About
John McGiffin is a technical speaker for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
John McGiffin has spent twelve years and more working hands-on with artificial intelligence, and his keynote is aimed at cutting through the noise around it. The Human Story of an AI World looks at what AI is genuinely doing to businesses, where the real value sits, and which human strengths still can't be automated. He covers the risks and the responsible-adoption side as much as the opportunity, so audiences leave with something practical rather than just a sense of alarm. Melbourne-based and suited to conferences, leadership days and after-dinner slots. Standard keynote kit is all that's needed: a microphone and AV.
The show
John's argument is that most of the noise about AI is exactly that, and the keynote spends its time on what's actually happening instead. He draws on more than a decade of hands-on work with the technology, told through stories rather than slides full of statistics, and the through-line is what it means to be human while all this is going on. You'll come away with something usable: where the genuine business value sits, what the risks look like up close, and how to adopt it responsibly. It's aimed at people who need to make decisions, not people who want to be alarmed.
On the day
Nothing unusual. A microphone and the standard AV setup a conference room already has will do it, so if you're running a session with slides and sound, John slots straight into what's there. Worth confirming with your venue's tech contact before the day so the handover between speakers is quick.
Performance options
The keynote can be paired with team building if you want the day to run longer than a talk. John can arrange activities alongside it, including ten pin bowling, virtual reality sessions and a brewery experience, so a leadership day can move from the AI discussion into something hands-on.