Ramez Naam: Green Energy Futurist
Futurist, AI expert, and technology investor Ramez Naam helps leaders understand the forces shaping innovation, energy, and the future.
Quick Facts:
- Former Microsoft Partner and Director of Program Management
- Thirteen-year career developing technologies used by billions
- Contributor to Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Bing
- Founder of Apex NanoTechnologies
- Formats:
- Futurist | Artificial Intelligence Speaker
- Audiences:
- Corporate leaders, technology companies, energy organizations, investors, associations, universities, and audiences preparing for the future of business and society.
- Outcomes:
- Understand the technologies driving the next wave of disruption
- Recognize opportunities created by AI and energy innovation
- Develop a long-term perspective on exponential change
- Travels from: Seattle, WA
- **US Fee range: $35,001 - $50,000
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Keynote Topics:
Eight Things Disruptors Do Differently.
As Charles Darwin once said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Here, Naam connects the dots between the tremendous technological advances of the last 20 years and the arrival of powerhouses that shattered industries by simply getting there first.
Taking an honest look at the risk involved in paving new ground, he shares the eight things innovators do differently, including innovating from the bottom up and empowering teams to fail, embracing the network effect in a way that creates natural barriers for competition, and having the guts to disrupt themselves.
Packed with humorous anecdotes and high-energy visuals, Naam’s talk will have your audience gripped, thinking through new ideas they can explore in their own lives, and reevaluating the future of their industry.
The Clean Energy Revolution.
Of all the infrastructure available to developers, none has had a steeper price drop than solar power, which has come down 250-times in price since its arrival in the marketplace.
Here, Singularity’s Energy co-chair talks about how solar and other clean energy sources will continue to change the world we live in, following the pathway of exponential technology that slowly but steadily becomes demonetized and democratized.
Inspiring and powerful, Naam’s talk pulls in historical anecdotes, a look at technology evolving now, and a thoughtful review of the ways regulation needs to keep the pace of change. Highly-customizable, Naam’s talk is a can’t-miss for any group considering the impact of the clean energy revolution on their industry.
Talent Short Bio
Ramez Naam has spent his career exploring one central question: how can technology improve the human condition? From building software used by billions to forecasting the future of energy and artificial intelligence, he has become one of the world’s most respected voices on innovation and exponential change.
Born in Cairo and raised in the United States, Ramez began his technology career at Microsoft, where he spent 13 years helping shape products that transformed how people communicate and access information. Rising to the position of Partner and Director of Program Management, he led teams working on early versions of Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Bing while pioneering advances in search, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale services. His work has resulted in 19 patents spanning AI, information retrieval, and web technologies.
Between his years at Microsoft, Ramez founded Apex NanoTechnologies, the first company dedicated entirely to software tools for molecular design. His entrepreneurial spirit later expanded into angel investing, with a particular focus on breakthrough energy technologies and climate innovation.
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