Most futurist keynotes predict. Dr Kate Barker’s prepare. Ranked the world’s No.1 Chief Futurist by the International Association of Top Professionals and honoured with a TIME100 AI Impact Award, she is the rare futurist whose day job is building the future she describes: as Chief Futurist at NEOM she is the architect of leadership frameworks and future of work practices for the world’s first cognitive city, and she advises heads of state, boards and global chief executives on what comes next and what to do about it.
Her signature futurist keynote, The 2050 Briefing, examines where power, capability and institutional trust settle once a generation of decisions has been made with machines rather than by them. Audiences describe it less as a talk about the future than as a rehearsal for it.
World Economic Forum, Davos · UN Global Futures Forum · World Government Summit, Dubai · VISION 2051 Summit, St Petersburg · World AI Cannes Festival
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Dr Kate Barker was ranked Global No.1 Chief Futurist by the International Association of Top Professionals in 2025. She is Chief Futurist at NEOM, a TIME100 AI Impact Award honouree, and delivers futurist keynotes for boards, governments and the world’s leading forums.
The difference between prediction and preparation. Dr Kate’s sessions give leaders decisions to take now, drawn from live sovereign and board advisory work, rather than scenarios to admire.
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