- UK
Kate Baucherel Keynote Speaker
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency specialist
- Emerging technology futurist
- Author of “Getting Started with Cryptocurrency”
Kate Baucherel's Biography
Kate Baucherel BA(Hons) FCMA MBCS is a writer, speaker, and digital strategist specialising in the use of emerging technologies. She has particular expertise in blockchain and crypto assets, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and their applications in business.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kate has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors, leading several enterprises through their start-up and growth phases. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA CGMA). Her interest in technology was sparked in 1988 when working for an IBM business partner in Denver, back when the AS/400 was a cutting-edge piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist. She teaches Masters courses in Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, FinTech and Blockchain and Cryptocurrency at Teesside University.
Her books include Getting Started with Cryptocurrency: An introduction to digital assets and blockchain (BCS Publishing 2024), Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP/Harvard 2020), What’s Hot in Blockchain and Crypto (2020,2021) and science fiction including the SimCavalier series of cybercrime thrillers. She has spoken at events across the world and online, as keynote, panellist, mentor and chair, and regularly appears on BBC radio as a cryptocurrency expert.
Kate now works with clients from start-up to blue chip multinationals in the UK, Europe and around the world. She is a fluent French speaker and dual UK / French national. She holds a 3rd Dan black belt in karate and lives in the UK and France with her husband and daughters.
Kate Baucherel's Speaking Topics
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Intelligence, Trust and the Future of Enterprise
Today's technological shifts are not siloed. AI, Blockchain, Quantum and Cybersecurity are converging. The companies that understand how these technologies interact will be the ones to grasp future opportunities. What matters now? What is overhyped? What creates competitive advantage? What risks cannot be ignored? This talk can be tailored to your industry and audience to provide actionable takeaways.
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The Last Human Firewall
You think you know your competition? Think again. In the next decade your business will be competing against autonomous AI agents, synthetic employees, algorithmic fraud networks, and cybercriminal organisations operating like venture-backed startups. We will explore the future of cybercrime, the death of digital trust, business risks and leadership. In a world where technology is both an opportunity and a threat, our last line of defence is human.
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The Strategic Power of Speculative Fiction
Storytelling provides a base layer of understanding that influences behavioural change. Predictions in science fiction of technological change and human reactions provide powerful tools for strategic foresight, ethical thinking and innovation. This session explores how stories enable businesses to evaluate transformational shifts and provide a communication channel to reduce the friction of change.
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Technology 101 – Blockchain and Digital Assets
Introducing the concepts of blockchain, distributed ledgers and crypto assets – from keynote to workshop, tailored to the audience and industry. Build your understanding of this maturing technology, discover the broad range of applications, from supply chains to gaming, from fintech to government, and develop decision tools for using blockchain as part of your technology stack.
Why Book Kate Baucherel as a speaker?
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She is a digital strategist and emerging technologies expert specialising in AI, blockchain, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity and quantum computing.
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She brings exceptional credibility through more than 30 years of experience spanning technology, finance, digital transformation and business leadership.
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She is an engaging and highly knowledgeable speaker who makes complex technologies accessible, practical and commercially relevant for modern organisations.
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She combines technical expertise with strategic business insight, advising organisations from start-ups to multinational companies on navigating technological change.
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Her insights equip audiences to better understand the opportunities, risks and real-world applications of emerging technologies shaping the future of business and society.
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