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James Canton      

Futurist, Author & Visionary Business Advisor; Co-Founder & CEO of the Think Tank, Institute for Global Futures

James Canton is a renowned futurist, author, and CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, a think tank he founded in 1990 to forecast trends and strategies shaping the future. With over 30 years of experience advising businesses, governments, and White House administrations on emerging trends in technology, innovation, healthcare, energy, and security, Canton has become a thought leader in identifying opportunities and risks in the global landscape. His expertise spans a wide array of fields, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and digital transformation.

Canton is a frequent keynote speaker at major conferences and corporate events worldwide, where he shares insights on the future of innovation, disruptive technologies, and societal changes. He has worked with Fortune 1000 companies, national governments, and the White House to develop future-ready strategies that drive innovation and success in a rapidly changing world. Canton's insights have been sought after by over ten nations and more than 100 companies globally.

Canton is the author of several books, including "The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the 21st Century," "Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends That Will Transform Your World," and "Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century." These works explore the intersection of technology and human development and how organizations can adapt to the fast-evolving digital and technological landscapes. Canton is widely recognized for his ability to foresee market shifts and technological advancements and for his commitment to helping organizations navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century.

Speech Topics

Future Smart: The Game-Changing Trends That Are Shaping Tomorrow

Discover the top global megatrends that are shaping the future of business, markets and our society based on Dr. Canton’s Best Selling book, Future Smart and research at the Institute for Global Futures. These include the top trends in tech innovations, energy, demographics, future of the workforce, climate, globalization, learning, security and defense. Emerging new asset classes, business models and digital markets are driving change.

TechnoFutures: The Top Innovations Shaping the Future

What’s next for technology, innovation and the transformation of business, markets and the society based on exponential technologies. Based on his research at the National Science Foundation, his best-selling book TechnoFutures and with tech leaders, Dr. Canton has created a model of five strategic technologies that will shape the future. From Big Data, AI, robots, space, clean tech, smart cities, blockchain, quantum computing to what’s next for the digital enterprise. Find out what’s coming that will transform markets, strategy and the global economy.

The Extreme Future of Health Care

Robotics, CrisPR, Health enhancement, mobile digital devices, predictive analytics. Health care is being transformed by a new generation of digital technologies, Big Data, AI and innovations such as synthetic biology, robotics and genetic engineering. The ability to predict health outcomes from early diagnostics and digital tech and create a forecast of public health outcomes is driving a transformation in medicine and care. Find out how this new future is emerging.

The Innovators Mindset: A Strategy for Creating Successful Companies

Based on his 15 year research study with leading companies and his work at Apple, Dr. Canton has created a New Model about how innovators think and act to forge success in their organizations. He has identified a specific Innovator’s Mindset, a strategy to create breakthrough products, services, form companies, take effective actions, and create innovative teams and cultures.

News

Trends Towards A Smart Future
Acknowledging this emerging reality, Risk Group initiated a much-needed discussion on The Smart Future with Dr. James Canton, a leading Global Futurist,  ...
How tech will change our lives in 5 years, according to a futurist ...
Futurist James Canton predicts that big advancements in artificial intelligence and space exploration are coming in the next five years.

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