“AI is an opportunity to be more human again.”

DOMINIK HEINRICH
Keynote Speaker, Human-AI Design Leader and Space Economy Futurist

Upcoming Events and Keynote

  • Don’t believe the AI Hype

    Most Contagious 2024
    Nov 28th 2024, 4.20pm GMT, London

    With 10+ years of experience in AI and working for major brands at the intersection of creativity and tech, the Global Head of AI Design at the Coca-Cola Company, Co-Founder of Creative AI Academy and Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, Dominik Heinrich, will demystify the hype around AI and reveal its impact for marketers.

    You’ll learn actionable insights on the steps brands need to be taking today, and discover why becoming more human is key to staying relevant in an AI-agentic world.

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  • AI in action on Earth and in Space

    The Economist 2nd Space Summit
    Dec. 5th 2025, 3.15pm GMT, Lisbon

    How to use AI to manage and interpret vast amounts of consumer data and what are the parallels to the challenges of analysing space data? How can these AI techniques transform space data into actionable insights, driving innovation and benefiting industries globally.

    This session offers a unique perspective on leveraging AI to maximise returns from space investments, inspired by cutting-edge AI design practices presented by Global AI Executive and MIT Space Economy Alum Dominik Heinrich.

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  • Designers Lead. AI Follows.

    The AI Summit 2024
    Dec. 11th 2024, 10am ET, New York

    Dominik Heinrich is Headliner presenting in his Keynote on how Brands creating Harmonious and Innovative Human-Machine-Centered Experiences at Scale.

    Learn how top organizations create globally successful Human-AI interactions and campaigns that are designed to be on brand, engaging, and iconic at scale.

    How designers lead to mitigate the danger of mass mediocrity in using and training AI models for global campaigns.

    And using Agentic AI in design as an autonomous creative super-charge to our work internally and externally.

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  • Creativity Leads. AI Follows.

    Most Contagious 2025
    Jan. 30th, 2025, New York

    With 10+ years of experience in AI and working for major brands at the intersection of creativity and tech.

    The Co-Founder of Creative AI Academy, Coca-Cola’s AI Design Lead and Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, Dominik Heinrich, will demystify the hype around AI and reveal its impact for marketers.

    You’ll learn actionable insights on the steps brands need to be taking today, and discover why becoming more human is key to staying relevant in an AI-agentic world.

    Get Tickets for Most Contagious >>

  • MIT Reality Hack

    Jan. 23rd - 27th 2025, MIT Cambridge

    MIT Reality Hack is a five-day hackathon that brings together developers, designers, and creatives to build VR/AR experiences. The event is run by a community of volunteers, including alumni and friends, and is co-hosted by VR/AR@MIT and the Reality Hack Organization 501-c3. The goal of the hackathon is to educate and empower people to participate in the experiential technology industry

    Dominik Heinrich will speak together with Creative AI Academy Co-Founding Partner Tony Jones how “Design Leads. AI Follows. When it comes to adaptive ever changing interfaces.”

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  • Move at the speed of AI

    Adobe Max 2024
    Oct 14 th 2024, 1pm ET, Miami Beach

    Consumers are moving fast, faster than brands and often faster than technology. Companies need the power of creative + technology to design and scale creative output while delivering ultimate customer experiences. Join Ogilvy One's Global Creative Lead Roberto Fara and Ogilvy One's Global CTO Ravi Pal with IBM's Adobe Platform Leader & CTO, Marketing Jessica Criscione and The Coca-Cola's Company's Global Head of AI Design, Dom Heinrich, in this roundtable session for a discussion about today’s dynamic content supply chain landscape, how it’s changing our ways of working — generating new ways to deliver customer value at scale, and how at the very core, creative innovation is the key to an optimal customer experience and business growth.

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Listen to Dom’s Adobe Max Panel Discussion

At Adobe Max 2025, Dominik Heinrich, Global AI Design Lead at The Coca-Cola Company joined IBM’s CTO Jessica Criscione and Ogilvy’s Global Creative Lead Roberto on a Panel moderated by Ravi Pal to discuss how fast the consumers are moving, faster than brands and often faster than even technology. This roundtable session was a discussion about today’s dynamic content supply chain landscape, how it’s changing in the age of AI and impact our ways of working — generating new ways to deliver customer value at scale, and how at the very core, creative innovation is the key to an optimal customer experience and business growth.

Listen to Dominik on the
Play & Co (nversations) Podcast

Play&Co(nversations) is a design-thinking podcast hosted by Simon Martin exploring the endless opportunities that await designers and brands.

Simon invited Dominik Heinrich to discuss the roots of his interest in AI, his perspective on humans’ evolving relationship with machines, how AI is reshaping creative processes and why it will continue to revolutionize other industries.

Watch Dominik’s Keynote
at AutoTech

With an audience of the auto industry’s top leadership, the Detroit AutoTech conference invited Dominik Heinrich to about the human-machine relationship in a hyper-connected, hyper-personalized world. Traditional UI's will merge with conversational AI's - eventually creating real-time human interfaces and entirely new experiences.

Watch Dom’s Keynote on AI Leadership at 2024’s Autonomous Innovation

Our partner and renowned executive coach, Starla Sireno, and Co-Founder Dominik Heinrich spoke at the Autonomous Innovation Summit 2024. AI brings Mediocrity on Subscription - how can we stay human in an autonomous world? Creating an infinite cultural transformation to keep AI at its toes and the quality of the work ahead of the competition.

Bio
Dominik Heinrich

With over two decades of pioneering experience, Dominik (Dom) Heinrich is a curious innovator, patented (AI) inventor, and global leader deeply embedded in the opportunities of AI in design and innovation. His expertise lies in bridging the gap between creativity and technology, having consulted for Fortune 100 organizations to accelerate their growth opportunities and design impactful solutions. He is known for his appearance in the Wired documentary "Being Human in an AI World" and as a global thought leader and speaker in the AI space.

Currently, Dom serves as the Global Head of AI Design at The Coca-Cola Company, where he drives the integration of artificial intelligence into design strategies to foster groundbreaking products and experiences across the brand portfolio. Additionally, he also serves as the Co-Founder and AI Consultant at Creative AI Academy and as Assistant Professor for Infinite (AI) Design at PRATT Institute. Dom is deeply committed to educating the next wave of designers and innovators, strongly believing in a positive Human-Machine Relationship.

His career is marked by significant achievements, including leading organizational change at MRM, recognized by Fast Company as the Best Workplace for Innovators in consecutive years. Dom has been honored with over 300 international awards for creativity, design, and innovation, notably Cannes Lions in Innovation, Best World Changing Idea, and D&AD Impact Pencil.

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