Zara Hunter — Agentic AI Speaker & Workshop Leader

Zara Hunter is an agentic AI speaker and workshop leader. She speaks on agentic AI for leaders and agentic AI in higher education — including its potential for neurodivergent and international students — in plain English, with no code and no hype.

Upcoming — Workshop: Agentic AI for Leaders

Zara leads a workshop on agentic AI for leaders at the Leadership Pioneers Network Centre Conference 2026, hosted by York St John University (London Campus), on 29–30 June 2026. Conference details and booking.

Talks & topics

  • Agentic AI for leaders — what agentic AI changes for the people who run organisations, and how to adopt it responsibly. The focus of the York St John workshop.
  • Agentic AI in higher education — equity, access, and the potential of agentic AI for neurodivergent and international students, keeping their own voice and way of thinking intact. The focus of the University of Manchester talk.
  • The future of learning & work — how non-technical people can thrive alongside AI instead of being replaced by it.

Past talk — Agentic AI in Higher Education, University of Manchester

At the University of Manchester's 2026 conference, Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access, and Innovation (9–10 June 2026, Whitworth Art Gallery), Zara spoke on agentic AI in higher education and its potential for neurodivergent and international students. Co-presented with Dr. Halima Hachelaf and Dr. Ibtissam Maazouz.

"Their voice gets smoothed into someone else's." — Zara Hunter

Zara Hunter speaking — common questions

What does Zara Hunter speak about?
Agentic AI, in plain English. Two themes run through her talks: agentic AI for leaders — what it changes for the people who run organisations — and agentic AI in higher education, including its potential for neurodivergent and international students.
What did Zara speak about at the University of Manchester?
Agentic AI and its potential for neurodivergent and international students — arguing that standard AI flattens their voice into a single Western-English pattern, while well-designed agentic systems can preserve it.
Does Zara Hunter run AI workshops for leaders?
Yes. Her next workshop, "Agentic AI for Leaders", runs at the Leadership Pioneers Network Centre Conference 2026, hosted by York St John University (London Campus), on 29–30 June 2026.
Are the talks suitable for non-technical audiences?
Yes. Everything is delivered in plain English, with no code and no jargon — built for leaders and professionals rather than engineers.

About Zara Hunter

Zara Hunter is an agentic AI speaker, workshop leader and the founder of Eduk8agentic, where she teaches non-technical professionals and leaders to genuinely understand and use AI in plain English. She is the creator of the Three-Engine Model — a plain-English framework for reasoning about agentic AI without writing code — and has helped professionals across marketing, law, finance, HR and education build real AI workflows of their own.