Ray Schey

MARKET PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER
PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL
AMERICAN CITY BUSINESS JOURNALS

Ray Schey, Market President & Publisher of the Phoenix Business Journal, a weekly business publication reaching 40,000 business professionals in the Phoenix, AZ region, will lead this series of timely, high-value discussions with thought-leaders and experts as MC.

Ray was promoted as Market President to manage publication, editorial content, circulation and all business functions of the Phoenix Business Journal Within one year of joining American City Business Journals.
Ray is a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership and serves on the board of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Ray is also a board member of Downtown Phoenix, Visit Phoenix, the Arizona Tech Council, Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Board and the Valley of the Sun United Way.

(full bio below)

Welcome from Master of Ceremonies, Ray Schey

LEADING in an AI WORLD

A Human AI Institute live event.

Opening remarks:

LEAD AND SUCCEED in an AI WORLD

Ray Schey, Market President & Publisher of the Phoenix Business Journal, a weekly business publication reaching 40,000 business professionals in the Phoenix, AZ region, kicks off this series of timely, high-value discussions with thought-leaders and experts.

As Master of Ceremonies, Ray will facilitate discussion on hot topics leaders face today in the strategic application of artificial intelligence.

Rebecca Murtagh

FUTURIST, AUTHOR, SPEAKER

CEO & FOUNDER HUMAN AI INSTITUTE

Inc. Magazine Power Partner Award
Winner, 2023
for helping other businesses succeed.

Rebecca is a futurist and trusted advisor to executives and entrepreneurs with over 100,000 hours and 30 years of experience working with C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and teams from
Fortune 500, Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley,
and organizations across the U.S. spanning
technology, SaaS, manufacturing, consumer goods, professional services, streaming media, travel, hospitality, real estate, science, entertainment, academia, media, advertising, transportation, publishing, and beyond.

Rebecca has worked in, with, and around the technology sector for decades. Over the years, Rebecca has helped many thousands of leaders and entrepreneurs embrace emerging trends, leverage technology, and turn disruption into opportunity for accelerated growth and success.

Rebecca leverages her experience through consulting, executive coaching, workshops, speaking at conventions, conferences, podcasts, radio shows, speaking to associations, chambers of commerce, and private corporate training, including her CHIEF FUTURE OFFICER and CHIEF HUMAN OFFICER executive and innovation leadership coaching programs.

Rebecca has donated countless hours to entrepreneurship training programs, tech incubators, lecturing at colleges and universities, speaking to private groups, and mentoring college students and interns, nonprofit organizations, etc.

Rebecca started Ascently Institute, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to promote a human first society that respects and protects human autonomy, domain over creativity, innovation, ingenuity, and leadership’ and sovereignty over body, mind, and soul.

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Session One :

DISRUPTION IS INEVITABLE

HOW TO  ACCELERATE INNOVATION &
TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Leaders must make strategic decisions exponentially faster to compete.

In this session. Rebecca Murtagh draws from her experience as a futurist for 21 of her
30 + years and 100,000+ hours  of real-world experience
working with executives and entreprenurs from Fortune 500, Silicon Valley
to Main Street and beyond to explain why every leader must accelerate innovation
to compete in today’s ever-changing landscape.

Rebecca will share the benefits and leadership imperative for responsible, ethical, innovation in alignment with human values.

Rebecca will share how every leader can
empower their teams to navigate uncharted territory, turn disruption into opportunity for accelerated growth, and win the hearts and minds of customers, investors, employees, media, etc. for exponential growth and sustainable success.

Rebecca will explain how
CEO’s, Executives, Founders, and Business Owners, and Community Leaders
can overcome challenges created by AI and accelerated tech today, like:

70% of Business Leaders Are Ready to Let Robots Make Decisions For Them,

85% of Business Leaders Suffer from Decision Distress
(feeling regret, guilt, or questioning decisions they’ve made)

72% of Business Leaders Admit the Volume of Data and Lack of Trust in Data 
have prevented them from making any decisions at all.
(analysis paralysis)

(Oracle 2023)

Rebecca will discuss…

• Human vs. Robot CEO  (Should AI replace the C-Suite?)
  
