Keynotes · Training · Executive Education
Research-informed keynotes and hands-on workshops examine how generative AI works, where it helps and where it creates risk. Sessions draw on years of teaching, research and software-building experience.
Participant feedback
Participants value sessions that make the technology understandable, current, and practical.
“Professor Keyhani's Gen AI course got me up to speed on AI without the info overload. It focused on what actually matters—key updates and real, usable tools... Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand AI’s non-technical side and actually build with it.”
“Dr. Keyhani’s Generative AI course was fun, engaging, and full of valuable insights. It gave me a solid foundation and sparked my motivation to keep learning. I especially appreciated how he shared his own experiences throughout.”
Watch & listen
A complete collection of public talks, interviews and podcast conversations.
Haskayne Business Exchange · June 13, 2024
What generative AI means for how we organize work.
University of Calgary · Ask Me Something · October 29, 2024
A concise conversation about AI’s implications for business.
Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
How no-code and AI coding are changing who can build software and launch experiments.
Artificial Breakdown podcast
A conversation about generative AI, education and responsible innovation.
The Value Creators podcast
The coming expansion of entrepreneurial innovation through digital generativity.
Speaking & keynotes
These talks combine research, teaching and software-building experience. They can be tailored to the event’s sector and the audience’s familiarity with AI; format, length and emphasis can be agreed together.
Each topic gives the audience a clear way to think about the subject and questions to use in their work.
Higher education leaders, faculty and academic associations
How Generative AI is Changing You, Your Students, and Your Class
Generative AI can act as an “exocortex” for knowledge work: it can extend people’s abilities, but uncritical use may weaken some cognitive skills. The talk examines what universities may need to change in teaching, learning, research and professional identity.
Audience takeaways
Founders, accelerators, business schools and innovation teams
Entrepreneurship Through No-Code and AI Coding
This talk examines how no-code and AI coding affect the technical co-founder bottleneck. It draws on building with Replit, Cursor and Lovable and asks what full-stack founders mean for entrepreneurship education and innovation ecosystems.
Audience takeaways
General conferences, leadership teams and curious professional audiences
Better mental models for unfamiliar intelligence
This talk examines why modern AI systems feel unfamiliar. They are neither conventional software nor people. That distinction helps audiences use AI more effectively and evaluate its outputs.
Audience takeaways
Organizations and communities getting started with AI
An Introduction to Generative AI
An introduction to generative AI covering LLM basics, models and tools, prompting, and ways to add reference knowledge and tool access.
Audience takeaways
How LLMs work, machine psychology, prompt engineering and agentic AI.
No-code, AI coding (“vibe coding”), APIs and citizen development.
Practical adoption, workflow redesign, responsible use and AI-enabled decision-making.
Teaching and learning, assessment, research practice and productivity.
The future of K–12 education, teacher workflows and how to teach AI literacy.
The new makers, software without coding and the changing founder stack.
Platforms, distributed innovation and experimentation.
Training & workshops
Training can be adapted for executives, leadership teams, employees, founders, professional groups, faculty or graduate students. Sessions can emphasize guided practice, organizational scenarios, workflow redesign, live building or strategic discussion.
Scope a training programThe exact outline used as a starting point for multi-session training:
how LLMs work; available models
prompting, RAG vs fine-tuning, agentic AI
workflows, decision-making, adoption and responsible use
no-code + APIs + AI coding; hands-on build
Selected past engagements
Selected talks, workshops, training programs and consulting engagements across corporate, professional, public-sector and academic audiences.
Recent
Above and Beyond Care, Calgary
Two-day hands-on generative AI workshop for organizational leaders and staff
Recent
Above and Beyond Care, Calgary
AI solutions consulting focused on practical opportunities, workflows and implementation
Aug 10, 2026
National AI Summit, Calgary
“Zombies or Superhumans: What is Generative AI doing to Education?”
Apr 30, 2026
Olds College
Full-day generative AI training for faculty
Mar 18, 2026
AFOA Alberta annual meeting
Keynote sessions on recent advances in GenAI and avoiding AI traps
Feb 27, 2026
Wilfrid Laurier University
How generative AI is changing academic research
Feb 25, 2026
University of Waterloo
Generative AI and entrepreneurship education
May 13, 2025
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Research Showcase
Invited keynote: “How Generative AI is Changing You and Your Research”
Mar 3, 2025
AFOA Alberta annual meeting
Keynote sessions on understanding and applying generative AI
Feb 29, 2024
Royal Bank of Canada
Invited talk on generative AI
Dec 14, 2023
Global Affairs Canada
Understanding the Generative AI Disruption
A simple process
Share the host, audience, goals, date and time zone, preferred format and length, budget range, recording plans and accessibility needs.
Align on the topic, level of tailoring, preparation, format and logistics. Fees depend on these variables and virtual versus in-person delivery.
Confirm the run of show, audience context, AV and any participation or laptop requirements. Custom work is scoped around clear learning questions.
Practical details
Fees and honoraria depend on the format, length, preparation and tailoring required, and whether delivery is virtual or in person. A ballpark budget in the inquiry is helpful.
For in-person engagements requiring flights, Mohammad generally prefers to book his own travel so the schedule is reliable and sustainable. Confirm reimbursement and other travel details during scoping.
Please disclose recording or live-stream plans and intended use in advance. When a host cannot pay speakers, Mohammad may consider alternative value such as a recording or participant/public access; this is a conversation, not guaranteed availability.
Mohammad is based in Calgary (Mountain Time). Plan for a screen and reliable audio; larger rooms need a microphone. Live demos need strong Wi-Fi, and hands-on workshops need laptop-friendly seating.
Virtual or in-person keynotes, invited talks, corporate training, executive education, workshops, multi-session programs, founder/community sessions, fireside chats and panels are available to discuss.
Event and host, location or virtual platform, proposed dates and flexibility, time zone, audience type and size, desired result, format and length, budget, recording plans, accessibility needs and available AV.
Organizer-ready resources
Use the brief bio below for an event listing, or the extended introduction when research and building experience are relevant to your audience. Please confirm time-sensitive details before publication. The downloads and speaking sample on this page provide the supporting materials needed for event promotion.
Dr. Mohammad Keyhani is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. He is a generative AI educator, speaker and software builder, author of The Generativity Advantage, and co-founder and CEO of Honeybee Logic, which builds AI tools for schools.
Mohammad brings together research on entrepreneurship and AI-augmented judgment, experience teaching undergraduate through executive and doctoral audiences, and hands-on development of AI software. He designed and taught UCalgary's first Generative AI and Prompting course in 2023. His work received the 2019 Global Strategy Journal Best Paper Award. He previously served as Haskayne's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Area Chair and DBA Program Director, a Lab Strategist at Creative Destruction Lab–Rockies, and a David Rockefeller Fellow at the Trilateral Commission. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from York University's Schulich School of Business, an MSc in Entrepreneurship and a BSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Tehran.
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