Booking guide
How to book Mo Gawdat
The fee context, availability drivers, best-fit events, and the exact steps to book Mo through Headliner.
Cost
What booking Mo costs
How much does Mo charge? AAE publishes $100,000–$200,000 live and $30,000–$50,000 virtual estimates, while BigSpeak lists $50,001 and above and other bureaus disclose no number. Because the public estimates conflict, Headliner confirms the fee on request.
Headliner never publishes a fabricated figure: the fee is confirmed for your specific date, format, and location. Virtual and fireside formats are typically quoted below a live keynote.
Best fit
Best events for Mo
Where Mo consistently lands with audiences:
- Employee wellbeing and workplace-happiness programs
- AI ethics, responsible technology, and future-of-work conferences
- Leadership events focused on stress, resilience, and psychological safety
- Innovation summits exploring moonshot thinking and human-centered AI
- Mental-health and positive-psychology conferences
- Purpose and culture programs seeking an engineering-led wellbeing framework
Delivery
What Mo's keynote delivers
Signature talks
- Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy
- Scary Smart: The Future of AI, Ethics, and Humanity
- Unstressable: Predict and Prevent Stress
- Solve for Happy at Work
Formats & how to run it: Mo is available for Keynote, Fireside chat, Moderation, Virtual. We match the format to your audience and run-of-show.
Availability
Availability and lead time
The real commitments that shape Mo’s calendar, plan around them:
- Hosts the Slo Mo podcast and continues to lead the One Billion Happy mission
- Balances current roles at Flight Story and Emma.Love with an international speaking schedule
- Has announced the book Alive and the documentary Chasing Utopia for 2026
We recommend starting the conversation about 16 weeks before your event date.
Preparation
How to brief Mo well
Give us these and Mo’s talk lands harder:
- Choose whether the keynote should lead with Solve for Happy, Unstressable, Scary Smart, or the intersection of AI and wellbeing
- Share the audience's biggest tension, such as workplace stress, rapid AI adoption, loss of control, or difficulty sustaining purpose
- Clarify how much of the program should address Gawdat's stated AI forecasts versus practical happiness and stress tools
- Tell us whether English or Arabic delivery is preferred and whether a keynote, fireside conversation, or virtual session best fits
Credibility
Why Mo is worth it
- Former Chief Business Officer of Google [X]
- ~27-year technology career
- Author of Solve for Happy (2017)
The process
How to book Mo through Headliner
Send your brief
Tell Headliner your event date, audience, and the outcome you want. Come prepared to choose whether the keynote should lead with Solve for Happy, Unstressable, Scary Smart, or the intersection of AI and wellbeing, share the audience's biggest tension, such as workplace stress, rapid AI adoption, loss of control, or difficulty sustaining purpose, clarify how much of the program should address Gawdat's stated AI forecasts versus practical happiness and stress tools, and tell us whether English or Arabic delivery is preferred and whether a keynote, fireside conversation, or virtual session best fits.
Confirm availability
We check Mo Gawdat's availability for your date and confirm the format. We recommend starting about 16 weeks out. Mo's calendar is shaped by real commitments: Hosts the Slo Mo podcast and continues to lead the One Billion Happy mission, Balances current roles at Flight Story and Emma.Love with an international speaking schedule, and Has announced the book Alive and the documentary Chasing Utopia for 2026.
Lock the fee
We confirm the fee for your date, format, and location. AAE publishes $100,000–$200,000 live and $30,000–$50,000 virtual estimates, while BigSpeak lists $50,001 and above and other bureaus disclose no number. Because the public estimates conflict, Headliner confirms the fee on request.
Sign and prepare
We handle the contract and rider, then align on run-of-show so Mo is set up to deliver for your audience.
Answers
Booking questions, answered
What is Mo Gawdat's speaking fee?
AAE publishes $100,000–$200,000 live and $30,000–$50,000 virtual estimates, while BigSpeak lists $50,001 and above and other bureaus disclose no number. Because the public estimates conflict, Headliner confirms the fee on request. Profile, format, audience size, travel, and timing all move the number, so Mo's fee is confirmed per event once you share your brief.
How much does it cost to book Mo Gawdat?
Beyond the speaking fee, budget for travel and expenses, plus any add-ons such as a workshop, extended Q&A, or recording rights. We confirm Mo's all-in cost for your date, format, and location.
Can I hire Mo Gawdat for a corporate or virtual event?
Yes. Mo takes corporate keynotes, conferences, and virtual sessions through Headliner on a non-exclusive basis. Tell us the format and date and we'll confirm availability and fee.
How far in advance should I book Mo Gawdat?
Aim to book Mo about 16 weeks ahead of your event.
What affects Mo Gawdat's availability?
Hosts the Slo Mo podcast and continues to lead the One Billion Happy mission, Balances current roles at Flight Story and Emma.Love with an international speaking schedule, and Has announced the book Alive and the documentary Chasing Utopia for 2026. We confirm open dates against these commitments when you enquire.
What events is Mo Gawdat the best fit for?
Mo is a strong fit for Employee wellbeing and workplace-happiness programs, AI ethics, responsible technology, and future-of-work conferences, Leadership events focused on stress, resilience, and psychological safety, Innovation summits exploring moonshot thinking and human-centered AI, and Mental-health and positive-psychology conferences.
What is the process to book Mo Gawdat through Headliner?
Send your brief, we confirm Mo's availability and fee, then we handle the contract, rider, and run-of-show, typically with a first response within four business hours.
Book Mo Gawdat through Headliner
Tell us about your event and we’ll confirm Mo’s availability and fee, typically within four business hours.
Headliner can arrange a booking with Mo Gawdat or their representative. This profile is compiled from public sources; availability and fees are confirmed on request. A listing here does not imply endorsement, affiliation, partnership, or exclusivity.