Are you interested in hiring Gerd Leonhard to speak at your event, conference, trade show, meeting, or convention?
As a keynote speaker, he knows how to command a stage where he can deliver a powerful presentation that will captivate your audience.
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Gerd Leonhard is one of the most sought after futurist keynote speakers and expert on topics such as technology, artificial intelligence, leadership, digital ethics, transformation, sustainability, data, and the future of work.
He is a well-known global influencer who has helped business and government leaders worldwide and is a major contributor to futurist ideas, but he is first and foremost a passionate humanist who thinks that all technological progress should help people in general. As a thought-leader, he has supported such organizations as Deloitte, Siemens, Google, Microsoft, Sony, UBS, SAP, Mastercard, and many others.
Gerd Leonhard explores tough topics in-depth in his keynotes, seminars, workshops, and consulting sessions. Business in the world after Covid-19, addressing existential threats like climate change and the unchecked spread of technology, the future of work and the relationship between humans and machines, what it means to be human in a world dominated by machines and algorithms, and the ethics of technology and tech regulation in a connected world are some of the themes that keep coming up.
Gerd says that in the next ten years, people will change more than they have in the last hundred, so let’s embrace technology while keeping, valuing, and improving what makes us human.
Gerd Leonhard’s credo is People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity. He is interested in where people, science/technology, business, and culture meet. He supports human-centered, sustainable ideas and puts a lot of weight on the importance of leadership that looks to the future and resilience when things get hard. People know him for pointing out the dangers of unchecked extractivism in capitalism.
Gerd Leonhard’s famous keynote speeches, which he gives both in-person and online, are known for being direct, thought-provoking, funny, and always personal. Gerd’s live and online performances have completely changed what it means to “present.” He uses cutting-edge creative motion design and immersive backdrops to do this.
Gerd Leonhard is known worldwide as an innovative futurist, keynote speaker, and presenter. He has performed on real stages and in real life, as well as in digital-only settings like Zoom. Gerd has been practicing his online and remote presentation skills since 2013, long before the Corona Crisis and the trend of “remoting everything.”
Gerd is interested in how people and technology work together, as well as in digital ethics, AI, and the future of leadership. The way he gives his keynote speeches is known for being direct and aggressive, and they are also inspiring, funny, and always personal. Using creative and innovative motion design, Gerd’s performances have become a one-of-a-kind immersive experience on the big screen. This has changed the way conferences look in terms of visuals.
Gerd Leonhard has been an artist, Internet business owner, and author his whole life. He is looking for a job as a visionary thinker and speaker right now. In 1985, Berklee College gave Gerd the “Quincy Jones Award.” For the next 12 years, he worked as a professional guitarist, songwriter, and producer. After that, he got hooked on the Internet and started a business where he sold digital music and movies.
Gerd gives speeches at big conferences, events, and seminars worldwide. He helps people, groups, and government agencies overcome “future shock” and accept change. Gerd is also a famous author of novels. In addition to co-writing the landmark book “The Future of Music,” he has written five other books. The most recent, “Technology vs. Humanity,” has been translated into ten languages.
Millions of people have watched Gerd’s documentaries about how technology affects people, how digital transformation affects people, and how artificial intelligence affects people. He is a part of the Royal Society of Arts and is on the advisory boards of the Indian and Canadian Research Institutes (RSA, London). He lives in Zurich, Switzerland, and speaks both English and German.
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Gerd Leonhard’s speaking fees can vary depending on the type of event you are producing and where it is located.
His speaking fee can also vary depending on whether you need them to deliver a live or virtual presentation.
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