• Why the  serious challenges AI creates for C-suite executives, leadership teams, and entrepreneurs are only the beginning.
  
• They key to turning disruption in to opportunity that fuels exponential growth.
  
• How to identify and leveraging invaluable insights from the Data Scientists in your sphere of influence for competitive advantage.
  
• How to exponentially increase confidence and peace of mind in a quickly-changing landscape, EVEN WHEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
• How the futurist mindset minimizes stress,  elevates performance, and creates  successful and fulfilled leaders.
  
• Understanding how AI replacement of 400-800 Million human jobs by 2030 (McKinsey) could impact the future of your organization and community.
  
• Why every CEO and leader must become the CHIEF FUTURE OFFICER, and every employee a futurist, for benefit of the organization and their careers.

Susan Sly

CEO & FOUNDER
The Pause Technologies, Inc.
RADIUSAI Co-Founder
ETHICAL AI THOUGHT-LEADER

Susan is an artificial intelligence innovator and thought Leader in AI Ethics, Diversity, Edge AI, Gen AI and ML, Strategist, is an MIT Graduate, and a 2024 MIT CDO Candidate.

Susan has been voted One of the Top Women in AI for North America, Winner of the Rosalind Franklin Society Outstanding Women in Science in 2023, and Winner of Venture Beat’s AI Innovator at The Edge Award in 2022.

Susan is a tech investor, best-selling author of 7 books, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and host of the highly acclaimed podcast – Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, Lifetime Television, The CBN, The Morning Show in Australia and been quoted in MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and spoken at National Restaurant Association, MIT Sloan, Executive Next Practices Institute, Forbes Roundtable, Corenet, HPE Discover Europe, The Big Data and AI Event in Toronto, Voice and AI in Washington, DC, Applied Intelligence Live in Austin, and The Future of Women in AI in New York Cityand other events.

As one of the 2% of U.S. tech companies with at least one woman in the founder role, Susan takes her role as an advocate for women in technology seriously. Over her 30 years in entrepreneurship, sales, and leadership, Susan has helped several companies generate nearly $2 billion in revenue.

Susan’s extensive experience in tech enables her to help organizations understand the opportunities and responsibilities that come with the AI revolution. Susan is on a mission to promote ethical AI and diversity in the responsible adoption and deployment of AI and related technologies.

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Session Two :

REAL WORLD STRATEGIES FOR AI
ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Most organizations plan to invest in AI.
While 99% say that they are planning to invest in generative AI,
68% say uncertainty around the tech creates challenges for adoption.
(EY)
68% agree uncertainty around AI makes it challenging to move quickly
to develop and implement an AI strategy.

Susan will explore how…

• A leadership perspective on the opportunities created by Artificial Intelligence, Gen AI, and Machine Learning.
  
• Best practices for identifying and implementing the right AI solution at the right time.
  
• The role and responsibilities leaders have in AI implementation.
  
• The role the C-Suite and Boardroom play in Ethical AI.
  

THE C-SUITE NETWORK FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

Jeffrey Hayzlett

CHAIRMAN, AUTHOR & BUSINESS STRATEGIST

Best-Selling authoR,  Former Fortune 100 CMO
& HUMAN FIRST AWARD WINNER

Jeffrey Hayzlett is the Founder and Chairman of C-Suite Network, home of the world’s most trusted network of C-Suite leaders.

Jeffrey is a prime-time television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives on C-Suite TV, and the business podcast host of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett on C-Suite Radio.

A well-traveled public speaker, former Fortune 100 CMO, Jeffrey is the author of four best-selling business books:
The Hero Factor,
Think Big, Act Bigger: The Rewards of Being Relentless,
Running the Gauntlet,
and The Mirror Test.

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Session Three :

Fireside Chat #1

NAVIGATING THE NEW REALITIES OF
LEADERSHIP

Perspectives from the C-Suite executives, Board Room executives and leaders…

Jeffrey Hayzlett

Featured Guest

(full Speaker bio below)

Rebecca Murtagh

Fireside Chat Host

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Rebecca will invite Jeffrey to share observations of C-Suite executives, board members, and business leaders navigating emerging AI.

