Nina Thomas speaking on the RiseUp Summit stage in Cairo, 2023
Speaking

Talks on managing AI agents and the future of work.

Calm, sourced and practical. Every talk leaves your audience knowing how to work alongside AI agents, and when the human makes the call.

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See Nina on stage.

The RiseUp Summit stage in Cairo.

RiseUp Summit, Cairo, 2023
The talks

Six signature talks.

Keynote

How to manage AI agents: the new management skill

What changes when part of your team is agents, from someone who manages them every day.

  • What managing an agent actually involves
  • How to step an agent in, the way a guest earns more of the house
  • The skills managers need for a team with agents on it
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Workforce

The future of work: people and AI agents on one team

How roles, hiring and training shift when agents join the team.

  • Which work moves to agents first, and which stays human
  • High agency as the skill to hire for
  • Reskilling as the plan for the people who stay
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Enablement

AI adoption roadmap: how to build an enablement program

The training, support and measures that move a team from trying AI to using it.

  • Meeting people where they are: short lessons, deep dives and hands-on
  • Picking tools that fit your workflow, and skipping the shiny ones
  • The measures that show it’s working
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Upskilling

AI literacy: the skills you need for the future of work

It’s just terminology. The words and skills you need to speak up in the AI meeting, and keep learning when the buttons change.

  • The new AI terms in plain words, and which are old developer words
  • How to learn how to learn, and relearn
  • What AI literacy looks like in your role
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Leadership

What is human in the loop? The job AI agents need

Who’s responsible when an agent gets it wrong, and what the human on the team needs to hold that role.

  • The five moves, with live examples
  • How to name the human for every agent
  • The stop that has to work before you need it
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Practitioner

I manage a team of AI agents: what I’ve learned

My own agent team on Claude and Grok Bot, run from my phone. What it costs, what I changed along the way and how I decide when to step back.

  • The guardrails that live in code
  • How I decide when to step in and when to step back
  • What I’d do differently on day one
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Formats

Pick the room.

30 to 45 min

Keynote

One talk, sized for your main stage, with time for questions.

60 to 120 min

Workshop

I teach the way I learn: hands-on. Your team builds with AI and agents in the room, and leaves with something that works.

30 min

Fireside chat

A conversation with your host, built from your audience’s questions.

On stage

From the room

Swipe through stages in Egypt, Bahrain and the US.

Nina Thomas speaking on the open-air RiseUp Summit stage at night
Open-air stage, Cairo, 2023
Nina Thomas on a panel stage at the Social Media Masters Forum in Bahrain, 2017
Panel, Social Media Masters Forum, Bahrain, 2017
Nina Thomas on the RiseUp Summit stage in Cairo, 2023
RiseUp Summit, Cairo, 2023
Nina Thomas presenting at the Social Media Masters Forum in Bahrain, 2017
Workshop, Bahrain, 2017
Nina Thomas presenting on the RiseUp Summit stage in Cairo, 2023
RiseUp Summit, Cairo, 2023
Nina Thomas recognized on stage at the Social Media Masters Forum in Bahrain, 2017
Recognized on stage, Bahrain, 2017
Nina Thomas speaking at the Technologists of Color AI Unlocked workshop in Atlanta, 2026
Technologists of Color, Atlanta, 2026
Nina Thomas teaching a room, mid-explanation
Teaching in the room
Nina Thomas presenting at Client Hustle, 2020
Client Hustle, Atlanta, 2020
Nina Thomas speaking at PeriCON, Atlanta, 2016
PeriCON, Atlanta, 2016
Stages

Where I’ve spoken

Keynotes and workshops across Egypt, Bahrain and the US, and what’s coming up next.

Oct 24, 2026

Map Your AI Workflow: A Miro Morning

Atlanta. Hands-on workshop with People in the Loop

Upcoming
Jun 2026

Atlanta AI Exchange

Atlanta. Presenter

Past
Jun 2026

n8n Atlanta meetup

Atlanta. Host, with a live automation build on stage. 160+ registered

Past
May 2026

Technologists of Color

Atlanta. “AI Unlocked: Supercharging Your Business with Data-Driven AI”

Past
2023

RiseUp Summit

Cairo, Egypt. Keynote, “The Future of Content,” and workshop, “Elevating Your Video Content Strategy.” 300+ attendees

Past
2022

Adobe Learning Summit

Las Vegas. “Modern Instructional Design Documentation.” 250+ attendees

Past
2021

Pinterest Creator Workshop

Virtual. “Recording Video Content with Your Smartphone.” 500+ attendees

Past
2020

Client Hustle

Atlanta. Speaker at the Loudermilk Center

Past
2018

GameChanger Summit

Atlanta. “Making Money with LMS Membership Sites”

Past
2017

Social Media Masters Forum

Bahrain. Two-day workshop on Facebook group monetization. 400+ attendees

Past
2016

PeriCON Global Biz Conference

Atlanta. Featured speaker

Past
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