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.
Bringing You What’s Next
Recent Talks and Panels
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FACT 2025: Future of Media
Scott Smith spoke at FACT 2025 at ACMI in Melbourne, Australia’s alongside Angela Stengel (ABC), Keri Elmsly (ACMI), Stuart Buchanan (Sydney Opera House), and Dr Indigo Holcombe-James (ACMI) on the future of media, focusing on public service media and public experiences (February 2025).
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Changeist: Gaming the Future at Marató DHub 2024
Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith presented their research (in English, Catalan and Spanish) on the early development of games about prediction atMarató DHub 2024 at Disseny Hub in Barcelona in September 2024.
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UNDP Futures Series: How to be a Future Ready Organization
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, UNDP (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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![Two news anchors or interviewers in a split-screen television broadcast. The man on the left is in front of a bookshelf, and the woman on the right is in front of a blue digital background with binary code, discussing future technology and audience engagement.]()
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.
A selection of places, events or forums where we’ve appeared in recent years:
Media Evolution, Malmö, Sweden | FACT 2025, ACMI, Melbourne, Australia | 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 | CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, DK | 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