Speaker
Maria Ritola
Technology entrepreneur | AI expert
Maria Ritola is a leading expert on the future of AI and knowledge work, known as an impactful speaker on the human dimension of technology. As a co-founder of Iris.ai, she has for years developed ways to harness AI to expand human intelligence and accelerate innovation. Her talks help audiences understand technology's effects on working life and see new opportunities in human-machine collaboration.
Speaker profile
Who is Maria?
Maria Ritola is a Finnish speaker, technology entrepreneur, and researcher focusing on the future of knowledge work in the age of AI. As one of the founders of the AI company Iris.ai, Maria has for years developed ways to harness AI to expand human intelligence and accelerate innovation. Her work emphasizes combining human and machine intelligence, especially in teamwork.
Maria is a sought-after speaker on topics related to AI as support for individual and team work, the future of knowledge work, building successful teams, and the ethical questions of AI. Her perspective emphasizes the human dimension behind success stories. As a long-term AI entrepreneur, Maria Ritola is skilled at bridging the gap between AI's often abstract technical questions and practice, which makes her talks easily approachable for a broad audience.
Maria has served on several boards and regularly participates in public discussion on technology trends, including as a regular guest on Yle's Aamu Jälkidigi program. She speaks in Finnish and English.
Talks
Topics and presentations
Generative AI and a better working life
Human and machine intelligence: a point of contact for problems waiting for solutions
Building successful teams in the age of AI
Sustainable development and digitalization
A growth culture in the workplace
The ABC of creative problem-solving
Problem-solving in uncertainty
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