Elina Hiltunen | Speaker Profile
Elina Hiltunen is a futurist who Forbes listed as one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world. She is an experienced keynote speaker that has delivered hundreds of lectures about various topics of the future in Finland and abroad. Currently, she is also studying at National Defence University, Finland, and completing her second Ph.D. thesis on the topic of how to use science fiction in the foresight process of a defense organization.
Speaking topics
Elina Hiltunen is available to speak about a wide range of potential topics, these include:
Anticipating, innovating, and communicating | A lecture about foresight methods and tools like megatrends, trends, wild cards, weak signals, and scenarios, and how to use them in an organizational context. Also includes topics of innovating within numerous futures and communicating numerous futures to different stakeholders.
10 megatrends that will change our future | From climate change, eco-crisis, and demographic change to digitalization and their effect on our future.
From glowing plants to brain-computer interface and quantum computers | How will technology change our future?
Future of the work | What are the needed skills for the future?
Weak signals | Tools to spot the future before the competitors.
Elina is also flexible to speak on numerous topics of a client’s choice, as in the Future of X, where X could be replaced with work, traffic, health, the digital world, education, cities, etc.
Elina does not only talk about innovations, she creates them herself: She has been developing tools for futures thinking, like Futures Windows and Strategic Serendipity. She is also a coinventor of TrendWiki tool – a tool for crowdsourcing the futures inside organizations. She has also created a project called Tiedettä tytöille (Science for Girls) that aims to encourage girls to study STEM.
Author highlights
Hiltunen is a writer of 14 books. The book “Foresight and Innovation: How Companies are Coping with the Future” (in Finnish: Matkaopas tulevaisuuteen) explores the field of strategic foresight. It was published in Finnish by Talentum in 2012 and in English by Palgrave, 2013.
Hiltunen has also written a book about the Future of Technology in 2035 with her husband, Kari Hiltunen, who is Dr. Tech by education. The book was published in 2014 in Finnish by Talentum and in English (2015) by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Hiltunen has also written books about consumer trends (2017) and megatrends (2019). These books are currently available only in Finnish.
Speaker background
Elina has experience working as a futurist at Nokia, Finland Futures Research Centre, and Finpro (Finnish trade promotion association). She has also worked as an Executive in Residence at Aalto University, ARTS. She has had a company of her own, What’s Next Consulting Oy, since 2007. As an entrepreneur, she has been working for multiple organizations as a consultant who aims to make organizations more prepared for the future.
Elina also owns a publishing company Saageli which was founded March, 2021. Saageli is focusing on publishing Elina Hiltunen’s books. As of 2022, Elina has written/co-written 14 books altogether. Four of them are about the future. One is a science fiction book with seven stories about the future. Two of the future books have been translated into English as well. Also, her Ph.D. thesis about weak signals was written in English.
Elina is also an active columnist in various business and technology magazines, and she has been participating in Finnish Broadcasting company YLE’s science-themed television series.
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. |
Book this speaker
Contact us to inquire about booking this speaker for a keynote, panel, or workshop, or contact Kaelah Shimonov at kaelah.s@quantumrun.com
