We partner with event organizers, companies, cultural organizations, media and others to develop fresh, provocative and engaging keynotes, panels and discussions, and appear as guest experts for TV, radio, podcasts and other formats. You can find some of our most recent appearances below.
Helping You Understand What’s Next
Recent Talks and Panels
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UNDP Futures Series: How to be a Future Ready Organization through Leadership
This UNDP Futures Series features Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith and explores their book, “Future Cultures” and what it means to be a future ready organization. Moderated by Bronwyn Williams, Futures Fellow, Strategy and Futures Team, Executive Office (December 2023).
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Dubai Future Form '22: Can the Future Be Taught?
“Can the Future Be Taught?” A panel on the future of futures education, moderated by Susan Cox-Smith, including panelists H.E. Aisha Miran, Dr. Peter Bishop, Dr. Erik Øverland and Dr. Ozcan Saritas at Dubai Future Forum (October 2022).
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Dubai Future Forum '22: Will Borders Be Relevant in the Future?
“Will Borders Be Relevant in the Future?” A panel on the future of borders moderated by Scott Smith, with Dubai Albelhoul, Dr Amy Hochadel and Joshua Polchar at the Dubai Future Forum (October 2022).
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Unfinished '22: Social Good & the Decentralized Web
A panel on Web3 and social justice, moderated by Scott Smith, including Tricia Wang, Lina Srivastava, Nathan Schneider and Sam Gregory, for Unfinished 22 in New York City (October, 2022).
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Tech24: The Science of Predicting the Future
Scott Smith joined Julia Sieger on France24’s Tech24 to talk about the role of prediction and using models to understand the future. They discussed the role of uncertainty, and why people make predictions, and fear of the long-term.
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Sónar+D CCCB 2020 Talk: "So, What About the Future?"
A discussion hosted at Barcelona’s CCCB for Sónar+D concerning the challenges of the future in a time of pandemic and discord. Moderated by Jose Luis de Vicente, featuring Fabien Girardin, Elisabet Roselló, and Scott Smith (September 2020).
Speaker Request
If you’re looking for a keynote presenter, moderator, panelist, guest expert or co-designer for your next event or workshop, get in touch. Let us know your event, audience, location, timeframe, and budget, and we will work with you to design a meaningful experience that leaves a lasting impression.
Marató del DHub 2024, Disseny Hub, Barcelona | Turing Institute, London | Open Data.ch, Fribourg, Switzerland | Stellar Capacity, Stockholm, Sweden | Near Future Laboratory SuperSeminar 24 | Venice, California | Sitra Foresight Learning, Helsinki, FI | ArtScience Museum, Singapore | Dubai Futures Forum, Dubai, UAE | Unfinished '22, New York City | Museum Leadership House, Vienna | Culture Academy, Singapore | Futures Brought to Life, Vienna | Stories4Policy, Lancaster, UK | Lee Kwan Yew School Future Forward, Singapore | MICA, Ahmedabad, India | European Foundation Centre, Brussels | Architectural Association, London | Dubai Design Week, Dubai, | Earth Institute, Columbia University Climate School, New York City | | Sónar + D, Barcelona | Kantar Futures, Singapore | JPL, Pasadena | Re_Festival, Birmingham, UK | Next 19, Hamburg | me Convention, Frankfurt | Primer EU, Helsinki | ASOS Assembles, London | Impakt Festival, Utrecht | Future Flux Festival, Rotterdam | Fiber Festival, Amsterdam | Media Future Week, Hilversum, NL | Dubai Future Accelerators, Dubai | A/D/O, Brooklyn | Open State, Adelaide | Sibos, Geneva | FutureFest, London | Futuro, Ibiza | IAM, Barcelona | NRC Moonshot, Amsterdam | Thingscon, Amsterdam | Atlantic Council Energy & Economy Summit, Istanbul | Futureverything Singapore | Lift, Basel | Futureverything, Manchester | Next 15, Hamburg
"I had known Scott as an excellent speaker and tech trend watcher before we worked together on a new concept for meConvention, an international creative innovation festival by Mercedes-Benz in collaboration with SXSW. At the end of each festival day, Scott would host a Wrap Up talk show, together with sci-fi writer Madeline Ashby. The talk shows' content, guests and takeaways were decided on during the day. A pressure cooker venture that required a very nimble mind with the ability to translate a full day of workshops and talks into a coherent, useful and entertaining program. Not many can pull off something like that. Even fewer can do it as well as Scott."
—Kitty Leering, DutchBlend