The Futurist

At HIMSS25, Ian Khan spoke to Christine Buck, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at HIMSS, about the role of effective communication in health tech. With nearly 27 years of B2B marketing experience, Christine shared strategies for crafting compelling narratives that engage diverse audiences and build trust in the health tech sector, leveraging her global marketing expertise from companies...

At HIMSS25, Ian Khan spoke to Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Royal Philips, about the future of healthcare innovation. With his background in medicine and technology, Shez shared insights on how Philips is leveraging AI and digital solutions to improve patient care and tackle industry challenges, emphasizing cloud transformation and AI adoption #shezpatrovi #philips #phil...

The World Governments Summit Organization is a global, neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the future of governments. The Summit, in its various activities, explores the agenda of the next generation of governments, focusing on harnessing innovation and technology to solve universal challenges facing humanity. Since its inception in 2013, the Summit has championed the mission of...

Ryan North is a multiple New York Times bestselling author whose work has been translated into sixteen different languages. He is the author of award-winning non-fiction books like HOW TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD and HOW TO INVENT EVERYTHING, and is also known for his work with Marvel Comics, including THE FANTASTIC FOUR. He lives in Toronto, Canada. #RyanNorth #IanKhan #author #writer #marvelcomics #n...

Mo Gawdat, a global tech expert, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. Former Chief Business Officer at Google [X], Mo is the author of 'Scary Smart' and 'Solve for Happy'. He founded One Billion Happy and hosts the podcast 'Slo Mo'. At Google, Mo focused on emerging markets and innovation, contributing to projects like self-driving cars and Project Loon. He has also wor...

Gianluca Misuraca is the co-founder and Vice President on Digital Governance and Technology Diplomacy of Inspiring Futures (IF), the Team Leader of the EU Digital Partnerships in Action (DPA) initiative, as well as the Director of the AI4GOV Master on AI for public services led by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Politecnico di Milano #GianlucaMisuraca #IanKhan #worldgovernmentsummit ...

Carlos Santiso currently heads the Division on Digital, Innovative and Open Government at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He is a member of the advisory group on public governance of the United Nations and the advisory council on anticorruption of the World Economic Forum. #CarlosSantiso #IanKhan #worldgovernmentsummit #OECD #DigitalGovernment #PublicSectorInnovat...

Eman Al Suwaidi, Senior Director of Dubai The Model Centre, brings nearly three decades of experience in government service improvement, policy-making, and performance management. Under her leadership, DMC has implemented over 1000 initiatives, improved 370+ government services, reduced service times by 50%, and saved DH700 million. She also leads the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Program for Government Ser...

Doc. Mihailo Jovanovic, Ph. D., is an accomplished professional with degrees in electrical engineering and economics, and over 20 years of experience in Telekom and the Post of Serbia. As of April 2017, he serves as an eGovernment advisor to the Prime Minister. He has led significant projects like establishing certification bodies, central electronic registers, and the “Baby, welcome to the world”...

Eduard Mititelu is the Under Secretary of State in Romania's Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digitization. An engineer by profession, he graduated from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and completed an Erasmus internship in Finland. Currently a PhD student focused on smart cities and Artificial Intelligence, Eduard has authored specialized articles in these fields. He has a backg...

Tamara Srzentic, the Minister of Public Administration, Digital Society, and Media of Montenegro. With over 15 years of experience in government reform and digital transformation, she has a global reputation for integrating digital practices to enhance public service. Previously, Tamara led key policy initiatives in California, transforming the state’s digital services, saving money, and improving...

Walter Pasquarelli is an internationally recognized advisor, speaker, and award-winning filmmaker, expert on AI strategy, generative AI, data governance, and immersive technologies.  Walter specializes in strategic planning and has a history of anticipating and engaging with crucial shifts in the responsible use of AI, data governance, AI policy, ethical and regulatory frameworks, and macroeconomi...

Uchral, Nyam-Osor, was appointed as Minister of Digital Development and Communications by Order No. 143 of the Prime Minister of Mongolia dated August 30, 2022. Uchral. N was born as the eldest son of Nyam-Osor of Namsrai and Tsetsegmaa Jambal. His father, Nyam-Osor. N, a native of Batshireet Sum, Khentii Province, is an Honored People's Teacher of Mongolia, Doctor of History, and his mother,...

