Futurist Presenters

Yvonne Adele is one of Australia's most recognised thought leaders and advocate of the need for BIG ideas. As the founder of Ideas Culture, Yvonne tea ... more

Corbin Ball, CMP, MS is an international speaker, consultant and writer helping clients worldwide use technology to save time and improve productivity ... more

Peter Blasina is regularly acknowledged for having made a valuable contribution to the high standard of IT journalism both locally and overseas. A wel ... more

Rachel Botsman is the co-author of the influential book 'What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption'. She is a social innovator who ... more

As the Chairman of the Futures Foundation, the professional association for Australia's practicing futurists, Charles is ideally placed to identify th ... more

Sergey Brin and Larry Page invented Google: the technology, the company, the verb. How did their search business, relatively late to the game, come t ... more

Today's world is changing fast. Customers are demanding faster responses. Technology can assist you to serve them more. The key is for you to know ... more

A leading technology forecaster and strategist, Daniel Burrus has established an international reputation for accurately predicting the future of tech ... more

Liesl's strongest interest is in emerging trends, new forms of connectivity/technology interface between people, and how that impacts society and comm ... more

Satyajit Das is an international specialist in the area of financial derivatives, risk management, and capital markets. Since 1994, Das has acted ... more

Ross Dawson is globally recognised as a leading keynote speaker and authority on business strategy. He is CEO of international consulting firm Advance ... more

Acclaimed author, journalist, broadcaster and speaker, Alain de Botton's works tackles questions of everyday life and refer both to his own experience ... more

Jack Delosa is a Gen Y entrepreneur and investor and was recently described by Sunrise as 'The Young Aussie Millionaire That Didn't Finish Uni'. Stil ... more

In these troubled times of global financial crisis, it is unsurprising that Harry S Dent’s brand of simple, commonsense financial prognostication ... more

A leading authority on innovation design, Vito Di Bari, is an acclaimed futurist who is changing the world through his cutting edge design solutions i ... more

Dr Patrick Dixon is often described in the media as Europe's leading Futurist and has been ranked as one of the 50 most influential business thinkers ... more

Maddy Dychtwald is a leading authority on generational marketing and demographics.
The Coming Boomer Trends: As co-founder and senior vice preside ... more

Few speakers know the global world as well as Thomas Faranda. His clients have included Siemen's Engineering Germany, IBM Europe, Siemens Medical Sout ... more

Michael Fertik is the world's leading expert on digital reputation. He is the Founder and CEO of Reputation.com, which protects online reputation and ... more

Tomer Garzberg, founder of Strongman Digital Media, born into a world of change, where others feared and rejected this change, Tomer embraced it from ... more

A co-founder of Fat Prophets, Angus has a wealth of experience acquired over more than a decade in both domestic and international financial markets. ... more

Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell's work is toppling the popular understanding o ... more

Andrew has been in high demand as a keynote speaker and facilitator in over 14 countries, and has succesfully worked with over 30 different nationalit ... more

One of the UK's leading communicators of science, Professor Baroness Greenfield is a distinguished scientist, broadcaster, writer and best selling aut ... more

Anil K. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy a ... more

Ray Hammond is a world-renowned futurologist, technology analyst and commentator on the digital age. He is a best-selling author whose titles have bee ... more

John Hanrahan is one of Australia's most experienced business journalists. His journalism experience in newspapers, radio and television includes seve ... more

Stephen Heppell is an English educator who specialises in the use of ICT in education. He is a Professor at Bournemouth University, Chair in New Media ... more

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and keynote speaker. He has always been slightly ahead the curve. David is consistently ranked as one of the top ... more

Putting the "Business" back into e-Business. There is no doubt that e-business is having, and will continue to have, a profound affect on the way we ... more

Co-founder of Facebook and the mastermind behind My.BarackObama.com, two of the most successful startups in modern history, Chris Hughes has spent his ... more

Fiona Hunt spent the last ten years working across the Australian Tourism and Government sectors. Fiona is currently the Head of Industry, Governme ... more

Frank has worked more than 15 years with strategic business development with a strong focus on how organizations can optimize their information assets ... more

An accomplished speaker, Mark can explain how companies can capitalise on the opportunity for business model innovation in response to rapid industry ... more

"I remember sitting for hours in my father's office leather chair, dreaming of running a multi-million pound business." Peter Jones is proof that driv ... more

Mark Jones is a speaker, journalist and technology strategist. He is a respected subject matter expert on technology, internet and social media trends ... more

What will we be buying from the local store twenty years from now? Perhaps a new lung, or a robot? Michio's goal is the complete Einstein's dream of a ... more

Ian Kennedy is a relationship marketing visionary and one of the pioneers of the direct marketing industry in Australia. His extraordinary insight int ... more

Tony advises leading technology businesses regarding integrated online marketing, digital strategy and the role of the internet in business growth, cu ... more

Brett King, author of Bank 2.0, is also the founder of the International Academy of Financial Management, one of the fastest growing professional asso ... more

Robert has over 20 years of experience in managing and leading multi-national companies in Europe and Asia. Because of his unique Leadership Style and ... more

Insightful, informative yet highly engaging and entertaining is what Neer Korn's presentations are all about. Neer takes his audience on a journey ... more

