Ajay Agrawal

Global AI Economics Keynote Speaker & Tech Strategist

Ajay Agrawal is a leading global AI economics keynote speaker, corporate strategist, and professor at the Rotman School of Management who helps organisations decode the commercial reality of machine intelligence. As the founder of the Creative Destruction Lab and a Member of the Order of Canada, Ajay provides institutional investors, financial establishments, and multinational boards with a data-driven framework for capital allocation and technological transformation.

When presenting to international corporate audiences, Ajay moves past superficial hype to explain what happens as predictive technology becomes cheaper, altering pricing models and long-term market positioning. His insights, drawn from his bestselling book Prediction Machines, clarify how generative AI and advanced computing reshape corporate strategy, industry structures, and international trade. Whether delivering main-stage keynotes or advising executive committees, Ajay equips decision-makers with the vital analytical tools and economic insights needed to capitalise on emerging market opportunities and mitigate algorithmic risk.

Signature Keynotes

  • Why artificial intelligence is fundamentally an economic shift, not simply a technological one.

  • How AI changes judgement, forecasting, risk and competitive advantage across organisations and markets.

  • Where value is likely to emerge as AI reshapes industries, infrastructure and business models.

  • Understanding how organisations can use AI to improve speed, efficiency and commercial positioning without losing human judgement.

The Agrawal Effect

When Ajay speaks, artificial intelligence is reframed as an economic force reshaping industries, business models and competitive advantage.

Audiences leave ready to:

• Understand how AI changes the economics of decision-making

• Separate genuine opportunity from technology hype

• Evaluate the commercial implications of AI adoption

• Identify where AI can create lasting value and advantage

Why Book Ajay

Ajay combines academic credibility with genuine commercial relevance. He does not speak about AI as science fiction or disruption theatre. Instead, he explains how artificial intelligence changes incentives, markets and decision-making in ways senior leaders can immediately understand and apply. For investor and board-level audiences, that clarity is rare and highly valuable.

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