Amy Webb is an American quantitative futurist who is at the forefront of preparing organisations to face the trials and tribulations of today’s society. As the Founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute she expertly provides the strategic foresight necessary to ensure they stay ahead of future trends, future-proofing all the business she advises. Amy believes that all of the global issues faced by businesses are interconnected across all disciplines and shares her world-leading knowledge on emerging trends and technologies to mitigate these issues. When hired as a speaker, Amy covers topics such as future trends, futurism, scenarios and strategic foresight, and technology trends.
Amy started her illustrious career as a freelance writer, writing for the likes of New York Times and Economist.com, writing several publications covering technology, business, the economy and current events from all over Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau. She was also a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a writer for Newsweek. Using her knowledge of forecasting future trends in different countries all over the world, Amy co-founded Knowledgewebb Training and was on the Board of Directors for Online News Association. Other notable roles held by Amy include serving as a Delegate on a Bilateral Presidential Commission, a Visiting Nieman Fellow for Harvard University, a non-resident Fellow for Atlantic Council, a Member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and Global Futures Council Member and Stewards Board Member for the World Economic Forum.
Currently, Amy is sharing her knowledge of Strategic Foresight as a professor at New York University Stern School of Business. As the CEO and founder of Future Today Institute, founded in 2006, Amy has many years of experience in advising Fortune 500 companies, Global 1000 companies and government agencies on long-term strategies to prepare for complex futures. Her revolutionary work is driven by data and Amy has been honoured as one of the BBC’s 100 Women of 2020 and is one of the 50 most influential management thinkers globally, as listed by Thinkers50. As a science-fiction fan, Amy has closely collaborated with writers and producers about science, technology and the future and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
With knowledge that has become highly sought-after all over the world, Amy is now the author of four books, including the best-selling ‘The Big Nine’ and ‘The Genesis Machine’. Her TED talk ‘How I hacked online dating’ has gained over 8.4 million views. From AI, synthetic biology, the metaverse and augmented reality, Amy leads the exploration of these emerging trends, and how they will affect the future of businesses all over the world. When looking to hire a speaker who is sure to future-proof your business no matter your field, with a proven track record of success, consider hiring Amy Webb today.
Books
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest t Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream
Data, a Love Story: How I Cracked the Online Dating Code to Meet My Match
How to hire Amy Webb
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Below are Amy Webb's official speaking topics:
- Scenes from the Future: A 10- and 20-Year Forecast of Your Industry
- Emerging Tech Trends
- Imagining the Post-Covid Future
- How to Think Like a Futurist
- Web3, the Metaverse, and Your Organization
- What’s on the Horizon for Artificial Intelligence?
- The Genesis Machine: Rewriting Business and Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
"Amy is an outstanding and dynamic speaker and an incredibly strategic thinker. She is a master at coming up with a smart, practical and unexpected solution to the toughest problems in digital communications. I would contract her again in a second and highly recommend her services." - Dawn, President of Wararay Communications
"Amy is a real doer and has an astounding grasp of the online news business. I'm not sure if there's anyone in the universe of online news Amy doesn't know, or anything happening that Amy isn't aware of. Her ONA presentations are always the belle of the ball. I really can't say enough great things about her." - Joshua, Director of Digital Platforms and Audience at The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Amy is exactly what journalism and media need right now: a visionary who is able to inspire the troops to new heights. I follow the work she is doing with her company and was delighted to finally be in one of her workshops at the recent ONA conference because I have heard so much about them. It was probably the highlight of the conference for me. Amy conducted a workshop at ASU's Cronkite School earlier this year and the students and faculty got so much out of her talk, and were buzzing about it weeks later. As a consultant, Amy brings both the knowledge and the passion to help your organization take it to the next level when it comes to new media." - Retha, Founder of AncestoriesXR
"What Amy Webb does better than anyone else: She stays on top of complex technical innovations, information and geek-speak and distills them into relatively simple concepts and practical applications. This last is particularly significant - Amy helps you grasp what the semantic web or mobile broadband, for example, mean to you and your world, why you should care, and how you can use it.
I've seen her present several times in the past few years and each session has been forward-looking and highly relevant to media and tech professionals. She's a terrific communicator, direct, smart and honest." - Katherine, Editor in Chief, California Educator
- 2022 - U.S. Army Mad Scientist
- 2017 - Oxford Union Formal Debate
- 2017 - Shortlisted for the Distinguished Achievement Award Issued by Thinkers50
- 2017 - USJLP Fellowship Issued by US-Japan Leadership Program
- 2017 - Thinkers50 Radar Associated with Future Today Institute
- 2016 - Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion Associated with Harvard University
