Matthew Griffin is one of the world’s most recognised futurists, helping organisations navigate the next 50 years of change.
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One of the best and most thought provoking keynote presentations I've seen!
Eboni Russell
Fortea
Matthew Griffin is one of the world’s most renowned futurists, foresight experts, and emerging technology advisors. With almost thirty years of experience leading global technology businesses, including senior leadership roles at IBM and Atos, he helps organisations understand what is coming next and how to prepare for it. As Founder of the 311 Institute and author of the Codex of the Future Series, Matthew delivers powerful keynote talks on AI, innovation, leadership, sustainability, and the technologies shaping the next 50 years.
Matthew Griffin is one of the world’s most recognised futurists, emerging technology experts, and keynote speakers. With almost thirty years of experience across technology, innovation, and strategic leadership, he helps organisations understand the trends, technologies, and disruptions that will shape the next 50 years.
Having held senior leadership positions including former Head of IBM’s Global Public Safety and National Security business and former Global Head of Sales at Atos, Matthew combines deep corporate experience with a unique ability to forecast the future of business and society.
Today, he is the Founder of the 311 Institute and the World Futures Forum, leading groundbreaking initiatives focused on helping organisations, governments, and leaders prepare for long-term change and emerging opportunities. His mission is to make the future understandable, accessible, and actionable for everyone.
Matthew is known for his exceptional ability to identify and explain the impact of emerging technologies on industries, economies, and society. His expertise spans Artificial Intelligence, robotics, sustainability, future mobility, cybersecurity, biotechnology, digital transformation, leadership, and the future of work.
As an award-winning author of the Codex of the Future series, Matthew transforms complex future trends into practical, future-ready strategies that organisations can apply immediately. His insights help leaders better understand disruption, innovation, and the opportunities created by rapid technological change.
Trusted by G7 and G20 governments, royal households, global institutions, and Fortune 500 companies, Matthew advises decision-makers around the world on innovation, resilience, and long-term strategy. His client portfolio includes organisations such as Microsoft, Disney, Samsung, LEGO, Deloitte, UBS, Qualcomm, LinkedIn, VISA, Coca-Cola, and many more.
Matthew’s expertise and thought leadership have also made him a regular contributor to major international media including BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, WIRED, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal.
Matthew Griffin delivers engaging keynote presentations that combine strategic foresight with practical business insight. His talks are designed to inspire audiences while giving leaders and teams a clearer understanding of what the future may look like and how they can prepare for it today.
Whether discussing AI, innovation, future leadership, sustainability, or global trends, Matthew makes even highly complex topics easy to understand and highly relevant to modern organisations.
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Matthew Griffin helps audiences look beyond short-term change and understand the larger technological, economic, and societal shifts shaping the future. His rare combination of executive leadership experience, deep technology expertise, and engaging storytelling has made him one of the most sought-after futurist speakers in the world today.
With experience advising governments, global brands, and international organisations, Matthew brings both strategic insight and real-world perspective to every stage. He has a unique ability to turn highly complex topics into clear, inspiring, and actionable ideas that resonate with leaders, teams, and audiences across industries.
Matthew’s keynote presentations are designed to spark new thinking, encourage innovation, and help organisations prepare for disruption before it happens. Whether your audience wants to better understand Artificial Intelligence, future business models, emerging technologies, or long-term global trends, Matthew delivers insights that are both visionary and practical.
If you want a keynote speaker who can inspire your audience, challenge conventional thinking, and provide valuable insight into the future of business and society, Matthew Griffin is an outstanding choice for your event.
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One of the best and most thought provoking keynote presentations I've seen!
Eboni Russell Fortea
Matthew Griffin
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Matthew was a pleasure to work and really delivered for us. He has an abundance of both breadth and depth of knowledge and was rated 10 out of 5 - say no more!
John Rugg, Director of Marketing Axa
Matthew Griffin
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Matthew’s knowledge, enthusiasm, and perspective sets him apart in a world awash with futurists. His ability to engage the audience and ‘Blow their Minds’ is exceptional.
Mark Ramsook, Head of Health and Benefits wtw
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Matthew is a fantastic speaker and I and our clients really really enjoyed all his content [about the future]. Everything was amazing and fascinating! I thoroughly recommend him!
Caroline Williams, Chief Investment Officer UBS
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Matt’s a technology visionary we’ve worked with for years to create content and visions of the future. Amazing to work with all our best performing stories have involved him.
Brian Fuller, Director of Content ARM
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I truly enjoyed Matthew’s session [on the future of aviation] and our entire leadership team was left buzzing.
Tim Arel, Chief Operations Officer Federal Aviation Administration
Matthew Griffin
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Matthew’s keynote [on the future of Financial Services] was phenomenal. The essence is we need to be innovative and quick or we won’t be able to compete at global scale.
