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About Kathy Pham
As AI development and adoption accelerate faster than anybody anticipated, leaders need advisors who can connect concepts to actual value creation and growth. Kathy Pham has spent more than 20 years building responsible technology and AI systems, with leadership roles spanning Google, IBM, Workday, Harris Healthcare and the federal government. She helps organizations across sectors turn AI ambition into action.
At the Federal Trade Commission, Pham's team created the agency's first Office of Technology. That multi-sector vantage across business, academia and government is what she brings to decision-makers navigating public-private partnerships. "Leaders can understand the tenets of responsible AI from research and government regulations," she says. "But the real work begins when the practices of responsible and ethical AI are actually brought into an organization and put into action."
Kathy's Keynote Topics
As the AI revolution moves at breakneck speed, how can organizations ensure they’re not left behind in today’s emerging technology paradigms? According to renowned entrepreneur and tech executive Kathy Pham, the key is to fall in love with the problem an organization is trying to solve, not the products they’ve become accustomed to using. In this fascinating presentation, Pham details how leaders can bring incremental technology changes in to find new ways to streamline workflows and solve setbacks while avoiding innovation stagnation. She provides new strategies for thinking about problem spaces and evaluating how current and emerging technologies like the latest AI tools can be applied to keep an organization’s tech know-how up to date. Audiences leave with actionable steps they can bring to their organizations to compete, evolve and even build expertise in today’s most consequential systems and tools.
Many people are wondering where they fit in as today’s technological advances change the very foundations of business, society and policy. According to former Google and IBM product and engineering leader Kathy Pham, there is a place for everyone in the evolving era of new technology. In this encouraging presentation, Pham helps audiences of experienced workers and new graduates alike understand how, regardless of area of study or current skillset, there’s a role for everyone to play in the emerging technology ecosystem. She unpacks how personal passions and existing training can fuse together to forge paths for artists, engineers and policymakers. Audiences leave inspired, empowered and optimistic about how they can be a part of building the tech-heavy future of business, society and government.
With novel AI tools coming out rapidly, how should organizational leaders view the changing nature of work when creating hiring and upskilling initiatives? According to Kathy Pham, vice president of artificial intelligence at Workday, emerging technologies don’t simply require workers to polish up on existing skills, but to build completely new skillsets for roles that didn’t previously exist. In this timely presentation that’s especially relevant to HR leaders, Pham outlines how organizational change brought on by emerging technologies will influence hiring and continuing education in a number of ways. From how today’s job candidates should be evaluated to setting programs for upskilling current employees, her expert insights help organizations develop personnel while advancing technologically. Attendees will learn strategies for evolving their departments, understanding the new roles created by AI tools, and helping current employees develop skillsets that didn’t exist just a few years ago.
Kathy in the Media
Aha Moments, the ‘First Ten Hours,’ and Other Pro Tips From Business Leaders Building AI-Ready Workforces
Renowned AI Expert Kathy Pham Speaks at Kennesaw State’s Inaugural Presidential Lecture Series Event
Human and Machine: Rediscovering Our Humanity in the Age of AI
AI Levels the Playing Field at Work
Morals and Human-Level Judgment Are Among the Things AI Tech Cannot Do, Experts Say
How Workday Evaluates Whether AI Is Up to a Task
Forget the Turing Test: AI Needs to Pass the Summer Camp Test Before It Can Take Over the World
At Tech Companies, Let's Share the Reins
Want to Fix Big Tech? Change How We Teach Computer Science
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