GREENSBORO, N.C. — June 13, 2026
BookAnySpeakers.com today announced a featured roster of leading speakers on the rapidly growing topic of artificial intelligence for meetings, highlighting experts who help meeting planners, conference organizers, corporations, associations, and event professionals understand how AI is changing the way meetings are designed, marketed, managed, and experienced.
As artificial intelligence becomes a central issue across business, education, associations, healthcare, finance, sales, customer experience, and leadership development, event planners are increasingly seeking speakers who can connect AI to practical business outcomes. For meetings and conferences, that means presentations that go beyond technical theory and instead address how AI is affecting productivity, audience engagement, event operations, workplace transformation, customer communication, ethics, and long-range strategy.
BookAnySpeakers.com said the goal of the roster is to help event buyers more quickly identify which speakers best fit their audience, budget direction, and event purpose. Some organizations want a high-level keynote on where AI is heading. Others want a practical program that helps managers and staff start using AI immediately. Still others want a speaker who can address governance, responsible adoption, workforce readiness, human-centered implementation, or the future of leadership in an AI-powered environment.
The roster includes speakers with a broad range of strengths, from applied AI and business transformation to conversational systems, digital leadership, AI governance, customer experience, and future-of-work strategy. The following comparison chart is intended to give planners a practical starting point when evaluating potential keynote speakers, breakout-session presenters, innovation-summit faculty, or executive-meeting contributors.
Speaker Comparison Chart
| Speaker | Topic Strength | Likely Fee Tier | Best Audience | Why to Book Them |
| Conor Grennan | AI strategy at work, generative AI adoption, organizational behavior change | Premium / custom quote | Leadership meetings, association conferences, corporate teams adopting AI | Strong blend of business-school credibility, AI training, and practical implementation guidance for organizations that want teams to move from curiosity to action. |
| Dan Chuparkoff | Practical AI, innovation, future of work | Upper-mid to premium / custom quote | Corporate meetings, innovation summits, employee events, tech-forward associations | Especially useful for broad business audiences because he makes complex technology easy to understand and immediately useful. |
| Mike Walsh | AI-powered leadership, AI agents, organizational reinvention | Premium / custom quote | C-suite meetings, executive retreats, strategy conferences | Well suited for senior leaders who need a strategic view of how AI changes leadership, structure, decision-making, and long-term competitiveness. |
| Zack Kass | Applied AI, business transformation, societal impact of AI | Premium / custom quote | Executive audiences, innovation conferences, leadership workshops | Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI; strong credibility for organizations wanting both market relevance and polished delivery. |
| Kate O'Neill | Human-centered AI, AI strategy, governance, customer experience | Upper-mid to premium / custom quote | Leadership summits, CX events, boards, all-hands meetings | Excellent choice for audiences that need a responsible, human-centered framework for AI adoption and decision-making. |
| Sol Rashidi | Enterprise AI, responsible AI, workforce transformation, ROI | Premium / custom quote | Enterprise leadership teams, CIO/CDO groups, transformation conferences | Rare mix of executive credibility, real deployment experience, and practical insight on security, governance, adoption, and workforce readiness. |
| Erik Qualman | AI, digital leadership, future of work, digital transformation | $35,000–$55,000 | Large conferences, leadership events, broad business audiences | High-energy and audience-friendly; strong fit when organizers want AI content framed around leadership, motivation, and digital change. |
| Joel Comm | Generative AI, AI for leaders, workforce transformation, industry-specific adoption | Custom quote | Associations, non-technical business audiences, conferences needing live demos | Known for translating AI into plain English and practical steps, especially for audiences that do not want an overly technical presentation. |
| Adam Cheyer | Conversational AI, Siri origin story, intelligent interfaces, AI and business | Premium / custom quote | Tech conferences, product teams, innovation audiences, executive events | Co-founder of Siri with standout authority in voice AI and conversational systems; a strong fit for innovation-heavy events. |
| Peter Diamandis | Exponential technologies, AI, innovation, future trends | Marquee / premium / custom quote | Major conferences, executive summits, board audiences | Best for a visionary, future-focused perspective that places AI in a much larger transformation story. |
Planner note: This roster works best when matched to the actual meeting goal. If the objective is practical adoption, Dan Chuparkoff, Joel Comm, and Conor Grennan may be strong fits. If the goal is executive strategy, Mike Walsh, Zack Kass, and Sol Rashidi may be stronger choices. If the event needs a human-centered or governance-oriented perspective, Kate O'Neill stands out. For big-stage inspiration and future vision, Peter Diamandis and Erik Qualman are compelling options.
BookAnySpeakers.com said demand for artificial intelligence speakers is being driven not only by curiosity about new technology, but also by urgent questions around workforce adaptation, leadership capability, customer expectations, and how meetings themselves can be redesigned in response to AI-powered tools and changing audience expectations.
For planners, the category is no longer limited to "technology events" AI is now relevant to annual meetings, sales kickoffs, executive retreats, customer conferences, HR forums, innovation summits, association education programs, and leadership events across nearly every sector. As a result, speaker selection increasingly depends on whether the event needs inspiration, technical clarity, implementation guidance, ethical framing, industry-specific relevance, or a balanced mix of all five.
BookAnySpeakers.com expects the market for AI-focused keynote speakers to continue expanding as organizations seek clearer guidance on how to think about AI not just as a software category, but as a shift in how people work, communicate, make decisions, and design experiences.
For more information about speakers on artificial intelligence for meetings, visit BookAnySpeakers.com.