Through hundreds of conference keynotes, presentations, and speeches over the years and working with the likes of Microsoft, NBC, Visa, Google, the European Commission, and IBM, Gerd has become one of the leading voices on the dangers of unregulated ‘big tech’ and the possibility of a better, more human-centric tomorrow.

As the bestselling author of Technology vs Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine (now available in 10 languages), a Forbes columnist, and frequent contributor and interviewee on the likes of the BBC, The Guardian, CNN, Harvard Business Review, and Business Insider, Gerd has built a name for himself as ‘the humanist futurist,’ leading to him being named to Wired UK’s 100 Most Influential Europeans in 2015.

As a Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author, Film-Maker and Humanist, Gerd strives to share foresights and practical wisdom with his audiences and clients. He focuses on actionable observations for the next 5-10 years in Society and Humanity, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Banking, Government, Jobs and Education, Human Resources, Tourism, and Mobility.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, a lot of his work has zeroed-in on Post/With-Corona-Future scenarios i.e. the future impact of this global crisis on every aspect of business and life, and the transformations that result.

When Covid-19 hit our world hard beginning of 2020, Gerd expanded his online services and is now being recognised as a top-rated and constantly innovating futurist, keynote speaker and presenter, both in real-life and on actual stages as well as in virtual or digital-only environments such as Zoom. Presenting online and remotely is an entirely different cup of tea – and one that Gerd has been practicing since 2013, long before the Corona-Crisis and the global shift to‘ remote everything‘.

For his virtual talks (which Gerd calls ‘Keynote Television’), Gerd is reinventing the very definition of keynoting, constantly adapting to this new medium: Less focus on the good old, linear-style PowerPoint slides, no more simply a cheerful ‘talking head’, no more lengthy monologues but hard-hitting and to-the-point multimedia content, deeply immersive and on-demand virtual backgrounds. A cinematic approach to virtual stage and event designs, a dazzling variety of live- interaction options with the audience and other speakers (q&a, polls, chats, ad-hoc shared media, live social media feeds, call-ins etc.) and overall a more concise format with more focused and entertaining content designed specifically for online audiences.

Some of Gerd’s Core Topics are:

– #1 Topic: Moving beyond the Corona Crisis

– Green is the new digital, sustainable is the new profitable

– The good future: people planet purpose prosperity

– Awesome humans and amazing technology: work& education

– Culture eats technology for breakfast :rehumanize now!  

– Humanity and technology: digital ethics in the 21st century

– The fork in the road: tackling humanity’s 4existential risks

– The future is better than we think

– The 10 Mega shifts of exponential transformation

– Developing a future-ready mindset