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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.
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.
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.
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