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I wanted to thank you for your time to moderate the G8 Innovation Conference. You set the tone for the day perfectly, engaging the audience and steering the presenters through a very full agenda. The feedback from the day has been overwhelmingly positive, which is largely due to your dynamism, good humour and professionalism.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, G8 Innovation Conference
David Rowan – Founding UK Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, Event Moderator for the World Economic Forum & Founder of VOYAGERS.IO
David Rowan, founding UK Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, is a leading voice on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He authored the Amazon number one bestseller ‘Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World’s Smartest Minds’ and hosts the Walks with Founders podcast, interviewing pioneering entrepreneurs. As an early-stage investor, he has backed more than 80 tech ventures, including Improbable, Grammarly, Unbabel, Maven Clinic, and Onfido. Rowan also manages the VOYAGERS Climate-Tech and Health-Tech Funds, supporting impactful start-ups tackling urgent global challenges. Renowned for spotting transformative ideas early, he bridges media, technology, and investment to champion groundbreaking solutions with real-world impact.
Speaking Topics:
- Why This is AI’s Netscape Moment – and What That Means for Your Business
- How to Understand the Impact of ChatGPT & Other Generative AI Tools
- What AI, Data Analytics and Blockchain Really Mean for Business Leaders
- Where AI, Data Analytics & Blockchain Should Fit Into Your Strategy Planning
- What Exponential Technologies Mean for the Next Five Years in Retail/Real Estate/Finance/Media/Healthcare etc.
- What Technology Means for the Future of Your Industry
- How Emerging Technologies Will Transform Your Industry
- Bullshit Innovators
- The Ten New Rules of Business
- What a 20-Country Quest Taught Me About Building an Authentic Culture of Innovation
- Why Business Innovation Has Never Mattered More
- Why Purpose Plus Profit is the New Business Mantra
- Finding Opportunity Amid the Crisis
- Why It’s Time to Challenge the Tech Monopolies
- What Carbon Accounting Will Mean for Every Business
- How to Optimise Customer Engagement
- What Talent Wants in the New World of Work
- The Future of the Workplace
Credentials and Impact
David Rowan has made a profound impact on the AI and technology landscape, combining deep editorial expertise with hands-on investment and advisory roles. Beginning his career in technology journalism as editor of The Guardian, he went on to chronicle the rise of Silicon Valley’s most influential companies, profiling the founders of LinkedIn, Google and Twitter. His work for WIRED, The Times and GQ focused on the technology shaping the future, giving him a front-row seat to transformative innovation.
Leveraging this unique perspective, David has invested in and advised over 60 start-ups, two of which have achieved billion-dollar “unicorn” status, underscoring his ability to identify and back high-impact ventures. His influence extends further as an advisor to leading investment firms and innovation networks including Lakestar, Hotwire Global, Outsized Ventures, Berlin Founders Fund and Sigma Squared.
David is also a highly sought-after event moderator, bringing insight and clarity to discussions at premier global forums such as WIRED, the World Economic Forum, DLD, Founders Forum and GITEX. With a career spanning journalism, venture investment and strategic advisory, he has become a trusted authority in AI and emerging technologies, helping shape the conversation and the companies that define our digital future.
Publications and Media
Author of the Amazon number one bestseller ‘Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World’s Smartest Minds’, David is a figurehead in the world of AI and technology. He has shared his expertise as a technology columnist for GQ, Conde Nast Traveller, The Sunday Times and The Times, offering insightful perspectives on emerging innovations and their impact on business, culture and society.
