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News on Speaking engagements
  • Cityscape Global Riyadh 2024

    Dr Derek Woodgate had two apperances at Cityscape Global Riyadh 2024.

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  • BeyondX podcast with Dr Derek Woodgate

    BeyondX: Dr. Derek Woodgate discusses where science and technology meet magic. Our President is interviewed on Beyond X about a myriad of topics from the future of AI and security, to mind uploading, BCI and the potential of transdisciplinary sciences.

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  • Ingenious Thinkers interview
    In an Interview for Ken Temcer at Spyder Works for the series Ingenious Thinkers, Dr Derek Woodgate discusses the impact of progressive culture and future technologies on transformative societies, human   Read more
  • FutureTV: 16th BRICS Summit

    During the 16th BRICXS Summit at Kazan Expo. Oct 22, 2024 – Oct 24, 2024, Dr Derek Woodgate gave a presentation on Futures from the Gulf, a view of the history, comparative study of the various countries’ philosophies and strategies towards foresight and the potential vision for the future. The presentation demonstrated the accelerated interest and development of futures studies in the Gulf countries, in academia and as a practice at the government and industry levels, from strategic, operational, and cultural perspectives.

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  • Holitopia Festival for Arts and Futures in Berlin 2024 (Keynote)
    Our President, Dr. Derek Woodgate, speaking on Rebel Wisdom about future humans seen through the lens of underground art and experiments happening in invisible, illegal laboratories, etc. At Holitopia Berlin   Read more
  • Cityscape Global in Riyadh
    Our President, Dr. Derek Woodgate will be presenting a keynote at Cityscape Global in Riyadh next week on "Leveraging emerging technologies to enhance city liveability and belongingness", as well as   Read more
  • Riyadh Conference
    Our President, Dr Derek Woodgate had an inspirational time in Riyadh. He keynoted at the Cityscape Conference plus had a fireside talk with the award winning mayor of Stockholm   Read more
  • https://wfsf2023paris.org/ The World Futures Studies Federation's XXV World Conference which will also mark its 50th anniversary is less than a month away. Paris, where the WFSF was founded in 1973 is   Read more
  • WFSF 2023 World Conference
    Dr. Derek Woodgate will present at the upcoming WFSF XXV Anniversary World Conference in Paris on October 15th-30th, 2023. The topic is: Future Rhythms (which is also the title of   Read more
  • UAE Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Summit

    Our President and Chief Futurist Derek Woodgate, was selected for the High-Level International Advisory Board and to be the Chair for the UAE Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Summit held on 14 and 15 June in Dubai, UAE. He MC=d the event, conducted two panels and gave a keynote speech on Digital emancipation in smart and nano manufacturing.

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  • Smart City Security December 2021

    We are proud to announce that Derek Woodgate was the Session Chair and keynote speaker on the Future of Smart Security and Safety at the 2nd Abu Dhabi Smart Cities Conference. Derek was also a member of the Supreme Advisory Counsel for this Conference. Derek was also awarded the prize of his contribution to Shaping the Cities of the Future.

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  • Emerging Techno-economic Paradigms

    Our President, Derek Woodgate had the honor of being the opening keynote at the International Conference on Organizational resilience, corporate governance, innovative entrepreneurship, and sustainable development at PMU Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia last week. His presentation was titled Emerging Techno-economic Paradigms.

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