Speaker Inma Martinez

As a government advisor, Inma Martinez currently serves as Chair of the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group and Co-Chair of the Steering Committee at the GPAI, the G7/OECD global agency for the development and cooperation on AI.

Inma Martinez is arguably one of the most high-profile European figures in the global AI speaking circuit. With a 25+ year pioneering career in investment banking, telecommunications, and technology and AI entrepreneurship, she stands out because she masterfully bridges the gap between deep technical foresight and the need to build competitive advantage, economic progress and societal welfare. She translates complex digital transformation into actionable, visionary strategies for the real world.

She fits perfectly into the “Visionary” and “Strategic” categories but brings a unique angle because of her heavy involvement in government policy and industrial strategy. While many speakers focus solely on the "how" of technology, Martinez is recognized for her focus on the "why" and the "what next."

Inma Martinez Speaking Topics

• AI, Agentic AI, Quantum & new Technologies - The global race in digital Leadership
• The Fifth Industrial Revolution - New Space, humanity's new horizon
• How AI can create Digital Transformation and Competitive Advantage
• The Future of Work in the AI Automated Society
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for the Greater Good

Inma Martinez delivers an inspirational message from her leading experience as a 30+ years AI and emerging technologies innovator across sectors, delivering a more sound institutional and corporate insights and mastery of the influence of geopolitics derived from her direct contributions at international government and private sector.

She is considered a “cut above” for her interdisciplinary approaches blending her 30+ years in investment banking, telecommunications and technology innovation. A pioneer of AI recommender systems, vehicle automation, smart cities and industrial digital twins, she has been at the forefront of emerging technologies for decades, and continues to do so as Honorary Practice Fellow at Imperial Business School, where she teaches and is senior project lead at their “Wicked” Labs, the innovation centre that addresses impossible problems.

Inma Martinez: The State of AI in the current times: Potentiality, Challenges and Risks. A global Perspective on Safety, Trustworthiness and Competitive Advantage on AI Development, Deployment and Adoption.

Arising as one of the most dynamic voices for the need to develop human approaches to technology and to ensure data governance for trustworthy AI, she has led G7 AI initiatives such as the Hiroshima Process Safety of AI systems that has become the OECD HAIP reporting framework, and been appointed to expert roles and chair positions for both British and European government institutions in the crucial years when the European Digital Agenda was forged, participating in the formation of Big Data, GDPR and AI Directive policy initiatives, contributing to the drafting of national AI strategies for policy making.

Inma Martinez is a long-time collaborator of the United Nations Technology Office, UNESCO’s Global Forum on AI Ethics, and the G7/OECD Global Partnership on AI, where she was elected chair of the expert group (150+ AI scientists developing AI policy across Responsible AI, AI Innovation, and the Future of Work). In 2026 she was appointed member of the Scientific and Technology Exchange Council at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Digital Trade and Frontier Technology Hub in Geneva, providing expertise in AI, HPC and Quantum to transform global trade.

Her profile is unique in combination with her geopolitical experience which she has extended in recent years to NATO, Spain’s Ministry of Defence and Chatham House in the UK where she is a full member and is regularly invited to provide testimony on the geopolitics of technology affecting the future of business sectors, the economy and society. She is a regular commentator and speaker for financial and economic media on a global basis (Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Economist).

Who is Inma Martinez?

Inma Martinez is a technology pioneer and AI scientist who advises business leaders and governments on digital transformation. She began her career in investment banking and telecommunications before transitioning to technology entrepreneurship. Martinez played a key role in developing the first real-time AI recommendation system for mobile internet and contributed to the emergence of technologies such as mobile music and video streaming, connected vehicles, and smart living.

She currently serves as the Chair of the Multi-Stakeholder Expert Group and Co-Chair of the Steering Committee at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), a global G7/OECD initiative for AI development and collaboration. In this role, she leads projects integrating AI into various sectors, including agriculture. Additionally, Inma Martinez is a guest lecturer at Imperial College London and a mentor for disruptive scientific projects at Deep Science Ventures.