Kian Gohar
- Futurist and innovation strategist with a focus on the Future of Work and AI.
- Consultant to Fortune 500 companies on innovation, technology disruption, exponential thinking, leadership.
- Founding Executive Director of the world's leading corporate innovation development ecosystem.
Travels From
California
Kian Gohar Speaker Biography
Kian Gohar is a futurist, AI researcher, and Founder/CEO of Geolab, a research lab focused on helping organizations build the next frontier of Human-AI collaboration through training and strategy.
A former executive director of the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, Kian has coached the leadership teams of dozens of Fortune 500 companies on AI, innovation, and the Future of Work.
His latest research on Human-AI collaboration has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal.
In 2022, he co-wrote the bestselling book “Competing in the New World of Work”, published by Harvard Business Review and translated into 7 languages.
He’s a graduate of the Harvard Business School, and serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards.
INNOVATION & CONVERGENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
What will the world look like in 10 years and how will technology change the future of your business? Kian’s keynote highlights the major technology trends that are changing every major industry, including the convergence of AI, robotics, sensors, human computer interfaces, 3D printing, and digital medicine, and will inspire your team to prepare for an exponential future.
THE FUTURE OF WORK
New technologies and innovation such as AI, robotics, automation virtual reality and augmented worlds are changing every major industry all across the world, and will impact how we do work in the future. This keynote will explore the implications on work, organizations, and learning development, and will offer advice on how to future-proof your career.
THE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
We live in a new normal where market and political turbulence will define the next decade. Kian’s keynote explores the intersection of public policy and new technologies, and advises corporate and public policy leaders on how to adapt and adopt new technologies to act faster in a rapidly evolving digital world to avoid a “Great Rebellion.”
THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY
By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population will live in metropolitan areas. With this growth, we’ll see increased traffic density, energy consumption, and pollution. Kian’s keynote explores trends in urbanization, infrastructure and development, and offers solutions using shared, connected and virtual mobility.
CROWDSOURCING & THE SHARING ECONOMY
One of the most significant implications of connectivity is the rise of the “crowd economy.” Work, insights, experience, and money can all be aggregated and matched in an environment of increasingly distributed global work. Kian’s keynote explores crowdsourcing and the sharing economy, and suggest ways that corporations can scale faster, cheaper and more creatively by harnessing the power of the crowds.
November 17, 2023