The role of leaders is changing as fast as technology is. 
99% of CEO’s plan to integrate AI into their organization. (EY)

70% believe their organization must act now on GenAI to avoid giving competitors a strategic advantage.

68% believe uncertainty around GenAI makes it difficult to move quickly in development and implementation of an AI strategy.

70% of CEOs acknowledge GenAI may challenge them to disrupt their own business model to maintain competitive advantage.(EY 2023)

In this fireside chat, Rebecca will invite Jeffrey to explore topics and trends among C-Suite leaders,

• Where to find support to lead with confidence in this new era.
  
• Responding to the tremendous pressure to adopt AI quickly – or risk falling behind.
  
• How to develop the best AI strategy for the organization, stakeholders, and community.
  
• How to be prepared to make strategic decisions faster than ever.
  
• CEO’s and boards are in uncharted territory – which creates risk.
  often struggle with isolation when making strategic decisions.
  
• How to prevent isolation from interfering with the ability to act FAST.
  
• How to define a sustainable culture as AI is disrupts every role in every industry.
  
• Proven methods for making sound decisions, faster.

Corey Warfield

SERIAL TECH FOUNDER
GROWTH HACKER
LinkedIn™ Top Voice
GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
“Top 100 Thought LEADERS OF THE YEAR”

PRESIDENT OF WORLD GAME-CHANGERS CIC
CO-FOUNDER DCRBN
CEO iNf4mation.com

Cory is a serial entrepreneur and startup mentor who shares his obsession of UBI, web3, blockchain, AI, the metaverse, kindness, animals, humanity and th earth.

As Cory travels the world for work, he shares discoveries, thoughts, and tips with nearly half-a million followers on social media
and through his podcast, CoryConnects.

In addition to his pursuit of artificial intelligence, automation, and the metaverse, Cory is on the advisory board of The Artest Foundation, and World Game Changers CIC, Cory is working toward decentralized ownership and custody of individual privacy, data, and reputation on the blockchain.

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Session Four :

HOW WEB3, METAVERSE, UBI, & BLOCKCHAIN
MAY IMPACT YOUR FUTURE AND BUSINESS

Nearly 77 % of devices today use AI technology in one form or another.
(SimpliLearn)

91% of small businesses polled say AI has helped make their businesses more successful.
(Constant Contact)

AI based software can increase the productivity of business by almost 40%.
(Accenture)

46% of finance apps are based on the Web3 technology. 
(Bankless Times)

Corey will share his perspective on…

• Fresh from CES 2024, an overview of how AI and robotics are quickly changing how we do business.
  
• Can technology resolve challenges and risks of the metaverse for business application?
  
• What is UBI, and how might it impact the way you hire and do business?
  
• How might technology offset massive energy use associated with Web3 technologies.
  
• Navigating the disconnect between Web3 tech companies and the general public.
  
• How technology is blurring the line between man and machine.
  

John Kennedy

NEUROPLASTICIAN
CREATOR OF THE KENNEDY METHOD
and
COMBAT BRAIN TRAINING SYSTEM

John shows executives, professional athletes, musicians, soldiers, and teams how to think faster with better focus, faster mental processing, and greater mental agility in a fun, engaging format.

A consulting neuroscientist explains John Kennedy’s program as a method that optimizes System 1 and System 2 thinking to create “flow state” for peak performance.
His programs can help transform an individual’s personal performance, and an organization’s culture when experienced as a group.

In addition to achieving a peak mental state, the Kennedy Method promotes high-level emotional intelligence (EQ) and teaches participants how to apply the method any time to exceed expectations in all areas of performance in all every area of work and personal life.

(full bio below)

Session Five :

HOW NEUROPLASTICITY
CAN ELEVATE YOUR PERFORMANCE

HOW TO  ACCELERATE INNOVATION &
TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

1/3 of executives
consistently struggle with fatigue, stress, feeling overwhelmed, lonely, or depressed.

71% of executives
considered resigning to seek better mental health and well-being.
(2022, Deloitte)

54% of today’s office workers ignore important cybersecurity alerts and warnings due to information overload from digital communication.
(Cybsafe 2023)
Ransomware and malware events increased of 241% and 550%,
respectively between Q2 2022 and Q2 2023. (ICO)

72% of workers experience overwhelm from the amount of information they process daily.

