Leanne Elliott Young

A deep dive into the next evolution of commerce, where products shift from static goods into intelligent, connected systems. Leanne explores how AI, Digital Product Passports, and connected infrastructure are transforming retail, ownership, loyalty, authentication, resale, and consumer engagement long after the point of sale. This keynote unpacks why post-purchase commerce will redefine how brands build relationships, capture data, and generate revenue in the next decade.

As AI rapidly reshapes creative industries, what happens to originality, identity, and cultural nuance? Leanne explores the collision between artificial intelligence, human creativity, and consumer culture, examining the opportunities and risks emerging across fashion, media, commerce, and digital experiences. Drawing on IoDF’s research into bias and representation, this keynote challenges audiences to rethink what authenticity means in the AI era.

Consumer behaviour has fundamentally shifted. Communities, fandoms, gaming, and digital culture are now shaping how products are discovered, trusted, and valued. This keynote explores how brands must evolve from campaign thinking into cultural ecosystem thinking, building relevance through participation, co-creation, and connected experiences rather than interruption marketing.

A candid keynote exploring the realities of building high-growth businesses while navigating motherhood, leadership, visibility, and the pressure placed on women in technology and innovation sectors. Leanne shares insights into resilience, ambition, bias, burnout, and the future of female leadership, while challenging outdated structures around success, work, and power in modern business.

Sustainability can no longer exist as a communications strategy alone. This keynote explores how emerging technologies including Digital Product Passports, connected products, AI, and digital identity are reshaping the economics of sustainability, enabling traceability, resale, repair, authentication, and longer product lifecycles. Leanne examines how regulation, consumer expectations, and technology are converging to create entirely new business models.

What does craftsmanship mean in a world shaped by AI, 3D design, AR, and immersive technologies? Leanne explores how digital creation is redefining artistry, luxury, and fashion design itself. From avatars to spatial experiences and intelligent products, this keynote reveals how technology is not replacing creativity, but expanding the boundaries of what craftsmanship can become.

Retail is entering its next infrastructure shift. This keynote explores how connected products, intelligent systems, immersive experiences, and changing consumer psychology are reshaping commerce globally. Leanne examines the rise of ownership ecosystems, data-enabled products, AI-driven personalisation, and why the future of retail will be built around ongoing relationships rather than single transactions.

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in the industries shaping the future. This keynote explores the structural challenges, opportunities, and cultural shifts needed to create more inclusive innovation ecosystems across AI, gaming, Web3, commerce, and technology. Leanne discusses leadership, visibility, access, investment, and why diversity is critical to building better technological futures.

What did the world misunderstand about Web3, digital ownership, and immersive technology? And what comes next? Leanne unpacks the hype cycles, failures, opportunities, and lasting infrastructure shifts emerging from the last decade of innovation, exploring what businesses should actually pay attention to as AI, identity systems, and connected commerce mature.

As digital and physical worlds converge, identity itself is becoming fluid, programmable, and participatory. This keynote explores the emotional and cultural significance of avatars, digital fashion, gaming, and online identity formation, examining how younger generations express status, creativity, belonging, and individuality through immersive environments.