WTF?! It’s a phrase heard across all disciplines and sectors of business these days. Everyone wants to know – What’s the Future? Fortunately, we have a roster of forward-thinking Futurist Speakers with proven track records of seeing what’s over the horizon and preparing organizations to not only withstand but seize and harness the opportunities that arrive with rapid future change.
Many of our Futurist Speakers are authors, consultants, and organizational leaders including Daniel Burrus and James Canton, who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking and are hired to advise organizations on such matters as global economic trends, forecasting possible scenarios, emerging market opportunities and risk management.
Others like Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis are noted visionaries, scientists, trend-spotters and strategists, relentlessly exploring the boundaries and furthest reaches of emerging and breakthrough technologies, and delivering insights on concepts never thought possible.
Our Futurists are motivated by change. Not content merely to describe, predict or forecast, they desire an active role in global transformation and see their role as liberating the future in each person, audience and organization. When your team is ready to get back to the future, contact our speakers bureau!
Carly Fiorina obliterated the glass ceiling when she became the first woman CEO of a Fortune 20 company. Regarded as one of the most powerful women in business by Forbes magazine, she was a 2016… Full Profile
Futurist Salim Ismail is the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University. He has an extensive track record as an entrepreneur and technology strategist, making him a highly sought speaker who gives approximately 150 keynotes per… Full Profile
Morinosuke Kawaguchi is a cultural innovator, writer, strategist and futurist based in Tokyo, Japan. His laboratory, Moronoske Co. Ltd., uses a proprietary innovation method known as The Morinoske Innovation Model which considers every possible creative… Full Profile
The creative mind fueling Ford motor’s global consumer trends department, Sheryl Connelly is one of the world’s most talented futurists. She gathers and synthesizes data from multiple academic resources, identifies patterns, and discerns social, technological,… Full Profile
Cloud computing trailblazer, Dr. Timothy Chou has been helping organizations understand and implement new technologies since 1999. He is a long-time lecturer at Stanford University, Chairman of IoT at Alchemist Accelerator, and a board member… Full Profile
Globally-known futurist Heather McGowan helps business and academic leaders prepare their people and organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The sought-out speaker, writer, and consultant specializes in learning agility, a skill-set that’s indispensable for success… Full Profile
Former entertainment and tech executive, Charlie Fink is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and new media. He is a staple at AR and VR conferences, and has also presented… Full Profile
Named one of the industry’s “Killer Consultants”, Tom Koulopoulos is a leading futurist. The founder of the 25-year-old premier think tank, Delphi, he provides advice on innovation practices and methods to Global 2000 organizations and… Full Profile
Robert Tercek is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content. He has created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks.… Full Profile
In a recent Washington Post article, avid futurist Vivek Wadhwa recalls his thoughts as a child about the future of technology and how he saw the future of robotics: “Growing up, I believed that soon… Full Profile
Chris Skinner specializes in the future of financial services and shares his findings on his popular blog, The Finanser. He chairs the European networking group The Financial Services Club where he presents high quality and… Full Profile
Futurist and trend spotter Anders Sorman-Nilsson changes the way companies do business, helping them “win the digital minds and analogue hearts of tomorrow’s customers.” He and his company Thinque focus on the importance of applying… Full Profile
Scott Amyx is a Tribeca Disruptor Foundation Fellow, an award presented in collaboration by the Tribeca Film Festival and Harvard Business School. The founder and CEO of Amyx+, he is a recognized leader in the… Full Profile
Kenneth W. Gronbach is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Demography and Generational Marketing who uses his research and quick wit to transform how people see the world as well as the field… Full Profile
An empirical futurist and corporate forecaster for 35-plus years, Thornton May has helped various organizations outperform their competition by designing for what comes next. He serves as Executive Director and Dean at the IT Leadership… Full Profile
Jack Shaw is a global thought leader and emerging technology strategist with over 30 years of experience in gauging the significance of emerging technologies for business. He was voted one of the top five Technology… Full Profile
An engineer of celebrity status, Pranav Mistry won international acclaim for his introduction of SixthSense, wearable technology that allows the user to interact with the world in groundbreaking ways. The young innovator and inventor currently… Full Profile
As new challenges and opportunities arise, the tech industry has continuously looked to Geoffrey Moore for fresh ideas on management strategy. He has cofounded three firms, authored seven best-selling business books, and built a career… Full Profile
One of Europe’s top economic commentators and futurists, Hamish McRae gives audiences an in-depth look at the ingredients for success in an increasingly stressful and competitive world. The award-winning financial journalist draws from decades of… Full Profile
A world expert in the collective behaviors of biological and robotic systems, Vijay Kumar is the Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His groundbreaking team works on creating autonomous ground and aerial… Full Profile
“The ultimate thinking machine" (Forbes), Ray Kurzweil has an astonishing track record of innovation, particularly in the healthcare field. Inc. magazineplaced him #8 among US entrepreneurs and named him “the rightful heir to Thomas Edison."… Full Profile
Considered the foremost global expert on retail banking innovation, Brett King is also a three-time bestselling author and founder of the mobile banking startup “Moven.” King was voted American Banker’s “Bank Technology News Innovator of… Full Profile
Dedicated to designing a new pedagogy and curriculum for the digital generation, Marc Prensky is a world leader in the application of new technology and the Internet to the future of education. He is a… Full Profile
Named by the Economist as one of the world’s 25 most influential economists, Professor Laurence Kotlikoff has dedicated his life to fixing fiscal woes with smart economic practices and common sense. The respected Boston University… Full Profile
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