John will share how you can…

• Accelerate problem-solving abilities to better navigate day-to-day challenges with ease.
  
• Apply methods used by military forces, athletes, musicians can enable you to train your brain and in just minutes, any time, anywhere.
  
• Reduce stress and fatigue that can cloud judgement and slow performance.
  
• Improve focus and clarity for optimum mental and physical performance.
  
• Clear you mind and elevate brain processing speed in minutes before embarking on important meetings, tasks, and presentations.
  
• Achieve “flow state” faster for maximum productivity.
  
• The possibilities are limitless!
  
  

Christopher Wright

AITC

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE TRUST COUNCIL

AI ETHICS ADVOCATE
U.S. MILITARY VETERAN

Chris Wright, founder and CEO of the AI Trust Council (AITC), is a former US Army Attack Helicopter pilot, Civilian Commercial Pilot, and CEO of several successful startups.

After serving in the United States military,
Chris set out to revolutionize how trust is perceived and maintained in the digital age, and work against corruption in big tech, government, and
risks posed by AI.

The line between real and AI generated spokespersons, video, content, etc. is becoming increasingly difficult to detect.
How can you know who to trust?

Chris draws from his 25 years of experience to further the mission of AITC to empower individuals to tell the difference between genuine human-generated content and content created by AI.

Chris and his co-founders (Firefighters, Commercial Pilots, EMTs, Air Traffic Controllers, and Humanitarians) are take a pro-human approach toward navigating today’s quickly evolving technology landscape .

Chris and AITC thrive on relationships created between trusted circles of people
dedicated to serving humanity with the mission of
“establishing tomorrow’s trust today.”

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Session Six :

WHY RESPONSIBLE AI BEGINS WITH US, NOW

Loyalty, and satisfaction do more than reflect appreciation for
organizations and community.
75% of consumers trust recommendations from social circles and communities.
(Hubspot)
Companies engaged with communities experienced 47% increase in customer satisfaction. (Aberdeen Group)
Increasing customer retention by just 5% can lead to a 25% to 95% increase in profit.
(Bain & Company)

Chris will discuss current developments and …

• Risks and challenges associated with the identification and protection of human created content, and intellectual property.
  
• What Responsible AI means to today’s leaders.
  
• Vulnerabilities and risks of not adopting a responsible AI culture from the organization to community level.
  
• The role of trust in creating a pro-human society.
  
• How AI makes trust more important than ever to every organization operating in the digital realm.
  
• The possibilities are limitless!
  
  

Michael McAndrews

FORMER FBI
CYBERSECURITY ADVISOR

CYBERSECURITY ADVISOR
HEAD OF INCIDENCE RESPONSE

Accelerynt HEAD OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Michael McAndrews joined the FBI as a special investigator in 2006 from the private sector.

As a member of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, Michael was one of agents deployed around the globe to investigate computer crimes, including criminal activity, and security intrusions related to National Security.

Michael investigated a variety of computer crimes, security intrusions, Internet fraud, and intellectual property violations before leaving the FBI to return to the private sector in 2013.

As a senior-level IT executive with vast real-world experience that spans National Security, corporate, and criminal arenas, Michael uses his business and financial acumen, and extensive experiences as a security specialist to train and advise clients on how to apply cutting-edge security solutions to prepare, protect, and respond to the growing array of cyber threats and catastrosphic security intrusions that threaten both digital and human assets.

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Session Seven :

RECOGNIZING AI and CYBER RISKS
TO TRADE SECRETS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND HUMAN INGENUITY

83% of organizations experienced more than one data breach in 2022
(IBM Breach Report)

21% of businesses attacked admit the attack threatened their viability.
(Hiscox)

Cybercrime is Expected To Skyrocket in Coming Years
(Forbes)

Michael will share insights and recommendations related to AI and cybersecurity …

• How one simple task or action could eliminate years of work.
  
• How complacency is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats to organizations – of all sizes.
  
• The role of Governance / DLP / Data Leakage in protecting the business and personal assets you’ve worked so hard to create.
  
• Technology empowers people, never the other way around.
  
