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James Canton, PhD Renowned global futurist, social scientist, & business advisor Author of Technofutures, acclaimed as a blueprint for 21st century business Former advisor to the White House Office of Science & Technology Keynote Fee : $20,000 and up plus expenses  Fee Note Travels From: CA ADD SPEAKER TO LIST  |   PRINT BIO   |  PREVIEW VIDEO

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The Future of Healthcare in a High Tech World

Focusing on the key trends and technologies that are revolutionizing healthcare and medicine, Canton explains how the digital convergence of genomics, embedded devices, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, nano-biology, nextgen optical networks, super computers and longevity tech will create a new healthcare landscape. Healthcare organizations are struggling with how to enhance their service in an era of the digital health customer. As the convergence of advanced technology, from quantum computers, to the next generation Internet, to smart agent networks reshapes the healthcare marketplace of the future; technology will offer many challenges and solutions. Highlighting a review of the best customer companies and technologies, this leading futurist and CNN guest host provides a comprehensive briefing on what's next for technology and how it will affect the healthcare industry.

The Future of Associations: Seven MetaTrends Every Association Must Adapt to Now to Achieve Success in the 21st Century

Associations are poised on the edge of tremendous change. How association membership and their leadership will meet the unique challenges of the near future will determine their relevance, perhaps even their survival. This keynote examines the top trends that will shape the future of associations in the 21st century. From technology to security, from economics to the workforce and demographics, to training and knowledge management and customer service – associations will be redefined by how successful they meet the future risks and opportunities. If the association of the future is to thrive it must prepare today to meet the changes that are coming. Find out what key trends will impact the future of your association and what you can do to help your association to prosper and adapt. Find out how you can be an innovative catalyst for helping your association become Future-Ready and navigate the winds of change.

Technofutures: The Leading-Edge Technologies That Will Shape the 21st Century

From the mapping of the human genome to the adoption of the Internet, the future is coming fast and furious. There have been more changes attributed to technology in the past thirty years then in the previous 10,000 years. What's next? Welcome to the Extreme Future. In this presentation, Canton provides a strategic overview of the leading-edge technologies, strategies, and trends that will transform business, economics and society in the 21st century, including the power tools and building blocks of the next economy. This Big Picture presentation will demystify technology trends providing a practical explanation of how and what new technologies may impact your industry or market. Up to date research on leading-edge technologies from the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank, will make this an entertaining and informative multi-media presentation.

The 21st Century Leader: How to Navigate the New Future

Leadership is being redefined in a real-time economy where challenges from technology, the workforce, customers, and the competition are changing the very nature of organizations. Welcome to the New Future. In this keynote, Canton explains how to become an agile, innovative, Future-Ready leader who can shape the destiny of your organization. Learn how to develop the “Future-Ready Leadership Strategy” in order to anticipate the business-critical trends that will shape tomorrow. Find out what the four change leadership styles are so you can develop an effective and powerful leadership style. Discover the Future-Ready competencies every leader must embrace now to navigate future change. This keynote presentation provides the essential information, trends and key strategies that every leader must know about today to successfully prepare for, and prosper in, the future.

The Future of the Workforce in the Global Economy

One of the key defining resources that will define the winners and the losers in the 21st century economy will be workforce talent. This presentation reviews the emerging workforce trends and challenges that will impact organizations worldwide. The Labor Department data indicates that a workforce shortage is fast approaching that will influence every organization. Is your organization ready for the 21st century talent wars? The future workforce's demands for learning, information access, technology, compensation, benefits, power and participation will require a new human resource strategy ready for the future. There will be more minorities, more women and more cultural diversity. The future workforce will dominate the landscape and competition for their services will be fierce. A labor shortage may become a crisis. Will you be ready to face the future? Workforce future changes will impact every organization's bottom line, and the time to plan for these changes is now. Tune in to this keynote to discover what every business must know about the future workforce and how to compete.

The Innovation Economy

Fast-moving, disruptive innovations are reshaping business. Innovation is the key driver of competitive advantage in the global marketplace of today and tomorrow. The future of business is the Innovation Economy-a force so powerful it will realign the workforce, alter global markets and enable customers. Will your organization be ready to adapt to the Innovation Economy or be left behind? Will your organization's culture become Future-Ready and embrace innovation as a competitive weapon?

This presentation provides a strategic overview of the future innovation landscape and the benefits that will transform business in the 21st century. The future will be shaped by radical innovations that will determine market share, growth and profits. Discover what new business models, business strategies, and customer trends might be shaped by future innovations. Take a tour into what the future holds for you and your organization in the 21st century global marketplace.

Dancing Dragons Coiling Cobras: The Future of Globalization

Globalization will be one of the key forces that determine competitive advantage in the future. This presentation offers a clear map of the future of globalization and what every organization must do today to prepare for this future. Based on this futurist’s new book The Extreme Future, and his work with global Fortune 1000 companies and governments, this presentation identifies the key trends that will shape the future of globalization. Developing a focused globalization strategy will determine your future competitive advantage. Rising economies like China and India will redefine the future—will you be ready? The war for talent, outsourcing, leading-edge technology, global trade, security, global supply chains, demographics, emerging markets, new consumers and the Innovation Economy will shape globalization. Discover how your organization can better prepare today to meet the challenges of globalization.

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Speaker Information

A renowned global futurist, social scientist, author, and sought-after business advisor, Dr. James Canton has been insightfully forecasting the impact of future trends and innovations on business, customers and society for the past 25 years.

As Chairman and CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, an internationally-recognized San Francisco-based think tank he founded in 1990, Dr. Canton helps clients better anticipate the future. He advises Fortune 1000 corporations and governments worldwide, as well as the National Science Foundation. A Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Dr. Canton also served as an advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology and MIT's Media Lab, Europe.

A highly sought-after public speaker, Dr. Canton has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He is noted for his unique and entertaining ability to blend fascinating forecasts of trends and breakthroughs that will shape the future. Successful Meetings magazine named him as one of the top presenters in the nation.

A frequent guest of the media worldwide, he has served as a commentator on “CNN Financial News,” where his insightful coverage has earned him the nickname, "the Digital Guru." Media coverage about Dr. Canton's innovative vision of the future has appeared in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, US News & World Report, CEO, CIO, and CFO magazines.

Dr. Canton is the Editor-in-Chief of the “Global Futures Forecast,” which advises leaders about emerging innovations and trends. He is the author of Technofutures, a book acclaimed as a blueprint for how innovation will shape the future of business in the 21st century. His next book, The Extreme Future, will be forthcoming in early 2006.

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Testimonials

"All of our guests, and our MetLife team, at the recent Customer Advisory board meeting thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. It was both timely and on point. You obviously understand the broad trends affecting the country, and what possible outcomes may result. We also appreciated just the right mix of wit and wisdom."

- MetLife

"Your presentation was insightful, thoughtful and clear. Your ideas were fresh and gave the audience, all of whom have years of health care experience a new lens with which to see the challenges that face our industry. It was the real highlight of our conference."

- Consortium Health Plans, Blue Cross

"I wanted to express my deep appreciation for the superb job you did in setting the stage for the Cooperative of American Physicians and Mutual Protection Trust's two day strategic planning session. During the following two days, we frequently referred back to some of the ideas you offered and these ideas were reflected in the output from our strategic planning activities."

- Insurance Education Association