Futurists to interview

Ranked as the No. 1 Global Marketing, Social Media and Retail Thought Leader by Thinkers360 in 2023 with over 130,000 followers across his social media platforms, Vladimer Botsvadze is a world-renowned digital transformation and social media influencer and keynote speaker who initiates change, drives growth, and positions brands as market leaders in their industries. He has more than 15 years of international experience with a proven track record and has enjoyed an outstanding career at the top of the technology industry. Vladimer has been described as ''a pioneer across the globe'' by the Exeleon Magazine. Vladimer has become one of the world's top-rated speakers on technology and he has been booked by Startup Grind, Digital Talk Forum, AI Conversational Summit, and Global Marketing Summit. His performance at the Global Marketing Summit has been watched by 50,000+ participants from 143 countries, 6 continents, and 922 cities. His keynote speeches center around his social media career and his marketing strategies provide a foundation for success. He helps high-performers achieve their growth and prepares organizations to think with a new perspective on the future of marketing. His expertise is trusted by the American Marketing Association. Always ahead of the curve, Vladimer is an Advisory Board Member of the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute and the United States Data Science Institute. He has been elected as a jury member at the Digital Revolution Awards and the Prolific North Marketing Awards in the UK. In addition, he is a member of the Marketing Judging Committee of the American Business Awards and he has recently been invited as a judge to the Gartner Marketing and Communication Awards in London. He has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, and Yahoo Finance. Moreover, Vladimer is a career mentor at the University of Westminster and a marketing mentor at global start-up accelerators including UCL Hatchery Startup Incubator, Abu Dhabi SME Hub, Seedstars, Take Off Istanbul, Hype Sports Innovation, FasterCapital and APX VC. He has recently started mentoring start-ups at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. One of the world's most recognized marketing personalities, Vladimer has contributed to the European Business Review. He has been interviewed by World Biz Magazine, Natfluence, Billion Success, Thought Leader Magazine, Irish Tech News, and Emerging Europe. He sets the highest standards for marketing and delivers extraordinary results. With many successful projects to his name, he provides the matchless opportunity to global clients in navigating the ever-changing modern business world. Vladimer is equipped with a plethora of game-changing strategies tailored to give his clients a competitive advantage that guarantees long-term success and sustainability. Vladimer has been recognized as a Transformative Leader of the Year by Exeleon Magazine, Enterprise World Magazine has listed him among the Top 5 Successful Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2022 and Insights Success Magazine has named him among the Top 10 Inspiring Business Leaders Making a Difference. The CIO Today Magazine has recognized him among the Luminaries The Most Iconic Leaders You Must Follow For Inspiration. Vladimer is among the Top 25 Digital Transformation Influencers by Sparity and the Top 100 Global Retail Influencers by RETHINK Retail.

As the founding Executive Director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the first University Professor (now retired) and the current General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC, two early-stage venture funds, as well as an active board member for a number of tech startups, Howard Tullman is a highly sought-after educator, author, venture investor, technology advisor and business leader. He was the long-time CEO of 1871 in Chicago — an entrepreneurial hub for digital start-ups - which is ranked Number 1 in the world. Previously, he was the Chairman/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint College which he co-founded in 2007 and, prior to that, he served as the President of Kendall College. For the past 8 years, he has written a weekly online column for INC. Magazine (with over 400 articles) seen by millions of website visitors. Over the last 50 years, Tullman has been one of the most active and successful entrepreneurs in the country and personally founded more than a dozen high-tech companies. He is a futurist, a visionary and also a skilled professional when it comes to technology, online and cloud services, large-scale data delivery systems, database design and implementation and the development, creation and production of all types of media, computer games and audio/video digital content. He has extensive and specific technical expertise in a number of industries including automotive, insurance, education, entertainment and workforce/economic development. Besides his direct business interests, Howard is an in-demand lecturer and has taught regularly on venturing, change management, innovation and entrepreneurship to graduate students, executives and company owners at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Tullman has also taught Change Management and Entrepreneurship for Kellogg internationally in Executive Management Programs based in Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. When giving his energetic talks, Tullman is charismatic and humorous when interacting with his audiences. He is a lively and practical speaker that attendees from any industry can relate to. His basic messages are clear, professional and typically well ahead of their time, while still grounded in the necessities and realities of taking care of business every day. He carefully balances the tensions between performing and transforming every business. Howard can inspire entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders, and senior managers as well to achieve even better results and, at the same time, improve their knowledge about future and critically important technology trends. Tullman’s popular blog Hindsight (tullman.blogspot.com) and his extensive personal website (www.tullman.com) contain massive amounts of writings, links, articles and further information about his interests and activities.

Dale Newton MD is the current CEO of a non-profit (Eden Community Ventures Corporation) and a for profit entity (330Pie). He believes there are “bricks” missing from the foundation of capitalist economic thinking. One of these bricks is called "parasitic capitalism". Dr. Newton is the subject matter expert and author of two forthcoming books, entitled: “The Missing Bricks in the Foundation of Capitalist Economic Thinking” and “What Used to Be Called Capitalism”.

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I think about how to change society to make it more equal, sustainable and meaningful for people to live in. I am a former diplomat: I resigned over the Iraq War after giving secret evidence to the first official inquiry into the war. I have written two books, one about diplomacy (Independent Diplomat) and one about social and political change (The Leaderless Revolution). I am also the founder of Independent Diplomat, a non-profit diplomatic advisory group. For more please see my website www.carneross.com