A native of New Caledonia, Dr. Valérie Morignat is the CEO of the AI consultancy Intelligent Story, in San Francisco. She is an award-winning creative director, business consultant, and academic with over 20 years of experience in business, government, and academia. Her expertise encompasses AI strategy, AI ethics, AI governance and policy, responsible design, innovation strategy, interactive and immersive design, visual and cinematic arts, and cyberculture. In addition to pioneering executive and higher education programs on AI at aivancity, Valérie is an Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Arts on academic leave at the University of Montpellier. As government-commissioned chief strategist in New Caledonia, she developed three strategic plans fostering an inclusive digital economy and engineered a graduate school for interactive media arts. In the US, Valérie was instrumental in the digital transformation of the largest healthcare marketing and communications agency on the West Coast. Leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies trusted her to launch $MM human-centered digital products, including in the VR/AR space. Today, Valérie provides AI strategic leadership to Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and think tanks on the transformational impacts of ethical intelligent technology. A global keynote speaker and business consultant, she skillfully addresses industry innovation, culture shifts, human factors, governance, design challenges, and market changes in the field of AI.