Gerd Leonhard
Education
Berklee College of Music
Jazz Performance, Jazz, Guitar 1986-01-01 - 1987-01-01
The University of Bonn
Basic studies completed, Theology/Theological Studies 1980-01-01 - 1982-01-01
Gymnasium Oberpleis
Abitur, History 1973-01-01 - 1979-01-01Work Experience
The Futures Agency
Current
The Futures Agency
The Good Future Project
Current
The Good Future Project
Technology vs Humanity Book
Current
Technology vs Humanity Book
Lifeboat Foundation
Current
Lifeboat Foundation
Good Technology Collective
Current
Good Technology Collective
The Future Show with Gerd Leonhard
Current
The Future Show with Gerd Leonhard
Green Futurist
Current
Green Futurist
MediaFuturist.com
2003-04-01 - 2022-10-01
MediaFuturist.com
IoT Talent Consortium
2018-02-01 - 2020-01-01
IoT Talent Consortium
"Music2.0" Book
2007-09-01 - 2008-12-01
"Music2.0" Book
Skills
Summary
Gerd Leonhard ranks as one of the top 10 futurist keynote speakers, worldwide, with over 1600 engagements in 50+ countries during the past 2 decades and a combined audience of over 2.5 Million people. He is also a leader in Virtual Keynotes and Video Seminars. Gerd has written 5 books including the best-selling ‘Technology vs Humanity’ (2016), now available in 12 languages. Gerd’s films on the future of technology and humanity, digital transformation and artificial intelligence have reached millions of viewers, and are regularly shown at many conferences and at in-house corporate trainings. Gerd’s client list includes most Fortune 500 companies as well as many governments and NGOs. Gerd is a global influencer in the field of digital ethics (the ethics of technology). He is a pioneering keynote speaker using animations, video and audio in fascinating new ways. Gerd is also a film-maker running his own film studio, TFAStudios, and the CEO of TheFuturesAgency, a global network of 50+ leading futurists. Gerd is considered a leading voice on a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, the opportunities and challenges of being human in an exponential society, a sustainable business and cultural ecology, TV / film, radio and broadcasting futures, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship, ‘hard-future’ consumer trends, (wo)man-machine futures, the IoT, big data and automation and many others In 2006, The WSJ called Gerd ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’, and in 2015 Wired Magazine appointed Gerd #88 of the top 100 influencers in ICT in Europe. Gerd's keynotes, speeches and presentations are renowned for their hard- hitting and provocative yet inspiring, often humorous and always personal motivational style. Gerd is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (London) and a member of the World Future Society. A native German, Gerd resides in Zürich, Switzerland, and also maintains an office in San Francisco. He presents both in English as well as in German.
