Ray Hammond

Ray Hammond is Europe’s most experienced futurist and keynote speaker on future trends. For over 30 years he has researched, written, spoken and broadcast about how major trends will affect society and business in the future.

Back in 2010, Ray Hammond was honoured with a UN gold medal for services to futurology by Mikhail Gorbachev. In the accompanying citation President Gorbachev said: “We are delighted to honour Ray Hammond for his constant commitment to research. Also, for his stunning speculations about the future enlightened by scientific knowledge and an evident concern for humankind.”

Ray Hammond is also a successful and proven business leader and serial entrepreneur. He has hands-on experience of creating, building and leading thriving businesses.

Today, Ray is the author of 17 books about the future, a body of work which he began in 1980, This stands as testament to the long-term accuracy and reliability of his foresight. He is now living in the future he first described over three decades ago.

His 1984 work The On-Line Handbook was the world’s first book to identify the importance of the Internet. He identified ‘search’ as the driving force behind on-line advertising and digital commerce.

In 1986 his ground-breaking publication The Modern Frankenstein became the first book to predict the importance of DNA analysis and genetic engineering. It also covered cloning and the emergence of super-intelligent machines that may become rivals to the human species later in the 21st Century.

In 1996 his international best-seller Digital Business provided a blueprint for Web commerce and provided a business plan for on-line retail enterprises.

Ray Hammond is also the author of four futuristic novels and his books have been best-sellers in the USA, UK, France, Spain, Poland, Japan and China. He is published globally by Macmillan.

The Intel Corporation commissioned Ray to write a short story based on Intel’s research for The Morrow Project.

As a gifted and inspirational keynote speaker, Ray is in world-wide demand by business, governments and non-government organizations. His speaking topics include the impact of technology and innovation on business growth. They also include the importance of sustainable business models and the continuing significance of globalization.

Based in London, Ray Hammond also provides many academic lectures around the world. He is a guest lecturer at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.

Ray also lectures at The Cass Business School at the University of London (watch video). He is a contributor to the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, U.S.A. He is also an elected Fellow of the U.K.’s Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.).

In addition, Ray is an elected Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (F.W.I.F.). This is a Swiss-registered charity which counts 91 Nobel-laureate scientists among its 3,000 strong fellowship.

Ray’s current topics include:

The Seven Key Drivers of The Future: Asymmetric World Population Growth, Climate Change, The On-going Energy Transition, the World’s Poorest Two Billion People, Globalization, Accelerating Exponential Technology Development and the Multiple Revolutions in Medicine.

Digital Health: How wearables, on-body sensors and ambulatory health-data capture are going to change everything about medicine, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.

The Future Of Travel and Transport: As self-driving cars arrive and wealthy Baby Boomers move into old age, how will the transport and travel industries change and adapt to these new opportunities?

The Technological Singularity: What happens when computers are as clever as humans. Also, what happens when they are many times more clever? The implications of the long-term future.

The Virtual Ape: Why humans love virtual business and social interactions. Also why Homo Sapiens is about to become Homo Virtualis. The Mobile Data Revolution: What extended networks,hybrid networks and broadband mobile will do for your organization.

Generating and Capturing ‘Business Process Intellectual Capital’ Within Your Organization