Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced futurologist with a proven track record for forecasting accuracy. For 35 years, he has been studying the major trends that will shape the future, and is now living in the period that he first described three decades ago.
Current work
He is currently working on Smart Bodies: How Digital Technology Will Transform Your Health.
Previous experience
Speaker: Ray delivers keynotes, pre-dinner speeches, workshops and seminars for the world’s major corporations, governments and non-profit organisations. He has been fortunate enough to speak for (and to be invited back by) many of the world's biggest companies, including Apple, GE, IBM, MasterCard, HSBC, Barclaycard, McKinsey, Intel, Samsung, SAP, Adobe, Siemens, Dow Chemicals, Intel, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Shell, Microsoft, Cisco and Accenture. At a ceremony in Italy in 2010, former President Mikhail Gorbachev presented Ray with a United Nations Gold Medal for 'services to futurology'.
Author: A best-selling author, Ray has written 16 books about the future, the first of which was published in 1982. His 1984 work, The Online Handbook, was the world's first book to describe the commercial potential of the internet and to identify the importance of 'searching'.
Talking Points
The Seven Key Drivers of the Future
In this speech, Ray will identify and explain the implications of the most important trends likely to shape business and society over the next ten to twenty years. Presentations can be tailored to client requests.
The Seven Key Drivers of the Future
Video
Understanding Digital Disruption Micro lecture 16
Exponential change has now become very noticeable - and people often refer to it as "digital disruption". In this micro-lecture I survey some of the major business sectors undergoing disruption. Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced futurologist with a proven track record for forecasting accuracy. For 35 years, he has been studying the major trends that will shape the future, and is now living in the period that he first described three decades ago.The Essentials Of Keynote Speaking Micro Lecture 15
Tips on how to provide a compelling keynote conference speech. Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced futurologist with a proven track record for forecasting accuracy. For 35 years, he has been studying the major trends that will shape the future, and is now living in the period that he first described three decades ago.Ray Hammond speaks about Digital Health for the Pharma Industry Montreux 2015
In this pre-dinner talk for the Pharma Industry I tried to stress the role that digital health technology will have on the development and trials of new drugs - and in healthcare in general. The future of medicine and healthcare is patient-centric as my hosts for the evening, Camelot Consulting of Germany, have been stressing for some time. It was a stimulating and enjoyable event. Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced futurologist with a proven track record for forecasting accuracy. For 35 years, he has been studying the major trends that will shape the future, and is now living in the period that he first described three decades ago.The Virtual Ape Meets Virtual Reality
As VR becomes mainstream, the question is: "How will humans react to virtual reality environments." In this short lecture I suggest that humans are primarily virtual creatures and that we will find ourselves thoroughly at home in our new virtual habitat. Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced futurologist with a proven track record for forecasting accuracy. For 35 years, he has been studying the major trends that will shape the future, and is now living in the period that he first described three decades ago.Excellent and entertaining presentation. Ray used a lot of different but key issues together to create a platform of thought for the future. Captured attention and imagination of the audienc ... keep reading CPA
