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The Future of Health and Wellness | Willis Towers Watson, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker
By the year 2028 new medical breakthroughs could start extending our lives by over a year for every year lived ...
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Griffin, M. (2021) 'The Future of Health and Wellness | Willis Towers Watson, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 29 July. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-uk-the-future-of-health-and-wellness-willis-towers-watson/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thanks to Mark and Kevin for inviting me to present and discuss the Future of Health and Wellness at Willis Towers Watson’s annual European Summit which, as is the norm these days, was run as a virtual event.
This year’s event was in stark contrast to the last Future of Healthcare event that we all last did together which was held in person at the IMAX theatre in the London Science Museum, and it was somewhat disappointing to go from presenting on one of the world’s largest screens to the tiny laptop screens that everyone used to log into the event. But these are the times we live in – and by now we’re all used to living life through our various devices.
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Also ironic was the fact that during that original event I talked through some of the US military’s pandemic response projects, like DARPA’s P3 project, the evolution of vaccines and vaccine development, and numerous other healthcare innovations that have all been supercharged because of the pandemic.
To date the global pandemic has claimed the lives over 3.7 million people, cost the global economy an estimated $40 Trillion, and as I discuss during my keynote not only have emerging technologies, such as 3D printing, advanced computing, AI, and genomics, been integral to helping tackle it, but they’ve now firmly secured their place in helping make the future of healthcare, and all its sci-fi like benefits, a reality for all of us.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Sources and further reading
- Willis Towers Watson’s 311insitute.com
- Future of Healthcare 311insitute.com
- DARPA’s P3 project 311insitute.com
- Vaccines 311insitute.com
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 29 July 2021. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2021). The Future of Health and Wellness | Willis Towers Watson, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-uk-the-future-of-health-and-wellness-willis-towers-watson/
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