Trend Safaris
"Hands down, the best way to experience innovation and the future." DAY 2: THE CONTENT SUPER SESSION
"THE BEST INNOVATION CONFERENCE"
Join Starbucks, Netflix, Samsung, Red Bull, Lego & MTV to experience the future.
97% of people rate it "the best innovation conference ever"
97% of people rate it "the best innovation conference ever"
Trend Hunter's Future Festival is specifically designed to be the world's best innovation conference — a place for the world's top innovators to prototype their future. 97% rate it the best innovation conference ever with a stunning 85% rating it the best business event in all categories. You'll experience next year's trends from the #1 trend firm, while prototyping 5 - 10 disruptive ideas using the same award-winning innovation workshops we've used to help NASA prototype the journey to Mars."
– Jeremy Gutsche, CEO & NY Times Bestselling Author
Future Festival Trailer100,000 views
Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche8,000,000 views
Keynote Speaker Malcolm Gladwell(Toronto Only)
Our Megatrend Framework2,500,000 views
"The best, most engaging and most relevant business event I have ever attended." – Chief Strategy Officer & SVP of Marketing
"The best event I've ever attended, and we go to motorcycle races." – Head of Sensing and R&D
"Future Festival is a concentrated dose of inspiration and insights. This event is a must-attend!" – Associate Brand Manager
"No service out there captures Consumer Behavior as well as Trend Hunter" – Creative Development Manager, Ideation
"An incredible experience that left me fueled and supported with new tools." – Creative and Business Development
"Future Festival created opportunities for our team and expanded our people's thinking." – CEO
"Undoubtedly the most meaningful conference I've ever attended." – VP of Sales
"Any senior executive would benefit hugely from taking a couple of days and attending Future Festival." – Global VP of Innovation
For context, Trend Hunter is the #1 trend firm & this is our EPIC innovation conference
We accelerate innovation for 500 brands, billionaires, CEOs & NASA
#1 Most Popular Trend Site = 3 billion pageviews & BIG DATA from 150,000,000 people
#1 Largest Trendspotting Network by 15x - an army of 200,000 hunters
Founded by NY Times Bestseller Jeremy Gutsche, a top innovation keynote speaker
FREE 2018 Trend Report
#1 Most Popular Trend Site = 3 billion pageviews & BIG DATA from 150,000,000 people
#1 Largest Trendspotting Network by 15x - an army of 200,000 hunters
Founded by NY Times Bestseller Jeremy Gutsche, a top innovation keynote speaker
FREE 2018 Trend Report
WHAT'S DIFFERENT?Unlike other conferences, the Festival is a highly choreographed, takeaway-focused immersion
EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE vs. PASSIVELY LISTENING
100+ DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS vs. OUTDATED MATERIAL
ENERGETIC & ACTIONABLE vs. RANDOM & OUTDATED
WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR TEAM vs. LIMITED TAKEAWAYS
DOWNLOADABLE PRESENTATIONS vs. TAKE-YOUR-OWN NOTES
INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS vs. GENERIC CONTENT
ONE-ON-ONE ADVISOR TIME vs. LACK OF FOLLOW-UP
CULTURAL SAFARIS vs. VENDORS
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Jeremy Gutsche
NY Times Bestseller Innovation & Megatrends
Malcolm Gladwell
NY Times Bestseller(Toronto Only)
Armida Ascano
Data-Driven Trends in Gen X, Y, Z, & Boomers
Tony Hunter
Former CEO, Chicago Tribune
(Toronto Only)
(Toronto Only)
Jaime Neely
AI, Technology & The Future of Life
Courtney Scharf
Retail Innovation, Entertainment & Leisure
Shelby Walsh
Emerging Business Models & The Workplace
Jonathon Brown
Innovation Tactics, Examples & Best Practices
Future Book
150 Pages of Insights, Notes & Next Steps
World Summit (Toronto)
2-Day
Immersion (NYC)
1-Day
Conference (13 Cities)
7:30am - ARRIVALS & COLLISION You'll join the world's top innovators (no vendors) to experience the future before it happens
8:30am - KICKOFF KEYNOTE (or SECRET event for returning guests)Kick off with Jeremy Gutsche, one of the world's top innovation keynote speakers
Our CEO, Jeremy Gutsche, is a New York Times bestselling author who
has become an advisor to over 500 brands, billionaires, CEOs & NASA. As one of the world's top innovation keynote speakers,
he'll kick-off the event with an unparalleled level of energy.
