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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

His pioneering efforts include the world's first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world's first.

Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and six books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.

Below, you can read all his articles.

Why Digital Twins Are One of the Building Blocks of the Metaverse

Digital twins are the building blocks of the metaverse, augmenting the physical world and making it accessible from the digital realm.

How the Enterprise Metaverse Will Change Collaboration

The enterprise metaverse will enable employees and teams to seamlessly collaborate. The International Security Alliance showed what is possible, creating a unique exercise combining virtual worlds and physical evidence.

Why NFTs can be Amazing, but Not Just Yet; 5 Challenges of NFTs

A large part of the billions in NFT trading is done only by a very small group, and NFT trading is anything but mainstream. NFTs that offer utility are amazing, and NFTs will define the metaverse economy, but we will first need to solve these five NFT challenges.

Why Buying Million-Dollar Digital Real Estate Does Not Make Sense

Despite the boom in digital real estate, buying digital land for millions of dollars does not make sense to me when there is infinite digital space.

What is the Metaverse, and How Will It Change Society?

Before the end of this decade, we will have converted the mobile, or social internet, to an immersive, omnipresent, persistent internet, where magic seems to happen constantly. As such, the metaverse will usher in a new age; the Imagination Age.