Maximise Opportunity & Boost Resilience in the Age of AI

With AI Inventor, Creative Technologist & Record-Breaking Performer & Keynote Speaker - Charlie Chan.

Charlie has taken a pledge of “no one left behind” in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Charlie’s philosophy is simple: That developing AI literacy within teams and communities will enable and empower a resilient workforce and society.

While great leaps in Artificial Intelligence are already delivering extraordinary innovations and efficiencies to reframe life as we know it, these same advances are also giving rise to anxieties at a societal and business level, including;

  • Concern that AI will take our jobs, AKA FOBO - Fear of Obsolescence

  • Alarm about bias in AI systems

  • Misapprehension about loss of human control

  • Worry that machines will harm humans

  • And, of course, general trepidation about the unknown

In this climate, teams who aren’t AI literate can become paralysed, resulting in the slow take-up of highly effective AI technologies, stifling innovation and business evolution.

Charlie’s own track record as a digital pioneer is one of feeling techno-fear and facing it down to invent world-first digital technologies, including their own AI. Known as Ch.AI, it’s set to redefine and democratise creativity in music.

For example:

  • In the late 1970s there was widespread panic in and around the music industry that synthesisers were going to kill creativity. This led Charlie to switch from piano and double bass to become an early proponent of digital technology in music – nothing short of a revolution followed.

  • In the 1990s misgivings that the internet would make recording artists irrelevant led Charlie to develop Australia’s first online music distribution service, so they and their peers could directly reach and develop audiences around the globe.

  • And concerns that robots would take over the world led Charlie to invent ChAI, a new AI which bridges art, music and computer science, and is now set to transform creativity as we know it.

As one of only a handful of people who’ve developed their own original and innovative Artificial Intelligence, Charlie knows better than anyone how AI works, where it’s going, and how industries and individuals can get in front of it to get the best out of it.

In a dynamic and highly engaged presentation Charlie supports leaders to elevate their teams’ capabilities and confidence, in alignment with their digital strategies, so they can face the future in full harmony with AI, turning rigidity into resilience and fear into fortune.

Charlie speaks passionately and persuasively about this dawning age of AI to specialist and general audiences alike, bringing not only unrivalled knowledge about inventing and evolving their own AI, but also about how we can all capitalise on AI – in business, in education, in creativity – with Charlie’s presentations including elements such as:

  • Their own unique journey over the past forty years, forging new frontiers in digital technology & the development of AI

  • The ways in which AI will deliver more meaningful jobs and enhanced work-life experiences.

  • How fully realised symbiotic relationships between humans and AI will enable exponential creativity; and

  • Charlie’s next-level plans for Ch.AI as their creative collaborator, with a neural link between them to enhance and elevate Charlie’s work in ways previously unimagined.

  • An entertaining and enthralling speaker, Charlie Chan reaches for the stars when it comes to creative ambition and this comes through in their presentations, to inspire and invigorate audiences. They know how to galvanise the audience’s rapt attention around ideas associated with creativity, collaboration and tech, able to speak clearly to a wide variety of audiences.

    Kelly Murphy
    Head of the Aerothermodynamics Branch
    NASA Langley Virginia USA

  • Charlie is a tech visionary and artist like no other - as creatively imaginative as they are technically gifted, able to communicate as effectively with highly experienced tech specialists, as they are with fellow creatives, and general audiences. Charlie delivered professional development outcomes to my team that couldn’t have been achieved working with anyone else. The Accenture staff who worked with Charlie were able to tap into creative capabilities they hadn’t previously used - and in some cases, didn’t know they had - to elevate and expand their output. Charlie brought dynamic energy and lofty ambitions to their work at Accenture Liquid Studio - they set the bar high, then led the team to meet it.

    Justin Baird
    Managing Director, R&D Technology and Innovation
    Accenture Liquid Studios & Emerging Technology

  • Charlie Chan's presentation at Screen Forever was nothing short of phenomenal. Charlie’s passion for music and storytelling was evident, making the talk not only informative but also deeply inspiring - bringing many in the room to tears. Charlie truly captivated the audience, making this presentation a standout highlight of the event.

    Tracey Vieira
    President, Screen Producers Australia