Ayesha Khanna

Ayesha Khanna is the CEO of ADDO AI and one of the world’s leading experts on artificial intelligence, smart cities, and digital transformation. She speaks on the future of technology, AI ethics, and how organizations can harness emerging technologies for competitive advantage. Named one of Southeast Asia’s groundbreaking female entrepreneurs, Ayesha advises governments and Fortune 500 companies on innovation strategy.

CEO & Co-Founder of ADDO AI

Dr. Khanna co-founded ADDO AI, recognized by Forbes as one of Asia’s leading AI companies. She also founded ADDO AI Education, which upskills corporate employees in data science and machine learning, and 21C GIRLS, a charity delivering free coding and AI classes to girls in Singapore through programs like Google-sponsored Code in the Community.

Global Advisor & Board Member

Ayesha serves on the Board of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils. Her clients include SMRT, Singtel, SOMPO Insurance, Habib Bank, and Smart Dubai. She previously spent over a decade on Wall Street developing trading and data analytics systems.

Award-Winning Author & Speaker

Author of two technology books including a TED book on technology’s societal impact and U+AI on making AI work for humanity, Ayesha has been profiled by ZDF’s “Leading Women” documentary, featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Policy, and has spoken at TEDx and major global conferences.

Dr. Khanna holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in Operations Research from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the London School of Economics.

Winning with AI: How to Embrace Innovation to Drive Growth

With its potential to change every industry, artificial intelligence has been called one of the most ground-breaking technologies of our time. But what is the reality behind the hype?

With some of the world’s most recognized companies as her clients, Dr. Ayesha Khanna (Co-founder & CEO, ADDO AI) provides insights on how innovative firms are embracing data and machine learning to leapfrog competitors and win new customers in the process. In this session, Ayesha will also offer her recommendations for how your firm can accelerate its AI journey as well as guidance on how to use AI responsibly to engender trust amongst consumers and investors.

The Future of Work: How to Amplify Human Potential in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

AI, robotics, additive manufacturing, AR/VR, quantum computing, and gene editing are among the suite of revolutionary technologies that are disrupting every industry in the world. While these advances may offer a plethora of opportunities, what do they mean for the future of work and jobs?

In this session, Dr. Ayesha Khanna (Co-founder & CEO, ADDO AI) takes you on a journey through the main forces that are reshaping the corporate world and labor markets – emphasizing how each sector can leverage these breakthroughs to make workers more productive, innovative, and empathetic. This new process of human-technology co-evolution will forever change how we view the global economy and our role in it.

Smart Cities 2.: Public-private Partnerships at the Technological Frontier

New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, and robotics can offer urban businesses and citizens higher quality, more productive, and more sustainable lifestyles. The critical shift underway is from centralized, top-down models to an ecosystem approach that is inclusive of corporate and civic stakeholders, especially digital native and data-driven companies.

With a Ph.D. in information systems focused on smart cities coupled with her experience as a global tech leader, Dr. Ayesha Khanna delivers a comprehensive assessment of Smart City case studies and best practices on how to effectively implement these technologies and be part of the Smart Cities 2.0 paradigm.

Tech Trends to Watch & How to Leverage Them Strategically

AI-driven automation, edge computing, industrial and nano-robotics, and human enhancement are just a few of the main trends that will significantly impact all industries in the coming 5-10 years.

Using illuminating case studies, global tech leader Dr. Ayesha Khanna digs into how these accelerating technologies will both disrupt business models and operations but also open up new opportunities to lift your firm to new heights. With experience advising some of the world’s largest corporations on data-driven digital transformation and innovation, Dr. Khanna highlights the key technologies that you must include in your strategic planning for the decade beyond.

U+AI

Artificial intelligence has infiltrated our workplace and cities, homes and personal relationships, and is massively disrupting our economies and politics. Dr. Ayesha Khanna, co-founder of one of Asia’s leading AI solutions companies, turns the tables on the current conversation by putting human agency at the center of the AI debate. Rather than waiting for technological waves to drown us, she encourage each of us to ask: What can AI do for you? Ayesha portrays AI as a tool to amplify human potential, and take you on a journey in which AI boosts your productivity and inventiveness. Our irreversible co-evolution with AI will forever change how our societies function. It’s time we took the reins and shaped it for mankind’s collective benefit.