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Keynote: Chemours, Philadelphia, PA – The Plunkett Awards Dinner for Innovation
I love doing corporate dinner award 'shows' - I think it is a critical way of encouraging and supporting innovation -
Keynote: Bathfitter, Montreal, Quebec – The Future of Home Renovations
What a wonderful event and a unique situation. This is a franchise oriented organization focused on unique solutions
Keynote: Emergent Biosolutions, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Healthcare 2025: Opportunity in the Era of Medical Transformation
A leadership keynote focused on the technological, scientific, hyperconnected trends driving forward the world of
Keynote: Benefiq 2018, Quebec, Canada – Personalized Food & Wellness Trends
We're on the edge of the era of an absolutely massive trend that brings together multiple industries all at once:
Keynote: Canadian Finance & Leasing Association, Montreal, Canada : Leasing in the Era of Shared Mobility
Self-driving cars, blockchain, Bitcoin, the sharing economy, disruptive change in leasing business models .... if the
Keynote: Columbus McKinnon, Las Vegas, Nevada : The Impact of Blockchain and IoT in Manufacturing
What happens when products become intelligent, hyperconnected, aware, responsive and proactive? That was one of two
Keynote: Rocky Mountain Electrical League, San Antonio, Texas : The Future IS Connected Energy
What's the future of energy generation, the grid, power lines? Fast! This was their 100th annual get together - quite
Keynote: Anthem Health, Long Beach, CA – Disruption and The Future of Health and Wellness
How should a health insurer respond to the massive transformations occurring in the world of healthcare? By getting
Keynote: New York Health Plans Association, Albany, NY – The Future of Health and Wellness Benefit Plans
A room full of healthcare care insurers, looking for insight into what comes next in the healthcare sector from a
Keynote: Mississippi Economic Development Council, Biloxi, MI – Where’s the Growth? Economic Development in Our Faster Future!
Over the years, I've done a lot of talks for groups of economic developers on the overall theme, "Where's the growth?"
Keynote: Deloitte, Toronto, Canada – Leadership in the Era of Disruption, Transformation & Acceleration
This global consulting firm brought together 200 executives of one fo their top banking clients, for an intense
Keynote: Greater Lansing HealthCare, Lansing, Michigan: The Hospital of 2025
If you are going to invest $750 million in building a state of the art hospital for your community, how do you know
Keynote: Eversheds Sutherland, New York – The Future of the Legal Profession
When the future is happening fast - so are new legal risks. So much so, that became one of my 19 Trends for 2019 - key
Keynote: Trapeze Group, Nashville, TN : Urban Transit in the Era of Self-Driving Electric Vehicles
Self-driving busses and the electrification of urban transit. The emergence of seemingly crazy ideas like the
Keynote: National Fire Protection Association, Las Vegas, NV : Managing Accelerating Risk
The organization, representing the part of the fire industry most involved with safety and other standards, needed a
Daily Inspiration: “Every day, you have a chance to make your own opportunities!”
This was a repeat engagement - the organization previously had me in for a talk on future trends and innovation in
Daily Inspiration: “Five words define you future. Hyperconnection. Acceleration. Exponentiation. Disruption. Transformation!”
One day, patients visited their doctor to figure out what was going on. Then they plugged in - and the doctor linked
Keynote: Hitachi Ventara, Phoenix, AZ – Yottabits and Planck Constants: Disruptive, Accelerating Technology
I do LOTS of client events for tech companies - in fact, I've been speaking at these events since 1994, when none other
Daily Inspiration: “It might be a matter of years, not decades, before bio-printed replacement organs are a reality. Are you ready for the era of the acceleration of science?”
