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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.

5 Cyber Risks Affecting the Internet of Things and How to Manage These Risks

The Internet of Things will offer organizations tremendous value and will provide consumers with fantastic benefits. However, the Internet of Things also comes with a wide variety of cyber risks that could harm organizations and consumers who work with the IoT. To protect your organization from these cyber risks, you

Why Trust and Data Breaches Don't Get Along

If you want to retain the trust of your customers, you better make sure that you don’t have any data breaches. As this infographic [http://www.safenet-inc.com/resources/data-protection/customer-loyalty-data-breaches-infographic/] , developed by Gemalto, shows, data breaches have a significant impact [https://www.

4 Use Cases of Big Data and High Performance Computing

With the amount of data that organizations have to deal, with expected to grow into the exabytes in the coming year(s), we will need better technology. Bring in High-Performance Computing, or HPC in short, and a completely new world opens for you. HPC is dramatically changing the playing

7 Important Big Data Trends for 2016

It is the end of the year again and that means it is time for the Big Data trends for next year. I did that for 2014 [https://datafloq.com/read/big-data-trends-2014/124], I did it for 2015 [https://datafloq.com/read/five-big-data-trends-2015/

How Data Lakes Open New Possibilities for Your Organisation

In the past years, I have seen a flood of information on data lakes, and it looks like it is becoming as much of a buzzword as Big Data [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/3vs-sufficient-describe-big-data/]. I described data lakes [https://datafloq.com/read/five-big-data-trends-

7 Reasons why the Algorithmic Business will Change Society

The world around us is changing so rapidly, that even the hype big data is already outdated. Big data is nothing new any more, and by now we all know that more data is coming our way, rapidly. But in big data itself is no value at all. We can

How Engineering Company Siemens Creates Value for Their Customers Using Big Data Analytics

Siemens is a 168-years old engineering company that has prepared itself for the future. While most consumers might know Siemens from washing machines and electronic equipment, that image is largely outdated. Today, Siemens manufactures trains, power plant equipment, healthcare equipment and offers a wide range of smart software solutions.

Why The 3V’s Are Not Sufficient To Describe Big Data

It is generally accepted that big data can be explained according to three V’s: Velocity, Variety and Volume. In a 2001 research report, META Group (now Gartner) analyst Doug Laney defined big data as being three-dimensional, i.e. increasing volume (amount of data), velocity (speed of data in

5 Ways Big Data Will Improve Civil Infrastructure

The quality of the civil infrastructure within a country, determines its economic possibilities. How can Big Data improve the infrastructure?

7 Ways How Big Data Can Help the Air Force

In 1952, when the NSA was founded, they quickly employed thousands of cryptologists to deal with the massive amounts of data that was flowing into the organisation. Since then, governments from around the world have been analysing large streams of data. Therefore, it does not come as a surprise, that