Jim Stolze is an entrepreneur, award-nominated author and a pioneer in AI strategy and digital innovation.

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As founder of Aigency, he built AI solutions for organisations including Heineken, the City of Amsterdam and the Ministry of Health, long before AI became a boardroom priority. Today he teaches AI strategy to senior executives at TIAS Business School and serves as Faculty Member at Singularity University in Silicon Valley.

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Through his online course "De Nationale AI-cursus", he has reached over 500,000 people in the Benelux. As an author and longtime columnist at Het Financieele Dagblad, he has written dozens of columns on AI, culminating in his third book which in 2018 was a top 10 management bestseller.

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Selected by TED as one of only twelve ambassadors worldwide, it was through this collaboration that he mastered the art of public speaking: at the helm of TEDxAmsterdam as its founding director, and as Executive Producer of the inaugural TEDxSummit in Doha, the largest outdoor TED event ever held.

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On stage is where he truly comes alive, moderating high-stakes events for Unilever, Microsoft, KPN and the OECD, and chairing the leadership summit with Barack Obama.

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