Keynote speaker on global trends, author of 16 Futurist books - Patrick Dixon.
Future of Emerging Markets - Keynote Speaker
BRICS economies rapid growth. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. Example of Aditya Birla in India with massive economic growth extending from manufacturing into retail.
Outsourcing and offshoring with 860,000 IT graduates each year in India Infosys training 25,000 software graduates this year alone, four times entire output of UK universities. Kazakhstan and Russia offer business opportunities.
Economy wage inflation despite oil price deflation in 2009-2009, and ... Post written in 2010 - very accurate predictions.
Read more: Emerging markets: BRICS impact on developed world. Why Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are important nations for the future of the global economy. Future Economic Trends Keynote Speaker
Future of Telcos Keynotes, Smartphones,Omnichannel
Questions to www.twitter.com on future of mobile computing. Divergence and convergence. Smartphones and web browsers still limited and always will be by screen size and data entry. Expect convergence of features and divergence in device sizes. Comment by Futurist Patrick Dixon
Read more: Mobile devices and laptops trends FUTURIST Q&A
Government, Politics, Democracy, War - Future
Comment by Patrick Dixon, author of The Truth about Westminster on MP expense scandal and revelations about alleged corruption among MPs, wrong claims in House of Commons.
Future of Westminster and UK democracy.
Public opinion of members of parliament.
Read more: Truth about Westminster: UK political scandal over MP expenses
Media, Films, Music, TV, Radio, Print - Keynotes
Problems for Twitter revenue generation by Futurist Patrick Dixon.
There is little doubt that Twitter will develop effective solid income streams - by serving corporations in their own marketing and customer engagement strategies.
The challenge is how to allow corporations to use new Twitter marketing tools without alienating Twitter users.
Read more: How will Twitter make money? New business tools / analytics