Daniel Kafer
Daniel Kafer is a global futurist and Supertrends Expert guiding leaders through AI, automation, and platform shifts shaping the next era of intelligence.
Why you should book Daniel Kafer for your next event
- Daniel Kafer translates artificial intelligence, automation, and platform disruption into clear strategic choices leaders can act on immediately.
- With senior leadership roles across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Daniel Kafer brings rare, real-world experience in large-scale digital transformation.
- His keynotes combine long-term foresight with executive pragmatism, preparing organizations for the next 25 years of intelligence and human–AI collaboration.
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Global Futurist, Supertrends Expert, and AI Transformation Advisor
Daniel Kafer is a sought-after global futurist and Supertrends Expert known for helping executives, boards, and institutions turn uncertainty into strategic advantage. With a career spanning senior leadership roles at Meta and Ooredoo Group, he has led complex digital transformations and AI-driven innovation across multiple continents. Daniel connects emerging technologies with human judgment, enabling organizations to navigate exponential change with confidence. His work bridges foresight, strategy, and execution, making him a powerful voice for leaders preparing for the future of business, technology, and society.
Daniel Kafer – Global Futurist and Supertrends Expert
Daniel Kafer is recognized for his ability to see beyond short-term trends and decode how intelligence evolves across technology, business, and society. As a global futurist and Associate & Certified Supertrends Expert, he works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, automation, and platform economics. His perspective is shaped by hands-on leadership experience and deep foresight methodology, allowing him to guide organizations through complexity rather than hype.
Leadership Experience Across Global Markets
Before focusing fully on futurism and advisory work, Daniel Kafer held senior executive roles across international markets. He served as Country Head for Meta in Denmark with a Nordic remit and as Group Director at Ooredoo Group, operating across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. In these roles, he led major digital transformations, introduced AI-driven innovation programs, and helped organizations adapt to rapidly shifting platform dynamics. His experience gives him a grounded understanding of how strategy meets operational reality at scale.
Driving AI Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
At Ooredoo, Daniel Kafer built and managed strategic global collaborations with leadership teams from Google, Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and Microsoft. These partnerships focused on AI personalization, automation frameworks, and AR and VR activations deployed across ten countries. His work demonstrated how emerging technologies can be translated into measurable business impact, customer relevance, and organizational agility when guided by clear strategic intent.
Supertrends, Foresight, and the Long View
As an Associate & Certified Supertrends Expert, Daniel Kafer contributes to foresight through the Supertrends SmartScans™ system. This framework maps more than 4,000 verified predictions extending to the year 2100, offering leaders a structured way to understand exponential change. Daniel applies this foresight to real-world decision-making, helping organizations anticipate second- and third-order effects of AI, automation, and geopolitical shifts rather than reacting too late.
Author, Podcast Host, and Thought Leader
Daniel Kafer is the co-author of Hyperintelligence (Wiley & CITIC Press, 2025), a wide-ranging exploration of how intelligence evolves from the cosmos to artificial intelligence. The book connects science, technology, and philosophy to provide a new lens on humanity’s future. He also hosts The Mindblowers Podcast, where global thinkers explore technology, longevity, geopolitics, and the forces reshaping civilization. These platforms allow Daniel to test ideas, challenge assumptions, and refine insights that inform his advisory and keynote work.
Keynotes That Prepare Leaders for What’s Next
Daniel Kafer is a highly rated keynote speaker at international events including COP28’s World Metaverse Summit, Media Pro Summit, and Digital Transformation World. His talks blend data-driven foresight with executive pragmatism, offering audiences both inspiration and clarity. Popular keynote themes include “The Next 25 Years of Intelligence” and “The Human–AI Partnership,” focusing on how leaders can combine human insight with machine intelligence to remain relevant and resilient.
Advisory Work and The Strategic Edge
Through his advisory platform, The Strategic Edge, Daniel Kafer works closely with CEOs, boards, and governments. His approach centers on translating foresight into action, aligning long-term vision with near-term execution. By combining human judgment with AI intelligence, he helps organizations design future-proof strategies that can adapt as technology, markets, and society evolve.
