Richard Watson – Keynote speaker
Futurist in residence at the Tech Foresight Practice, Imperial College
Richard Watson is a London-based writer, speaker and scenario planner with a particular focus on helping organisations to think far ahead. He is the founder of nowandnext.com, a website that helps document global trends and is a founding member of Futures House, a specialist scenario planning consultancy.
Richard has written five books including: Future Files: 5 Trends for the Next 50 Years (2007); Future Minds: How the Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It (2010). The Future: 50 Ideas you Really Need to Know (2012) and Future Vision: Scenarios for the World in 2040 (2012).
Richard has worked with impressive corporations, including; Arla Foods, General Electric, IBM, KPMG, London Business School, Ministry of Defence, McDonald’s and Virgin.