Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld

About

Most conversations about AI focus on what technology can do. I focus on what it should do, who governs it, and who bears the consequences when it doesn't work. I'm a human-centric futurist and keynote speaker on AI governance. That means I track where exponential technologies are heading and insist that governance, ethics, and human judgment keep pace. Every week, I write about the people behind scientific and medical breakthroughs: a surgeon who replaced metal plates with injectable bone glue, a teenager who outperformed a water treatment plant from her garage, a DNA nanorobot that opens like an envelope and kills only the cancer cell. 156,000+ leaders follow these stories because they make complex innovation feel human. On my podcast, The Edge of Tomorrow, I sit down with the scientists, founders, and leaders driving AI and emerging technology, and explore what it really means for our society. But what I share publicly is only half of what I do. 25+ years in financial services, AI governance, and board leadership shaped how I think about technology risk. Executive roles at UBS and AXA. Current non-executive board and risk committee seats at Generali Switzerland, with former board mandates at BlackRock and UniCredit. Four consecutive years as keynote speaker and moderator at Davos Innovation Week. I help boards and C-suite executives close what I call the Governance Gap: the distance between how fast AI, quantum computing, and deep tech accelerate and how slowly institutions adapt their oversight. Keynotes that reframe the stakes. Advisory work that turns judgment into governance frameworks. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 → Board Director, Generali Switzerland (Audit Committee Member) → Board Director, Generali Investments & Europ Assistance Switzerland 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 → Host, The Edge of Tomorrow, a podcast on AI, emerging technology, and its impact on society → Co-author, Fast Future Blurs (Wiley) → Co-author, Foresight Paper Davos 2025 → Co-author, EU AI Act White Papers, Germany & Switzerland 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → LinkedIn Top Voice 2024/2025 → Favikon #2 Futurist Keynote Speaker in Switzerland (2025/2026) → Top 100 Business Woman in Switzerland (2024/2025) → Forbes Switzerland Award Jury (2025) → Top 100 Women of the Future 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 Where I've taught 20,000+ leaders to navigate emerging technology. A space where science, art, and leadership converge. 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 Technology alone won't save us. We will. Keynotes, board advisory, and AI governance consulting: send me a DM.