AI & longevity keynote · Pillar 4 · Virtual-first
AI as Your Personal Longevity Lever
Virtual-first keynote — bookable worldwide with no travel window · also delivered in person
Every AI keynote you have booked so far was probably either a warning or a sales pitch.
This one is neither. It takes the user’s perspective: how to use AI for better decisions and better prevention without handing over the one dataset you can never get back.
Dr. Barbara Bauder is not describing a future. She already runs her companies this way.
The talk in one paragraph
AI is usually discussed at the level of infrastructure and regulation, and far less often at the level where it changes a person’s life. Dr. Barbara Bauder, author of AI Knows You. Control It. and The Employee You Never Hired, runs AI-native processes in her own companies and makes the case for private intelligence: leverage that works for you without giving up control.
The talk covers where AI can genuinely improve personal health and business decisions today, what can be inferred about a person from data they never provided, and three questions to ask before any system touches personal data. Designed as a virtual-first keynote, it can be delivered worldwide without the limitations of a travel schedule.
Private intelligence
Sovereign AI is currently debated mainly as an infrastructure question for governments and corporations. That debate matters, but it is not necessarily the one that changes everyday decisions for the person in your audience.
At the individual level, the question becomes more immediate: what does it mean to have intelligence that works for you while remaining under your control? Not simply a tool you rent, whose terms can change and whose provider may learn more about your business every time you use it, but leverage that you actively control.
Dr. Barbara Bauder has written two books on this topic and uses AI-native processes in her own companies rather than discussing them only in theory. That is what makes this keynote practical rather than predictive.
Why now
The EU AI Act has moved from debate into implementation. Organisations now have to make concrete decisions about how they use AI and handle sensitive or health-related data. Many are discovering that these decisions were never made consciously in the first place. This keynote is designed for the point where the discussion moves from principle to practice.
Virtual-first, in practical terms
A professionally produced remote keynote with high-quality audio, camera and lighting, tested with your platform in advance and including interactive Q&A rather than a monologue into a webcam.
No travel means two practical advantages: short-notice slots are more feasible, and international events are not limited by flight schedules. For AI and privacy topics, Dr. Barbara Bauder also recommends the virtual format when an in-person keynote would be possible, because it fits the subject matter particularly well.
What happens on stage
Five acts. One shift.
The structure is planned; the delivery is not scripted.
01
What she actually uses
Concrete examples of which processes in her own companies run on AI, what AI has replaced and where it has deliberately not been used.
02
The inference problem
Not only what data you provide, but what can be inferred about you from information you never explicitly disclosed.
03
Health data specifically
Why health data is particularly sensitive and valuable, and what that means in an era of wearables, profiling and increasingly personalised systems.
04
The three questions
A short, practical test to apply before any tool touches personal or organisational data.
05
Building private leverage
What a more private AI setup can look like in practice and what it may cost in convenience.
Take-aways
What your audience leaves with.
Where AI can genuinely improve personal health and business decisions today, with examples concrete enough to act on.
Three questions to ask before any AI tool touches your data.
How to build a more private AI setup that is less dependent on changing terms of service.
What can be inferred about a person from data they never explicitly disclosed, and why that matters.
Built for
Tech and AI conferences looking for an operator rather than another generalistDigital-health eventsPrivacy and policy panelsDistributed teams and corporate innovation programmesWomen-in-tech events looking for an experienced female voice on AI, privacy and business
Why Dr. Barbara Bauder
The clinical qualification and the board-level record — in one speaker.
Author of two books on private and sovereign AI within the Longevity to Go!® series.
Runs AI-native processes in her own companies: an operator, not only a commentator.
Former stock exchange board member and private equity founder, with first-hand experience of regulation, markets and business.
More than 10 years as a psychotherapist, bringing the human consequences of technology into the conversation.
Publicly active on the topics of private and sovereign AI.
MBA, MSc.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a technical talk?
No. No technical background is required, and the keynote does not go into system architecture.
Is it critical of AI?
It is critical of dependence, not of the technology itself. Dr. Barbara Bauder uses AI systems in her own companies every day.
Does it cover the EU AI Act?
Yes, where it is relevant to practical decisions. The focus is on implications rather than detailed legal interpretation.
Can it be combined with a clinical perspective?
Yes. An in-person co-keynote with Dr. Robert Bauder is also available.
Is virtual delivery available across time zones?
Yes. Virtual keynotes can be delivered internationally, including outside standard European business hours.
Booking
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