Albert Nana Essuman, Director of Communications, Africa Standard Chartered
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I was incredibly impressed with the subject matter of Matthew’s presentation, and it was perfectly in line with the future direction of the UAE.
Saeed Ali Al Shamsi, Deputy Director of Economic Affairs UAE
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Matthew delivered a thought provoking session. His delivery was outstanding, and his passion and knowledge of current and future technological trends is extraordinary.
Michael Lee, Head of Investment, Europe RWD
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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 extraordinary energy.
Peter Kennedy, Managing Director, Europe accenture
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Thank you for your time yesterday and for such a great presentation [on the future of mobility], it was as thought provoking as usual.
Jefferson Nwokeoma, Executive Director for the Environment London Borough of Hounslow
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Matthew’s presentation was absolutely superb and the highlight of the conference.
Isaac Hernandez Vargas, Country Manager Google
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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
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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
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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
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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 Griffin
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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
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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
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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
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When looking to the future look no further than Matthew, his insights and guidance are essential for government organisations like the Department of International Trade.
Christina Liaos HM Government, Regional Director, Europe
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Matthew’s a great speaker and we thoroughly enjoyed his keynote at this years ICS cyber security nuclear conference. Our participants are now more prepared for the future
James Nesbitt Cyber Senate, CEO
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Matthew gave a really inspirational and enlightening presentation on the future of energy that was the highlight of the entire conference.
Nick Cochrane-Dyet MBE BP, Chair, MENA
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Matthew was the talking point of the whole day and a pleasure to work with. He really put the time in to advance our understanding of the future and is a superb presenter.
Fiona Macnish M&G Investments, UKI Events Director
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A master builder! Absolutely thrilled Matthew came in to talk about disruptive innovation, he utterly blew us away with what the future holds. I can’t recommend him enough!
Nicola Perrozzi LEGO, Global Procurement Director
Matthew Griffin
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The most engaging and interesting sessions I’ve ever seen live or online, delivered by a stellar speaker in a fun and succinct manner that was cutting edge.
Nick Eley Lloyds Banking Group, Vice President, FX and Financial Markets
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We engaged Matthew to lead a 4 day workshop on the future of intelligent machines. He far exceeded all our expectations and has an incredible breadth of knowledge.
Robert Dessert Qualcomm, Global Head of Corporate Strategy
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Matthew helped us vividly paint the picture of the future and inspire our Horizon 2 and 3 thinking. His session was incredibly thought provoking and the highlight of the week!
Jeff Neumann PepsiCo, Global Head of Learning
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Matthew’s session [on the future of superyacht design] was without question the most fascinating, thought provoking, and extraordinary talks I’ve ever heard.
Mel Gray RWD, Chief Finance Officer
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Matthew helped us develop our long term 5G and 6G roadmaps . He’s a world leading futurist with a wealth of knowledge, and he’s fun to work and inspirational.
Donald Butts InterDigital, Global Head of R&D
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Matthew’s knowledge knows no limits and he delivered a phenomenal presentation on life in 2069, Samsung’s centenary. He was so professional we filmed it in one take.
Joni Rasmusson Samsung, Global Head of Strategic Marketing
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The feedback on Matthew’s keynote [on the future of investing] was that it was overwhelmingly excellent and thought provoking. I hope our paths cross again soon.
Roberto Lazzarotto STOXX, Global Head of Sales
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Matthew hit it out of the stadium in Seattle. Next gen mobility is changing the world and noone dreams bigger and his visions will make your head spin in a good way .
Kristiana Lockman T-Mobile, Senior Director, Brand Strategy
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Matthew was recommended a ‘visionary and energising speaker’ and didn’t disappoint. He has incredible energy and brings the future to life through incredible storytelling.
Catherine Crump Wired, Head of Editorial
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Matthew is outstanding, we rated him 10 out of 5!
John R. AXA, director of marketing
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The only futurist you'll ever need. period.
Charles C. Centrica, chairman
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Matthew is a walking encyclopedia on the future!
Kyle E. NASA, special projects director
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Keynote by Matthew Griffin:
Today there is arguably no topic larger than AI. Matthew has been a thought leader in the field for decades, working for companies including IBM and Microsoft. Since 2015, years before the likes of ChatGPT and MidJourney emerged, he has given a string of keynotes on Generative AI to clients including Accenture, BCG, Bloomberg, the UAE and UK Governments, and many others.
In 2018 Matthew wrote the book on the technology, and lectured at universities including Carnegie Mellon and UCL, then in 2023 he was the first in the world to write a book using it to raise over $25,000 for charity – while at the same time helping multi-national clients such as AON, EY, and Pepsi implement and understand it.
In this keynote Matthew demystifies the world of AI, discusses what it is and what it isn’t, where the technology is headed, and explores the most exhilarating industry use cases, how we control the technology, its ethics, and how we use it for human and planetary advantage.
