Juliette Powell
Juliette Powell is an author, a television creator with 9,000 live shows under her belt, a technologist, and a sociologist. She has recently co-written a book called "The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology" ( August 2023), which she co-authored with Art Kliener, bringing together insights from engineering, business, government, and social justice perspectives.
Her early career in media and entertainment as a show creator, interviewer, and producer has seen her work with brands like Biography, E!, MuchMusic, CP24 news, and CBC TV Networks, focusing on breaking racial barriers, growing into a technology and society advisory practice.
Juliette is the Founder and Managing Partner at Kleiner Powell International (KPI), a New York City-based consultancy. She is also the Founder, researcher, and curator at Turing AI and WeTheData.org, mapping the data economy with Intel Labs.
Juliette’s consultancy services are sought after by influential organisations including the United Nations, Microsoft, and Warner Brothers. She promotes digital literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration and contributes to discussions on the future of the internet and connected society.
In her role as a keynote speaker and moderator, Juliette has appeared as a commentator on Bloomberg TV/ Business News Networks and conferences organised by the Economist and the International Finance Corporation.A business journalist, Juliette's research at Columbia University focuses on responsible AI deployment and ethical data exploration. Besides ‘The AI Dilemma’, she is the author of "33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking", which was published in 2009 by Prentice Hall, Financial Times.A graduate in Economics from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and Finance and International Business from McGill University, Juliette is also a faculty member at New York University. She was the Miss Canada titleholder in 1989, the contest's first Black Canadian winner.
