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ABOUT bruce

DR BRUCE MCCABE, THE GLOBAL FUTURIST

Dr Bruce McCabe, The Global Futurist, is the only international futurist and speaker who travels the world visiting labs and interviewing scientists to learn about what’s coming, what’s possible and what’s probable, then presents keynotes on the future of healthcare, artificial intelligence, energy, work, cities, transport, agriculture and YOU!

Bruce’s mission is to make the world a better place by connecting each and every audience to opportunities and pathways THEY can take to a better future. He travels to all countries and works across all industry sectors.

Bruce has explored emerging technologies and how innovation happens for 30 years. He began his career at IBM in 1988 and went on to hold senior roles at IBM, WordPerfect, Novell and Gartner. In 2002 he founded S2 Intelligence, a think tank to support organizational innovation through grounded research into new and emerging technologies. He served as an independent adviser to a long list of multinationals, governments, universities and innovation labs. He holds a PhD in organizational and technological innovation. When he’s not speaking at events, Bruce podcasts and writes about the near future.

Bruce’s most requested topics for 2025 are The Future of Healthcare, The Future of AI, The Future of Energy, and The Future of YOU!

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BRUCE'S KEYNOTE-BUILDING APPROACH

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ENGAGE

We schedule a call with Bruce to discuss your audience, event goals and topic preferences in detail. We then confirm fees and forward a document to make sure we have everything exactly right.

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BUILD

Bruce goes to work, conducting additional research, selecting the right stories and preparing beautiful visuals. Every presentation is fully customized.

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DELIVER

Bruce delivers a unique, high-energy show, taking your audience on an exhilarating thrill-ride into the future that has everyone scoring your event a ‘must’ for next year!

BRUCE’S SPEAKING PHILOSOPHY

  • Customize every keynote to every audience.

  • Present game-changers that are real and coming and amazing.

  • Use beautiful images and video, not bullet points, to support compelling stories.

  • Stay back for 1:1 time with attendees – this is where magic happens!

  • Help people think more expansively and optimistically about opportunities in their future.

  • Share inspiring developments audiences don’t see on the nightly news.

  • Inspire attendees to go after innovation opportunities in their industry and organization.

  • Encourage questions on any topic.

  • Generously acknowledge sources. Everything good in life comes through other people. Everything.

  • Have FUN!

30 YEARS OF FUTURISM RESEARCH

Bruce has contributed to innovation, futurism and emerging technologies research for more than 30 years, having authored or co-authored more than 300 essays, columns and research papers and delivered more than 500 presentations on five continents. He created technology trends programs for multinationals IDC, Dataquest and Gartner and founded KPMG’s innovation advisory practice. He holds a PhD in organizational and technological innovation from the University of Technology Sydney, and often connects university researchers with industry partners.

CONTRIBUTIONs along the way

  • Preliminary speaker for President Bill Clinton (2001)

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, UTS (2019-2022)

  • Founder, KPMG Innovation Advisory (2009)

  • Non-executive Director, NSW Writer’s Centre (2014-2018)

  • Entrepreneur in residence, National ICT Australia (2011)

  • Co-founder Yuruware, a cloud-based disaster recovery start-up subsequently acquired by Unitrends (2011)

  • Industry Research Fellow, Built Environment Innovation Lab, UTS (2016-2018)

  • Chair, e-business, National Broadband Future Forum (2010)

  • Co-founder, Future Forum (2008)

  • Contributor, CSIRO Long Term Science Planning (2008)

  • Contributor, National E-Health Strategy (2008)

  • Contributor, UTS Future Vision Group (2007)

  • Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Engineering & IT, UTS (2007-)

  • Advisory panel, National Office for the Information Economy (2002-2004)

WRITING AND PODCASTING

  • Host, “FutureBites With Dr Bruce McCabe” podcast (2022-present)

  • Author, The Future of Business – How Information Technology will Transform Industry, Organisations and Work (2007)

  • Author, Skinjob - a provocative novel about the near future (US Edition, Dreamcom 2013; UK edition, Random House 2014; German edition retitled “Unfelhbar,” Blanvalet Random House GmbH 2016)

  • Weekly opinion columnist, The Australian (2003-2006)

  • Opinion columnist, Managing Information Strategies (2002-2003)

  • Opinion columnist, Business Online magazine (2002)

  • Opinion columnist, Australian Personal Computer (1996-1999)