Dr Mark Van Rijmenam – Digital, Metaverse, NFTs & Data

SPECIALIST SUBJECTS

• Metaverse
• The Future of Work
• How to Prepare for a Data-Driven Future
• How to Innovate in today’s world
• How Will Leadership Change in Today’s World
• How the Role of IT is Changing
• Brain Computer Interfaces

Dr Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker. He is a future tech strategist who thinks about how technology changes organisations, society and the metaverse.

Dr Van Rijmenam is the author of three best-selling management books on big data, blockchain and AI.

His latest book – The Organisation of Tomorrow – details how AI, blockchain and analytics turn your business into a data organization. He is currently writing his fourth book: Step into the Metaverse.

He is the founder of Datafloq.com, a leading content platform on emerging technologies.

He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Technology in Sydney, where he did research on how big data, blockchain and AI are changing organisations.

He is a co-host of the Between Two Bots podcast, covering the ethics of AI.

He is the publisher of ‘the ‘f(x) = ex‘ newsletter’, read by thousands of executives, on the future of work and the organization of tomorrow.
The Digital Speaker has spoken in 20 countries across the globe and collectively inspired over 100.000 managers, directors and C-level executives.

An incisive glimpse into the future of the internet

Step into the Metaverse

How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy, future tech strategist, entrepreneur, and thought leader Dr. Mark van Rijmenam delivers a startlingly insightful discussion about how the world as we know it will fundamentally change as the physical and the digital worlds merge into the metaverse, impacting the everyday experiences of people, companies, and societies.

The author maps out the extraordinary opportunities and challenges facing business leaders, consumers, regulators, policymakers, and other metaverse stakeholders trying to navigate the future of the Internet.

In the metaverse, you can be who you want to be, where you want to be, and companies and consumers are only restricted by their own creativity how they can benefit from the immersive internet.

With engaging commentary on issues ranging from avatars, identity and digital fashion to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain and the economics of the metaverse, this book also offers:

Discussions on the importance of an open and interoperable metaverse build on the web 3.0 paradigm if we want to reign in the control of Big Tech over our identity, data and lives.

Explorations of the enormous—and largely untapped—potential for metaverse entertainment, including gaming, music, media, and sports and how brands can engage with their customers in novel ways and how digital twins will change how we work and innovate.

Considerations related to the dangers of an always-on, immersive internet, including data breaches, avatar imposters, mental health issues, corporate and state surveillance, and the need for metaverse law.

A fascinating read you won’t be able to put down, Step into the Metaverse belongs in the hands of executives, managers, and other business leaders who play a role in digital transformation or execution.

It’s also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the future of technology, the internet, and social interaction.

How Will Leadership Change in Today’s World

Knowledge is a form of power and knowledge is derived from data. Having access to data has become a prerequisite in today’s world to remain competitive.

Data and analytics enable you to sense and seize opportunities in the environment of your company and to take action accordingly.

The global pandemic is a typical Black Swan that is changing the game forever.

However, with sufficient data we could have been warned and taken action accordingly, on time.
To do so, we need to democratize data, because when more people have access to information and knowledge, empowerment is a possibility, resulting in smarter and better decision-making.

In this session, Dr Van Rijmenam will explain the importance of data on your organisation and your decision-making capabilities.

He will discuss how leadership should change in this data-driven world, how data can be a catalyst for change and how data enables the rise of the digital employee.

We live in exponential times and simply having a digital strategy focused on continuous innovation is no longer enough to thrive in a constantly changing world.

Black Swans such as Covid-19 disrupt your business. In order to transform an organisation and contribute to building a secure and rewarding networked society, collaboration among employees, customers, business units and even things is increasingly becoming key.

In this keynote, Van Rijmenam will discuss how big data, blockchain and AI will change collaboration and in doing so enable a networked society.

How to Innovate in today’s world

We live in a world of accelerated change and disruptive innovations are challenging the status quo for organisations. The common denominator of all these innovations?

They produce data, lots of it, which can be used to create magical experiences that were unthinkable before.

In order to remain competitive, organisations need to put obtain a different perspective of their business and develop a culture of innovation.

How the Role of IT is Changing

We live in a world of accelerated change and Covid-19 is challenging the status quo for organisations. In addition, innovations are being developed faster and faster. The common denominator of all these innovations?

They produce data, lots of it, which can be used to create magical experiences that were unthinkable before. In order to remain competitive, organisations need to put obtain a different perspective of their business and develop a culture of innovation.

This culture of innovation requires leaders to ensure a mutual understanding of emerging technologies across the business. More than ever before, IT has become a critical capability to lead the way and CDO’s should actively push the envelope.

In this session, Dr Van Rijmenam discusses how the CDO and CIO should challenge the status quo and challenge projects instigated by other departments to ensure the most optimal, flexible, secure and private technical solution is developed.

At the same time, they should take the lead when it comes to innovation. IT moves from being in the back of the car to the driver’s seat.

RECENT TESTIMONIALS

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is simply a rock star! His ability to deliver a well-prepared message in a funny, interesting way and engage everyone in the room is unparalleled in his industry.

Sam Movsisyan, Founder at Leadership School

Extremely thought provoking! Brilliant keynote from @VanRijmenam talking about Blockchain, Big Data and AI

Tim Chapman, Fujitsu

I worked together with Mark on our SOLITA Frontline Summit 2020 where Mark was our Key-note. His presentation and insight in the discussion after was world-class inspirational!
Also leading up to the event despite the difficult -Covid-induced- circumstances everything was smooth sailing and cooperation was really easy and enjoyable. I hope and believe our paths will cross again and I highly recommend to take a close look at Mark’s work!”
“Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is simply a rock star! His ability to deliver a well-prepared message in a funny, interesting way and engage everyone in the room is unparalleled in his industry.

Sam Movsisyan, Founder at Leadership School