Technology Expert & Founding Editor-In-Chief of WIRED, UK Edition

David Rowan
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David Rowan At A Glance:

Using his skills as long-time WIRED Editor-in-chief, Rowan translates what really matters in tech to audiences and inspires them to seize the opportunities of emerging technologies and avoid the risks of disruption with dazzling examples from the front line– and also some gentle British humor.

David Rowan is today’s leading speaker on how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now. He’s given more than 600 keynotes around the world, and has moderated events for the World Economic Forum, the biggest global companies, and governments. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine in the UK, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. His best-selling book, “Non-Bullshit Innovation: 17 Proven Ways To Transform How You Work” (Penguin), is a 20-country quest to identify genuine innovation in the face of technology-led disruption. The book sets out 17 proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business — from “Turn products into services” to “Build an ecosystem”. David spends his time at tech’s cutting edge: visiting university research labs and startup clusters to meet the people building the future. He’s invested in more than 150 early-stage tech companies, and runs venture funds that invest in health-tech and climate-tech. David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and at WIRED he built a conference and a consulting business. And he is still searching for the future. David will customize a talk for your meeting, or will moderate your event in his accessible journalistic style.

His recent themes include:
• Why this is AI’s “Netscape moment” — and what that means for your business
• How to understand the impact of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools
• What exponential technologies mean for the next five years in retail/real estate/finance/media/healthcare, etc
• What a 20-country quest taught me about building an authentic culture of innovation
• What carbon accounting will mean for every business
• Where AI, data analytics and blockchain should fit into your strategy planning
• What talent wants in the new world of work
• Why purpose plus profit is the new business mantra

david@davidrowan.com

  • The New Rules of Business

    In fast-paced, fully customized talks, David Rowan tackles the latest trends in technology, innovation, and business and reveals how your company can get ahead. Drawing on his extensive research in the field—he has taken well over one hundred flights in the past year to understand from the front line how everything from genomics to 3D printing are changing the way businesses and consumers will operate—Rowan’s clear-eyed, accessible talks guide audiences through the new rules of business.
Thank you so much for an excellent session. You left the team  in no doubt about the risks of disruptive factors and how they  can impact any industry. Ours more than any is wide open here.  Totally the right way to end the conference.

— JP Morgan

Your contribution at the event was terrific. The content was  highly relevant & extremely interesting. Your talk received the  highest audience review on the feedback application. The level of  your professionalism is unrivalled.

— Mercer, Hong Kong

A stellar moderator – insightful and challenging to the speakers,  witty and engaging for the audience, and very positive to work  with.

— World Economic Forum

You set the tone for the day perfectly, engaging the audience  and steering the presenters through a very full agenda. The  feedback from the day has been overwhelmingly positive, which is largely due to your dynamism, good humour and  professionalism.

— David Cameron, G8 Innovation Conference

Just perfect.

— Temasek

Magnificent.

— Sky

David Rowan was awesome.

— Salesforce

Fascinating.

— Goldman Sachs

Truly inspirational.

— Warner Bros

The team was blown away and they are a hard group to impress.

— Google

I wanted to thank you for your time to moderate the G8 Innovation Conference on 14 June. You set the tone for the day perfectly, engaging the audience and steering the presenters through a very full agenda. The feedback from the day has been overwhelmingly positive, which is largely due to your dynamism, good humor and professionalism. The team here and I are extremely grateful for the part you played in making the day a success and helping to put innovation on the G8 agenda.

— G8 Innovation Conference

Thank you for joining us and sharing your insights at the Urban Land Institute dinner. We received a lot of positive feedback. Indeed, your name was dropped many times during the conference the next day. Your visions into the future provoked much discussion and provided an excellent start to the event.

— Design Museum

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