AI & Technology Event Moderator
Massimo Marioni moderates AI and technology discussions for conferences, brands and leadership audiences. A former Fortune senior editor and CNN journalist, he combines nearly 20 years of journalism experience with live work across GITEX, HumanX, Web Summit and Techarena.
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Make complex subjects useful to the audience
AI conversations work best when they connect the technology to decisions, consequences and real experience. My role is to prepare thoroughly, ask clear questions and follow answers that move beyond familiar predictions.
Subjects I cover
AI adoption and business transformation
AI infrastructure and sovereign AI
Cybersecurity and resilience
Emerging technology and neurotechnology
AI, media and creative industries
Leadership and the future of work
Selected conference conversations
GITEX Global, Dubai
The 2025 programme lists my main-stage conversations with Jim Keller of Tenstorrent on sovereign AI, Eliah Seton of SoundCloud on AI and music, Matt Angle of Paradromics on neurotechnology, and Jack Hidary of SandboxAQ on drug discovery.
HumanX, Amsterdam
In September 2026, I moderated Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on AI search and the open web, and Abby Godee of Publicis Sapient and Peter Burns of Heathrow on customer experience.
Watch my HumanX interview with Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone · View the HumanX sessions
What speakers say
“Massimo is just brilliant to work with. He asks smart questions, and turns big, tricky topics into conversations that feel fun and genuinely insightful.”
— Dr Dave Smith, UK National Technology Adviser
Choose the right format
I can lead panels, fireside chats and executive roundtables, host a conference stage or conduct filmed executive interviews. The approach depends on your audience and what you want them to understand.
Discuss your brief
Share your audience, subject, speakers, date and location. I’m based in London and work internationally. Check availability.