Futurist Virtual Keynote, UAE: Predicting the Disruptive Future, Legal and General

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 15th December 2020

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

Disruption is everywhere, and its rate is accelerating, but where companies see threats, savvy investors see opportunities.

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Firstly, thank you to Gerardo and the teams at Legal and General and First Abu Dhabi Bank for asking me to be the keynote at the launch of their new Middle East and European emerging technology thematic investment funds, which also have the prestigious accolade of being the regions first.

During the keynote, entitled Predicting the Disruptive Future, I discussed the importance of having an Exponential Mindset and the importance of being able to see threats not as threats, but as opportunities. And in a world rife with disruption there are opportunities for future focused investors everywhere.

See the virtual keynote in full

At the beginning of the session I delved into the mechanics that are driving exponential disruption at a global scale, and at a rate and scale never seen before in human history, and then I took the audience through a journey and explored a wealth of different topics including the future of climate change and sustainability, cyber security, energy, health and ageing, robotics, and transportation. And given the significant breakthroughs and changes in all these areas, and the disruption they’re all experiencing, we had a lot to talk about in a very short space of time.

Matthew Griffin / About Author

Matthew Griffin, described as a "Walking encyclopaedia of the future" by NASA and a futurist polymath, is one of the world's most renowned futurists and strategic foresight experts. A serial entrepreneur Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next 50 years, XPotential University, the world's first free futures and foresight university, and the World Futures Forum which works with the United Nations to solve the worlds greatest challenges. 13 times author of the Codex of the Future series, Matthew is an in demand international keynote, acclaimed university lecturer, and host of the hit Fanatical Futurist podcast.

A rare talent in his past Matthew helped build and run several multi-billion dollar business units for Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, and his ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77+ governments, and many of the world's most respected brands including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Disney, EY, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Pepsi Co, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, and many others. He was also the only futurist invited to talk at the UN COP28 held in Dubai alongside world leaders.

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.