Eímear Noone
Internationally renowned composer and conductor Eímear Noone is best known for her iconic work on World of Warcraft and for becoming the first female conductor in Academy Awards history. Blending creativity, technology and leadership, she delivers inspiring keynote talks on innovation, teamwork, women in tech and breaking barriers at the highest level.
Mary Aiken, Prof.
In a world where digital life is woven into every aspect of society, Professor Mary Aiken shows how technology doesn’t just change tools — it changes people. Through rigorous research, frontline advisory roles and public advocacy, she uncovers how online spaces shape identity, behaviour and risk. Whether your concern is cybercrime, online safety, youth protection, AI ethics or organisational cyber-resilience, Mary offers evidence-led insight and strategies to navigate our digital reality with clarity, responsibility and humanity.
Sophia Velastegui
Scaling AI Responsibly for Global Enterprises: In this flagship project, Sophia led a multi-year initiative for a Fortune 500 company that moved them from experimental AI pilot programmes into fully scaled business applications. She oversaw cross-functional teams in data, engineering, legal, compliance and product, ensuring ethical frameworks were embedded, ROI metrics defined, and user impact tracked. The result: a 50% efficiency improvement, new revenue streams in under 18 months, and a risk governance model that has since become a blueprint for peer organisations tackling AI scale-ups.
Sahar Hashemi OBE
Sahar Hashemi OBE is a visionary entrepreneur, bestselling author and founder of Buy Women Built. Best known for co-founding Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US-style coffee chain, she now helps organisations reignite entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and customer connection in an increasingly complex and AI-driven world. Through engaging storytelling and practical insight, Sahar challenges audiences to rethink bureaucracy, fear and the need for certainty — empowering leaders and teams to act with greater courage, agility and momentum.
