William G. Kaelin Jr
2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine | Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine, Harvard & Dana-Farber | HHMI Investigator
Rudy de Waele
Regenerative Futurist & Innovation Strategist | Singularity University Graduate | Founder, RegenerateX & HumanWorks Design | Expert in AI, Exponential Tech & Leadership
Rudy de Waele is one of the few futurists who bridges hard technology foresight with human and organizational transformation: a 40-year innovation veteran, Singularity University graduate, and creator of more than 200 global industry events. Trusted by Google, IBM, the European Commission, and the World Bank, he helps senior leaders think clearly about AI and exponential change while building the regenerative, conscious cultures that make change last.
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Rudy de Waele biography
Futurist speaker Rudy de Waele is a Belgian-born innovation strategist, systems thinker, and one of the most distinctive voices on the meeting point of exponential technology, regenerative business, and human transformation. With more than 40 years across innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology foresight, including the executive program at Singularity University, he has built a global reputation as a speaker and advisor who goes beyond predicting disruption to helping leaders actively shape what comes next.
Rudy de Waele has advised and keynoted for some of the world’s most recognizable brands and institutions, among them Google, IBM, Microsoft, Ericsson, Intel, Mastercard, Louis Vuitton, the European Commission, BMW, Coca-Cola, the Boston Consulting Group, Samsung, Vodafone, PayPal, and the World Bank. He has created more than 200 industry events across over 50 cities worldwide, including the Mobile Mondays series, IoT Shifts, IoT Stars, and Wearable Wednesdays, establishing him as a foundational figure in the global mobile and IoT innovation community. He is fluent in English, French, Dutch, and Spanish, giving him rare reach across European and Latin American audiences.
Beyond Trends: The Regenerative Futurist
What sets de Waele apart from conventional technology futurists is his integration of inner transformation with outer strategy. His current work, including RegenerateX, HumanWorks Design, Unconditional Men, and the Voices of Emergence dialogue series he co-hosts, reflects a conviction that the systemic shifts demanded by the age of AI, the climate crisis, and the future of work cannot be met through strategy alone. They require a parallel shift in how leaders think, feel, and relate. His book Shift 2020: How Technology Will Impact Our Future gathered perspectives from leading global technology pioneers on genetics, AI, robotics, and the Internet of Things, and remains a key reference in the field.
As a speaker, Rudy de Waele offers senior audiences a rare blend of hard technology foresight and grounded human wisdom. His presentations combine macro-trend analysis, ethical frameworks, real-world case studies, and, when the format allows, immersive Socratic Design workshops that move organizations from passive awareness to active strategy. Whether the subject is AI governance, regenerative business models, the future of work, or conscious leadership, he consistently delivers sessions that audiences describe as both intellectually rigorous and personally transformative. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Rudy de Waele to your next event.
Rudy de Waele Speaking Videos
Rudy De Waele - Disruptive IoT. Digital Ecosystem Management
Rudy de Waele - Exponential Technologies in The Age of Consciousness
Rudy de Waele Keynote Topics
AI, robotics, genomics, and the Internet of Things are advancing faster than most organizations can adapt. De Waele maps the technology landscape with clarity and context, helping audiences understand not only what is coming but what it means for their industries, their people, and their purpose. This keynote pairs hard trend analysis with the question that rarely gets asked: how must we evolve as human beings to navigate and benefit from the technologies we are building?
The dominant business model of the last century, extract and scale and optimize, is reaching its limits. Drawing on his work with HumanWorks Design and RegenerateX, de Waele presents a forward-looking framework for regenerative business: how organizations can align profit, purpose, and planetary boundaries to build models that are not just sustainable but genuinely restorative. This session speaks directly to executives facing ESG pressure, stakeholder capitalism, and the post-growth economy.
The organization of the future looks nothing like the corporation of the past. De Waele explores how AI, distributed teams, generational change, and the erosion of traditional authority are redefining what leadership means and what organizations must become to attract, retain, and develop talent. Audiences leave with practical frameworks for building adaptive, conscious, purpose-driven cultures able to thrive amid continuous disruption.
The most overlooked driver of organizational transformation is the inner state of its leaders. Drawing on his work with the Conscious Learning Tribe and Unconditional Men, de Waele argues that sustainable innovation calls for a new kind of leader, one who pairs emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and values-based decision-making with technological literacy. This keynote is built for executive leadership programs, CEO summits, and high-performance team offsites.
FAQs on Booking Rudy de Waele
Why Rudy de Waele?
Booking Rudy de Waele means bringing to your event a futurist who is equally at home mapping the AI landscape and helping a leadership team reconnect with its purpose, and who understands, after 40 years, that those two things are inseparable. He has advised Fortune 500 companies, multilateral institutions, and ambitious startups across five continents. His client list spans Google, IBM, the World Bank, the European Commission, and Louis Vuitton. He has keynoted in dozens of countries, speaks four languages, and brings a philosophical depth and warmth to the stage that is rare in the futurist space. Book Rudy de Waele through Aurum Speakers Bureau for your next event on technology strategy, innovation, regenerative business, or conscious leadership.
What is the Conscious or Regenerative Futurist approach?
It is de Waele's framework for technology foresight that goes beyond trend analysis. It combines exponential technology mapping across AI, IoT, robotics, biotechnology, and energy transitions with a deeper inquiry into human values, organizational culture, and the kind of leadership needed to steer these shifts responsibly. The approach holds that real future readiness requires both external strategy and internal transformation, and that organizations addressing only one will be outcompeted by those that integrate both.
What is Singularity University and why does it matter?
Singularity University is a globally recognized institution founded in Silicon Valley that convenes scientists, technologists, and leaders to explore exponential technology and its implications for humanity. Its graduates and faculty include leading voices in AI, biotech, robotics, and space. De Waele's completion of SU's executive program reflects his grounding in rigorous, forward-looking technology intelligence, and informs the analytical depth he brings to every keynote.
What topics does futurist speaker Rudy de Waele cover?
De Waele speaks on AI and exponential technologies, digital transformation, the future of work and leadership, regenerative and conscious business, IoT and smart cities, innovation strategy, sustainability, and the ethics of emerging technology. He also facilitates Socratic Design workshops for organizations that want to move beyond passive listening into active strategy and culture design. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Rudy de Waele to your event.
How to book Rudy de Waele as a keynote speaker?
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