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Keynote SpeakerNick Ayton

Advisory, Technologist, Strategist, Speaker and Summit Chair

Nick Ayton is an internationally recognised futurist and thought leader with over 45 years in technology and a track record of launching ten startups. His focus spans the future of humanity, advanced tech, and capital raising for deep tech ventures. He brings unique insights into cutting-edge innovations and is the... Read more

Biography

Nick Ayton is an internationally recognised futurist and thought leader with over 45 years in technology and a track record of launching ten startups. His focus spans the future of humanity, advanced tech, and capital raising for deep tech ventures. He brings unique insights into cutting-edge innovations and is the creator of Futurist-in-Shorts, a YouTube channel where he shares bite-sized content on tech trends, investor interests, and advice for founders.

Nick has also authored a graphic novel, written a Sci-Fi TV series (in pre production), and a documentary series called The Biological Age. His book “Living to 150” – is due for release in November 2024, and the main works “The Biological Age” in early 2025.

He served on boards of global IT Services multinationals CaGemini, Siemens handling post merger transformations and M&S, was a pioneer of business process outsourcing, and built on the the first Bitcoin exchanges, the first inflight cabin management systems, and the most efficient Fintech savings platform in the UK.

His involvement in frontier technologies range from the latests Stem Cell Therapeutics, Advanced AI, Zero Gravity R&D, Organoid Intelligence, shape shifting Nano Materials, to Cures for Dementia, Quantum Computation and Biological Computing – was the beginning of his fascination with extending life and solving the worlds “hard problems”.

“We were so fortunate to not only have Nick Ayton as keynote our Global Accelerator Program in London but also as speaker at our Global Investment Summit. Working with Nick is so inspirational I was indeed taken with his knowledge, experience and expertise an outstanding speaker, both charming and entertaining” Karen Melanie Gould - CEO Gateway to Enterprise
“I had the privilege of working very closely with Nick on a few occasions. As event planners and managers we have a lot of our bearing dependent on the Master of Ceremonies! The best planned events still relies on the punch the MC brings about. Nick is a natural presenter and audiences love him. His eloquence, understanding of audience pulse for the moment makes his narratives look fluid and sounds impactful. As moderator his depth of knowledge across subjects as intense as geopolitics, economics, present day logistics and trade, to cutting edge AI technology, jumping to medical interventions - he wears multiple hats with ease. I am sure he would undergo needful prep, but his moderation of panels each with subject matter experts on the other side, calls for special skills and can test even the best talents. Nick is an event managers dream MC. With him opening the dhow, we are always at ease but I should warn you, one needs to have a agile lifting engineer to keep up with his movement on stage” Prem K, Director Founder AXYZ Global Ventures, UAE

Popular Talks by Nick Ayton

  • Deep Tech, Humanity, and Society?
  • Moore’s Law is Finished—What Comes Next Will Amaze You?
  • The Future of Humanity ends well
  • Longevity: The Science of Living Longer
  • The Economic Advantages of Digital Assets & Web3
  • Quantum Futures: Unlocking the Quantum Revolution
  • Transhumanism & Synthetic Biology
  • The Biological Age: We’re Already There
  • Deep Tech as a Competitive Weapon
  • The Threat of AGI & the Road to Super Intelligence
  • Why Your Lifestyle is Killing You
  • Living to 150 - a new era in personalised AI healthcare
  • Humans Cannot Live in Space at Zero Gravity
  • Humans vs AI Workforce what comes next
  • Biology Knows What to Do
  • The Devil’s Interval
  • Generative AI versus Real AI will scare you