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DAVID ROWAN
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Editor-in-Chief of WIRED UK

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“You can’t really ignore the new rules of business,” says David Rowan, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED UK. A prolific writer and speaker, Rowan is deconstructing tech trends in real time—how the Internet of Things, 3D printing, big data, artificial intelligence, and more are changing businesses and consumers. In fully customized keynotes, he reveals the future of your industry, and explains how to survive and prosper.

David Rowan is Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, Conde Nast's award-winning technology-and-innovations magazine that stays ahead of the trends transforming our world. He travels extensively to investigate the most innovative companies and entrepreneurs, and his recent WIRED cover stories include features on Google, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Spotify, and Facebook. As a speaker, he has keynoted on technology, business, and innovation from Melbourne to Monaco, and has chaired and moderated high-profile events for the UK and French governments, for Google Zeitgeist and TED Global, and for international banks and Fortune 100 businesses. His most recent awards include Techmark Technology Journalist of the Year, DMA Editor of the Year and British Society of Magazine Editors' Editor of the Year. He has written regular columns in GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, Campaign, The Times, and The Guardian. He is the former editor of The Jewish Chronicle and The Guardian's websites and Comment pages; has made TV films for Channel 4 News; and has written long features for The Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, and Observer. At WIRED he has extended the brand into conferences, apps, and a consulting arm.​

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SPEAKING TOPICS

The New Rules of Business
In fast-paced, fully customized talks, David Rowan tackles the latest trends in technology, innovation, and business, and reveals how your company can get ahead. Drawing on his extensive research in the field—he has taken 120 flights in the past year to understand from the front line how everything from genomics to 3D printing are changing the way businesses and consumers will operate—Rowan’s clear-eyed, accessible talks guide audiences through the new rules of business. Topics include:
  • Ten technology megatrends you can’t ignore—and how they’ll transform manufacturing, hospitality, finance, insurance, entertainment, and travel industries
  • The Internet of Things, big data and artificial intelligence: why the rules of business just changed
  • Digital commerce and the future of retail
  • The new rules of product innovation, and how to create a culture of innovation
  • ·How to survive, prosper, and embrace transformation in a world of exponential technologies
  • What you can learn from the smartest people in Silicon Valley
  • How to disrupt your organization, and disruptive business models that can save media companies
  • What corporations need to understand about mobile opportunities
  • Trends affecting the television industry
  • What your business can learn from startup thinking
  • How digital transformation impacts the employer value proposition
  • How digital meets physical in the shopping center of tomorrow
  • The opportunities of 3D printing and the new “maker” culture.