David Rowan

Founding UK Editor-in-Chief of WIRED and author of the bestselling book Non-Bullshit Innovation

Keynote session at 12:00 CEST on October 1st, 2024:

No, AI won’t eradicate humanity — but it can fire up your company’s ambitions

David Rowan, founding UK Editor-in-Chief of WIRED and author of the bestselling book Non-Bullshit Innovation (Penguin), is today’s leading speaker on how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now.

David has given 700 keynotes around the world, and has moderated events for governments, the World Economic Forum and the biggest global companies. An investor in more than 170 early-stage tech companies, he runs venture funds that invest in health-tech and climate-tech.

David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and at WIRED he got to know the founders of tech giants such as WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Spotify. And he is still searching for the future.