AI · Robotics · Future of work keynote speaker
Dr Michelle Dickinson is the engineer and technology executive global audiences call on to understand what AI and robotics will change, and what humans need to get better at next.
Dr Michelle Dickinson is a PhD engineer, technology executive and global keynote speaker on artificial intelligence, robotics and the future of work. Drawing on deep technical experience in AI and robotics, she helps audiences understand how technology is changing work, and the human capabilities that will matter next. She has delivered more than 450 keynotes worldwide for organisations including Gartner, Microsoft, SAP, Deloitte and Mastercard.
Michelle's keynote was not only the highest rated event at this year's Summit, it was the highest rated event at any Summit TCS have run.
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Keynotes across global stages
Attendees called it the best keynote they've seen, praising her storytelling, practical examples and the energy she brings to the stage.
Michelle is a PhD engineer whose career runs from the atomic scale to AI and robotics. She brings the technical depth to go beyond the headlines and explain how transformative technologies actually work, and what they mean next.
Published research
Michelle's work is where AI leaves the screen and enters the physical world. As a technology executive in Silicon Valley robotics, she has helped deploy AI-powered robots into real factories, learning first-hand what machines can do, where they still fail, and what changes for the people working alongside them.
The keynote on physical AI
More than 450 keynotes, alongside television, books and teaching, have made Michelle expert at reading a room and tailoring the talk to it, making complex ideas clear, compelling and relevant, whether she's speaking to executives, technical specialists or thousands on a global stage.
Watch Michelle speakThe talks
Your audience will leave thinking differently.
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Michelle brings real technology onto the stage, the materials, the tools, sometimes the machines themselves, turning abstract ideas into something the room can see, hold and remember.
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Stories from laboratories, classrooms, factory floors and start-ups connect technological change to the people living through it.
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Michelle creates real interaction, so people experience ideas for themselves rather than just hearing about them.
From nanotechnology laboratories to AI-powered robotics on factory floors, Michelle has spent her career turning complex technology into something people can understand and use.
For the person booking
When thousands of people are in the room, the keynote can't just be good, it has to earn the stage. Michelle combines technical authority, compelling storytelling and the energy to hold a room, delivering a session that stays with the audience long after it ends.
Make an enquiryStorytelling, live demonstrations and audience participation change the energy of a conference. Michelle creates the kind of keynote people are still talking about on the flight home.
Michelle understands the technology beneath the headlines because she has spent her career working with it, from advanced materials and nanotechnology to AI-powered robotics. Decades of teaching and broadcasting mean she can make complex ideas clear without making them simplistic.
Every keynote is shaped around the audience, industry and objectives of the event, with stories, examples and emphasis chosen to make the ideas land in the room.
Michelle understands what it takes to deliver on a main stage. Briefs are answered, run sheets respected and AV crews treated as colleagues, not handed a list of demands. And when something fails, she can hold the room without the slides.
An exceptional presentation, both insightful and highly engaging. A clear highlight of the event.
A pleasure to work with from start to finish... we would welcome the chance to work with her again.
