Speaking

Keynotes and panels on the AI you can’t fully supervise.

I speak on AI governance, agentic systems, and human oversight at scale — for defense, technology, healthcare, and regulated enterprise audiences who need more than the optimism slide.

Featured EngagementDecember 2025
Ryan T. Jessee moderating the agentic AI workforce panel at the National Cryptologic Foundation's Convening to Act: AI.
National Cryptologic Foundation

Convening to Act: AI

Panel Moderator

Moderated the Analytic & Software Engineering Workforce Integration in Agentic AI Operations panel — with panelists from IBM, Arizona State University, and ClearanceJobs — at the NCF’s national-security AI convening, keynoted by Gen. Paul Nakasone, U.S. Army (Ret.).

Carahsoft · December 2025
Selected Engagements
Digital Diplomacy Africa — Beyond Borders: Reimagining Africa’s Future through AI
Panelist on Africa’s AI future and global collaboration for sustainable growth — alongside the Dean of the University of New England’s College of Business and others.
Virtual · Nov 2025
TopicsKeynotes & workshops
01

Enforceable Human Authority

Why “human-in-the-loop” has become a liability shield rather than a control mechanism — and what it takes to make human authority over autonomous systems enforceable, auditable, and real.

02

Governance That Isn’t Theater

Building AI governance boards that operate as clearance systems, not rubber stamps — testable criteria, scoped authority, and denials a practitioner can act on.

03

The Hollow Bench

What happens to senior judgment when you automate the entry-level cognitive work — talent debt, and how to build a workforce that still develops expertise.

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