CORPORATE TALK SERIES
Dr. Adam T. Shreve
(Research Director, Workday)
Bio:
Adam T. Shreve, Ph.D. is a research director and social scientist who has served at some of the world’s most influential tech companies, including Apple, Zillow, Workday, and Eventbrite. Currently Research Leader at Workday, Adam also is the founder and Director of Research at Seed of Life Labs, a tech product and strategy research consultancy, where he works with early-stage startups, SMBs, and Fortune 500s to create shared value between their businesses and customers.
Across his 20+ year career, Adam has built and scaled research teams, shaped product strategy at the executive level, and championed human-centered design in AI-driven systems. His expertise spans user experience, organizational behavior, social science, and systems thinking. He is particularly passionate about the intersection of value, technology, and ethical product development.
Title of the Talk:
Training for Complexity in a Ghost Town: Preparing the Next Generation of Professionals in an AI-Driven World.
Abstract:
In an era of unprecedented AI advancement, our greatest challenge is not technical—it’s preparing professionals who can navigate complexity, ambiguity, and continuous change. As AI reshapes entry-level work, career pathways, and the very nature of expertise, tomorrow’s professionals must be equipped not merely with technical skills, but with values-driven judgment, systems thinking, and experimental mindsets.
In this keynote, Dr. Shreve draws from two decades of research experience in technology, including leadership roles at Apple, Zillow, and Eventbrite, and experience as a university guest lecturer, to explore how we can prepare the next generation to thrive in an AI-driven world.
The keynote explores:
– How students can prepare themselves when traditional career paths are disappearing
– Why values-driven compass navigation matters more than credential accumulation
– How systems thinking separates those who compete with AI from those who leverage it
– Why relentless experimentation is the only sustainable preparation for an unknowable future
– How educators, industry leaders, and students must prepare together through new partnership models
Part historical reflection, part practical framework, part call to action—this keynote invites educators, technologists, and students to reimagine preparation not as memorizing maps for known territories, but as developing compasses for navigating perpetual complexity.
Important Deadlines
| Full Paper Submission: | 19th September 2025 |
| Acceptance Notification: | 27th September 2025 |
| Final Paper Submission: | 12th October 2025 |
| Early Bird Registration: | 9th October 2025 |
| Presentation Submission: | 19th October 2025 |
| Conference: | 29-31 October 2025 |
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- Best Paper award will be given for each track.
- Conference Record Number - 67450