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Pascal Bornet - AI & Automation Expert, Bestselling Author and Former McKinsey & EY Leader, Keynote Speaker

Pascal Bornet

Pascal Bornet AI & Automation Expert, Bestselling Author and Former McKinsey & EY Leader

Pascal Bornet - AI & Automation Expert, Bestselling Author and Former McKinsey & EY Leader, Keynote Speaker
Pascal Bornet's Biography

Pascal Bornet is an expert, author and keynote speaker on artificial intelligence and automation. He spent more than 20 years as a senior executive at McKinsey and EY, where he founded and led their Intelligent Automation practices and delivered AI and automation programmes for hundreds of organisations worldwide.His research focuses on the point where AI and people meet, which he sees as the place where most value remains untapped. He argues for human-centric AI: technology that makes work and life more human, more creative and more fulfilling.Bornet has written three bestselling books. INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION and Agentic Artificial Intelligence are practical guides for leaders who want to transform their organisations with new automation t

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Pascal Bornet Keynote Topics
Becoming Irreplaceable: Thriving in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Based on his book IRREPLACEABLE, this keynote sets out the three competencies of the future: being Change-Ready, AI-Ready and Human-Ready. Audiences leave with practical ways to use AI in their careers and teams while building the human abilities machines cannot replicate.


Harnessing AI Agents: The Next Revolution Beyond ChatGPT

Drawing on Agentic Artificial Intelligence, Pascal explains what separates AI agents from generative AI, presents a five-level framework for judging agent capability and shares case studies of organisations using agents in live operations. He closes with how to find high-value use cases and avoid the pitfalls that stall implementations.


Decision Intelligence: Using Technology to Improve Business Decisions

An interactive session on the current state of decision-making in companies, the obstacles leaders face and how decision intelligence links data, decisions and outcomes. Includes games and tests that show the audience their own cognitive limits.


A Conversation with Anna, the Digital Human

Pascal interacts live with Anna, a digital person he built with machine learning. They discuss why she was created, her role in society and her future, demonstrating what the technology can do in real time.


Intelligent Automation: Boosting Business and Making Our World More Human

Based on his book INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION, this keynote explains how organisations have scaled automation of office work and what the technology can mean for people, customers and society.


The Future of Work

How AI can improve the employee experience, built around his five-lever framework: Analysis, Augmentation, Automation, Abandonment and Anchoring.


Technology for Good: Improving Our World with Artificial Intelligence

How AI and other new technologies can help with health, education, hunger and the protection of the planet, and the opportunity they create for a better society.


Critical Success Factors in AI and Automation Transformations

The five factors that decide whether an AI and automation transformation succeeds at scale.


The Newest Technologies Solving the World's Hardest Problems

A tour of emerging technologies applied to some of the most difficult challenges facing the world today.

Pascal Bornet
Pascal Bornet's Biography

Pascal Bornet is an expert, author and keynote speaker on artificial intelligence and automation. He spent more than 20 years as a senior executive at McKinsey and EY, where he founded and led their Intelligent Automation practices and delivered AI and automation programmes for hundreds of organisations worldwide.

His research focuses on the point where AI and people meet, which he sees as the place where most value remains untapped. He argues for human-centric AI: technology that makes work and life more human, more creative and more fulfilling.

Bornet has written three bestselling books. INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION and Agentic Artificial Intelligence are practical guides for leaders who want to transform their organisations with new automation technologies. IRREPLACEABLE sets out how individuals, teams and companies can grow alongside AI. His work has appeared in Forbes, Bloomberg, McKinsey Quarterly and The Times.

His recognitions include a place among the top 10 global experts in AI and automation (Onalytica, 2021), LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology (2019) and global winner of the McKinsey New Venture Competition (2018). The EY automation practice he built was ranked number one in process automation services by HFS Research in 2018.

He lectures at several universities, is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and the Institute of Robotics, Process Automation & AI, and advises companies, start-ups and charities. More than two million people follow his work on social media. On stage he is often joined by Anna, a digital human he configured with machine learning, who takes part live in the session.

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Pascal Bornet speaks about AI agents, becoming irreplaceable in the age of AI, intelligent automation, decision intelligence, the future of work and technology for good. He can also run a live conversation with Anna, his digital human.

Contact Speaker Agency through the enquiry form on this page with your event date, location, audience and format. Our team will confirm availability and send a tailored proposal.

Corporate conferences, leadership summits, industry events, client events and virtual sessions. He delivers keynotes in person and online.

Yes. His sessions on becoming irreplaceable, AI agents and the future of work translate into practical frameworks that teams can apply, and the content can be adapted to your organisation.

Fees depend on the date, location, format and length of the engagement. Contact Speaker Agency for a quote.

His keynotes usually run 30 to 45 minutes and can include Q&A. Longer formats can be discussed.

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