Bionic eyes. Corneal implants grown for a particular patients DNA. The acceleration of human-to-computer interface
Keynote: Ontario Dental Association, Toronto – The Future of Dentistry
You might think the world of dental care does not change much, or slowly, or not at all – but it does. The
Keynote: Admiral Beverage, Albuquerque – The Future of Consumer= Behaviour
What do you do when you have a room full of Pepsi and Coors distributors, and are asked to challenge them on the
Keynote: CCI Wireless, Calgary, Alberta : Economic Development and 21st Century Infrastructure
Rural communities need broadband access, and this organization is working to provide it throughout this Canadian
Keynote: Partners in Building, Houston, Texas – The Future of Residential Construction – AI, Robotics and Disruption
This company is one fo the most successful, established luxury home builders in the Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee
Keynote: American Fidelity, Dallas, Texas – Disruptive Trends in Financial Services
A company in the group benefits, insurance, banking and other financial services – with a corporate leadership
Keynote: Macola Software, Chicago, Illinois : The Disruption and Reinvention of Manufacturing
They are a company in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning software) space in the manufacturing, consumer products and
Keynote: Town of Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Ontario : Growth Opportunities in the Next Economy
Last but not least – this one was a huge amount of fun – it’s the community where my ski chalet is located, 2
Keynote: National Mining Association, Scottsdale, Arizona : Autonomy, Robotics, AI & More – Disruption Underground
Well, this was fun! A keynote for CEO’s and senior executives of many American and global mining on the future
Keynote: Nutrien, Vail, CO : Robotics, 24 Hour Farming & Drone Seeding – The Future of Agriculture
When you are one of the world's leading agriculture fertilizer companies and need good insight for an offsite
Keynote: Association of Manufacturing Technology annual conference, Miami, Florida – Machining and Manufacturing in the Era of Disruption
Can you say ‘irony?’ That’s the case when I did a talk on the future of manufacturing, at the Trump Doral
Keynote: National Rural Electrical Cooperative (NRECA), Nashville, Tennessee – The Future of Energy
The future belongs to the fast – particularly in the world of the fast moving energy industry! There’s a
Keynote: Gemalto, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – Avoidable Negligence and the Future of IT Security
Security, security, security! Gemalto is one of the global leaders in providing complex solutions to the complex
Keynote: World Government Summit, Dubai, UAE – The Transformative Trends of the 21st Century
I was invited to speak at this massive global conference, with 3,400 attendees from 60+ countries worldwide.
Keynote: Ontario Road Builders Association, Toronto, Canada – Transportation Trends & Intelligent Highway Infrastructure
This event had a similar theme to the one above – with a more specific look at what is happening with the future of
Keynote: Magellan Health – Healthcare Care in the Era of Personalized, Connected, Predictive Medicine
This organization provides health care services to a vast range of health insurers – organizations such as Blue Cross
Keynote: Independent Insurance Agents, Austin, Texas – The Disruption and Disintermediation of the Insurance Industry
It”s not just farmers who are faced with disruptive trends – everyone else is, particularly in the world of
Keynote: Purina, San Antonio, Texas – The Future of Agricultural Co-ops
I do a LOT of talks in agriculture; so much so, that some folks have asked me how long I’ve been a farmer!
Keynote: Future of the global economy, Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma, OK
Over 700 local executives from throughout the city attended the event that I headlined, with a keynote that took a look
Keynote: Mercedes Benz, Detroit, Michigan – Disruption: Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles and the Sharing Economy
Obviously, this is a HOT topic, and being invited in by one of the pre-eminent automative companies in the world to
Keynote: Baker McKenzie client conferences, Dallas and Chicago – The Acceleration of Risk in the Era of Disruption
It’s pretty cool when the top-ranked global legal firm — operating in 38 countries with 13,000+ legal staff —
Keynote: NAMA Coffee, Tea & Water Association Conference – Future of food and consumer behaviour, Dallas, Texas
The National Automatic Merchandising Association CEO saw me at an event, and told me she immediately determined that I
Keynote: Nikon, Tokyo, Japan – 100th Anniversary Celebration Gala Dinner
This was certainly a treat – they invited me in to headline a dinner with my observations on the future! I opened
Keynote: , International Asset Management Council, Richmond, Virginia – Economic development trends and the future of manufacturing
The International Asset Management Council is an organization relentlessly focused on economic trends, and
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