David delivers enrichment TED-style talks to international audiences across cruise programs and live events.
“David Bunney is an enrichment speaker and storyteller for luxury and premium cruise lines — Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Princess and soon Silversea — with story-led talks on living smarter, staying safe online, and understanding AI and change.”
Speaking Experience
Experience includes major cruise lines such as Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, and Princess Cruises.
- Cruise ship enrichment programs
- International and multi-national audiences
- Theatre-style and lecture hall delivery
- Topics spanning AI, digital trust, lifestyle, and change
Trusted By
Enrichment TED-syle Talks 2027 Season
The following talks are currently available and can be adapted to suit audience and program requirements.
1. I Built a Woman Who Doesn’t Exist
The honest AI briefing
She has a name, a face and followers, but she is not a real woman. David Bunney tells the true story of creating Leigh Roams, an AI persona, and what the experience taught him about artificial intelligence. With humour and practical examples, he explores how these tools work, where their limits lie and what they really mean for everyday life.
AI is a power tool made by humans, for humans: not magic, not a monster.
2. Who’s Actually Trying to Rob You?
Cyber-safety for travellers
Why are successful travellers among the people most targeted by online criminals? David Bunney reveals how today’s scams really work and why clever people still get caught. Guests will leave with a small set of practical habits that make them a hard target, at home and on the road. As David explains, trust is not a feeling; it’s a procedure.
Trust is not a feeling; it’s a procedure.
3. Freer, Not Younger
Technology and a richer later life
Told through the story of a 92-year-old and a smartphone, this warm and uplifting talk explores what technology can give back to people who have already earned their time. David Bunney shows how the right tools can buy back time, health, connection and independence, and how to spot the ones that don’t. Practical, encouraging and refreshingly free of jargon.
A tool earns its place only if it buys back time, health, connection or independence.
4. The Tow Truck and the Four-Year-Old
Change and reinvention
A tow truck and a four-year-old sit at the heart of David Bunney’s story of loss and rebuilding. Drawing on more than four decades of business ventures and setbacks, he explores why change can hurt and what helps people find their footing again. With warmth and humour, he reflects on perseverance, reinvention and the choices that shape a fresh start.
You can’t choose the wave; you choose your footing.
5. The Week the Music Stopped
Real revolutions vs bubbles
David Bunney was chairing a technology company’s stock market float when the market crashed. His account from inside that experience explores the excitement of innovation, the pull of investor enthusiasm and the difficulty of judging what will endure. Through storytelling and observation, he considers how genuine technological change and speculative bubbles can coexist, offering a practical perspective on today’s headlines.
The technology and the bubble can both be real.
6. Why Is the Robot Late?
What the future really holds
Flying cars, robot butlers and driverless taxis: why does the future always arrive later than the headlines promise? David Bunney answers through the remarkable story of an inventor whose 1880s engine is still waiting for its moment. A thoughtful and often amusing look at how new ideas take hold, and why the future arrives twice: first as a headline, then as a habit.
The future arrives twice — first as a headline, then as a habit.
7. Everything She Cannot Do
What keeps us human
David Bunney built a convincing artificial person, and in doing so discovered everything she cannot do. In this thoughtful talk, he explores the human qualities no machine will ever touch: judgement, loyalty and meaning. Far from making us less important, AI raises the value of everything it cannot do. A reassuring and optimistic look at what keeps us human.
AI raises the price of everything it cannot do.
About David Bunney
David Bunney is a best-selling Australian author, entrepreneur and enrichment speaker who helps people live smarter in a changing world.
He tells true stories with a clear message, drawn from more than four decades of business ventures, technology and change, including setbacks met with perseverance. Speaking without notes and in plain language, David blends warmth, humour and personal stories to explore artificial intelligence, online safety and resilience, helping audiences stay connected to what makes us human.
At the heart of his Smarter Living approach is a simple belief: knowledge is only valuable when it helps us make better choices in everyday life. An Australian who has delivered enrichment talks across Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and Princess, and who joins Silversea’s Silver Muse and Cunard Queen Victoria in 2027, David’s conversational style encourages curiosity and fresh thinking, leaving guests with practical ideas and, often, a story they’ll retell over dinner.
Speaking enquiries & availability:
speaking@davidbunney.com
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