45 to 90 minutes
Keynote
One clear talk for your event, with examples chosen for your audience and time for questions.
Work together
Ideas that open minds
Speaking and workshops
I give talks and workshops about using AI at work. I skip the hype. I explain what the tools can do today, what they still get wrong, and what your people can try first. Every talk includes time for questions.
1989
first contact with technology
VTech Talking WhizKid
100+
talks and workshops
Malaysia and the region
300+
organisations
public, private, academic
9
universities
guest lectures and programmes
Talks I give
These four are the ones I am asked for most. Each one runs as a 45-minute keynote or a longer workshop, and I adjust the examples for your audience.
AI without the hype.
What AI tools can do today, what they still cannot do, and how to tell the difference before you spend money. Your team leaves with a short list of things worth trying.
Using AI in everyday work.
Five everyday jobs most teams can improve this quarter. Writing, research, meetings, reporting, and the handover notes nobody writes. I work live, on examples close to your own.
People first, tools second.
Why many AI projects stall even when the software works. I cover the four questions that tell you early whether a project will stick.
Explaining hard things clearly.
How to explain a complicated topic to busy people so they can act on it. Drawn from thirty years of teaching and plenty of mistakes.
Ways to book me
Most bookings are keynotes. Workshops work better when people need to practise, not just listen.
Half day or full day
Workshop
People work on their own tasks, on their own laptops. They leave with something started and notes to finish it.
30 to 60 minutes
Panel
I am happy to join a panel. I will say what I think, keep it friendly, and share the time.
60 to 120 minutes
Guest lecture
For universities and colleges. Practical sessions that connect the subject to first jobs and real workplaces.
Where I have spoken
Ministries, agencies, universities, companies, and once a village ICT centre in Tanjong Sepat. The message changes with the room. The honesty does not.
See all 7 documented sessions See the weekly series I ran in 2020 and 2021
Training
13–20 August 2026
MATRADE
Kursus Celik AI — Memahami Asas, Menguasai Potensi
Two hybrid sessions for MATRADE officers on what AI actually is, where it fits trade work, and which workflows are worth trying first. The agency wrote afterwards to record its appreciation for the course.
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Training
27 October 2025
Jabatan Digital Negara × Pos Digicert
AI Evolution Program
A multi-cohort pathway for public-sector digital and transformation teams, run with Pos Digicert. Frameworks that survive contact with procurement, plus generative AI applied to real service workflows.
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Signature topics
Five talks I give most often. Each one runs as a 45-minute keynote or a longer workshop, and I adjust the examples for your audience.
AI literacy
What AI can do today, what it still gets wrong, and how to tell the difference before you spend money.
AI for business
Where AI pays for itself: five everyday jobs most teams can improve this quarter, worked live on examples close to your own.
Smart workflow
From scattered tools to a calmer way of working: pick one slow process and make it measurably better.
Creative AI
Making with machines: music, film and honest experiments in what the tools change and what they do not.
Digital transformation
Why projects stall even when the software works, and the four questions that tell you early whether yours will stick.
Media kit
Everything an organiser or producer needs: a short bio, a longer one, and press-ready portraits with transparent backgrounds. Slides, topic outlines and a technical rider are available on request.
Short bio
Saiffil Fariz connects technology, business and people. He gives talks and workshops on practical AI, runs small hands-on programmes, and builds websites, applications and custom systems. He also makes music and films.
Long bio
Saiffil Fariz had his first contact with technology in 1989, a VTech Talking WhizKid, and went online in 1996. Since then he has built websites and systems, run a small company, and taught in classrooms, workshops and boardrooms across Malaysia and the region. Today he connects AI, business and people through speaking, training, consulting, software and creative work — always starting with the people and the work, not the tool.
Press portraits
Transparent PNGs, free to use with credit. Square for avatars and listings, full body for posters and features.
Signature gold
Keynotes, posters and feature slots.
Formal grey
Corporate programmes and panel listings.
Warm mustard
Community sessions and teaching contexts.
On stage
Speaking pages and event promotions.
How I prepare a talk
Before I write a single slide, I ask who will be in the room, what they already think, and what decision they face next. Then I decide what they should still remember a month later, and I build the talk around that.
My perspective comes from programming, business and teaching. I also build websites, applications and custom systems, so the questions I bring to the room come from making technology work for people in practice.
Explore the websites and systems I have madeUseful details
The practical side, in one place. If your event runs differently, tell me. Most of this is flexible, and I charge less for schools, public institutions and non-profits.
Something else you need to know? Email me.
- Based in
- Shah Alam, Malaysia. I travel across Malaysia and the region.
- Lead time
- Four to six weeks is comfortable. Ask anyway if your date is sooner. If I am free, I will do my best.
- Travel
- Included within the Klang Valley. For other places I charge travel at cost, agreed with you in writing first.
- What I need
- A microphone people can hear, an HDMI connection, and a screen the back row can read. I bring my own adapters and a backup copy of the slides.
- Languages
- English and Bahasa Malaysia. Mixed audiences are fine.
- Recording
- You may record the session for your own team. Please ask before publishing it anywhere public.
Check a date
Tell me about your event. Who is coming, what they already know, and what you want them to do differently afterwards. That is enough for me to reply with a clear yes or no and a price.
You will hear back from me personally.
Prefer email? Write to saiffilfariz@gmail.com.