• Human creativity and innovation deserve to be respected and protected.
  
• How AI makes trust more important than ever to every organization operating in the digital realm.
  
• The possibilities are limitless!
  
  

Stephen Hawking famously said,
“the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race”.

Most believe the Technology Singularity and AGI
are imminent,
if not already achieved.

This well-informed, diverse panel will address some of the most controversial questions of our time in this casual discussion, followed by Q&A.

This fireside chat promises to be a lively discussion you will not want to miss!

In this unscripted fireside chat, Rebecca Murtagh and guests will explore:

• What does AGI or the technical singularity mean to business, education, future of work, entrepreneurship, human health, and communities?
  
• Will AI irreversibly change the human species as some experts predict?
  
• When humans “transcend biology” are they still humans?
  
• Who can – and should – be trusted to decide the fate of humanity?
  
• Will decisions we make today create a utopian or dystopian experience for future generations?
  
• Should the priority be “Human First” or “Profit and Power”?

(all speaker bios below)

Session Three :

Fireside Chat #2

THE FUTURE OF AI, HUMANS, AND TRANSHUMANISM

Perspectives from the C-Suite executives, Board Room executives and leaders…

Mathew Kilkenny

Fireside Chat Guest Speaker

(full Speaker bio below)

Susan Sly

Fireside Chat Guest Speaker

(full Speaker bio below)

Corey Warfield

Fireside Chat Guest Speaker

(full Speaker bio below)

Rebecca Murtagh

Fireside Chat Host

(full Speaker bio below)

Rebecca Murtagh

FUTURIST, AUTHOR, SPEAKER

CEO & FOUNDER HUMAN AI INSTITUTE

Inc. Magazine Power Partner Award
Winner, 2023
for helping other businesses succeed.

Rebecca is a futurist and trusted advisor to executives and entrepreneurs with over 100,000 hours and 30 years of experience working with C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and teams from
Fortune 500, Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley,
and organizations across the U.S. spanning
technology, SaaS, manufacturing, consumer goods, professional services, streaming media, travel, hospitality, real estate, science, entertainment, academia, media, advertising, transportation, publishing, and beyond.

Rebecca has worked in, with, and around the technology sector for decades. Over the years, Rebecca has helped many thousands of leaders and entrepreneurs embrace emerging trends, leverage technology, and turn disruption into opportunity for accelerated growth and success.

Rebecca leverages her experience through consulting, executive coaching, workshops, speaking at conventions, conferences, podcasts, radio shows, speaking to associations, chambers of commerce, and private corporate training, including her CHIEF FUTURE OFFICER and CHIEF HUMAN OFFICER executive and innovation leadership coaching programs.

Rebecca has donated countless hours to entrepreneurship training programs, tech incubators, lecturing at colleges and universities, speaking to private groups, and mentoring college students and interns, nonprofit organizations, etc.

Rebecca started Ascently Institute, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to promote a human first society that respects and protects human autonomy, domain over creativity, innovation, ingenuity, and leadership’ and sovereignty over body, mind, and soul.

(full bio below)

Evening Keynote:

BALANCING AI & HUMAN CAPITAL
TO SURVIVE, THRIVE & SUCCEED

HOW TO  ACCELERATE INNOVATION &
TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Emerging technologies and disruptions, demand sound decisions
and swift action from leaders.75% of customers seek more interactions with real people as technology advances.
(PWC)

Two-thirds of consumers who believe a business cares about their emotional state can be expected to become repeat customers .
(Zendesk)

72% of business leaders admit the volume of data and lack of trust in data has prevented them from making any decisions.
(Oracle 2023)

(Oracle 2023)

Rebecca will close the event with a provative talk exploring…

• The Holy Grail of leadership, innovation, ingenuity, and creativity.
  
• The urgency for good decisions at this moment in human history.
  
• The impact of remote work and digital life on business, careers and community.
  
• The secret to creating sustainable success – beyond the standard playbook.
  
• The role the Quantum Quotient plays in building and KEEPING high performing leaders and teams.
  
• The powerful statement that promotes loyalty with employees, customers, and stakeholders.
  
• What you can do  in one hour a week to remain a current, relevant, and effective leader.