Alex Connock Keynote Speaker

Leading authority on AI and the future of media business
Oxford Senior Fellow and award-winning AI educator
Serial media entrepreneur and former Endemol Shine MD

Alex Connock's Biography

Dr Alex Connock is a leading authority on the future of the media business and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. An award-winning academic, serial entrepreneur and internationally sought-after keynote speaker, he combines boardroom experience with academic rigour to help organisations navigate disruption and growth offered by AI.

He is the author of a trilogy published by Routledge: Media Management and Artificial Intelligence (2022), Media Management and Live Experience (2024), and Entrepreneurship in Media and Entertainment (2025), examining how AI, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking are reshaping global media.

Alex is Senior Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, where he teaches AI, marketing and media business at BA, MBA and EMBA level. He co-founded Oxford’s Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business and lectures in Management at St Hugh’s College. In 2025, he received an Oxford University Award for Teaching Innovation. He also holds professorships at Exeter University and Sunderland University.

As an entrepreneur, Alex has built and led multiple media companies. He was Managing Director of Endemol Shine North (now Workerbee) and earlier co-founded and ran Ten Alps (now Zinc Media) with Sir Bob Geldof, producing hundreds of programmes for major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He has been shortlisted six times as Entrepreneur of the Year.

On stage, Alex delivers clear, commercially grounded insight into AI, media and innovation – equipping leaders to turn technological change into competitive advantage.

AI & Media

Recommendation
Creativity and production
Organisation/compliance/business models

AI and the Recommendation Economy

AI, Data & IP

AI & Employment

AI & Bias

AI & Geopolitics

AI & Entrepreneurship

AI Compliance

Challenge and Opportunity of AGI and ASI

AI & Retails

AI & Travel

How do we know what’s true any more?

AI & Marketing

Media Business in the age of AI

He brings together boardroom experience and academic rigour to explain how artificial intelligence is reshaping the media industry and wider business landscape.
He translates complex developments in AI, innovation and entrepreneurship into clear, commercially grounded strategies for leaders and organisations.
He draws on his experience building and leading media companies to offer practical insight on navigating disruption and unlocking growth opportunities.
He delivers engaging keynotes and briefings that help executives understand emerging technologies, adapt business models and act with confidence in a rapidly changing environment.