Get to Know the Brilliant Minds Speaking at the ORADA Responsible AI Conference 2025!

Dear Leader,

We're less than a couple of days away from the ORADA Responsible AI Conference 2025, taking place this Thursday April 3rd and Friday April 4th, 2025! We're incredibly excited about the insightful programme we've put together, and it's all thanks to our incredible lineup of speakers and facilitators.

Now's your chance to get better acquainted with the business leaders, practitioners, and experts who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise on the AI opportunity landscape and responsible AI.

Ready to meet them?

Head over to our dedicated ORADA 2025 Speaker Page and click on each speaker's profile to learn more about their backgrounds, their work, and the valuable insights they'll be bringing to the conference. Discover what drives their passion for responsible AI and what you can expect to learn from their sessions.

Keen on a Quick View of a Specific Speaker? 

Follow the links below to go straight to the speaker or facilitator profile:

• Laetitia Cailleteau at Accenture Generative AI Studios, EAMEA

• Juanita Clark at Digital Coucil Africa

• Deborah Choi at Founderland

• Elena A. Kalogeropoulos at E K & the good lab

• Maha Jouini at AFRIA

• Thato Sopeng at Sasol

• Florian Frank at Cyfluence Research Center (CRC) gGmbH

• Christina Ambos at AI Strategy Partner

• Dr. Ann Borda, Smera Jayadeva, and Antonella Maia Perini at The Alan Turing Institute

• Mosa Nyamande at Khonology

• Dr. Christian Temath at the Competence Platform

• Diana Pholo Stone at Predictive Insights

• Khethiwe Nkuna at SkillQuest

• Shoki Kandjimi at PETROFUND Namibia

• Wandile Mcanyana at Accenture Security

• Juliet N. Nanfuka at CIPESA

• Catherine White at Cat White Media

• Mpho Moseki at Standard Bank

• Dominic White at Orange Cyberdefense

• Aurelia Mbokazi at Inno Yolo

Take a Closer Look at the Programme

Want to know the specifics of what our speakers and facilitators will be sharing at ORADA 2025?

Take a look at the full ORADA 2025 programme to see what sessions you’d want to join or see what your FOMO should be based on by identifying a unique set of “not be be missed” sessions (because you should have FOMO if you’re not joining):

Wondering how to join the ORADA 2025 Responsible AI Conference Online from 3 - 4 April 2025?

Interested in being empowered in your awareness about AI opportunities as well as in building the knowledge required to be part of the responsible AI-ready workforce? Join us and be part of the movement making data and AI solutions commercially viable AND people-first technology implementations.

Take a look at the registration options available on the ORADA Responsible AI Conference Website: https://www.oradaconference.com/registrationoptions

Should you experience any challenges or have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Information and Highlights: ORADA Responsible AI Conference 2025

The ORADA Responsible AI Conference is taking place this Thursday and Friday. We have collaborated with amazing speakers and facilitators - including speakers from the Digital Council Africa, KI-NRW (Artificial Intelligence Competence Platform for the State of North Rhine Westphalia in Germany) and workshop facilitators from The Alan Turing Institute in the UK - to create a value adding, insightful and interactive programme. Please find more detailed information about the conference below. 

ORADA RESPONSIBLE AI CONFERENCE 2025

Details: Thursday, 3 - Friday, 4 APRIL 2025 | ONLINE

Conference Theme: Balancing the Opportunity, Responsibility and Accountability in Data and AI. 

The business leaders, practitioners and experts speaking or facilitating workshops at ORADA 2025 include Laetitia Cailleteau at Accenture; Juanita Clark at the DIGITAL COUNCIL AFRICA; Deborah Choi at Founderland; Elena A. Kalogeropoulos at E K & the good lab; Maha Jouini at AFRIA; Thato Sopeng at Sasol; Florian Frank at Cyfluence Research Center (CRC) gGmbH; Christina Ambos at AI Strategy Partner; Dr. Ann Borda, Smera Jayadeva and Antonella Maia Perini at The Alan Turing Institute; Mosa Nyamande at Khonology; Dr. Christian Temath at the Competence Platform KI.NRW; Diana PHOLO STONE 🇨🇩 at Predictive Insights; Khethiwe Nkuna at SkillQuest; Shoki Kandjimi at PETROFUND Namibia; Wandile Mcanyana at Accenture Security; Juliet N. Nanfuka at CIPESA; Catherine Sonia White at Cat White Media; Aurelia Mbokazi, Mpho Moseki at Standard Bank and Dominic White at Orange Cyberdefense.

Programme Highlights Include: 

• Connectivity: The Precursor to Impactful and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence (Juanita Clark);

• The Business Case for Responsible and Accountable Data and AI (Andrea Francis); 

• Industry Perspective - Critical Steps for Businesses to Successfully and Ethically Integrate AI (Thato Sopeng); 

• AI Impact on Digital Marketing and the Corporate Workforce (Maha Jouini);

• Enabling a Responsible AI Ecosystem (Dr. Christian Temath);

• From AI Opportunities to AI Responsibility and Compliance: Unpacking the EU AI Act [Workshop] (Elena A. Kalogeropoulos);

• AI Adoption @ the Edge: Smarter, Faster, and More Efficient Local Data Processing (Christina Ambos);

• Creating a Trustworthy and Accountable AI Process Using the AI Ladder (Diana PHOLO STONE)

• The Turing Institute - AI Ethics Governance in Practice [Workshop] (Dr. Ann Borda); 

• Achieving Social and Economic Inclusion in the Age of Data & AI (Khethiwe Nkuna); and

• Practical Machine Learning Modelling [Workshop] (Mosa Nyamande).

Why Attend?

1. Responsible Business and Technology Leadership: Strategic and practical responsible data & AI insights from talks and panels given by business leaders, practitioners and experts successfully balancing data & AI opportunities with responsibility and accountability;

2. Inspiring Global and Local Use Cases: Insights and interactive learning opportunities based on a diversity of lived experiences, backgrounds, professional qualifications, geographies as well as work & leadership experiences;

3. Interactive Upskilling Opportunities + Practical and Actionable Takeaways:

   Several hands-on, interactive workshops ensuring conference attendees are both inspired and empowered to take practical action as soon as they return to their desk; and 

4. Broadening of Data & AI (People) Network: Networking opportunities within and across geographies. 

Full Programme: Kindly see the full ORADA 2025 programme here - https://www.oradaconference.com/2025programme

ORADA 2025 Speakers Page: The ORADA 2025 speaker roster can be viewed here - https://www.oradaconference.com/speakers-and-facilitators

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