Alexandra Whittington | Speaker Profile
Alexandra Whittington is an educator, writer, TEDx speaker, and researcher who has earned recognition as one of the world’s top women futurists (Forbes).
She is a Futurist on the Future of Business team at TCS and previously served on the Foresight faculty at the University of Houston, where students described her as “passionate” about the future.
Speaker profile
Alexandra Whittington has coauthored/coedited books including A Very Human Future (2018) and Aftershocks and Opportunities: Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future, volumes 1 & 2 (2020 & 2021).
She has been involved in a number of research and consulting projects for clients such as the LEGO Group, Nestlé, Aruba, Heathrow Airport, the Lumina Foundation, Huawei, Children at Risk, and Kimberly-Clark.
Thanks to years of teaching, Alex is adept at giving diverse audiences a relatable overview of the futurist perspective via speeches, education sessions, and workshops about the future.
Recent engagements include the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, the United Kingdom Chapter of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP), Cumhuriyet University (Turkey), Harper College, ACCSES Shaping the Future conference, SUCESU 2021, Ivy Tech Community College, The Falling Walls Foundation, TEDxWallingford, Boston Consulting Group, the 2020 Global Foresight Summit, dxFutures, the Finland Futures Research Conference, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Underwater Technology-Subsea Engineering Society, National Sign Research Education Foundation Conference, the World Future Society Conference, and ASAE Foundation Women Executives’ Forum.
Featured speaker topics
- Future of women
- Women and A.I.
- The future of education
- Emerging trends and technologies
- And an engaging experience called “Invitation to Futurology,” a highly user-friendly approach to thinking about the future.
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Organizations and event organizers can confidently hire this speaker to conduct keynotes and workshops about future trends across a diverse range of topics and in the following formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Advisory calls | Discussion with your executives to answer specific questions on a topic, project or subject of choice. |
| Executive coaching | One-to-one coaching and mentoring session between an executive and the selected speaker. Topics are mutually agreed upon. |
| Topic presentation (Internal) | A presentation for your internal team based on a mutually agreed topic with content supplied by the speaker. This format is designed specifically for internal team meetings. Maximum 25 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (Internal) | Webinar presentation for your team members on a mutually agreed topic, including question time. Internal replay rights included. Maximum 100 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (External) | Webinar presentation for your team and external attendees on a mutually agreed topic. Question time and external replay rights included. Maximum 500 participants. |
| Event keynote presentation | Keynote or speaking engagement for your corporate event. Topic and content can be customized to event themes. Includes one-on-one question time and participation in other event sessions if required. |
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Contact us to inquire about booking this speaker for a keynote, panel, or workshop, or contact Kaelah Shimonov at kaelah.s@quantumrun.com
