What does Omar Kandil speak about?

AI and the future of work, AI in marketing, digital marketing strategy, martech, entrepreneurship, and building marketing teams. His TEDxLAU Byblos talk introduced the Skill-Replaceability Matrix, a framework for which parts of a job automation reaches first.

What formats does he do?

Keynotes, hands-on workshops, panel moderation, panel participation and fireside chats. He has spoken and moderated in New York, Dubai, Manama, Istanbul and Beirut.

How far in advance should an event book him?

At least a month before the event date, so the session can be shaped around the audience rather than delivered off the shelf.

Speaking

I speak about AI, marketing and work

I have spoken and moderated in New York, Dubai, Manama, Istanbul and Beirut. I do not do motivational. I do sessions where people leave with a framework they can use on Monday.

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TEDx

Will Your Job Survive the AI Revolution?

At TEDxLAU Byblos in April 2025 I introduced the Skill-Replaceability Matrix: a way to plot any role on two axes, how much skill it takes and how replaceable it is, and see which quadrant it sits in. Safe for now, first to go, the danger zone, or the future of work.

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Topics

What I talk about

Pick one, or tell me your audience and I will shape a session around them.

AI and the future of work

What automation reaches first, and what it does not. Built on the Skill-Replaceability Matrix from my TEDx talk.

AI in marketing

Where AI actually changes the work: content, media buying, research, reporting. And where it does not.

Digital marketing strategy

How to decide what to do, and what to stop doing, when every channel is asking for budget.

Martech and AI integration

Choosing and wiring the stack so it serves the strategy instead of replacing it.

Entrepreneurship

Fifty lessons from building businesses slowly, which is the subject of my book.

Building marketing teams

Hiring, scaling and keeping a marketing function that works.

Stages

Where I have spoken

TEDxLAU Byblos
Byblos, Lebanon
Will Your Job Survive the AI Revolution?
April 2025
Future Forward: AI in Digital Marketing, LAU
Beirut, Lebanon
AI in Digital Marketing track
AI in Digital Marketing, LAU
Beirut, Lebanon
Integrating AI across content, advertising and strategy
STC tech talk
Manama, Bahrain
Panel on cyber security in a digital economy
NFT NYC
New York, United States
Panel on the impact of NFTs across industries
Dubai Metaverse Assembly
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Guest panellist
NFT Summit
Istanbul, Turkey
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What organisers ask

What does Omar Kandil speak about?: AI and the future of work, AI in marketing, digital marketing strategy, martech, entrepreneurship, and building marketing teams. His TEDxLAU Byblos talk introduced the Skill-Replaceability Matrix, a framework for which parts of a job automation reaches first.
What formats does he do?: Keynotes, hands-on workshops, panel moderation, panel participation and fireside chats. He has spoken and moderated in New York, Dubai, Manama, Istanbul and Beirut.
What languages does he present in?: English and Arabic.
How far in advance should an event book him?: At least a month before the event date, so the session can be shaped around the audience rather than delivered off the shelf.

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Please send this at least a month before the date so we can prepare properly. I will reply either way.

Event organisers: bios, headshots and one-line facts are on the press kit. Or email omar@talentdu.com.