Dr Lauren Ingram

Award-winning AI keynote speaker and champion of women in AI. Marketing leader with experience at Meta, Amazon and Dentsu. Founder of Next Big Thing.

Specialist Topics

Web3
Blockchain
The metaverse, VR / AR / XR
Generative AI
Diversity and inclusion
Women in tech
Future of work
Emerging technologies

Biography

Dr Lauren Ingram is a leading voice in AI and marketing, helping global brands and businesses thrive in times of change.

Lauren has led global marketing programs at Meta and Amazon, and teaches a unique Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) framework to help brands stay visible in AI answers.

Lauren is passionate about improving AI literacy, and is the founder of Next Big Thing, a consultancy and community upskilling women in AI. In 2025 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Arden University for her exceptional contributions to innovation and inclusion. She was also named in the InspiringFifty most influential women in tech 2024.

Lauren is a prominent AI and tech keynote speaker, having spoken on the TEDx stage, the University of Oxford and for companies including Google, Unilever, Microsoft and Chanel.

She is the host of Next Big Thing podcast, in the top 5% most shared podcasts globally, counting guests such as Martha Lane Fox CBE, Randi Zuckerberg, Nicola Mendelsohn CBE, Cathy Hackl and Daniel Priestley.

With her witty and down to earth presenting style, Dr Lauren Ingram demystifies AI and emerging tech, and makes the pace of change feel less overwhelming.

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LATEST VIDEOS

How to build a better Internet

How to Build a Democratised Next Internet

TESTIMONIALS

“Thank you for everything you do for both technology transformation & diversity and inclusion, we are so fortunate to have someone such as yourself steering the shift to web3. Really excited to continue learning from you”

Web3 and AI Lead

Google

“Love what you’re doing”

Steven Bartlett

Tweeting about Women of Web3

“Ingram knows her stuff and is a relaxed, warm interviewer. This is a lovely show and I recommend it.”

The Guardian review of the Women of Web3 Podcast

“You have a brilliant manner of gently navigating the slippery concepts in and around Web3 and the metaverse in such an accessible way without having to dilute. I came away knowing more about all of it through a sort of radiant osmosis! This is such a skill.”

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