Keynote Speaker · Moderator · AI & Leadership

IVAKOJIĆ

The Human Side of AI.

100+startups worked with
40+founders on stage
1000+audience
Iva Kojić
MScEmotional AI
Spoke at the UN & Dubai AI Week
Featured & on stage at
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Iva Kojić portrait
est. 2018 · Belgrade ⇄ Vienna ⇄ Dubai
About Iva

I have an MSc in Emotional AI and an engineering background. I worked with 100+ startups at Vienna's largest innovation hub and put 40+ founders on stage. From the UN in Vienna to Dubai AI Week, I speak, moderate, and run workshops on the human side of AI.

Keynote SpeakerModeratorMSc Emotional AIAccelerator InsiderEQ × AIStartup Ecosystems
Iva speaking

How are you actually using AI?

The one question I bring to every stage. The gap between what people claim and what they do. That's where I work.

In my own words
What I speak about
Keynote

The Human Side of AI

Emotional intelligence as the skill that decides who leads while the tech accelerates. A simple framework: clarity, empathy, structure.

Workshop

Visibility in the Age of AI

How leaders and women build a real, human presence online, and use AI without losing their own voice. Drawn from my work turning executives into recognized authorities.

Talk

AI and Leadership

Leading with calm, clarity and emotional intelligence while everything speeds up. For founders, teams and women in tech.

Featured: Authority Magazine  ·  WomenTech Speaker Profile

On stage
What I can do on stage

Keynotes, moderation and workshops across CEE, MENA and the EU.

Speaking
Speaking

Keynotes on the human side of AI. Emotional intelligence as the skill that decides who leads while the tech accelerates. Tailored to founders, leaders or women in tech.

Moderating
Moderating

Reading the room, drawing out the real value, getting both sides to a point they are glad they reached. The part of an event people actually remember.

Workshops
Workshops

Hands-on sessions on AI and leadership for teams and communities. Practical and honest, built from running programs for 100+ startups.

Ways we can work together
Beyond the stage

For small and mid sized companies. Audit first, always. I do not sell tools you do not need.

01

AI audit

Where your team still does by hand what software should already do. I go through your tools, your week and the tasks that repeat, then hand you a short list ranked by what saves the most time first. You get the list even if we stop there.

02

Operations dashboard

One screen instead of scattered spreadsheets. Clients, team, workflows and deadlines in one place, pulling the data on its own. I built this for a creative agency in Belgrade and they use it every day. See a live demo →

03

AI workflows and handover

Two or three of your repeating processes automated, then written down so your team runs them without me. The point is not the tools. The point is that you stop being the bottleneck.

Most people start with the audit. It is the cheapest way to find out whether the rest is even worth doing.

Working with Milica Krstić and Iva Kojić was one of those rare moments when one word changes everything. Their suggestion was not just an idea for a new product. It was the trigger for a new identity. They helped me shape it clearly and dare to stand behind it without doubt. This is not a mentorship that pushes you. It is the one that aligns you with yourself.

Sofche Jovanovska · General Manager, Scalefocus North Macedonia

Let's work together

Bring the human side of AI
to your stage.

Tell me about your event, your team, or where things keep getting stuck. No big pitch, just a conversation about what would actually help. I'll reply within 24 hours.

Opens your email app, addressed to me. Prefer direct? iva.kojic@icloud.com