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The Future

Technology futurist with unparalleled on-the-ground experience.

Eric Haseltine offers the ultimate practitioner's wisdom on how to design technologies that solve long-range problems. He is an expert on the future of technology and how to manage innovation for maximum value in both the long and short term. A trained neuroscientist, he helps organizations improve performance by applying brain science to technology development with user-centered design.

Eric Haseltine is the former head of Walt Disney Imagineering and the 'CTO' for the entire U.S. intelligence community in the office of the Director of National Intelligence. To learn more about Eric, click here.



Andrew Zolli

Dynamic presenter and leading authority on
global foresight and innovation.

Andrew Zolli offera audiences exciting presentations on the complex trends at the intersection of technology, sustainability and global society that are shaping our future. He is the creator and executive director of Pop!Tech, the renowned thought leadership forum, social innovation network, and accelerator of world-changing initiatives. Andrew is an expert on resilience—why things bounce back.

Andrew Zolli is a fellow of the National Geographic Society, the first Business and Society Fellow of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, and futurist-in-residence for several media outlets. To learn more about Andrew, click here.
  

Alvin Toffler

Legendary dean of future and change studies.

Alvin Toffler is one of the most prescient, insightful and influential voices in business and intellectual life today. He literally invented the role of the futurist, creating an all new discipline around the study of change and its impact on business and culture. Throughout his career, he has consistently redefined our understanding of the world.

Alvin Toffler is the author of Future Shock, The Third Wave, and, most recently Revolutionary Wealth, among other major works. To learn more about Alvin, click here.