Adam panta now itz
Keynote speaker on AI, innovation & the human side of technology.
PhD biomedical and electrical engineer, and creator of Brainternet, the world's first project to connect a human brain live and mobile to the internet. Enabling leaders to navigate the complex intersection of technology and humanity.
Chartered Engineer · Singularity University Expert · IET Fellow (UK) · Adjunct Professor, Wits
Proof, not
promises
A track record built at the frontier of engineering, AI, and human-machine systems, then taken to the stage.
Connected a human brain live & mobile to the internet.
Singularity University
Expert, faculty & speaker.
Strategic Advisor
Fine Chair in Innovation · Adjunct Professor.
Fellow (UK)
One of the youngest global Fellows.
NPS 81
Recent Singularity Exec Program.
Publications
Peer-reviewed research and papers.
Global ventures
AURA · Resolute · PRTL Medical · shift.stream.
Trusted on stages for
- Deloitte
- AstraZeneca
- Singularity University
- University of the Witwatersrand
- CSIR
- Microsoft
- Standard Bank
- FNB
- Nedbank
- Allan Gray
- Discovery
- Vodacom
- Sasol
- Old Mutual
- MTN
- Absa
What he
speaks on
Signature keynotes and workshops, from cutting-edge AI to uplifting, deeply human stories of resilience. Tailored to your stage.
Step Change
Adam's own story of living with a degenerative condition, turning "paralysis" into "analysis," and adversity into a mission. An uplifting, deeply human keynote on resilience and technology that gives people back their agency. NPS 81 · 9.4/10 at a recent Singularity Exec Program.
Wield Modern Magic
Frugal innovation and the power of the tools we already hold. We underestimate how much change we can make. This keynote proves otherwise.
Robotics(Humanity)
Robotics as a function of humanity: the philosophy and practice of machines that encapsulate what makes us human. NPS 73 at a recent Singularity Exec Program.
The AI Zeitgeist
The human-AI conversation, drawn through myth and the social graph, and how we use our greatest gift in a world where we're no longer the most intelligent lifeform.
A[I] Healthcare Revolution
AI in healthcare: "slow until it's sudden." The latest from Adam's own research on data augmentation and generation, with applicability far beyond medicine.
Hacking Humans
Where technology and humanity converge. Delivered over 50 times to audiences around the world, including Singularity University summits.
From Joburg
to the world
Over 180 engagements across five continents, from Johannesburg main stages to Silicon Valley, Mexico City, Dubai, Mumbai, Madrid, and beyond.
The live
lab
He doesn't just talk about technology; he brings it into the room. Every keynote runs live, interactive experiences (real-time polls, perception demos, and emotion maps), so the audience doesn't just listen, they take part. Try them yourself below.
Interactive tech experiences · live on stage & right here
Flagship · live translation
Listen to Adam in your language, live
Adam’s voice, translated in real-time into your language of choice — live captions plus AI-generated audio in his own cloned voice, streamed to your phone.
Listen along on your smartphone and headset — or enjoy subtitles on the slides, generated live in real-time.
Adam Pantanowitz
●Adam · AI voice
Live captions
Hola, amigos. La voz que están escuchando es la mía — traducida en vivo, a su propio idioma. Bienvenidos al futuro de las charlas: atractivas, en tiempo real, en el idioma que es suyo — creado en mi talk Lab.
AI-generated audio in Adam’s cloned voice · captions in your language.
affect.live Just launched
A brand-new experiment: a real-time map of how humanity feels right now, plotting collective valence (pleasant to unpleasant) against arousal (calm to intense), decaying over time. It's early days, so be one of the first to drop a feeling.
adj Live now
An autonomous AI DJ that composes house music live, hears itself, and learns its own taste from audience rewards; streaming 24/7, heading for an off-grid installation at Afrika Burn 2027.
ap_talks · live poll
The same live audience poll Adam runs from the stage: cast your vote and watch the room update in real time. In the room, it streams to the projector instantly.
Will AI augment or replace human creativity?
Sine-wave speech Try it
A perception demo Adam runs live. At first it's alien whistles, then you hear the hidden sentence, and you can't un-hear it. A tiny window into how the brain builds meaning.
From the
stage
What organisers and audiences say after Adam leaves the stage.
Without writing a single line of code, Adam was able to write into my brain , and help me understand, in a profoundly human way, what my purpose is.
There are moments in life that divide a before and an after. Listening to you today was one of those moments for me. I have attended countless conferences, heard extraordinary minds speak, and yet it had been many years since I felt something move through my entire being the way it did today. It wasn't just the brilliance of your ideas. It was the humanity behind them. ... Today I felt deeply grateful — even blessed — to witness someone who represents what leadership in our time should look like: conscious, ethical, resilient, and profoundly human. ... I believe that when one person evolves, the collective shifts. And today, something shifted in me. Thank you for that.
I never got the opportunity to thank you on one of the most amazing thought leadership events I have never attended. As one of the clients mentioned 2019 was incredible but this was next level Adam. Your content was incredible and watching our clients I could see that they were blown away and truly engaged.
My Monday has started with the most profound keynote delivery I have ever experienced. Thank you @AdamPantanowitz for your incredibly authentic, vulnerable and beautiful presentation.#Inspired #GrowingGreatness
Bring this
to your stage.
Keynotes, workshops, and live experiments calibrated to your audience, in person or virtual, anywhere in the world.