Book Daniel Kafer for Your Event
Booking Daniel Kafer means bringing a speaker who understands both the future and the realities of leadership today. His rare mix of global executive experience, foresight expertise, and engaging storytelling makes him an ideal choice for conferences, leadership offsites, and strategy sessions focused on AI, digital transformation, and the future of intelligence.
Keynotes
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
The Next 25 Years of Intelligence
How AI, Automation & Human Ingenuity Will Redefine Everything
Based on Supertrends’ long-range forecasts, this keynote explores how AI, robotics, and platform ecosystems will merge into one interconnected intelligence network by 2050.
Your audience will gain a clear roadmap of what’s coming — and how to act before it happens.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
The Human–AI Partnership
Why the Future Belongs to Those Who Collaborate with Intelligence
AI isn’t here to replace people — it’s here to multiply what humans can do.
Daniel shares lessons from collaborations with Meta, Google, Snapchat, TikTok, and Microsoft, revealing how teams can pair human intuition with machine intelligence for exponential results.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
From Digital to Exponential
Building Organizations That Thrive in the Age of Acceleration
Digital transformation was the 2010s. The 2020s are about exponential transformation — aligning culture, strategy, and AI to drive compounding innovation.
Audiences learn how to design organizations that adapt faster and grow stronger in an age of accelerating change.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
Hyperintelligence in Practice
Applying the Universe’s Evolutionary Playbook to Business Strategy.
Inspired by Daniel’s book Hyperintelligence (Wiley & CITIC Press, 2025), this keynote bridges cosmology, biology, and AI into one coherent framework for innovation.
It reveals how the same forces that built life itself — complexity, critical density, and creative pulse — can guide leaders to engineer intelligent, resilient organizations.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
The Future of Big Tech
Inside the Race for the Next Platform Era
A rare insider look at how OpenAI, Google, Meta, XAI, and TikTok are building the next generation of intelligent platforms.
This session decodes platform power shifts, AI infrastructure strategies, and what it all means for industries and economies worldwide.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
The Exponential Economy
How AI and Automation Will Transform Work, Wealth, and Meaning.
As automation spreads beyond labor, value creation is shifting toward intelligence itself.
Daniel presents Supertrends data on post-labor economics, universal income, and productivity evolution — helping leaders prepare for a world where human creativity and purpose define competitive advantage.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
Future-Proof Leadership
Mindsets and Frameworks for the Exponential Decade.
The future will test leaders on adaptability, foresight, and emotional intelligence.
Daniel equips executives with tools from The Strategic Edge and Supertrends foresight systems to make smarter, faster, and more future-aligned decisions.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
Humanity 2.0
Ethics, Identity & the Rise of Artificial Consciousness.
As AI approaches human-like cognition, we face new questions of ethics and identity.
This thought-provoking keynote explores how to balance progress with purpose — and how intelligent technology can help humanity evolve, not erode.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
Get Ahead of 99% of AI Users
Simple Techniques That Give You an Unfair Advantage in the Age of Intelligence
Format: Keynote–Workshop
Most people use AI like a search bar — missing 99% of its power.
In this fast-paced, hands-on session, Daniel teaches the five practical techniques that separate advanced AI users from the rest.
Built on frameworks from The Strategic Edge and informed by Supertrends foresight, this workshop gives teams a lasting performance edge.
Keynote by Daniel Kafer:
The Supertrends Advantage
How to See What’s Coming Before It Happens
Every innovation follows a pattern — if you know where to look.
Daniel shows how the Supertrends SmartScansTM system uses AI and human experts to map 4,000+ verified predictions.
Participants learn how to apply the same foresight methodology to anticipate disruption, track breakthroughs, and identify billion-dollar opportunities early.
Daniel Kafer's Keynote & Workshop - HyperIntelligence
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Digital Experience conference Middle East 2023
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