This keynote contains the following aspects:
As a General Purpose Technology AI impacts everything so the number of keynotes that compliment it are almost infinite. The most popular include, in alphabetical order: The Future of Cyber and Data, The Future of Creativity and Innovation, The Future of Education and Learning, The Future of Leadership, The Future of Synthetic Content, The Future of Work and the Workplace, and hundreds more.
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We live in the most complex business environment ever where changing consumer behaviours, regulatory change, and technology led disruption are permanent stalking horses, and as the average CEO tenure time halves today over 40% of CEO’s don’t think their companies will be viable in ten years time. The fundamentals of business and global markets have changed beyond all recognition, demanding new mindsets and new forms of leadership.
As a serial entrepreneur and author who’s built and led multi-billion dollar business units for companies including Atos, EMC, and IBM Matthew has extensive experience navigating change and helping leaders succeed against all odds.
In this keynote Matthew gives leaders and their teams examples of how they are being disrupted and outpaced by technology and visionary competitors, opens their eyes and their minds to the new art of the possible, then arms them with the mindset and tools they need to dominate the future.
This keynote contains the following aspects:
The future is shaped by the convergence of many different technologies and trends, and this keynote can be complimented by others including: The Future of AI, The Future of Business, The Future of the Customer Experience, The Future of Disruption, The Future of Industry, The Future of Learning and Development, The Future of Sales, The Future of Supply Chains, The Future of Sustainability and Sustainable Investing, The Future of the Workforce and Workplace, and many more.
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Today disruption and change are the only constants, job automation is a near permanent stalking horse, and the concept of one job for life, and ergo the concept of the T-Shaped individual, are disappearing. To flourish tomorrow individuals need to be both adaptable and quick to learn new skills. As a leading authority on the future of education, learning and work, Matthew sits on many international government and multi-national committees and has single handedly been accredited with finding new ways to help accelerate human learning by 6 fold or more.
In this keynote Matthew shows audiences how AI is helping democratise access to education, knowledge, and skills, and how it can be used to help everyone learn any topic 6 times faster than conventional teaching.
This keynote contains the following aspects:
The future is shaped by the convergence of many different technologies and trends, and this keynote can be complimented by others including: The Future of AI, The Future of Business, The Future of Education, The Future of Resilience, The Future of Work, and many more.
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Today we are being told that AI will partially or fully automate up to 80% of all jobs, and we’re already seeing highly skilled highly paid jobs that many thought would be immune to automation being disrupted. Robots automated Blue Collar Work, AI is automating White Collar work so it’s no surprise that today governments and individuals alike are more worried about the future than ever before. But there are two sides to every coin. As a leading authority on the future of education, learning, and work Matthew sits on numerous government and multi-national committees and has been credited by several of them as single handedly changing the narrative from one of fear to a story of how technology unlocks limitless human potential.
In this keynote Matthew turns the narrative of the future of work on its head, taking the audience from a world dominated by fear of the future to one where their potential for growth and impact is limitless.
This keynote contains the following aspects:
The future is shaped by the convergence of many different technologies and trends, and this keynote can be complimented by others including: The Future of AI, and Technology, The Future of Business, The Future of Creativity and Innovation, The Future of Leadership, The Future of Learning, The Future of Resilience, The Future of Work, The Limitless Future, and many more.
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Today, automation and AI are reshaping every aspect of how we work—including how we lead mega projects and project management at scale. As smart systems take over planning, risk analysis, and execution, leaders are left wondering: what’s the future role of human-led project management?
In this keynote, Matthew Griffin, one of the world’s foremost futurists, challenges the fear-based narrative around automation. Instead, he reveals how the convergence of technologies is transforming project management from a rigid, process-heavy function into a dynamic driver of innovation, strategy, and human potential.
From AI-led delivery to the rise of autonomous teams, this keynote empowers leaders to future-proof their approach to mega projects and project management—unlocking new levels of agility, creativity, and impact.
Book Matthew Griffin for your event to equip your teams with the foresight, mindset, and tools to thrive in the future of work—where bold projects don’t just adapt to change, they shape it.
Keynote by Matthew Griffin:
Not just a Futurist keynote speaker Matthew is also one of the world’s leading experts on a wide range of top of mind topics including not only Disruption, Education, Geopolitics, Leadership, Strategy, Sustainability, but also Trends and Technology.
Having such a breadth of expertise means that unlike other speakers who only show you a thin slice of the future within the confines of their specific area of expertise Matthew can show you everything and then, most importantly, show you how everything connects.
Imagine seeing JUST 30% of what the future and the world has to offer compared to seeing EVERYTHING and how it all inter-relates and you’ll understand why Matthew’s insights and keynotes are in constant demand around the world.
Matthew’s given hundreds of keynotes and unlike other speakers none have ever been repeated. They are ALL UNIQUE AND TAILORED.
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