Amy Webb

Great leaders don’t just react to change—they anticipate it. The most successful organizations thrive by balancing present challenges with long-term vision. In this insightful keynote, Amy Webb reveals how leaders can develop a futurist’s mindset to unlock creativity, drive innovation, and prepare for what’s next. Drawing on concepts from her award-winning book The Signals Are Talking, she shares a structured framework for forecasting industry shifts, redefining risk, and knowing when to act. Covering everything from artificial intelligence and biotechnology to blockchain and immersive digital environments, she helps audiences sharpen their ability to identify patterns and shape their own desired future. This talk provides organizations with practical tools to develop a future-ready strategy and take proactive steps toward long-term success.

AI is already reshaping industries, from healthcare and finance to education, warfare, and interpersonal relationships. But as AI advances, new challenges and ethical dilemmas emerge. What should businesses expect as artificial intelligence evolves from narrow applications to more generalized and potentially autonomous systems? In this insightful keynote, Amy Webb provides a comprehensive overview of the current and future landscape of AI. Drawing from her acclaimed book The Big Nine, she outlines possible scenarios—both optimistic and cautionary—that organizations must consider as AI systems become more powerful. She also shares tools and strategies to help businesses stay in control of AI-driven changes, ensuring they remain competitive while making informed decisions about the future of automation, privacy, and digital ethics.

Technology is evolving in fascinating and unexpected ways, seamlessly blending into our daily routines to the point where we often take its presence for granted. Yet, the innovations emerging today will play a defining role in shaping the future of businesses, industries, and human society. In this engaging and forward-looking session, renowned futurist Amy Webb takes audiences on a thought-provoking journey through what’s ahead. Drawing from her expertise as the founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, she presents a range of possible futures—optimistic, neutral, and disruptive—offering a glimpse into what your industry might look like a decade or two from now. Through strategic insights and scenario planning, she equips organizations with the tools to steer toward their ideal future while tackling some of the most pressing questions about work, relationships, and the evolution of daily life.

With new technologies emerging at an ever-increasing pace, how can organizations differentiate between lasting innovation and fleeting trends? More importantly, how can they prepare for a future of constant disruption? In this customized keynote, futurist Amy Webb taps into extensive research on your industry to uncover key tech trends shaping the future of business. She connects the dots between developments within and beyond your sector, illustrating how a series of interconnected events can reshape industries. By offering practical tools and insights, she helps organizations anticipate change, take control of their future, and position themselves as leaders rather than followers in the evolving technological landscape. Adapted from insights presented on global stages such as SXSW, this talk provides a data-driven roadmap to staying ahead of the curve.

The key to solving some of humanity’s most critical challenges—climate change, global food shortages, and disease prevention—may lie in a groundbreaking yet often-overlooked field: synthetic biology. This emerging technology, which blends biology with artificial intelligence, has the potential to reshape industries by allowing us to edit and program DNA, ultimately granting us unprecedented control over genetic material. However, with great power comes complex ethical questions. Who should determine how far we go in engineering human life? Should genetic enhancements have limits? What are the risks and rewards of manipulating biological systems? Drawing from her research and insights in The Genesis Machine, futurist Amy Webb explores the vast potential of synthetic biology, the controversies it raises, and its implications for businesses, governments, and society. This thought-provoking session provides a roadmap for understanding the economic, ethical, and regulatory challenges ahead—and the opportunities that lie on the horizon.

We are entering an era where traditional institutions—banks, regulatory agencies, and even governments—are being challenged by decentralized technology. From cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) to NFTs, DAOs, and virtual worlds, digital innovations are reshaping industries and the way transactions take place. But this transformation is just beginning. In this engaging session, Amy Webb explores the implications of decentralization across different sectors, highlighting how businesses must prepare for the rise of new digital economies. She discusses the evolving role of the metaverse, the shifting power dynamics in financial and commercial transactions, and what organizations should consider when navigating this next phase of technological change. Whether in real estate, banking, education, or governance, decentralization is redefining the way we operate—this talk will provide the strategic insights needed to stay ahead of the shift.