a leading Asian fintech influencer by Fintech Asia. She also served on the Singapore Ministry of Education's Steering Committee on future skills and applied learning for emerging industries.

Ayesha is author of Straight Through Processing (2008) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). She has been published and quoted on technology, innovation and smart cities in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, TIME, Newsweek, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Strategy+Business, and Foreign Policy.  She has presented at major financial, technology and other industry conferences, provided high level government briefings, chaired symposiums such as AI Asia, and spoken at TEDx events.

She holds a BA (Honors) in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in Operations Research from Columbia University and is currently completing a PhD on urban information infrastructures at the London School of Economics.

Sample presentation topics:

• Winning With AI: How Innovative Leaders Drive Growth — insights on how innovative firms are embracing data and machine learning to leapfrog competitors and win new customers in the process and recommendations for how your firm can accelerate its AI journey.
• The Future Of Work: 5 Trends That Will Transform Humanity — How To Amplify Human Potential In The Fourth Industrial Revolution - a journey through the main forces that will reshape the corporate world and labor markets, emphasizing how each sector can leverage these breakthroughs to make workers more productive, innovative, and empathetic.
• Smart Cities 2.0: The Future of Urban Living — Public-Private Partnerships at The Technological Frontier - a key shift underway is from centralised, top-down models to an ecosystem approach that is inclusive of corporate and civic stakeholders. Dr. Khanna delivers a comprehensive assessment of case studies and best practices on how to effectively implement and be part of the Smart Cities 2.0 paradigm.
• Top Ten Trends That Will Affect Your Industry — how these accelerating technologies will both disrupt business models and operations but also open up new opportunities to lift your firm to new heights. Dr. Khanna highlights the key technologies that you must include in your strategic planning for the decade beyond.