Irina Mirkina

AI isn’t just transforming engineering processes - it’s reshaping how teams, leaders, and organisations operate. For large multinationals, the real challenge is less about connecting to an API and more about equipping people to work alongside intelligent systems in meaningful, sustainable ways. In this keynote, Irina shares lessons from Fugro and other highly regulated industries on what it takes to lead responsibly in the age of AI.

• Upskilling workers to collaborate effectively with AI systems, not compete against them

• Helping senior leaders make informed AI decisions beyond hype and headlines

• Building human governance structures that complement technical and regulatory controls

Generative AI was the first leap, autonomy is the second - so what’s next? This keynote offers a forward-looking view on neuro-symbolic AI, human-AI symbiosis, and the policy, compute, and ethics challenges shaping the next decade.

• Tracking emerging models and architectures beyond LLMs

• Preparing for convergence across AI, IoT, and intelligent automation

• Anticipating next-generation risks, from sustainability to weaponisation

Leave with a long-term perspective to guide enterprise investment and innovation strategies.