Kay Firth-Butterfield is renowned as the former Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for the World Economic Forum and the current CEO of the Good Tech Advisory. During the course of her career Kay has been a barrister, a judge, an entrepreneur, a professor, and a technologist. Member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum, Kay is a seasoned expert on the governance of AI and wants to spread awareness on how AI can benefit humanity. Available to hire as a keynote speaker, Kay is highly qualified to speak about artificial intelligence having worked with some of the best organisations who have taken AI to where it is today.
A Judge for the UK Ministry of Justice and a practicing lawyer for the UK Ministry of Justice for 25 years before that, Kay started out as self-employed barrister. Her journey in this field saw her working as a Barrister and Master for Robert W. Calvert American Inn of Court, an Associate Barrister for Doughty Street Chambers and a Master of the Inner Temple of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Today, she is a Member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Foundation of Responsible Roots. Her service as an Expert Advisor for the All Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence, as the Chief Officer of the Ethics Advisory Panel for Lucid AI and as the Founding Advocate Executive of AI-Austin has helped her making governance of artificial intelligence her forte.
Kay turned to the academic world and is a Distinguished Scholar of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law today. Also, Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Law School today, she has held the same position at St. Mary’s University School of Law previously. Working in all of these positions has given her the experience she needed to be an expert in the field of education, governance and AI. Apart from AI and education, Kay also serves as North American Ambassador of the Consortium for Street Children and as a Liveryman of the City of London of the Worshipful Company of Loriners. In 2023, Kay was appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas, yet another testament to her prowess.
Kay has co-founded AI Global and is the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. Another feather in Kay’s cap is the title of bestselling author that she received for her titles Human Rights and Human Trafficking and Domestic Laws on Human Trafficking. Her take on how progress in technology contributes to economic and social challenges has been of interest to many and she has been asked to speak on these topics for WIRED, Deloitte US, Singularity University and the Institute of Experiential AI. Her knowledge in the governance of AI is nothing short of spectacular and has been recognised with her TIME100 AI Impact Award and being listed on the Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation 2024 list. Kay also takes special interest in spreading information on how humanity can benefit from AI. If you are looking for a keynote speaker with unparalleled knowledge in the fields of AI, educational technology, AI ethics, digital business transformation and using AI in a business, look no further than Kay Firth-Butterfield!
In April 2023 we sat down virtually with Kay Firth-Butterfield and discussed her thoughts on upcoming technology trends within the next 10 years. Watch our Exclusive Interview with Kay-Firth Butterfield.
