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"The audience was clearly fascinated by your presentation, which was rich in content and extremely relevant." Trillium Health Center
"An outstanding presentation for an industry and association that falls on its traditions so often. We learned that our tradition should not be something that holds us back, but rather the launching pad for innovation for the future. Thanks Jim for your thought provoking presentation!"94th PGA of America Annual General Meeting
"I was impressed on two levels. First, the content was thought provoking and delivered with a good sense of entertainment and audience awareness. Second, your graphics were well designed and executed. Well done. I was not planning on staying and came away with a lot of notes."Jeff Boarini, Director, Creative Services, Operations of McDonald's Corp
''Vladimer is an impressive communicator within both global and local channels. He demonstrates a depth of knowledge in digital and online strategy that is of expert capacity with a focus for results. Vladimer has a willingness to share knowledge and empower others to be successful. It's a pleasure liaising with him globally and highly recommended.''
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How to Book a Speaker
- Contact us for speaker recommendations or to check a speaker’s availability. We’ll put together a clear proposal you can share with your team, with fees, topics, and speaker videos all in one place.
- Once you’ve chosen your speaker, we’ll extend the offer on your behalf and guide you through the contracting process from start to finish.
- From there, your dedicated logistics manager takes care of the details: scheduling a pre-event call between you and the speaker, coordinating requirements, and making sure your speaker arrives prepared to deliver.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What’s the difference between a technology speaker and an AI speaker?
Scope. AI speakers go deep on one transformation: machine learning, automation, and what they mean for work. Technology speakers cover the wider board, placing AI alongside data, connectivity, security, and the other forces reshaping industries, usually with a futurist’s view of how they interact. If your organization’s pressing question is specifically about AI adoption, book the specialist. If your audience needs the bigger map, or you’ve already done an AI talk recently, the broader technology speaker keeps the program moving forward instead of repeating.
2. How far into the future should a technology talk look?
Match the horizon to what your audience can act on. A talk built around the next two to three years lands as planning material; a twenty-year vision is entertaining but evaporates by the elevator. The most useful futurists work both ends deliberately: far enough out to stretch thinking, then back to the near-term signals that deserve attention now. When briefing candidates, ask how they balance the horizons, and be direct about whether your event needs provocation, practical foresight, or some of each. Good speakers will tune the ratio.
3. Can a technology speaker cover cybersecurity for a general audience?
Yes, and it’s one of the more requested angles, because security stopped being an IT-department topic years ago. The right speaker makes data protection, fraud patterns, and digital risk vivid for people who will never read a technical standard, usually through stories of how real breaches actually happened. That framing suits association conferences, municipal audiences, and all-staff events where behaviour, not infrastructure, is the weak point. If your audience is security professionals, say so; that room needs a specialist rather than an awareness talk.
4. Our attendees are exhausted by tech hype. Can the talk avoid it?
That exhaustion is worth telling the speaker about, because the good ones adjust and the weak ones reveal themselves. A grounded technology talk trades breathless prediction for evidence: what’s actually being adopted, where the early results disappoint, and which loudly promoted trends are quietly stalling. Audiences lean in for a speaker willing to say what won’t matter. Ask candidates what they think is overhyped right now; a thoughtful, specific answer marks a speaker your skeptical room will trust.
5. How do we make sure a futurist talk leaves practical takeaways, not just wonder?
Design for it in the brief. Ask the speaker to close with specifics your organization can use: questions leadership should be asking, signals worth monitoring, or a simple framework for evaluating new technology as it arrives. Some speakers offer follow-up materials or a discussion guide that turns the keynote into a working session afterwards, which is worth requesting. The gap between a memorable talk and a useful one usually comes down to whether anyone asked for the landing, so ask for the landing.
6. Can a technology futurist contribute to our strategic planning session, not just the conference stage?
Several do exactly this, and it’s an underused way to get more from the same expert. Beyond the keynote, futurists on this roster facilitate scenario exercises, challenge planning assumptions in executive retreats, and help boards stress-test strategy against plausible futures. A half-day working session reaches a different depth than any keynote can, and pairing the two, a talk for the wide audience plus a closed session with leadership, often costs less than booking twice. Raise the strategic-session idea during the first conversation.