Cortex Leadership Consulting CEO Lynda Foster to Deliver Wrap-Up Keynote at the Emerging Technology Conference

Cortex Leadership Consulting CEO Lynda Foster will close the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council’s Emerging Technology Conference as the Wrap-Up Keynote Speaker with her address, “The New Rules of Leadership in the Age of AI: Mastering Time, Teams, and Tools.”

In this high-energy and reflective session, Foster will take attendees on a journey through the decades of leadership evolution — from a time of limited access and information scarcity to an age of overwhelming data, connectivity, and automation. Her keynote explores the question leaders must now answer:

Drawing from more than 15 years of executive coaching, leadership research, and technology innovation, Foster will illustrate how artificial intelligence is reframing leadership — not by replacing people, but by accelerating how leaders think, collaborate, and make decisions in real time.

She will share insights from her proprietary systems including Time Mastery 2.0, The New Rules of Teamwork, and The AI Strategic Leader Program — and demonstrate how leaders can co-think with AI without losing what makes them human.

AI Leadership Snapshot: A Conference First

Developed by Cortex exclusively for this year's conference, the AI Leadership Snapshot gives both attendees and organizers a first-of-its-king real-time view of leadership readiness in the age of AI.

The snapshot uses an AI-driven diagnostic to help participants identify their current mindset and confidence level in applying emerging technologies to leadership, time management, and collaboration.

Conference organizers can use the anonymized insights to understand trends across industries and guide future programming.

New Technology Experiences

Attendees will also experience two additional Cortex innovations:

• The AI Leadership Snapshot, designed for personalized insight and reflection.

• An AI Concierge, developed in collaboration with Randy Lowman of Laketurn Automation, trained on the conference's sessions and speakers to help attendees access insights, resources, and recordings on demand.

Known for her engaging, practical, and human-centered approach, Foster's keynote will blend stories, humor, and real-time examples to help leaders master their time, build trust, and create lasting value with emerging technologies.

As the creator of Time Mastery 2.0, The AI Leader Brief, and The AI Strategic Leader Program, Foster continues to help organizations and executives adopt AI with clarity, purpose, and humanity.

And yes - expect a brief cameo from "Lynda Borg," her futuristic digital persona that captures the message behind her work: the best leaders of tomorrow will evolve with technology while staying deeply human.

About Cortex Leadership Consulting

Cortex Leadership Consulting equips organizations and their leaders to thrive in times of transformation. Through customized coaching, interactive learning experiences, and AI-driven leadership tools, Cortex helps executives and teams master time, lead with clarity, and adopt the technologies shaping the future of work.