Antonio De Palmas, VP of Global Market Development at Microsoft. With extensive experience in the tech industry, Antonio leads global strategies to expand Microsoft's market presence and foster innovation. His career is marked by a dedication to developing strategic partnerships and enhancing customer engagement worldwide, ensuring that Microsoft remains at the forefront of technological adva...

Allan is a managing director with Deloitte Digital & the Digital Reality Business leader, working with clients on VR, AR, MR, 360 & immersive strategies & experiences. Allan was also the Global TMT Sector leader for Ops Transformation & has more than 30-years of industry experience. He works with a wide variety of organizations on strategy, scenario planning, business transformatio...

Julien Genestoux is the founder and CEO of Unlock Protocol. He previously founded SuperFeedr, which became one of the leading real-time web APIs, received funding from Mark Cuban and Betaworks, and was later acquired by Medium. At Medium, Julien led the company’s SEO efforts and quadrupled the share of traffic Medium receives from searches. He created his first company, Jobetudiant, while still in...

Matt Waters is an experienced professional musician, co-founder of Unchained Music, educator, holds a Masters in Music from UC Los Angeles, and is one half of the electronic/acoustic act, Intro to Music Theory. He is an owner of Hainan Music Productions, HMP Records, and is actively involved in building blockchain solutions for musicians. In the past, he has performed and taught across four contin...

Emmanuelle Rivet is Vice Chair, US TMT & Global Technology Leader for PwC. She has  26+ years advising public and private tech companies on complex transactions from M&A and equity or debt offerings to compliance, system implementation and operations transformation. She blend teams to deliver tailored solutions, placing unique client needs first. Passionate to help victims of conflict find...

Marc Beckman founded DMA United with a modern vision: combining commercially oriented principles with branding and advertising. Today, DMA United executes communication campaigns and new business development for internationally acclaimed individuals and brands, such as Karl Lagerfeld, Barneys New York, Pepsi, NBA, Russell Westbrook, Major League Baseball, Council Fashion Designers of America (CFDA...

Join me as i have an in depth conversation with Rashid Mansour, Co-Founder and CEO of Meta Gravity about the future of the Metaverse. MetaGravity claims is it solving the issue of distributed compute infrastructure required to support metaverse-scale gaming. Games engines have a limit of less than 100 concurrent players in a single shard. Spatial partitioning platforms have a fixed mathematical li...

CTA’s Director of Thematic Programs  Brian Comiskey and team is spending much of their time thinking about the implications of metaverse in the enterprise, AI, innovation, and how it will impact industry, business, future of work and startup ecosystems. I think he'd be a compelling guest on your new series.  CTA and Nasdaq developed many Nasdaq CTA Indexes , including, since 2017, the Nasdaq...

Welcome to a new episode of the Ian Khan Show. In this special “After Shock” series, I am interviewing with one of the worlds Top 50 futurists . This week I am speaking to Barry Vacker. About Barry Vacker Barry Vacker is a media theorist and mixed-artist whose works span the intersection of art, film, media, science, technology, and philosophy. Author of numerous books and articles, Vacker’s recen...

Ian Khan is a Global Top 30 Futurist and was recently named one of Playboy Germany's "10 People Who Will Shape 2026" — the only futurist on a list alongside Sylvester Stallone, Bad Bunny, and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Ian is the USA Today bestselling author of Undisrupted and host of The Futurist on Amazon Prime Video, where he has conducted over 500 interviews with CEOs, go...

In this episode I interview John Sanei, fellow Futurist and one of the world's best futures strategists and motivational speaker. John and I are also co-contributors to the book After Shock. Bio John Sanei comes alive at the intersection of human psychology and futurism, and uses his truly unique perspective to discover elegant ways for his global audience to build the clarity and courage nee...

In this episode, i speak with globally recognized Futurist Jeff Bauer, also a co-contributor to the recent book "After Shock". Bio Jeff Bauer has built a distinguished career by applying principles of creativity to health care and art.  Recipient of many national awards, he is widely recognized as a teacher, researcher, writer, and speaker on ways to improve the medical marketplace.  He...