Theo Priestley, Tech (Anti)Futurist

There are tech boosters, and tech sceptics. But how often do you find someone with deep tech knowledge who can articulate its challenges? Someone literate in historical takes on the future, that perhaps never came to pass?

Theo Priestley has acquired a following for his witty takes on today’s tech stories, but his commentary comes from a position of knowledge, as an in-demand consultant, fractional CTO and futurist author. Theo incorporates retrofuturism and hauntology into his work, mapping current visions of tomorrow against our previous predictions to see how what might have been compares to what might be.

Theo is an author and an authority on the future of business, technology and society focusing on the convergence of emerging trends, including Metaverse, Web3, Spatial Computing and Artificial Intelligence. He is widely known for his forthright views on both the positive and the negative impacts of technology on society and currently works to inform political and business leaders of the risks and benefits of adoption.

An energetic, informative, and polished speaker, Theo has engaged audiences from 20 to 20,000 people on emerging technology trends and their impact at conferences, corporate events, meetups, webinars, and innovation boot camps around the world.