Insights · October 27th, 2025
World-renowned futurist keynote speaker Nikolas Badminton has worked with over 500 incredible clients to deliver game changing and essential thinking. Each Geopolitical Technology Futures: looking to 2035 and beyond keynote is meticulously researched and co-created with clients – always focused and always custom. He interviews the executives, reviews their strategic plans and analyzes their industry in detail. Nikolas then taps into his knowledge base with thousands of signals and trends, the Futurist.com Think Tank experts, and do specific research to excite and ignite thinking at the client event.
With Geopolitical Technology Futures: looking to 2035 and beyond Nikolas and the client executives get under the skin of the value that is created and what they need to evolve and move forward by decoding uncertainty, igniting imagination and building anticipation. This and the way Nikolas engages with the audience and ignites thinking is why he is in such high demand.
Clients often choose to go further with this inquiry and have Nikolas work with them to develop panels, fireside chats, executive forums and podcast interviews. Here is an overview of such an experience that Nikolas co-created with Procore for their foundational event Groundbreak.
2026 Futurist Keynote – Geopolitical Technology Futures: looking to 2035 and beyond
What if we anticipate global shifts and master geopolitical strategic planning?
Advanced technologies are reshaping global power dynamics, partnerships and strategic competition. Developments in Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing, global supply chains, and the critical water-energy-food systems are transforming how nations and their pivotal industries are gaining strategic advantage, and rewriting their geopolitical playbooks.
Other areas for exploration include Critical resource management in an era of climate change and decarbonization; Strategic realignment of global supply chains and financial systems; The evolution of defence, space, and arctic sovereignty and technology innovation; and, the intersection of digital sovereignty and cybersecurity in shaping national security and power dynamics.
Client takeaways:
- Learn the Hope Engineer™ mindset – Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries.
- Learn about future geopolitical shifts – See how the growth in data, AI, quantum. climate tech, and sensor ecosystems are accelerating and supercharging positions and economies.
- See high-hope leadership in action – Learn the stories of how world-leading energy companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking.
Reach out to Nikolas Badminton to discuss your engagement – click here.
Nikolas’ Promise to his clients
Nikolas is renowned for his level of engagement, focus and customization of keynotes for each and every client and is now providing more value with each engagement:
- 100+ hours of focused research for each keynote that provides new thinking on the signals, trends and scenarios to supercharge strategic thinking.
- Focused collaboration and co-creation with each event organizer and client to produce the most impactful content for their audiences.
- In-depth Q&A and audience engagement sessions that help the audience go deeper into the signals and futures design that Nikolas presents.
Nikolas will work with you, the client and their team to speak with their executives stakeholders and key clients to gain a deep understanding of where they are, where they see the world shifting and evolving, and what their ideas of the futures ahead of their industry are.
Nikolas then taps into his knowledge base – and the global Futurist.com Think Tank – to do specific research to excite and ignite thinking at the event. Following confirmation of the engagement he produces the talk title and blurb and outline the areas for exploration – then Nikolas and the client discuss and focus in on what is needed to shift perspectives and supercharge strategic thinking.
Keynotes for 2026 – AI, Future Trends, Innovation, Energy & Geopolitics
Based on what clients and the world needs right now in terms of clarity Nikolas has developed 5 keynotes that meet the needs of clients and all are the basis for customization:
- The AI Leader: Create Incredible Productivity, Profit & Growth – essential strategic thinking and framing of Artificial Intelligence for clients from a 30 year industry veteran that’s seen change on the front lines and in the R&D labs – read more about this keynote.
- Hopeful Futures: Looking to 2035 and Beyond – a deep dive on client industry trends and using futures work to supercharge your strategic thinking – read more about this keynote.
- Supercharge Innovation: Rising above your competition – an innovation masterclass that takes the work of today and creates incredible momentum for change – read more about this keynote.
- Energy Transitions: Explore Renewable Energy Futures – a focus on how global energy dynamics are changing and what opportunities are emerging – read more about this keynote.
- Geopolitical Technology Futures: looking to 2035 and beyond – a broad view of how the geopolitical arena is evolving with implications on the client’s industry and world at-large – read more about this keynote.
Reach out to Nikolas Badminton to discuss your engagement – click here.
About Nikolas Badminton
Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist & Hope Engineer at futurist.com. He’s a world-renowned futurist speaker, consultant, author, media producer, and executive advisor that has spoken to, and worked with, over 500 of the world’s most impactful organizations and governments.
Nikolas Badminton’s book Facing Our Futures: How Foresight, Futures Design and Strategy Creates Prosperity and Growth has been selected for 2023 J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List, and featured as the ‘Next Gen Pick’ to inform the next generation of thinkers that lead us into our futures.
Nikolas is currently writing his next book that provides guidance on applying hope theory with futures exploration. Please contact futurist speaker and consultant Nikolas Badminton to discuss your engagement.
