About

Amelia Kallman is a leading London futurist, speaker and author. As an innovation and technology communicator, Amelia regularly consults brands, agencies, and governments on the impact of new technologies on the future of business and our lives. She forecasts global trends and behaviours, helping clients navigate innovation, build strategies and deliver industry leading initiatives. She specialises in the emerging opportunities - as well as the risks - of machine learning and AI, big data, IOT, and the New Realities (XR: VR-AR-MR). Recent areas of study include the future of social media, the XR internet, edge computing, and the surfacing human rights issues of tomorrow. She produces and hosts the annual XR Summit as part of ISE and also hosts the XR Star podcast for AV Nation. Amelia's writing is often featured in WIRED UK, IBC365, and The Big Reveal, her popular innovation newsletter and YouTube channel. Clients include Unilever, Tata Communications, Vodafone, Lloyd's of London, and UK Parliament. She is a mentor, activist, and is currently writing her next book.

Originally from a theatrical background, Amelia started her tech career by chance in 2013 at a creative technology agency where she worked her way up to become their Global Head of Innovation. She's opened, operated and curated pop-up and permanent tech labs in London, Scotland and Dubai, working with clients including Accenture, PWC, WIRED, and EY.

Coming from a non-traditional technology background, she has a unique talent for making the complex accessible. Since going freelance in 2017 she has become an in-demand international speaker. As an independent futurist, clients often find her frank, unbiased, and ethical assessments a refreshing contrast to speakers who endorse, sell and market.

She's lectured at Cambridge University, written a multi-award winning book, exhibited her art internationally, and directed the first burlesque show in 360° video. She's led experiments that measure the emotional data of people ages 3-80 as they experienced VR for the first time, and more recently has been exploring the hypothesis that VR has the power to tap into the dormant part of our brains responsible for synesthesia, potentially unlocking new pathways of creativity.

www.ameliakallman.com @ameliakallman @TheBigRevealUK

Events:
RISE Spotlight: XR & Today's Reality, Host
AI in Action: The Future of Finance, Host
StudioX Live Launch, Host
World Summit AI, Host
The Next Web, Host
AV Works, Panellist
AV Awards, Judge
A.S. Watson's New Normal, Keynote & Panellist
Unilever, Keynote
Unilever Virtual Offsite, Facilitator & Keynote
Tata Communications, Keynote
The VFX Festival, Panellist
Axa Insurance (Hull), Facilitator & Keynote
Silicon Swalley (Glasgow), Keynote
Hospitality Tech Summit (Amsterdam), Keynote
ISE (Amsterdam), Panellist
XR Summit (Amsterdam), Host & Keynote
Shelton Fleming, Keynote
GKN Automotive (Lisbon), Keynote & Panellist
ISMPP, Keynote
CES 2020 (Las Vegas), Media Correspondent
SIM (Sao Paolo), Keynote
ASA (Rio), Keynote
Virtuality (Paris), Keynote
EventLabs/Hirespace, Panellist
Event Tech Live, Keynote
London South Bank University, Keynote
Birmingham City University, Keynote
CEME Women in Tech, Keynote
MS Amlin, Cambridge University, Keynote
Tech Plus (Lagos), Keynote
EasyJet, Keynote
Radley Yalder, Keynote
Unilever, Keynote
Standard Chartered Bank, Keynote
Digital Catapult's Surroundscapes, Keynote
Oxfordshire Creative Industries Showcase, Panellist
Hear Yourself Think, Keynote
The VFX Festival, Keynote
Risk Engineering Conference, Keynote
Standard Chartered Bank, Keynote
Innovatours, Host
Immerse(d), Panellist
The Future of Wellbeing, Host
ISE (Amsterdam), Panellist
XR Summit (Amsterdam), Host, Moderator, Keynote
Technology Futures, Keynote
The Future is Exciting, Keynote
Institute for Risk Management, Panellist
Audio Engineering Society, Panellist
University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Keynote
Robinson College, Cambridge University, Keynote
Amazon Web Summit, Keynote
Unwired's Technology & Trends 2018, Panellist
The Drum: Future of Work, Panellist
PACK: New Rules, Host
NSPCC, Panellist
Online & Offline Retail Summit (Moscow), Keynote
Creature Futures 3 (London), Panellist
Strategy 2.0 Summit (Istanbul), Keynote
Lloyd's of London, Keynote
Corporate Entrepreneur Awards 2017, Judge & Presenter
House of Beautiful Business (Lisbon), Keynote
ARNO (Stuttgart), Keynote
WIRED & Glenfiddich (Aberdeen), Host
PWC's Insights: VR & AR, Keynote
The Science Museum with Professor Brian Cox, Keynote
Global E-Commerce Summit 2017 (Barcelona), Keynote
Royal Academy of Engineering, Panellist
Design Awards, Judge
BMW, Keynote
PWC, Keynote
Mercedes Benz, Keynote
Microsoft, Panellist
CooperVision, Keynote
World Disrupt Forum's Strategy & Innovation Summit, Panellist
CMS, Keynote & Panellist
Eversheds, Keynote
Retail IT, Panellist
Camberwell Studios, Keynote
ActiveLab Live, Panellist
Revo's Shopping Centre Convention, Keynote

Topics:
XR & the Future of Events
Data Privacy: Oxymoron or Human Right?
New Trends & Technologies in a Post-COVID Age
Getting the Future Right
The Future of Social Interaction & Social Media
Security, Health & Experience Tech in the Aftermath of C19
Emerging Risks in Data, Technology & Beyond
Future Opportunities & Risks of AI, IOT & XR
The Future Customer
2030: Emerging Global Trends
Tech & Trends of 2020 & Beyond
XR in Hospitality
Alternative Realities
The Big Reveal: Top 10 of XR
CES 2020: Evolution, Expectation & Innovation
The Future of Automotive
New Technologies & the Impact on Medical
The Future of Audio & Music
Reinventing the Customer Journey
Creativity in Marketing
Immersive Technologies & the Future of Business
The Future of Travel
The Future of FMCG & Retail
The Future of Finance
Technology: Beyond the Hype
New Technologies & the Future of Finance
Social Impact of VR & 360
Immersive Culture
Today, Tomorrow & Beyond: The Future of the New Realities
Future Technologies
Top 6 Technology Trends of the Future
Amazon vs eBay: Humans in the Rise of Retail Automation
Technologies in Music
AI & the Workplace
Growing Up Online
Emerging Risks of The New Realities & AI
Great Techspectations: Innovations Changing the Future of Retail
CES 2018: Trends of the Tomorrow
Enter the Metaverse: The New Realities & their Future Impact
Great Techspectations: The New Realities, Big Data & Beyond
The New Synesthesia
The Future of Retail
Synesthetic Experiences
The Future of Virtual Reality
Save the Data: The Future is Now
Creating Emotional Currency in a Digital Age
Haptics & Sensory Reality
The Future of the Workscape
2017 Innovations in Auto
2017 Trends & Technologies
Wellness in the Workscape
The Future of Retail
The Power of Virtual Reality for Brands
Robotics, AI and Collaboration
Measuring Emotional Data of VR & MR across Generations
The Reality of Virtual Responsibility