About the Speaker:

David Rowan was the Editor-in-chief of the UK edition of WIRED magazine from launch in 2009 to February 2017. He wrote a book about innivation, non-bullshit corporate innovation and he investigates companies and entrepreneurs changing our World. He is futureteller that spends most of his time with founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest and countless other disruptive startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. He is delivering almost 100 talks in a year for Fortune 100 companies, banks and governments. He is also charing & moderating stage interviews with names i.e. James Murdoch to David Cameron. He has written regular columns in GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, Campaign, The Times and The Guardian; He has wide experience as a newspaper editor.

At WIRED he has extended the brand into conferences, apps, and a consulting arm and he is still searching for the future. He’s an early-stage investor in 40 tech companies and co-founder of a non-profit taking amazing people for weekend adventures in the world’s most extraordinary locations.