Speaker & panelist

Christian Kromme

Christian Kromme is a futurist and expert in disruptive technologies that are radically changing the way we work and organize. His keynotes offer practical insights into the impact of AI, blockchain and technological innovations on the future of work and leadership. With his energetic style, Christian challenges organizations to think exponentially and create opportunities in a rapidly changing world.

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About Christian Kromme

Keynote speaker Christian Kromme is an expert in disruptive technology and the author of the book ‘Humanification Go Digital, Stay Human’, a bestseller on Amazon. In this book, Christian explores the fascinating parallels between biology and technology in greater depth. The waves of technological innovations that follow each other at an ever-increasing pace are no coincidence... The book ‘Humanification’ helps managers, entrepreneurs and investors anticipate and navigate an extremely fast-changing world filled with disruptive innovations and exponential technologies.

Book Christian Kromme as a speaker

Christian is available as an international speaker for masterclasses, workshops, lectures and inspiration sessions. His talks focus on the impact of disruptive innovation, exponential technology, artificial intelligence and robotization on our lives, our work and our society. Christian also delivers industry-specific presentations on the future of healthcare, mobility, education, organizations, HR, production, energy, logistics, marketing, communication, events and many more.

Keynotes with impact

Christian stands for inspiring keynotes with impact. With his confrontational style, he delivers his message clearly and energetically. He provides valuable and practical insights to his audience and always aims for tailor-made presentations. Having been a tech entrepreneur himself, he understands the value of practical stories and real-world examples. This results in an inspiring, clear and practical narrative on topics that truly matter. Christian is an experienced tech entrepreneur and speaker in the field of disruptive innovation. During his presentations, he takes you through an exponentially changing world, using a variety of trends and examples where disruptive technologies and business models are increasingly shifting power towards the consumer.

Artificial Industry

In 2002, Christian founded his own agency (Artificial Industry), where he facilitated innovative start-ups for major organizations such as Randstad, Essent, Endemol, Corio, EyeWorks, Pension Fund ABP, Oracle, Philips, Toyota, Auping, Adidas and Rabobank. As a board advisor, he was involved at the early stage of multiple successful disruptive initiatives, often spin-outs across entirely different industries, always focused on the intersection between people and technology. Over the years, Christian and his agency have received multiple nominations and awards for their innovative vision and human-centered approach, including the SHELL LiveWIRE Young Business Award, SAN Award, Gouden Inhaak Award, Broos van Erp Award and many others. At the end of 2014, Christian sold Artificial Industry to a large multinational and shifted his focus more towards delivering presentations and workshops on disruptive innovation and exponential technologies. In addition to speaking, he remains active as an advisor and board member for several high-impact disruptive start-ups.

AI and blockchain

Future-driven organizations will need to be agile. Companies will have to become more fluid, adaptable, dynamic and flexible, with the ability to change and respond to new situations and environments. These new types of organizations will be driven by AI and blockchain, and will be more open, transparent and decentralized. Christian has been deeply engaged with these topics for many years and helps corporate organizations transform into agile ecosystems. He aims to create global impact and inspire people with this new way of working and organizing, fully aligned with nature.

Themes

Sessions

AI is on the brink of a creative revolution that will transform almost every aspect of our lives and work. From entertainment to healthcare, production to education, AI can unlock new levels of creativity and productivity. This keynote is an opportunity to explore the different ways in which AI will shape our future and drive this creative revolution.

In this keynote, we explore how generative AI makes it easier for people to unlock their full creative potential. We also explore how generative AI is revolutionizing the way we approach content creation. Discover how your organization can leverage the power of generative AI to bring your creative vision to life.

Get ready to open your mind to new possibilities during Christian’s keynote, which will challenge the status quo and deliver disruptive insights.

This keynote challenges people and organizations to think and act exponentially, helping them turn technological and disruptive threats into disruptive opportunities.

Our world is changing at an exponential pace. A massive wave of digital transformation is rapidly approaching. Many organizations see this wave as a threat and experience stress, but there are also organizations that view this wave as an opportunity. Disruptive organizations think and act like surfers. They know exactly where and when to ride the wave of exponential technology to harness its power and accelerate at exponential speed.

The Humanification keynote challenges people and organizations to think like a surfer. This helps transform technological and disruptive threats into disruptive opportunities.

This keynote helps you develop a holistic future perspective on the evolution of leadership, awareness, technology, organizations and work.

Mindset is everything. In this keynote, internationally renowned futurist Christian Kromme teaches you step by step the simple strategies to make your mindset future-proof. After attending this keynote, you will be able to anticipate and ride future waves of change. You will have a future-proof mindset and see waves of change as opportunities rather than threats. You will be able to act with confidence and navigate in times of extreme uncertainty.

In the keynote “AI – The Human Story”, the impact of artificial intelligence on our humanity and society is explored. As AI rapidly evolves and challenges us in thinking, creativity and decision-making, it becomes crucial to embrace our unique human qualities. This transformation, part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, affects not only what we do, but also who we are.

The keynote provides a roadmap to work in harmony with AI, where technology enhances rather than replaces our humanity. It explores how we remain relevant in an automated world and create a future in which humans stay at the center. Which role will you choose in this new reality?