Dr. Mark
van Rijmenam
Strategic futurist and award-winning keynote speaker. The futurist who shows up after the hype — with a framework, a stance on risk, and a path to action.
This press kit gives you everything you need to introduce Mark to your audience — biographies in three lengths, ready-to-read stage introductions, print-quality photos and logo, and his speaker video. Copy, download, and use freely.
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Biographies
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker, known as The Digital Speaker. He is the author of the award-winning book Now What? and founder of Futurwise, which offers noise-cancelling for your brain by surfacing verified, human-cited intelligence from the world's best thinkers for leaders navigating AI disruption.
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist and award-winning keynote speaker known as The Digital Speaker. He is the futurist who shows up after the hype, when leadership teams need a framework, a stance on risk, and a path to action.
He is the author of the award-winning book Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, and the founder of Futurwise, offering "noise-cancelling for your brain" by surfacing verified, human intelligence from the world's best thinkers.
His keynotes and workshops don't predict the future. They equip your people to exercise better judgment inside it. Mark translates complexity into clarity, and clarity into decisions leaders can execute the next morning.
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist and award-winning keynote speaker known as The Digital Speaker. He is the futurist who shows up after the hype, when leadership teams need a framework, a stance on risk, and a path to action.
As a Certified Speaking Professional, Global Speaking Fellow, and 6-time author, he has captivated audiences in over 32 countries, across all continents.
He is the author of the award-winning book Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, a practical playbook built on his WAVE Framework, which helps organizations separate signal from noise, turn insight into action, stress-test assumptions, and build capability without creating dependency.
Beyond the stage, he founded Futurwise — "noise-cancelling for your brain" — a platform that surfaces verified, human-cited intelligence from the world's best thinkers so teams can track fast-moving topics without drowning in feeds, dashboards, and hot takes.
His keynotes and workshops don't predict the future. They equip leaders to exercise better judgment inside it. Mark translates complexity into clarity, and clarity into decisions leaders can execute the next morning.
Event Introductions
Two options for introducing Mark on stage — adjust as needed for your room.
Option 1
Light & ProfessionalLadies and gentlemen, today's speaker spends his life living in the future, which makes him either the best person to guide us through it… or the worst person to play trivia with.
Ranked as the world's #1 futurist and recognized by Salesforce as one of just 16 global AI influencers, Dr. Mark van Rijmenam has advised governments, Fortune 500 companies, and leaders in more than 30 countries.
Known as The Architect of Tomorrow, he has a gift for making artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies feel as clear as your morning (afternoon/evening) espresso, and sometimes just as strong.
For the next [XX] minutes, he's not predicting the future — he's handing us the playbook to design it.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Mark van Rijmenam!
Option 2
Bold & PlayfulLadies and gentlemen, you may have heard of digital twins. Well, today's speaker has one — and rumor has it, sometimes his twin shows up to events instead of him. If you see two Marks on stage, don't worry… that's just the future arriving early.
Ranked as the world's #1 futurist and recognized by Salesforce as one of just 16 global AI influencers, Dr. Mark van Rijmenam has advised governments, Fortune 500 companies, and leaders in more than 30 countries.
They call him The Architect of Tomorrow because he doesn't just predict disruption — he hands leaders the blueprint to thrive in it.
Let's give a big, future-ready welcome to Dr. Mark van Rijmenam!
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Speaker Demo
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