Speaker Profile

Conference and Keynote Speaking

I speak to corporate, government and non-profit audiences around the world. I have delivered speeches and workshops for over 20 clients across 5 countries, from keynote presentations to small-group sessions with senior executives, both in-person and virtually.

Armando Vieira speaking at TEDx
Top Speaking Topics

Priority Topics

AI and the evolution of human thinking

How AI changes memory, writing, and decision-making, and what cognitive skills remain essential.

The psychology of AI trust

Why people trust AI outputs even when they are wrong, and how to build healthy skepticism.

From memorization to judgment

Which capabilities matter most in education and leadership when information is instant.

The rise of the AI manager

How professionals shift from doing repetitive tasks to supervising AI systems and workflows.

Who controls AI, controls society

Power dynamics between governments, large platforms, and open-model ecosystems.

Deepfakes and the collapse of media trust

How synthetic media reshapes credibility, journalism, and social cohesion.

AI and geopolitical power

Why AI capability is becoming a core axis of global competition and national strategy.

AI governance: regulation vs innovation speed

How to balance safety, competitiveness, and responsible deployment at scale.

How to implement generative AI in organizations

A practical roadmap for strategy, use-case selection, governance, and adoption across teams.

Selected Engagements

Conferences and Events

TEDx Norrkoping, Sweden

Convolutional LSTMs (Meetup, London)

Oeiras Exponential Economy

Congresso de Medicina Interna 2021, Vilamoura

International Conference on Insurance and Risk, ETH Zurich 2019

Conference NeurIPS 2022

Core Speech Themes

Core Themes

AI breakthroughs and business impact

Reinforcement learning, NLP, image processing, structured and unstructured data, and knowledge transfer in business.

Cutting through the hype

Understanding the fundamental components of successful data science deployment.

Becoming data-centric

Serving clients better and enabling the virtuous cycle of data and machine learning innovation.

I have worked with organisations that invested millions in technology but reverted to traditional practices due to the challenge of becoming AI-centered.

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