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Fiona Passantino

  • Keynote Speaker
  • AI Human Connection
  • Based in The Netherlands
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Fiona Passantino is a TEDx speaker and UK Business Book Award-winning author who helps non-technical professionals and leaders integrate AI with confidence, humour and creativity. Her keynotes span AI-powered work, AI integration roadmaps and the rise of embodied AI.

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About Fiona Passantino keynote speaker

Fiona Passantino keynote speaker sessions help non-technical professionals thrive alongside AI. She specialises in AI integration and strategy, communication and leadership. As a result, she inspires teams to maximise connection, engagement and creativity. Her goal is simple: bring joy and inspiration back into the workplace.

Fiona Passantino keynote speaker career highlights

A lifelong storyteller, Fiona began her career in content production. From there, she moved into communications and HR leadership at some of Europe’s largest organisations. Eventually, she shifted her focus to AI’s impact on people, culture and the workplace. Today, she is a TEDx speaker and the founder of Executive Storylines. She also holds an MBA from the University of Amsterdam, with a concentration in AI.

Fiona is the UK Business Book Award-winning author of the “Comic Books for Executives” series. In addition, she wrote “AI-Powered Professional” and hosts the podcast Working Humans. Thanks to her training in stand-up comedy, her sessions bring sharp humour and high energy. As a result, audiences leave informed, inspired and entertained.

Keynote topics

In “AI-Powered Professional: AI for Your Work, for Your Future,” Fiona gives a practical, jargon-free breakdown of tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek, Mistral and Perplexity. She also introduces her Human-AI Co-Creation methodology. In “AI Leadership: The AI Integration Roadmap,” she guides leaders through building a roadmap that replaces fear with knowledge. This, in turn, helps align teams across the business.

Her session “The Robots Are Coming: Embodied AI and the Future of Work” explores humanoid robotics such as Figure 02, Atlas and Optimus. It also considers what the rise of embodied AI means for work, society and ethics. Fiona has headlined international events for the European Commission and leading multinationals. Browse more AI and technology keynote speakers or connect with Fiona on LinkedIn.

Keynote Topics

AI-Powered Professional: AI for your work, for your future

What’s AI, and how does it work? What is a “Mixture of Experts”, what is “Running Inference”?

Together, we learn about the complex world of Large Language Models; we focus on the large text generators – ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek Mistral, Perplexity – and understand what they can and can’t do and explore what all of this means for us Humans. Tap into the power of the Human-AI Co-

Creation methodology and mindset for the Non-Technical Professional.

AI Leadership: the AI Integration Roadmap

No matter where your organization stands on the spectrum of AI understanding and adoption, the process of AI integration follows a fairly predictable path.

Having a roadmap to shine a light on what needs to happen and when ensures that all members of an organization gain a solid understanding of AI at the same time.

Replace the fear of change with knowledge and empowerment and start building your AI Integration Roadmap today.

The Robots are Coming: Embodied AI and The Future of Work

The robots are here! We examine the rapid advancements in humanoid robots and their AI-powered brains. Figure 02, Atlas and Optimus as well as the exploding Chinese market.

Why now? And what does all this have to do with AI? A lot; and it’s not slowing down.

The societal impacts of embodied AI, the future of work and the ethical considerations as we share our homes, factories and offices with a new worker.

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