Speaking

Talks about AI for the people who have to live with it.

Keynotes, workshops and training for conferences, universities, boards and industry. In English or Portuguese.

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A Grande Questão

The talk given at TEDxPorto. What we are actually asking when we ask whether artificial intelligence is good or bad, and why the question is usually the wrong one.

AudienceGeneral, conference main stage. 18 minutes.

AI: A Survival Guide for Humans

What changes for the person doing the job, not the person buying the software. Delivered to industrial and corporate audiences across Europe.

AudienceCorporate, all-hands. 45–60 minutes.

Fear Factor

For younger audiences and schools. What is worth being afraid of, what is not, and how to tell the difference.

AudienceSchools, youth programmes. 45 minutes.

From AI activity to AI advantage

For boards and leadership teams. Why most organisations are busy with AI and few are better because of it, and what separates the two. Draws on the Playbook.

AudienceExecutive, board. 60 minutes or half-day workshop.

On stage

Confirmed · 2 booked
23 Oct 2026 INNOTEC Keynote sample Aveiro
12 Nov 2026 Encontro Nacional de Inovação Keynote sample Lisboa
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29 May 2026 UA Global Leader Universidade de Aveiro
18 May 2026 INNOTEC Aveiro Aveiro
13 May 2026 Podcast Enbiente: IA tem o potencial de ser a maior burla da História? Online
12 May 2026 UNION SRS: Productisation Online
3 Mar 2026 Escola João de Barros: Fear Factor Figueira da Foz
19 Feb 2026 PeerClub: Artificial Intelligence Training Online
29 Mar 2025 TEDxPorto: A Grande Questão Porto
14 Mar 2025 PiGo Workshop Aveiro
13 Mar 2025 StartupLeiria: StepUp Program Leiria
11 Mar 2025 ISEC Coimbra Training Coimbra
15 Feb 2025 TEDxPorto Salon Porto
5 Feb 2025 NOS Smarthub Launch National
7 Nov 2024 Actemium: AI, A Survival Guide for Humans International
30 Oct 2024 IEFF: Fear Factor Figueira da Foz
24 Jun 2024 UnionVB: Formação Produto Online

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