Keynote speaker on AI, innovation & the human side of technology.
PhD biomedical and electrical engineer, and creator of Brainternet, the world's first project to connect a human brain live and mobile to the internet. Enabling leaders to navigate the complex intersection of technology and humanity.
Chartered Engineer · Singularity University Expert · IET Fellow (UK) · Adjunct Professor, Wits
A track record built at the frontier of engineering, AI, and human-machine systems, then taken to the stage.
Connected a human brain live & mobile to the internet.
Singularity University
Expert, faculty & speaker.
Strategic Advisor
Fine Chair in Innovation · Adjunct Professor.
Fellow (UK)
One of the youngest global Fellows.
NPS 81
Recent Singularity Exec Program.
Global ventures
AURA · Resolute · PRTL Medical · shift.stream.
Trusted on stages for
Signature keynotes and workshops, from cutting-edge AI to uplifting, deeply human stories of resilience. Tailored to your stage.
Most requested · 20+ deliveries
From "paralysis" to "analysis": an uplifting keynote on resilience, and on how technology turns adversity into agency. Deeply human, it draws on remarkable people who have overcome the odds, and leaves every audience with a step change of its own.
NPS 81 · 9.4/10 at a recent Singularity Exec Program
Pictured: Step Change — SingularityU Executive Program, April 2026
Health is becoming sovereign and read/write: a programmable body, where we can intervene and improve our health before an issue is even known to us.
ExploreFrugal innovation and the power of the tools we already hold. We underestimate how much change we can make. This keynote proves otherwise.
ExploreRobotics as a function of humanity: the philosophy and practice of machines that encapsulate what makes us human.
ExploreThe human-AI conversation, drawn through myth and the social graph, and how we use our greatest gift in a world where we're no longer the most intelligent lifeform.
ExploreAI in healthcare: "slow until it's sudden." The latest from Adam's own research on data augmentation and generation, with applicability far beyond medicine.
ExploreWhere technology and humanity converge: a journey through Adam's research into how technology is reshaping us, including for Singularity University audiences on five continents.
ExploreOver 180 engagements across five continents, from Johannesburg main stages to Silicon Valley, Mexico City, Dubai, Mumbai, Madrid, and beyond.
He doesn't just talk about technology; he brings it into the room. Every keynote runs live, interactive experiences (real-time polls, perception demos, and emotion maps), so the audience doesn't just listen, they take part. Try them yourself below.
Interactive tech experiences · live on stage & right here
Flagship · live translation
Adam’s voice, translated in real-time into your language of choice — live captions plus AI-generated audio in his own cloned voice, streamed to your phone.
Listen along on your smartphone and headset — or enjoy subtitles on the slides, generated live in real-time.
Adam Pantanowitz
●Adam · AI voice
Live captions
Hola, amigos. La voz que están escuchando es la mía — traducida en vivo, a su propio idioma. Bienvenidos al futuro de las charlas: atractivas, en tiempo real, en el idioma que es suyo — creado en mi talk Lab.
AI-generated audio in Adam’s cloned voice · captions in your language.
A brand-new experiment: a real-time map of how humanity feels right now, plotting collective valence (pleasant to unpleasant) against arousal (calm to intense), decaying over time. It's early days, so be one of the first to drop a feeling.
An autonomous AI DJ that composes house music live, hears itself, and learns its own taste from audience rewards; streaming 24/7, heading for an off-grid installation at Afrika Burn 2027.
The same live audience poll Adam runs from the stage: cast your vote and watch the room update in real time. In the room, it streams to the projector instantly.
Will AI augment or replace human creativity?
A perception demo Adam runs live. At first it's alien whistles, then you hear the hidden sentence, and you can't un-hear it. A tiny window into how the brain builds meaning.
What organisers and audiences say once the talk is over.
Without writing a single line of code, Adam was able to write into my brain, and help me understand, in a profoundly human way, what my purpose is.
There are moments in life that divide a before and an after. Listening to you today was one of those moments for me. I have attended countless conferences, heard extraordinary minds speak, and yet it had been many years since I felt something move through my entire being the way it did today. It wasn't just the brilliance of your ideas. It was the humanity behind them. ... Today I felt deeply grateful — even blessed — to witness someone who represents what leadership in our time should look like: conscious, ethical, resilient, and profoundly human. ... I believe that when one person evolves, the collective shifts. And today, something shifted in me. Thank you for that.
I never got the opportunity to thank you on one of the most amazing thought leadership events I have never attended. As one of the clients mentioned 2019 was incredible but this was next level Adam. Your content was incredible and watching our clients I could see that they were blown away and truly engaged.
My Monday has started with the most profound keynote delivery I have ever experienced. Thank you @AdamPantanowitz for your incredibly authentic, vulnerable and beautiful presentation.#Inspired #GrowingGreatness
Keynotes, workshops, and live experiments calibrated to your audience, in person or virtual, anywhere in the world.
