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The practical AI keynote speaker for professional services.

Clear, practical, entertaining sessions for conferences and associations. Plain-English explanations, live demonstrations, and take-home tools the room can use on Monday.

  • 250+ keynotes and 100+ workshops over 21 years
  • Wiley-bestselling author, Web Marketing That Works
  • National trainer for accountants, advisers, brokers & lawyers
  • Lead trainer for AI Edge
Adam Franklin delivering an AI keynote at the Broker Innovation Summit Broker Innovation Summit

Adam Franklin is an AI keynote speaker for professional services firms, based on the Sunshine Coast and speaking across Australia. Over 21 years he has delivered more than 250 keynotes and 100 workshops for accountants, financial advisers, mortgage and finance brokers, lawyers and property professionals. He is the Wiley-bestselling author of Web Marketing That Works, co-founder of Bluewire Media and lead trainer for AI Edge. His sessions are practical and jargon-free, with live demonstrations and take-home prompt stacks the room can use the next morning.

Why organisers book Adam

Practical AI, simple and immediately useful.

Plain-English explanations, live demonstrations, and tools the room can act on straight away.

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Clear, jargon-free

Complex AI made simple for a mixed-experience room. If they can use email, they can use this.

02

Live demonstrations

Real AI, on screen, in real time. Not slides about AI, but AI doing the work.

03

Tailored to your audience

Researched for the industry, the conference theme, and the room's level of AI experience.

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Prompt stacks they keep

Industry-specific prompts and workflows the audience can use the next morning.

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Easy to work with

Fast replies, direct access to Adam, full slides and resources after the session.

06

Commercial & realistic

No hype. Ethical, grounded guidance that leaves people confident, not anxious.

What Adam speaks on

Two keynotes and a hands-on workshop.

Each keynote is also available as a conference breakout.

Keynote · flagship

AI for Professionals: add 10 hours a week

Put 10 hours back in the week with AI, without losing the personal touch.

Keynote

AI-Powered Marketing & Social

Build visibility and trust online, authentic, not performative.

Workshop · ½ or full day

Set up AI in a day

Hands-on. The room leaves with AI installed and running, not just notes.

Adam Franklin
Who Adam is

21 years putting new tools to real work.

Adam Franklin is an AI advisor, keynote speaker and Wiley-bestselling author of Web Marketing That Works. He co-founded Bluewire Media, is lead trainer for AI Edge, and runs an AI advisory business that helps firms implement what he teaches from the stage. He created the Leverage Yourself methodology and the AI Business Brain Template. 250+ keynotes and 100+ workshops means a room is in steady hands from the first minute.

Every session is grounded in real application, not theory, not trend-chasing.

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Who Adam speaks to

Built for professional services audiences.

Financial planners & advisers Wealth managers & stockbroking Brokers: mortgage, finance, insurance Accountants & advisory firms Lawyers & legal Property & real estate Insurance professionals Consultants & professional services Industry associations & member bodies Professional services conferences
Where Adam has spoken

250+ keynotes and 100+ workshops. A lot of rooms.

Across Australia, in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast, and internationally in India, Spain, South Korea, Thailand and the United States.

Adam Franklin speaking at the PMX Conference
2026
Better Business Summit national roadshow (5 cities) · FWD Fest, Sunshine Coast · Resolve Finance, Oreana & AFG (booked)
2025
AI Edge Masterclasses (Accountants, Brokers), Sydney
Broker Innovation Summit, "The Truth About Agentic AI", Melbourne
PMX Conference, "Save 10 Hours a Week with AI", Sydney
Morgans Financial Adviser Conference, Brisbane
2024
The Adviser, Melbourne & Sydney · MAVCON, Gold Coast · BDM Summit, Melbourne
Earlier
AREC · Better Business Summit · PCOA · Re-Edge · and many more
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What attendees say

230 Google reviews.

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★★★★★

"Amazing session. I'm now streets ahead of other professionals in my field and can finally step away from the admin that bogs my team down."

KG
Kate Garrett
Workshop attendee
★★★★★

"He provides the AI tools and prompts and helps apply them to my platform in a simple way. Very helpful and time-saving."

JB
Julie Bishop
Finance broker
★★★★★

"Highly recommend for any business navigating AI. We built an end-to-end workflow. Presented perfectly."

TM
Trish Matusiak
Workshop attendee
Before you book

Frequently asked questions

He is practical, not a futurist, he tailors to your profession, he is honest about the limits, and he runs an AI advisory business that implements what he teaches. Every attendee leaves with prompts and templates they can use the same week.

An AI advisor and keynote speaker. For 21 years he has helped firms create leverage, first through digital, now through AI, and he is lead trainer for AI Edge, an AI program built for professional services firms.

The Leverage Yourself methodology and the AI Business Brain Template, which give an audience a repeatable system for putting their own expertise and AI to work, rather than generic tool tips.

Both. His advisory business helps firms roll out the systems he teaches from the stage, and he runs half-day or full-day hands-on workshops, often added after a keynote, so a session can lead to real change rather than fading on Monday.

Adam is based on the Sunshine Coast and speaks Australia-wide, regularly at conferences and association events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast. He has also delivered keynotes internationally in India, Spain, South Korea, Thailand and the United States.

Professional services audiences: accountants and advisory firms, financial advisers and wealth managers, mortgage and finance brokers, lawyers, and real estate and property professionals, plus the associations and conferences that serve them. His material is built for these rooms, not general corporate audiences.

Almost certainly. 250+ keynotes and 100+ workshops across finance, broking, accounting, advisory, property and professional services, at conferences, association events and PD days. Book a brief call and Adam will tell you directly.

Keynotes start from $10,000 +GST, with breakouts from $8,000 +GST, workshops priced on format and travel quoted on top. Most events book around six months ahead, with one to two months the practical minimum. The contact form or a brief call gets a tailored quote.

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Practical AI your audience can use on Monday.

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Keynotes from $10,000 +GST · Breakouts from $8,000 +GST · workshops priced on format
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