Santiago Bilinkis

Santiago Bilinkis is one of the most influential voices at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and the future in the Spanish-speaking world. A gold medal economist from Universidad de San Andrés, he co-founded Officenet in 1997 — years before the rise of Latin American unicorns like Mercado Libre or Globant — growing it into the largest office supplies company in Argentina and Brazil before its acquisition by Staples, the global leader in its industry. The Officenet story became the subject of two case studies at Harvard Business School and one at Columbia University, cementing his reputation as a pioneering builder in the region’s tech ecosystem.

Futurist speaker Santiago Bilinkis is best known today for making complex technology understandable, relevant, and actionable for mass audiences. Over the past fifteen years, he has published three books, co-founded additional tech ventures including Restorando, Sirena, and Trocafone, completed postgraduate studies at Singularity University on the NASA campus in Silicon Valley, and built one of the most far-reaching science and technology communication platforms in Latin America. His content reaches tens of millions of people each month across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Spotify — and his podcast ranked as Argentina’s fourth most listened-to on Spotify. He is also one of the lead organizers of TEDxRíodelaPlata, one of the largest TEDx events in the world.

Artificial Intelligence, Books, and Recognition

His most recent book, Artificial: La nueva inteligencia y el contorno de lo humano, co-written with world-renowned neuroscientist Mariano Sigman and published by Penguin Random House, tackles artificial intelligence not through hype or catastrophism but through a clear-eyed, empathetic framework — examining its origins, societal risks, and the enduring value of what makes us human. It joins his earlier bestsellers Pasaje al Futuro and Guía para Sobrevivir al Presente, which explore how technology reshapes our brains, relationships, and decision-making. His work has earned him the Konex Award for most innovative entrepreneurs of the decade, the Premio ÍDOLO 2024 in Spain (Science, Culture & Technology), the Premio Sarmiento from the Argentine Senate, and the title of Distinguished Personality in Science and Technology by the City of Buenos Aires. He has also presented at MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.

As a speaker, Santiago Bilinkis is the rare executive who combines hands-on experience building companies at scale with the ability to synthesize frontier ideas into clear, compelling narratives that move senior audiences to act. His keynotes on artificial intelligence, the future of work, digital transformation, and technology’s impact on society are grounded in real business experience rather than theory, and delivered with the accessibility of a master communicator. Organizations leave his sessions with sharper thinking, a practical framework for navigating disruption, and the intellectual confidence to lead through change.