Let's use AI to create a future we actually want.

Yann speaks on three interconnected themes: the creative whitespace that AI cannot reach, why AI adoption is a belief problem rather than a technology problem, and how ambitious leaders build a future with AI they are actually proud of. His talks are built on twenty years of delivered work and nineteen case studies with specific, measurable outcomes.

Yann's work has produced a 1,000% increase in qualified sales handraisers for Salesforce, 17× ROI on an internal events platform for Meta, 21 vehicle interface features approved for production at Ford, and a VR streaming experience that became the most downloaded VOD app in its category for Amazon Prime Video. He has delivered AI-powered experiences to over 40,000 attendees at a single event.

Yann has led experiential programmes and delivered AI-powered experiences for Google, Meta, Salesforce, Qualcomm, Ford, Amazon, Microsoft, GitHub, Hasbro, Delta, Uber, and VMware, among others.

Yann has spoken at SXSW in front of audiences of 900 and above, SAE International, UCLA Health, Art Center College of Design, and at major industry events and conferences across the United States. He is available for keynotes, panels, workshops, and corporate events.

Speaking fees start from $7,500 for association and university events, with keynote fees for major conferences and corporate events available on request. To discuss booking, contact yann@forbreakfast.club.

To enquire about booking Yann for a keynote, panel, or workshop, email yann@forbreakfast.club. Please include your event name, date, location, audience size, and a brief description of the topic or theme.

Have It For Breakfast is a podcast hosted by Yann Caloghiris exploring how the creative industry shapes AI on its own terms. Each episode features a designer, director, strategist, filmmaker, or technologist who is using AI deliberately with their values intact. It is available on YouTube at @HaveItForBreakfast and across all major podcast platforms.

Yann Caloghiris is the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Left Field Labs, a part of Stagwell Group. Over twenty years he has led creative organisations across branding, advertising, design, and experiential, started agencies, and delivered work for some of the world's most demanding brands. His work with AI began a decade ago when he led research into whether AI could take on human creativity, research that culminated in a presentation at SXSW and a white paper that has shaped his thinking ever since.

Yann's approach centres on finding the creative whitespace that AI cannot reach. He uses AI to map the known competitive and cultural territory with precision, then deploys human creativity, cultural empathy, and deliberate process to find and occupy the space beyond it. His concept-led process systematically identifies the client's unfair advantage, aligns stakeholders around a single irresistible direction, and delivers measurable outcomes. Every project is prototyped, tested, and iterated before delivery.

The Whitespace Imperative is Yann's central creative philosophy: AI is derivative by nature, working from what already exists. The ideas that change industries (the ones that stop rooms, that clients fight to own, that competitors cannot replicate) live in the whitespace beyond what any model can generate. Yann's process systematically finds that space and builds there.