Aleks Krotoski
Technology Presenter & Social Psychologist
David Rowan
Former Editor, WIRED UK
As Editor of the technology and trends magazine for almost a decade, David has a unique insight into digital businesses, gadgets, new developments and the culture taking shape around them. He has also chaired the G8 Innovation Summit, enjoyed rare access to Chinese mobile manufacturers Xiaomi, and tracked the progress of the world's smartest companies. In presentations David explains how tech-led disruption is impacting on everything from manufacturing to motoring to services - and what incumbent companies can do to protect themselves.
Speaking Topics
- Digital Business & Strategy
- Strategy
JLA Agent - Andrew StoneyIf you want a speaker to provide a glimpse of what the future holds for your sector and your customers, David is for you. He sees himself as a storyteller, describing ways in which the world is rapidly changing and how technology is creating new opportunities for all businesses. But it comes with a warning: there are serious dangers if you ignore what's happening around you.
Biography
David Rowan explains how emerging technologies will impact business, and how leaders should prepare now. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, he came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter, and many other ambitious start-ups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. He has since invested in more than a hundred and fifty early-stage tech companies, including two that became billion-dollar “unicorns”, and is an adviser to venture-capital funds, the Harwell Science, and Innovation Campus.
His business bestseller Non-Bullshit Innovation: 17 Proven Ways to Transform How You Work, is a twenty-country quest for bold corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption. The book sets out seventeen proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business, helping leaders build resilience in an uncertain world. David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, and The Sunday Times. He has been asked to give more than six hundred keynotes, and has moderated events for the World Economic Forum, WIRED and the UK and French governments.
David deconstructs tech trends in real time, unpacking how major innovations like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and autonomous vehicles are changing businesses and consumers. He focuses on how technology-led innovation can build prosperity even in economic downturns and amid market crises. David delivers presentations full of insight into the future of technology with lively examples and engaging video clips which reveal that, in some cases, the future is already here. He regularly speaks about how innovation and technology are likely to impact a particular sector (from manufacturing to motoring), and what companies can do to protect themselves.
“Fascinating and compelling.”
David went down very well at our recent event, we were really pleased. He was aligned to the agenda theme and had just the right impact.
Excellent. David provided a unique insight into the emerging technology environment ranging from robotics to start-ups—and coloured his presentation with anecdotes from interviews with many of the players in the technology space. The audience responded well; it was late in the day but whole room was fully engaged and asked many questions.
He met our expectations very well, no more no less. The audience where satisfied. They´d hoped he could also talk a bit about the ethical and practical challenges that all the new technology arises, but I guess he would have needed more time if he were to dive into those matters.
The speech David gave responded very well to the brief provided. His presentation was interesting and engaging.
We are very positive about the result. The content of Mr. Rowan’s presentation was highly influential for the future of digital economy. He showed how technology changed our lives and created new ways of doing business. This definitely met our expectations.
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