David Rowan - Keynote Speaker

One of the world's leading speakers focusing on how emerging and innovative technologies will have a long-term impact on business, David Rowan discusses how industry leaders should be preparing for this change now. A popular choice for corporate keynotes, he has delivered more than 600 speeches in all corners of the globe and has moderated high-profile events for the World Economic Forum, governments and some of the world's biggest international companies. His position as Editor-in-Chief of WIRED's UK edition left him uniquely connected with founders of many start-ups that would later become household names such as LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, WhatsApp and Twitter, as well as many others worldwide. Able to discuss and investigate how the leaders of these companies changed the face of everyday life, David's best-selling book discusses proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business and turning products into services. In his keynote speeches as well as his written work, he discusses how organisations can leverage AI for their own means and practical steps to achieving this. He also discusses how to inspire your team and promote genuine innovation from inside your own organisation to future-proof your company.

Staying very much at the cutting edge of technological innovation, David has invested in more than 150 early-stage tech companies and runs venture funds that invest in climate technology and health tech.
David helps business leaders prepare for the future, by translating what's happening at the cutting edge of technology — learning from the disrupters, by building close connections with the key people shaping tech, and inclusiding university research labs and startup clusters, and by running climate-tech and health-tech communities and investment funds,to keep up with the ever-accelerating pace of AI, quantum computing, metaverses, decentralised networks, materials science, and so much more.

David customises all his talk for his clients, recent keynote talks include:

• Why this is AI's 'Netscape' moment — and what that means for finance

• AI may be the future — but what does it mean for your business today?

• How to be human in the emergent era of transformative AI, neural interfaces, simulated realities and planetary chaos

• What AI means for the data centre

• How exponential tech forces retailers to think like startups

• The impact of AI on operational real estate

• How exponential tech could impact aviation cybersecurity