daVinci Institute Futurism

Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist
Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute

"The greatest value in understanding the future comes from spotting the major cultural, demographic, societal, and economic shifts early and translating them into viable business opportunities," says Tom.

As the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, he has developed original research studies, which enables him to speak on unusual topics, translating trends into unique opportunities.

Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come. His talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 100 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, and many more.

Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, the Boulder Daily Camera has referred to him as the "Father of Invention". The Denver Post and Seattle Post Intelligence have referred to him as the "Dean of Futurists".

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Past Speaking Topics

1.)
The Future of Money - Emerging Trends - The year is 2050, and you are standing in front of a vending machine. What form of payment will you put into it? The research team at the DaVinci Institute has spent years analysing the forces of change focusing closely on emerging trends. We looked at many of the new public policies, technology breakthroughs, and emerging business strategies. What are the overarching trends likely to have the greatest overall impact in the future?

2.) The Future of Libraries - The Great Transformation - Their existence is being threatened by information instantly accessible from every computer in every home. But libraries won't go away. Rather, information is soon to become far more complicated as technology expands our understanding of what information is. And Public Libraries will be transitioning from a center of information into a center of culture, evolving into an entity with function and purpose that is currently unrecognizable in today's world.

5.) Future Inventions - A Hidden Force of Nature - Some would say the future is drawing us towards it. If you listen closely to the pulse of technology today you can feel the directional beams, the same beams that give life to embryonic new industries in their wake, pulling us into the unknown future ahead. But as we put our ears to this invisible track, listening for unusual sensory queues, we begin to sense the patterns, like inter-dimensional crystalline structures forming between today and the world of tomorrow. Inventions are a force of nature, and this talk will help listeners understand how inventors are hard at work crafting the world of tomorrow.