KEYNOTE Speakers
Meet Our KEYNOTE Speakers
Please note that session descriptions and speakers are subject to change.
Noelle Russell CEO, AI Leadership Institute
Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning speaker, author, and AI Executive who specializes in transforming businesses through strategic AI adoption. She is a revenue growth + cost optimization expert, 4x Microsoft Responsible AI MVP, and named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for Data and AI literacy and is the founder of the "I ❤️ AI" Community teaching responsible AI for everyone.
She is the founder of the AI Leadership Institute and empowers business owners to grow and scale with AI. In the last year, she has been named an awardee of the AI and Cyber Leadership Award from DCALive, the #1 Thought Leader in Agentic AI and a Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Generative AI by Thinkers360.
Noelle Russell
CEO, AI Leadership Institute
Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning speaker, author, and AI Executive who specializes in transforming businesses through strategic AI adoption. She is a revenue growth + cost optimization expert, 4x Microsoft Responsible AI MVP, and named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for Data and AI literacy and is the founder of the "I ❤️ AI" Community teaching responsible AI for everyone.
She is the founder of the AI Leadership Institute and empowers business owners to grow and scale with AI. In the last year, she has been named an awardee of the AI and Cyber Leadership Award from DCALive, the #1 Thought Leader in Agentic AI and a Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Generative AI by Thinkers360.
Professor Kaye Chon Dean, School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chair, Walter and Wendy Kwok Family Foundation
Professor, International Hospitality Management, School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kaye Chon, an international speaker and author and editor of more than 12 books, including an internationally used hospitality and tourism textbook, previously held academic positions at the University of Houston, the University of Nevada, and Virginia Tech. Under Chon’s leadership, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has risen to one of the world’s leading hospitality and tourism management institutions, ranked the world’s best for five consecutive years by the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing and the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. Chon is the 2011 recipient of the Ulysses Prize from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
Professor Kaye Chon
Dean, School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chair, Walter and Wendy Kwok Family Foundation
Professor, International Hospitality Management, School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kaye Chon, an international speaker and author and editor of more than 12 books, including an internationally used hospitality and tourism textbook, previously held academic positions at the University of Houston, the University of Nevada, and Virginia Tech. Under Chon’s leadership, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has risen to one of the world’s leading hospitality and tourism management institutions, ranked the world’s best for five consecutive years by the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing and the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. Chon is the 2011 recipient of the Ulysses Prize from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
Professor Greg Clark, CBE FAcSSWriter. Board Chair. Senior Advisor. Speaker, Host, & Podcaster.
Greg Clark is a writer, board chair, and advisor on cities, transport, built environment, and place leadership. Author of 10 books and 100 reports, he has worked with 400 cities around the world. He is expert advisor on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City, co-author of The Planet of Cities column for RICS, and co-host of The DNA of Cities and The Century of Cities podcasts.
He is Chair of the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s national innovation accelerator for transport, cities, and place leadership, and Chair of the Cities Commission for Climate Investment (3Ci) which convenes city leaders and urban investors to find innovative means to capitalise decarbonisation. He is a board member of Transport for London (TfL), and chairs TfL’s Land and Property Committee, which oversees TfL’s property company: Places for London, and is a member TfL’s Finance Committee. He was previously a member of the TfL Committee for Crossrail/Elizabeth Line and chair of TfL’s Investment Committee.
He is a Senior Advisor on Global Cities & Urban Innovation at New London Architecture, and Honourable Professor of Cities and Innovation at Strathclyde University. Globally, Greg is an Honourable Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is former chair of the OECD LEED Forum of Cities and Regions (1996-2016) and former Global Fellow on cities and economic development at the Brookings Institution. He has advised the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the HSBC Group on cities, economic development, sustainability, and financial innovation. He is currently working the Inter-American Development Bank on the economic future of the cities of the Amazon, where 47,000,000 people live.
Professor Greg Clark, CBE FAcSS
Writer. Board Chair. Senior Advisor. Speaker, Host, & Podcaster.
Greg Clark is a writer, board chair, and advisor on cities, transport, built environment, and place leadership. Author of 10 books and 100 reports, he has worked with 400 cities around the world. He is expert advisor on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City, co-author of The Planet of Cities column for RICS, and co-host of The DNA of Cities and The Century of Cities podcasts.
He is Chair of the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s national innovation accelerator for transport, cities, and place leadership, and Chair of the Cities Commission for Climate Investment (3Ci) which convenes city leaders and urban investors to find innovative means to capitalise decarbonisation. He is a board member of Transport for London (TfL), and chairs TfL’s Land and Property Committee, which oversees TfL’s property company: Places for London, and is a member TfL’s Finance Committee. He was previously a member of the TfL Committee for Crossrail/Elizabeth Line and chair of TfL’s Investment Committee.
He is a Senior Advisor on Global Cities & Urban Innovation at New London Architecture, and Honourable Professor of Cities and Innovation at Strathclyde University. Globally, Greg is an Honourable Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is former chair of the OECD LEED Forum of Cities and Regions (1996-2016) and former Global Fellow on cities and economic development at the Brookings Institution. He has advised the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the HSBC Group on cities, economic development, sustainability, and financial innovation. He is currently working the Inter-American Development Bank on the economic future of the cities of the Amazon, where 47,000,000 people live.
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