Phnam Bagley | Speaker Profile

Phnam Bagley designs the future of everything, on and off planet Earth. She co-founded Nonfiction, a design and innovation firm that turns science fiction into reality for a better future. Phnam is an industrial designer, futurist, and aerospace architect who focuses on cutting-edge hardware and human experiences. Nonfiction’s work ranges from brain implants and wearables to how we are going to feed astronauts on a mission to Mars. She specializes in turning groundbreaking technologies into attainable, intuitive, and beautiful products that help humans become the best versions of themselves. With her partner Mardis Bagley, she co-hosts an educational video series called Future Future, sharing tools and insights about design and the future of everything.

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Phnam is an engaging speaker who lights up any stage with her personality, unique storytelling skills, broad reach of professional expertise, and rich life experiences.

Her areas of expertise include future thinking, design, space exploration, education, sustainability, healthcare/wellness, and cutting-edge technologies aimed at making the world a better place.

She speaks internationally on the subjects of:

Designing the Future of Everything.

Designing between Earth and Space.

View a full list of Phnam’s past speaking engagements and topics.

Secondary speaking topics

Creativity for people who think they are not creative.

(Phnam has taught creativity to police departments and the military.)

Storytelling for scientists and engineers.

(Phnam most recently taught storytelling at NASA JPL.)

Speaker background

Phnam Bagley is a French industrial designer, futurist, and aerospace architect creating cutting-edge hardware and experiences in Wearables, Healthcare and Wellness, Education, Robotics, Transportation, and Aerospace.

She specializes in turning groundbreaking technologies into attainable, intuitive, and beautiful products and experiences that help humans become the best versions of themselves.

Her work is exclusively focused on projects that support the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and create a positive impact on humanity, the environment, and innovation. These projects may include:

How do we build an educational system that supports neurodiversity, autonomy, and prepares kids for the future of work?

How do we use neuroscience to turn humans into super-humans? How do we save lives faster and build resilience in people who have life-threatening jobs?

How do we make disabilities a thing of the past? How do we make living in space more human? How do we build a new civilization devoid of fossil fuel?

Phnam works with a variety of companies, from startups to Fortune 500 and government agencies, covering 4 continents. Clients include NASA, Intel, Facebook, Atari, Philips, Alpine, Mistletoe, Halo Neuroscience, and more.

She speaks internationally on the subject of “Designing between Earth and Space,” covering stories of sustainability, design, space exploration, education, and human flourishing.

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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:

FormatDescription
Advisory callsDiscussion 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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