Richard Van Hooijdonk

Alongside his international research team, Richard directs his focus to analysing trends in the robotics field; drones, self-driving systems, 3D and 4D printing, sensors, blockchain, quantum computing, neurotech, biotech, platforms, and augmented reality. The opportunities that these technologies present are boundless once paired with A.I.

Equally however, Richard investigates the challenges and threats that these new and unprecedented technologies pose to organisations and people. 

Richard is living years ahead of the rest of us. He has an RFID chip in his hand that opens the door to his house and starts his car. Since 2014, Richard has been a speaker at many prestigious institutions and organisations including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Samsung, Gartner, Interpol, the European Commission, PWC, Deloitte, Booking.com, Heineken, Unilever, Huawei, NIKE, among others. Furthermore, he is the CEO of future-focused intelligence agency Trendforce.one, which recently introduced its COVID-19 ‘Road to Recovery’ program.

He is driven by a desire to inject innovation and imagination into the mindsets of the people and organisations who are going to shape the world of tomorrow. With the right forward-looking mindset, he believes that we can better form change for the improvement of our health, happiness, and prosperity.

Through his online blog, he shares his findings regarding the trends and developments of our times on a weekly basis. He has published a vast array of articles and books – one of which, ‘The World of Tomorrow’, became a bestseller. His sessions have been attended by over 420,000 people.

Richard offers some of the rarest and richest of insights into the world of tomorrow. His priceless perceptions instil a desire to change in his audiences, and are essential to the evolution of any business.