Topic: Future of Business and Technology

Asha Saxena

Asha Saxena is a strategic and innovative leader with a track record of building successful technology companies over the past 30 years.

She is the author of the bestselling book “The AI Factor – How to Apply Artificial Intelligence and Use Big Data to Grow Your Business Exponentially” and the Founder and CEO of Women Leaders in Data and AI, a global leadership organization brining world leaders together to create a fair digital world with parity and equity.

Asha is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate classes on Entrepreneurship and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Columbia Business School. She also served as a partner at CEO Coaching International, a management services company focused on building, turning around, and selling successful businesses.

In the past, Asha served as the CEO of a healthcare data analytics company, built an e-commerce platform, and was the President and CEO of Future Technologies. This company provided data analytics solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a “Global Growth Company for 2007”.

Asha earned her BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University in India, an MS in Data Science from Southern Methodist University, and underwent management training at MIT and the London Business School.

Ian Khan

Ian Khan is a National Bestselling Author ranked on USA Today & Publisher Weekly Bestseller lists and ranked as a Top Global Futurist. He is the world’s foremost authority on Future Readiness and is a pioneer in identifying, measuring and improving factors that impact your success. Frustrated by the lack of methods available to measure how change negatively impact profits, people and purpose, Ian invented the Future Readiness Score, a metric backed by more than 250 industry surveys & research studies. Ian’s work on Foresight and Future readiness has been featured on CNN, The BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, Entrepreneur.com, Business.com, Arab News, ABC Australia and dozens of other global publications.

Ian’s new bestselling book “Undisrupted”, is a must read for anyone curious to learn about emerging technology trends and a contantly evolving future business landscape. Undisrupted is a National bestseller on USA Today, Publshers Weekly and Amazon.

Undisrupted, covers the status quo of disruption, current technological trends including the rise of emerging technologies including AI, Quantum Computing, Blockchain, with a focus on what makes industries, companies and leaders the “Undisrupted”. The book also features a select number of globally recognized “Undisrupted” business leader profiles and what makes them successful. Undisrupted will guide you through the process of making your organization future ready by leveraging the capabilities of the Future Readiness Score.

Ian is a master storyteller and the executive producerm director & presenter of the popular streaming series “The Futurist” available on Prime Video in more than 45 regions worldwide. His documentary works and podcasts are widely available online.

As a globally recognized leadership expert, Ian is highly sought after as a keynote speaker for his insights on topics including Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, Emerging technologies, Digital transformation and Inspiring Future Focused Storytelling. Clients include Fortune 100 companies, associations, governments, and industries.

Book Ian for a high intensity, future focused, riveting keynote!