Yoshua Bengio
✅ Accepting Gulf InquiriesFounder & Scientific Director, Mila
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Yoshua grounded our AI safety discussions in real science, not hype. Invaluable for our governance framework.
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- 📋Signed Letter of Engagement (48 hours)
- 📄Expert bio + photo in your format
- 🌍Gulf Cultural Briefing (8-page PDF)
- 📊Audience profile sent to expert
- 📞30-min prep call (14 days prior)
- 🎯Keynote angle tailored to your audience
- 📡AV and technical requirements
- 📈Post-Event Impact Report (7 days)
- 🎓Certificate of Completion (HRDF)
- 💰Final VAT invoice (SAP-compatible)
- 📹Recording coordination (if applicable)
- 📋HRDF submission documentation
- ⭐Review request to your team
- 🔄Follow-up session available on request
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💰 Gulf Engagement Fees
USD. Travel additional. 15% Minbar.ai fee included.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Response | Weeks | Days | 4 Hours |
| Commission | Complex | 30-40% | 15% |
| Gulf context | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Arabic | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cultural brief | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| HRDF | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Fee protection | ❌ | Partial | ✅ |
Cultural briefing · Agreement · Audience profile · Pre-event call · Report · Topic tailoring
🏆 Gulf Voice Score™
Excellent
14 verified Gulf engagements
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About
Turing Award winner and founder of Mila, the world's largest academic deep learning research institute. Yoshua's pioneering work on neural networks and his vocal advocacy for AI safety make him essential for Gulf nations balancing innovation with responsible deployment.
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Machine Learning Street Talk
📰 Press
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MIT Technology Review
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— Chief Innovation Officer, ADNOC“One of the best keynotes we've hosted. Yoshua understood our audience perfectly.”
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