Ryan Frederick brings a rare, integrated perspective to the AI landscape, combining insights from 50+ talks across the country, hands-on client work at Transform Labs, and early-stage investing through the AI Transform Fund. In this fast-moving session, he shares what he’s seeing from the front lines of AI adoption: what’s actually working, where companies are getting stuck, and how founders are building the next generation of intelligent systems. Attendees walk away with a clear, grounded understanding of the patterns shaping real-world AI progress and the opportunities emerging for organizations willing to build AI as a true capability.
After speaking at more than 50 conferences in 2025 about the impacts and realities of AI, Ryan Frederick has seen firsthand what drives success and what doesn't. As an AI investor and Principal of Transform Labs, a technology advisory that helps organizations navigate and leverage AI to improve performance, productivity, and customer value, Ryan brings a unique front-row perspective to this fast-moving evolution.
In this candid and practical session, Ryan separates the signal from the noise, exploring what's truly working in AI implementations across industries and where companies are falling short. From the common pitfalls that derail well-intentioned efforts to the design principles behind AI initiatives that create measurable value, Ryan shares the lessons that every leader needs to understand to make AI a competitive advantage rather than a costly experiment.
Artificial Intelligence isn't just changing industries, it's reshaping the global order. As AI rapidly advances, its macro-level impacts on economic systems, labor markets, political power dynamics, military strategies, and societal norms are profound and far-reaching. Economically, AI drives unprecedented productivity but risks widening global inequalities. In labor, AI promises efficiency while potentially displacing millions of jobs, necessitating new social contracts. Politically, nations leveraging AI may redefine global influence and governance structures, altering geopolitical balance. Militarily, AI capabilities are transforming defense strategies, raising critical ethical and security considerations. Societally, AI forces us to reconsider privacy, human agency, and the nature of trust. This session explores how these interconnected trends are ushering in a new global paradigm, equipping leaders to understand, anticipate, and navigate the complex realities of an AI-driven world order.
AI isn’t replacing people, it’s changing what people do, how they do it, and why their contributions matter. As automation, agents, and intelligent systems rapidly reshape workflows, HR becomes one of the most strategic functions in any organization. In this session, Ryan Frederick, AI advisor, investor, and national speaker with 50+ appearances in 2025, shares insights from advising companies across industries and investing in category-defining AI startups. Ryan reveals what’s actually happening on the front lines of AI deployment, the new models of work emerging from automation, and how HR leaders can redesign talent, skills, culture, and organizational models to unlock the human advantage. The future belongs to organizations that get the blend right, leveraging AI for efficiency and scale while elevating people for creativity, judgment, customer empathy, and meaning. HR sits at the center of that re-architecture.
Rapid advancements in automation, including AI, robotics, and digital systems, are reshaping economies, labor markets, politics, and military strategies. This talk explores the effects of automation on employment, economic growth, inequality, geopolitical dynamics, and ethical issues. It also addresses critical cyber and risk management practices essential for navigating an increasingly interconnected world, equipping participants to anticipate and respond to these global transformations effectively.
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