Futurist, keynote speaker, author and personal transformation coach, Rudy de Waele assists global brands and startups with innovation strategies and new methodologies in order to re-invent and transform businesses. Since graduating from Singularity University he has been responsible for creating over two hundred industry events across more than fifty cities globally. These successes include Mobile Mondays, AppCircus, Mobile Sunday, IoT Shifts, IoT Stars and Wearable Wednesdays. Rudy is a huge success due to his invaluable experience and knowledge which has proven to help leaders stay ahead of the game and positively benefit their organisations. Rudy's expertise span from technology trend forecasts to analysing and providing ideas on how to thrive in the new economy.
Rudy runs Socratic Design workshops and has helped diverse huge brands including Coca-Cola, Intel, BMW, Louis Vuitton, Google, IBM, Intel, Orange, Vodafone, PayPal, Mastercard, Samsung and World Bank. Rudy is highly regarded within his industry and is an associate of The Future Agency, Strategic Advisor and ambassador to Smart Cities World and a member of the IoT Council. The IoT Council is a global think tank for the Internet of Things.
Rudy's achievements have also seen him co-found Human Works Design and co-initiate Children First World which is a movement that designs the future with children. As a widely followed futurist Rudy's insights make impressions on a massive amount of individuals. His latest book Shift 2020 - How Technology Will Impact Our Future includes foresights from an array of world leading technology experts as they explore Genetics, AI and IoT. Rudy discusses topics around these areas as a keynote speaker. Rudy is an extremely knowledgeable keynote speaker who can provide invaluable insights into the future and has the ability to explore a wide range of topics at corporate events. From anything surrounding technology and the future including AI, robotics, IoT and digital transformation to education, HR, philosophy, ethics, healthcare and employment. He is a highly sought after speaker who can tailor his extensive knowledge to best benefit the audience.
How to hire Rudy de Waele
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When he's at corporate events, Rudy is known to cover the following topics:
- Artificial intelligence and robotics
- Digital transformation
- Education, training and human resources
- Energy, utilities and environment
- Pharma, health and medical
- Philosophy and ethics
- Singularity and transhumanism
- Technology and humanity
- Telecom and media
- The internet of things
- Work, jobs and employment
"Everybody can talk about the future but not everybody can make sense out of it. Rudy is brilliant at that: he presents the different aspects of disruptive technologies and explains how those will affect business, society and our personal lives. He made a fantastic kick-off to the Leaders’ Congress 2016 in Slovenia. Just mesmerizing.” – Sonja, Executive Director of Managers’ Association of Slovenia
“Rudy delivered a superb keynote stimulus presentation on ‘The 10 most disruptive IoT innovations everyone should know about’ at BearingPoint’s European customer event for 250 delegates. His knowledge, insights and creative delivery style and content was, as ever, very impressive.” – Simon, Senior Advisor, BearingPoint
“Rudy offered an excellent talk to the enthusiastic international audience of the largest conference on optical communication in Europe (ECOC 2014). He discussed how technology will impact our business and society in the near future through a condensed overview of foresights. The organization team thanks him again for this outstanding and engaging presentation!“ – Jean-Luc, President of ECOC
