James Poulter is a leading keynote speaker and expert in artificial intelligence, innovation, and digital transformation. As the Head of AI and Innovation at House 337 and former CEO & Founder of voice technology company Vixen Labs (acquired 2023), James brings over 15 years of experience in helping organizations navigate... Read more
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James Poulter, keynote on “The Power of Voice”
James Poulter - Voice Technology & Future of Work Speaker
In this presentation James takes you into the not too distant future to look at the real impact of new and advancing existing technologies and how they will impact individuals lives in a 24 hour period and what long term benefits they will bring.
James Poulter is a leading keynote speaker and expert in artificial intelligence, innovation, and digital transformation. As the Head of AI and Innovation at House 337 and former CEO & Founder of voice technology company Vixen Labs (acquired 2023), James brings over 15 years of experience in helping organizations navigate technological change.
Previously serving as the Head of Emerging Platforms & Social Media Innovation at The LEGO Group, James has been at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation in major global brands. He currently advises various organizations including CV Global, The Church of England, and Bible.ai on AI strategy and implementation.
James was previously the Head of Social Media for LEGO’s social network for Kids, LEGO Life – which launched globally in 2017 and has since grown to over 2m active users regularly posting their content to the world’s first global and safe social network for kids.
As well as devising and developing social features such as LEGO Life’s emoji keyboard, custom characters and moderation systems, James oversaw the launch of LEGO’s global partnership with GIPHY leading the LEGO channel to accrue over 1 Billion GIF views in its first year.
Prior to joining LEGO, James worked for a number of the world’s leading marketing, advertising and public relations firms including Edelman and Ogilvy leading digital marketing, mobile and social campaigns both in EMEA and globally as well as new business efforts for clients such as Diageo, Unilever, Bose, PayPal, HP and Adobe.
James founded Vixen Labs one of Europe’s leading strategy consultancy and app development studio for voice assistants and conversational ai.
As the CEO and Co-Founder of Vixen Labs, James was instrumental in establishing the company as Europe’s leading full-service Voice Agency. Vixen Labs specializes in voice consultancy and design, assisting brands in leveraging voice-first technology and conversational interfaces for effective communication and promotion.
Starting with a team of two people, in the space of three years, even during a pandemic, the team has now grown into over 20 staff and continues to grow from strength to strength and in December 2023 Vixen Labs was acquired by House 337.
Outside of work James is an advisor to the Church of England’s digital board as well as well as a number of other charities, entrepreneurs and start-ups.
James is also the author of the upcoming book “Talking Gods – work, worship and wonder in a world of AI” (IVP, October 2025), which explores the intersection of technology, faith, and society.
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