Nick Abrahams: Digital Futurist
Digital futurist and AI keynote speaker Nick Abrahams combines technology, law and innovation expertise to help leaders navigate digital transformation, emerging technologies and future business opportunities.
Quick Facts:
- Digital futurist and technology keynote speaker
- Artificial intelligence and digital transformation expert
- Extensive background as a technology and corporate lawyer
- Works at the intersection of law, business and technology
- Formats:
Digital futurist, AI keynote speaker, digital transformation speaker
- Audiences:
CEOs, boards, senior executives, technology leaders, legal professionals, innovation teams and organisations seeking practical guidance on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, cybersecurity and emerging technology.
- Outcomes:
- Understand how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping organisations, industries and the future of work.
- Identify opportunities for digital innovation while considering governance, legal, ethical and cybersecurity implications.
- Translate rapidly evolving technology trends into practical strategic priorities for leaders and organisations.
- Travels from: Sydney, NSW
- **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
Keynote Topics
The Digital Asset Revolution
Web 3.0: Three Trillion Reasons to Learn More About Cryptocurrency & the Metaverse
This session is perfect for leaders and aspirational leaders who are interested in how technology will impact the future of all industries. Nick Abrahams de-mystifies these topics for mainstream audiences with some added humour along the way.
Key take always for those attending Nick’s session include.
- Summary of major mainstream use-cases for crypto aka “Ten uses for crypto that don’t involve buying drugs on the dark web”.
- This will explain to the audience why we need to care
- A simple explanation of the key technologies involved. Not enough to build your own smart contract but enough to sound smart at a dinner party
- Which industries are getting impacted fastest
- Simple strategies for how your business can benefit from the digital asset revolution
Smart Digital Transformation
The Future of Your Business is Digital or Doomed
Nick Abrahams leads the Digital Transformation Practice at global firm Norton Rose Fulbright and has advised many of the world’s largest companies on their digital transformation strategies.
This session is perfect for leaders and aspirational leaders who want to understand the main trends driving digital transformation and how they can apply these trends in their own businesses.
This session can be tailored specifically to deal with how digital transformation is impacting any industry eg. financial services, health, energy, retail, property, construction, education, government, mining etc.
Nick will provide strategic guidance, actionable insights and a few laughs along the way.
Key take always for those attending Nick’s session include.
- Examples of companies that have successfully avoided oblivion by embracing digital transformation, eg. Walmart
- Specific examples of companies in your industry that have achieved great results as a result of their digital strategies
- Understanding & managing the key enabler of digital transformation – data
- Simple explanations of the main technologies which facilitate digital transformation
- Winning at “The Innovation Dating Game” finding the right innovation partners and the right way to partner with them
Talent Short Bio
Nick Abrahams is a digital futurist, AI keynote speaker, technology lawyer and innovation strategist who helps leaders understand emerging technologies and translate disruption into practical business opportunities.
Working at the intersection of technology, law and business, Nick brings decades of experience advising major organisations on digital transformation, innovation and the legal and ethical implications of emerging technology. His expertise spans artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, digital strategy and the future of work.
Nick’s background as a corporate lawyer gives him a distinctive perspective on technological change. He understands both the opportunities created by innovation and the governance, risk and regulatory considerations leaders must navigate when adopting new technologies.
His experience also extends into entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem, providing firsthand insight into how emerging technologies move from ideas to commercial applications.
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