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“Nick gave a great after-dinner speech on Technology, the Future & Leadership at our New Partners Conference. He tailored his presentation for this event and hit some perfect messages that really resonated for the audience. We have had a number of people comment on how great they thought the speech was. Nick has an insider’s understanding of the world of technology and innovation. His speech was funny, fast-paced and insightful as well as being motivating for our people. Happy to recommend Nick.”
Nick Abrahams – AI Pioneer & Business Futurist
Nick doesn’t just talk about the future; he’s building it. He created the award-winning Parker, the world’s first AI-enabled privacy chatbot. Parker was rolled out in six countries. He is a successful entrepreneur, having co-founded Lawpath, an AI-powered legal services platform with over 500,000 customers. Lawpath recently received an investment of $10 Million from a major bank. Nick spent the last ten years as a global technology and innovation leader at international law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright.
His hands-on work in AI earned him an appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Bond University, where he researches AI and teaches four popular courses on AI productivity, innovation, and human-led leadership in a tech-driven world.
Nick is the winner of the Financial Times newspaper’s Asia Innovator of the Year Award and has advised both Berkeley and Stanford Universities on their AI training programs. He works extensively with organisations and governments on AI strategy, training, implementation, and governance – including recent collaborations with the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund. His AI project experience spans many industries including finance, professional services, property, retail, government, education, healthcare, law, agriculture, tourism and food.
He is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology, the author of two Amazon bestselling books, Big Data, Big Responsibilities and Digital Disruption. He is on the boards of the Vodafone Foundation and, world-leading genomics research organisation, the Garvan Foundation. He is the host of the Web3 Goes Mainstream podcast.
Before his career in professional services, Nick graduated from University of Southern California Film School and worked as a Creative Executive at Warner Brothers in Los Angeles where he worked on the hit TV shows, ER and The West Wing.
Nick Abrahams is a futurist. But Nick’s real-world business experience makes him very different to other futurists. Nick doesn’t just read about trends, he lives them every day in his various roles. The knowledge he gains from being at the front line of global business means his presentations have a currency and a credibility that is hard to match.
Nick’s profile as a global executive, media commentator and best-selling author gives him the ability to engage not only a large conference audience but also to provide meaningful guidance to smaller leadership groups or boards.
Whether it is an auditorium, board room or virtual event, Nick aims to:
Inform … people about what is happening in the real world
Equip … each person with an action plan and, importantly
Entertain … as we know learning works best when enjoyed.
This last point sets Nick apart. Earlier in his career he was a professional stand-up comedian, wrote and starred in his own television show, and even appeared in a film alongside Woody Allen. Nick weaves storytelling throughout his presentations, making complex ideas engaging and accessible. His stories are uniquely his own, drawn from global digital transformation projects and his entrepreneurial ventures.
Nick speaks at over 80 live/virtual events globally each year bringing his unique blend of hands-on insight and humour to audiences.
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