Ray Kurzweil has been described as 'the restless genius' by the Wall Street Journal, and 'the ultimate thinking machine' by Forbes. Inc. magazine ran ... more

Dr Ian Lin is a Business and Social Strategist, and Futurist. He assists enterprises develop new vision, strategies, and resources needed to improve p ... more

Tim collaborates with organisations to think about the future. He is an advisor and conference speaker for some of the world's largest brands. His pr ... more

Rohan is the CEO of Yahoo!7 and Chairman of Yahoo!Xtra in New Zealand. Rohan is a director of Yahoo!7, Vividwireless (Australia’s first 4G netwo ... more

After earning a Double Honours Bachelor of Science Degree (in Economics and Geography) from Southern Connecticut University, Debbie worked as a Market ... more

As the Co-founder of MMI, Ruth has developed working relationships with significant leisure industry leaders around the world. Her work has ranged fro ... more

Mark McCrindle is a social researcher with an international reputation for tracking the emerging trends and analysing the diverse generations. He is t ... more

Lisa Messenger is Owner and Creative Director of her own company and has worked globally in events, sponsorship, marketing, PR and publishing. On the ... more

Morris has an amazing array of future oriented keynotes, presentations, workshops, seminars and forums to choose from as well as hands-on and kiosk st ... more

William J. Mitchell, Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, holds the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. (1954) Professorship and direc ... more

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A well known social commentator on trends, innovation, the new consumer, info-tech and globalisation. He calls his presentation 'Seeing the footprints ... more

In the world of sober-suited business thinkers, Dr Kjell Nordstrom stands out for his passionate belief that in today's turbulent environment the old ... more

Neville graduated from The University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class honours, top student) in 1967 before going on to obtain a ... more

Award Winning Scientist and Environmentalist. Dr Graeme Pearman, highly awarded scientist, passionate environmentalist and advisor to former US Vic ... more

After spending twenty years on Wall Street, John F. "Jack" Perkowski founded ASIMCO, a successful manufacturing company in China. Mr. Perkowski is the ... more

Known internationally as the man who fused virtual reality with the World Wide Web to invent VRML, Mark Pesce has been exploring the frontiers of medi ... more

Author of 'In Search of Excellence', Tom Peters has probably done more than anyone else to shift the debate on management from the confines of boardro ... more

Graeme Philipson is an independent consultant, analyst and writer specialising in high technology industries. Over a twenty year career he has become ... more

Alistair runs 'Insight Works' and is one of the most highly respected futurist in Australia, his experience comes from a number of trend based roles a ... more

Ms. Popcorn shares the advice she gives her exclusive Fortune 500 clientele. Providing a blueprint for future business growth, Faith Popcorn has an un ... more

A brilliant analyst and award-winning commentator, Virginia Postrel speaks and writes about social trends and their economic implications. Her recent ... more

Awarded Speaker of the year 2006- 2007 by National Speakers Association of Australia. An expert in technology and future trends, Craig has a unique ... more

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate ... more

Ronald J. Rowland served as the Group Managing Director and CEO of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries from October 1978 until December 2000. Ron is ... more

Perhaps the best way to describe Bernard is that he is one of Australia's best communicators. Bernard has established an international reputation as a ... more

Anders is like a business GPS. He provides direction, insight, and flexibility as you navigate through a constantly shifting business landscape. He a ... more

Dale Spender is on the advisory board for the Department of Innovation and Information Economy, and has been on the management committee of the Ideas ... more

Writer Alex Steffen, known as one of the world's leading green futurists and a pioneering thinker on global sustainability, is also that rare kind of ... more

Rohit is an award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent and the founder of the research and consultanc ... more

Speaker, Business Futurist, BRIC Expert, Entrepreneur, Facilitator & Global Networker, David Thomas is well known in the Asia Pacific region for his e ... more

Peter Thorpe started his career in sales at the age of eighteen. By the time he was thirty, he had become the General Manager of Sharp Corporation of ... more

Dominic's expertise when coupled together with his accessible and engaging style make him a powerful and provocative speaker, capable of shifting the ... more

With a comprehensive retail & franchise speaking background behind him, Brian Walker,The Retail Doctor will make a house call to your next event and l ... more

Mike Walsh, author of Futuretainment and CEO of innovation research agency Tomorrow is a leading authority on the digital future. A dynamic keynote sp ... more

Jeff Watson has performed the role of broadcaster, author and journalist in both England and Australia. Whilst contributing to Australian programs suc ... more

Richard Watson is a speaker and consultant who advises organisations on the future, focusing particularly on the impact of trends on long-term strateg ... more

Peter Williams is a Partner with Deloitte, CEO of the newly formed Deloitte Digital, and until recently, was CEO of Australia's largest online mobile ... more

Robyn presents Radio National's Science Show, Ockham's Razor and In Conversation. Robyn's sharp wit, keen sense of humour and ability to present scien ... more

Graeme Wood Founder and Executive Director for Wotif revolutionised the travel industry in Australia in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Gr ... more

Dr Fiona Wood is Australian of the Year for 2005; Western Australia's only female plastic surgeon; head of the Royal Perth Hospital’s Burns Unit; ... more

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than 30 years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's firs ... more

Yeoh Siew Hoon is one of Asia's most respected travel editors and commentators. She's covered the travel industry for more than two decades and knows ... more