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Ada Parris, keynote speaker, board director, artist, and author, challenges individuals to think differently by asking: "What type of ancestor do you want to be?"

Ada Parris is a futurist and catalyst who inspires change through innovation, merging ancestral wisdom, technology, and art. She empowers leaders to create positive impact by connecting with themselves, others, and the living world — expanding perspectives and asking deeper questions. Author of Leadership Legacy (Wiley, 2026) and recognised as a leading voice in tech, Ada is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Chair of Mental Health First Aid England.

Ada Parris is a futurist, artist, and author. She is the creator of Cyborg Shamanism™, a philosophy that combines ancestral wisdom, living systems, and digital technology to inspire innovation and encourage people to consider the kind of ancestors they want to be. Her central question — what if intelligence is not something we possess, but something that arises through relationship? — has been the spine of nine years of public work across leadership, technology, ecology, and the arts. Author of Leadership Legacy (Wiley, 2026) and keynote speaker at Google, Meta, Lloyds Banking Group, National Grid, Adidas, and Unilever, she is the Chair of Mental Health First Aid England, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Fellow of Arts University Plymouth, and a member of the IEEE Global AI Systems Flourishing Initiative.