ERIN AUSTIN
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Speaker on AI, Reputation, and Client Trust
For high-trust professionals, legal and ethical compliance is not the standard for AI use. It is the bare minimum. Reputation comes first.
AI is a technology issue. Trust is a leadership issue.
AI is in everything, everywhere, all the time. For professionals whose work depends on trust, this creates a different kind of challenge.
The question is no longer just whether AI use is legal. Or even whether it is ethical.
The real question is: What does your use of AI say about you?
Erin Austin speaks to organizations and professional audiences who cannot afford to treat AI as just another productivity tool. Her talks are designed for people whose work involves confidential information, personal data, sensitive decisions, and high-stakes client relationships — where using AI carelessly can damage credibility long before it creates a legal problem.
Her message is simple, clear, and highly relevant: for high-trust professionals, compliance is only the floor. Reputation must come first.
25+ years of experience
Warner Bros., Artisan Entertainment, and senior in-house executive leadership roles.
WHY AUDIENCES HIRE ERIN
What Makes Erin Different
There are plenty of speakers talking about what AI can do. Erin Austin talks about what AI use means when your credibility is part of what you sell.
Legal depth without legalese
Decades of legal and business experience, explained in plain English.
Warm, conversational delivery
Known for making serious topics engaging, relatable, and useful.
In-house perspective
She understands how decisions play out inside real organizations, where legal advice has to work in practice.
A fresh angle on AI
Her focus is not just on risk or innovation, but on trust, credibility, and reputation.
Practical frameworks
Audiences leave with ideas and language they can immediately put to work.
ABOUT
Meet Erin Austin
Erin Austin is an attorney, advisor, and speaker who helps experts and organizations use AI in ways that protect trust, reputation, and professional credibility. With more than 25 years of legal and business experience, Erin brings a rare combination of big-company in-house leadership, intellectual property strategy, and plain-English teaching to conversations about AI, ethics, and client trust.
Her background includes serving in senior in-house legal roles at major media and data companies, including Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group and Artisan Entertainment, where she worked on complex intellectual property, licensing, distribution, and business affairs matters. She has also served as general counsel and business executive roles that gave her firsthand experience advising organizations from the inside, where legal decisions must work not just in theory, but in real operations, real teams, and real client relationships. Today, she serves as General Counsel of the U.S. subsidiary of a publicly traded global company.
Erin recognizes the urgency in helping high-trust professionals and organizations navigate the legal, ethical, and reputational questions created by AI. She is especially known for speaking to audiences whose work involves confidential information, personal data, sensitive decisions, and high-stakes client relationships. Her presentations help audiences move beyond compliance-only thinking and ask the more important question: what does our use of AI say about our judgment, integrity, and trustworthiness?
Audiences value Erin for her warmth, clarity, and conversational style, as well as her ability to make serious topics practical, engaging, and immediately useful.
SIGNATURE TALKS
Speaking Topics
Available as keynotes, conference breakout sessions, workshops, and leadership sessions — tailored to your audience.
45-MINUTE KEYNOTE
Reputation First: What Your AI Use Says About You
For professionals whose work depends on trust, AI is not just a technology issue — it is a reputation issue. Erin shows why legal and ethical compliance is only the starting point. When clients rely on your expertise, discretion, and judgment, "Is this allowed?" is not enough. The better question is: "What does this choice communicate about how I work, what I value, and whether I can be trusted?"
Audience Takeaways
Why compliance is only the floor for high-trust professionals
How AI use shapes perceptions of expertise, judgment, and integrity
Where reputational risk appears before legal risk becomes obvious
A practical lens for making trust-centered AI decisions
2 to 4 HOUR INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Reputation First: A Practical Framework for AI Use in High-Trust Professions
Most professionals cannot simply opt out of AI. But for those who work with confidential information, personal data, and trust-sensitive client relationships, using AI well requires more than convenience or productivity. This workshop gives participants a practical framework for evaluating AI use in the real world — helping them move from vague ideas about "responsible AI use" to clearer, more defensible professional judgment.
Participant Outcomes
Identify high-risk AI use involving confidential information and client work
Spot common issues involving ethics, confidentiality, and evolving legal standards
Make stronger choices about disclosure, tool selection, and human review
Understand the difference between compliance and reputational leadership
Apply a reputation-first framework to day-to-day AI decisions
FULL DAY WORKSHOP
Reputation First: Building a Trust-Centered AI Decision Framework for High-Risk Professional Work
By the time leadership starts asking about AI, employees are often already using it. Some of that use may be low-risk and helpful. Some of it may quietly create legal, ethical, operational, and reputational exposure that no generic AI policy can solve. This full-day workshop helps organizations identify where AI use creates hidden risk, where current guardrails fall short, and how to make decisions that align with client expectations, organizational values, and long-term reputation
Participant Outcomes
Recognize hidden risks in everyday AI-enabled workflows
Identify gaps in policies, practices, and review processes
Strengthen oversight and decision-making in high-risk work
Evaluate AI use through the lens of trust, judgment, and client expectations
Understand the difference between compliance and reputational leadership
Create stronger guardrails for confidential information, personal data, and client deliverables
Trusted by Leaders, Inspired by Change
Erin’s keynotes and insights empower audiences to lead with integrity, clarity, and courage in the age of AI
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