AI Governance Keynote Speaker for Boards, Executives and Investors
Dr. Freddie Seba helps boards, trustees, executive teams and investors govern AI and AI agents before they fail, with frameworks they can put to work the week after the talk.
Keynote speaker at AMIA 2025, selected from 330+ submissions.
EdD, USF · MBA, Yale · MA, Stanford · 25+ years as a Silicon Valley founder, global executive and faculty member · Author of Ungoverned
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INVITED TO SPEAK AND TEACH BY
AMIA · Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia · MIT Critical Data · UC Berkeley Extension · Santa Clara University · Porto Business School · AAC&U · University of San Francisco · SV Links Executive Immersion
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The first AI failure at your institution won’t look like a scandal. It will look like a workflow.
Most organizations already use AI in decisions that matter: who gets care, who gets credit, which students get flagged. Now AI agents are starting to act on their own: logging in, moving money, changing records. Few organizations can say who owns each system, what it is allowed to do or who can stop it.
That gap lands on the board and on investors. Regulators, accreditors and plaintiffs will not ask whether you adopted AI. They will ask whether you governed it.
Dr. Seba gives leaders a practical way to close that gap: a short list of decisions to make now, owners for each one and a structure that holds up when someone asks hard questions.
Keynotes, Board Briefings and Advising
Keynotes & Workshops
For conferences, leadership retreats and all-hands meetings. Audiences leave with a framework, not just a warning. In person or virtual, from 45-minute keynotes to full-day working sessions.
Board, Trustee & Investor Briefings
A confidential 60–90 minute session covering fiduciary duty, decision rights, AI agent risk and the questions to ask management. Your board or investment team keeps the checklist.
Advising
Independent, vendor-neutral guidance as you scale AI and AI agents: readiness assessments, ongoing advisory and due diligence support for investors.
Signature Talks
Seven talks, each tailored to your audience and industry. Every one runs as a 45-minute keynote, a half- or full-day workshop, or a 60–90 minute board briefing, in person or virtual.
Ungoverned: AI Minimum Viable Governance
For CEOs, founders and executive teams who need governance in weeks, not a policy that takes a year.
They leave with the four AI MVG practices (know what you run, tier the risk, assign decision rights, be ready for incidents) and a first-30-days plan.
The Seba 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight
For boards and trustees.
They leave with twelve oversight domains in the board’s language of risk and accountability, and the questions to put to management at the next meeting.
Governing the Agentic Era: What Changes When AI Agents Act
For CIOs, risk officers, executives and investors.
They leave with a way to decide what each AI agent may do on its own, who owns it, and who can stop it, before agents log in, move money or change records.
Healthcare AI Governance
For health systems, clinical leaders and hospital boards.
They leave with a plan to inventory clinical and operational AI, set risk tiers, and assign clinical ownership for each system.
Higher Education AI Governance
For presidents, provosts and trustees.
They leave with governance for AI in teaching, admissions, academic integrity and research that faculty, students and accreditors can follow.
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Financial Services AI Governance
For banks, fintechs and their investors.
They leave with a way to move fast on AI while meeting model risk, fair lending and regulator expectations.
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AI Governance as Human Stewardship: Lessons from Magnifica Humanitas
For mission-driven institutions: Catholic and faith-based universities, health systems and nonprofits, and their boards.
They leave with a way to tie AI decisions to the institution’s mission and to human dignity, and to turn those values into concrete oversight.
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Frameworks Built for Boards, Not Just Technologists
AI Minimum Viable Governance (AI MVG)
The smallest set of oversight practices that makes AI defensible: know what you run, tier the risk, assign decision rights and be ready for incidents. Borrowed from Silicon Valley’s minimum viable product discipline.
The Seba 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight
Twelve governance domains that give a board one shared checklist for AI. Each domain is framed as an oversight question the board can put to management, so directors can test AI risk without being technologists.
What Leaders Say
“Freddie is a visionary speaker and expert in technology. His ability to simplify complex concepts and engage diverse audiences made a lasting impression.”
Miguel Casillas, Founder & Executive Director, SV Links
“Freddie excels in crafting relatable, dynamic presentations that turn complex tech topics into actionable takeaways. His engaging style leaves audiences informed and inspired.”
Isabel Perez Fernandez, Head of Finance, BBVA Global Wealth Advisors
“Working with Freddie was a transformative experience. His expertise and knack for inspiring innovative thinking helps us reimagine how we approach partnerships.”
Matthew Holt, Co-Founder, The Healthcare Blog & Health 2.0
“Freddie is an exceptional thought leader who combines deep expertise with an inspiring approach to innovation. His presentations provide executives with actionable insights.”
Malcolm Vernon, Executive Network Leader
Ungoverned: A Practical Guide to AI Minimum Viable Governance
The AI governance guide for leaders who cannot wait for the perfect policy. Written for board members, trustees, provosts, compliance officers, executives and investors in regulated, high-stakes settings, and grounded in doctoral research across healthcare, higher education and enterprise.
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