Byron Reese | AI Expert, Optimistic Futurist, Tech Entrepreneur, WSJ Best-Selling Author of 5 Books Translated into 13 Languages

Byron Reese

AI Expert, Optimistic Futurist, Tech Entrepreneur, WSJ Best-Selling Author of 5 Books Translated into 13 Languages

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$25,000
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Byron Reese
Biography

With over 25 years as a successful tech entrepreneur, Byron Reese is uniquely suited to speak on the transformative effect of technology on the workplace and society at large.

Byron delights audiences worldwide and has been invited to share his reasoned optimism and vivid and energetic presentations on the future with audiences on every continent, including Antarctica. 

Known as the “Future of” guy, Byron has spoken on the future of AI, the future of work, the future of banking, the future of education, the future of the planet, the future of agriculture, the future of finance, and the list goes on. When not speaking, he writes books that explore the intersection of technology and humanity and covers topics such as robotics, consciousness, progress, natural resources, and superorganisms.

Bloomberg Businessweek credits Byron with having “quietly pioneered a new breed of media company.” The Financial Times of London reported that he “is typical of the new wave of internet entrepreneurs out to turn the economics of the media industry on its head.” Byron and his work have been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, NPR, and the LA Times Magazine. Byron holds numerous patents and has started and sold multiple companies, including two NASDAQ IPOs.

As a lifelong entrepreneur with multiple IPOs and successful exits, Byron frequently speaks to business audiences on how to excel in the world of tomorrow and how to deploy technology successfully. 

He states: “Technology multiplies human ability. That’s its trick. It magnifies us. We can move more bricks with a forklift than we can on our backs. Technological advancement is not to be feared; rather, it should be welcomed, for by enhancing human ability, we enhance our productivity and, therefore, our standard of living. This is why we live so much more lavish and prosperous lives than our great-grandparents. An hour of our time is vastly more productive than was an hour of theirs.” 

With a gift for storytelling, Byron captivates audiences worldwide with the message that technology is empowering us to build a better world, and he invites his listeners to imagine this better world and build it.

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Featured Keynote Programs

AI & Employment

"Automation, AI & The Future of Work"
"A Great Time to Be a Human: Why No Machine Can Replace a Person" 
"Preparing for theJobs of Tomorrow"

Techno-Optimism

"The Fourth Age: Answering the Big Questions of Tomorrow"
"The Next Seven Years"
"Reasoned Optimism"
"The Coming Golden Age of Humanity"
"How to Innovate in a Rapidly Changing World"

Business & Leadership

"How to Innovate in a Rapidly Changing World"

Technology & Education

"Education in the 21st Century"

Byron Reese
Featured Books

We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Futureby Byron Reese

We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Future

by Byron Reese
Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future--and Shape Itby Byron Reese

Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future--and Shape It

by Byron Reese
Wastedby Byron Reese

Wasted

by Byron Reese
The Fourth Ageby Byron Reese

The Fourth Age

by Byron Reese
Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Poverty, Hunger, and Warby Byron Reese

Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Poverty, Hunger, and War

by Byron Reese

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