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Keynote SpeakerMatthew Griffin

Award Winning Futurist and International Keynote Speaker, also known as the "Fanatical Futurist"

Matthew Griffin, described as a literal walking encyclopaedia on the future and a futurist polymath, is one of the world’s most renowned futurists and foresight experts. A serial entrepreneur he is the Founder of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next 50... Read more

Biography

Matthew Griffin, described as a literal walking encyclopaedia on the future and a futurist polymath, is one of the world’s most renowned futurists and foresight experts. A serial entrepreneur he is the Founder of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next 50 years, XPotential University, the world’s first free to attend futures and foresight university, and the World Futures Forum which works with the UN to help solve the worlds greatest challenges. 12 times author of the Codex of the Future series, and the first person to write a complete book using AI with all profits going to charity, Matthew is a distinguished international keynote, and host of the hit FanaticalFuturist podcast.

A rare talent in his past Matthew helped build and run several multi-billion dollar business units for Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, and his ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77+ governments, and many of the world’s most respected brands including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Disney, EY, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Pepsi Co, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, and many others. He was also the only futurist invited to talk at the UN COP28 held in Dubai alongside world leaders.

Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.

“Absolutely thrilled and grateful that Matthew came in totalk about disruptive innovation. He utterly blew us away with what the future holds and I can't recommend him enough!” Nicola Perrozzi, Global Procurement Director, LEGO
“I often find crystal ball gazers are narrow in focus but Matthew is unique and his great strength is in pulling together disparate strands with extrodinary energy.” Peter Kennedy, Managing Director, Accenture
“[The whole leadership team] were all stoked by Matthew's tremendous insights about [the future of sports and sports fashion].” Chris Thacker, Head of Creative, Adidas
“Matthew delivered an amazing presentation at our inaugural RiskTech event and our audience were astounded by many of the technological advancements.” Abdessamad Khaled, Global Head of Derivatives, Bloomberg
“Matthew was a riveting speaker and an absolute pleasure to work with. He was the highlight of the conference with a quick wit and mind boggling stories of the future.” Ann Boyd, Vice President, Cherwell
“Matthew's three presentations to us were mind blowing and he had the highest ratings of all our conferences, plus he's a genuinely nice person and a pleasure to work with.” Dani Marshall-Manifold, Global Head of Marketing, EPI
“Matthew's depth and breadth of content is astounding and it's rare that information relevant to working life is so intriguing. His content was mind blowing.” Peter Bentley, Global Chief Commercial Officer, AON
“Matthew delivered an excellent, engaging, and thought provoking keynote at our customer conference and truly helped position us as a forward thinking organisation.” Chantel Kaur, Events Director, Castleton
“Matthew caught me off guard, the message 'The future is now' is already strong but he took it a step further and forced us to rethink what to expect in the future.” Robert Baltus, Chief Operations Officer, EBAA

Popular Talks by Matthew Griffin

  • Building future ready organisations
  • AI and the future of work
  • The Future of learning and development
  • The future of risk and cyber security
  • Sustainability and solving the UN SDG