Dr. James Canton is a renowned global
futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business
advisor. For over 30 years, he has been insightfully predicting the key trends
that have shaped our world. He is a leading authority on future trends in
innovation. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will
Reshape the World in the 21st Century, Dutton 2006, and Technofutures:
How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st
Century, Next Millennium Press, 2004.
Dr. Canton is CEO and Chairman of the
Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that
advises business and government on future trends. He advises the Global Fortune
1000 on trends in innovation, financial services, health care, population, life
sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change and globalization. From a
broad range of industries, clients include: IBM, BP, Intel, Philips, General
Electric, Hewlett Packard, Boeing, FedEx, and Proctor & Gamble. He is a
Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at the Kellogg School of
Management and serves on Motorola’s Visionary Advisory Board. He has advised
three White House Administrations, the
National Science Foundation and MIT's Media Lab, Europe.
Recognized as “one of the top presenters
in the 21st century” by Successful
Meetings Magazine, Dr. Canton is a highly sought-after keynote presenter.
He has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He is noted for
his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.
A frequent guest of the media, Dr. Canton
is a commentator on CNN. He was named "the Digital Guru” by CNN and “Dr.
Future” by Yahoo. Dr. Canton’s media
coverage has included CNBC, Fox, PBS, ABC, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, US News and World Report, CEO, CIO and
CFO Magazines. His Global Futurist blog
is followed by a world-wide audience.