Learn how to innovate through chaos, uncertainty and periods of rapid change.
By the end of this decade, only 40% of the Fortune 500 will still exist in a meaningful way. Jeremy dissects 'why' to give you a series of methods
you can use to make change happen, setting the innovation conference mindset.
In TWO keynotes, he will reveal learnings from his New York Times Bestseller, client best practices and NEXT book, summarized into repeatable tactics, frameworks & workshop questions that will make you a higher performance innovator.
9:30am - KICKOFF KEYNOTE 2 (TORONTO ONLY)Provoke your thinking with Malcolm Gladwell, one of the top thinkers of our time
One of the world's most provocative thinkers, Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times Bestsellers. To our audience of innovators and insights specialists, he is a man who needs no introduction. Malcolm will join us to help shape your thinking as you prepare to imagine your potential throughout your Future Festival experience.
As a special secret, Malcolm Gladwell's best seller, The Tipping Point, and his 1997 article The Coolhunt, were early sources of inspiration leading to the creation of Trend Hunter. Today, he is one of the world's top keynote speakers with an astounding ability to be both entertaining and challenging.
Special Lunch with Malcolm and Jeremy - If you send a team to Future Festival, you will automatically get one ticket upgraded to VIP, which will
be your invite to a special lunch, photosession and book signing with Malcolm Gladwell and Jeremy Gutsche.
Learn how to innovate through chaos, uncertainty and periods of rapid change.
Consider new perspectives with Nicholas Thompson, a leader in media and emerging technologies
Nicholas Thompson, the editor-in-chief at Wired Magazine, contributing editor at CBS and CNN International, cofounder of The Atavist and former journalist and editor of The New Yorker, will take the stage at Future Festival New York to participate in a short question and answer session. During this time, Nick will speak with Jeremy Gutsche to discuss the latest innovations in the industry, what’s to come, and what maintaining an awareness of recent trends can do for business.
2pm - 5pm - SAFARISChoose from 30+ innovation experiences, each paired with trend research & networking
ALL DAY - FUTURE FESTIVAL BOOKFollow along with our 200-page Future Book, app & frameworks, designed to maximize takeaways
You'll love our 2018 Future Festival book because it includes all sorts of takeaways to maximize your experience and allow you to focus on your ideas, not taking notes:
Future Book Highlights
• Takeaways Notes, Frameworks and Key Insights from Each Speaker
• The Must-Know Top 20 Trends in 2018
• The 2018 Megatrends Framework
• Workshop Exercises and Homework Questions
• Details for Trend Safaris & Future Party Technologies
• Our Curation of 100 Must-See Experiences
• Download details for the Future Festival App & Powerpoints
7:00pm+ - THE FUTURE PARTYDecompress over experimental drinks, robots, AR, VR, drones and nanotech at our Future Party
After a decade of operating our own private bar, we have perfected the art of throwing a party.
We can't reveal all of our tricks, but last year's party included the following:
• VR, AR, drones, holograph machines & mind-readers
• A Robot Petting Zoo
• The world's first IBM Watson connected toy
• Exploratory cocktails & and flavor experimentation
• Secret VIP room with the world champion Whiskey mixologist (Thanks Beam Suntory!)
• Big data visualization and Trend Hunter's inner workings
INNOVATION WORKSHOPSDevelop 5-10 disruptive ideas using the same workshops we've used to help NASA prototype the Journey to Mars (87% left with 10+ ideas)
Turn insights into action on this remarkable day. You'll learn:
• High Performance Innovation Methods for Your Brand
• How to Get Better & Faster
• How to Find Overlooked Ideas Using Patterns & Megatrends
Important: Here's why most people attend in teams of 6+:
• Focus All Exercises on YOUR Company at a Private Table
• Develop 5-10 Company Specific Innovation Ideas & 20+ Next Steps
• Get a Group Innovation Assessment to See Strengths, Gaps & Opportunities
Innovators Who Send Teams: Starbucks, Disney, Visa, Adidas, Domino's, Aflac, Staples, Netflix, Microsoft, Hasbro, Red Bull, Universal, Target, Pepsi, VW, Walmart, Bayer, Honda
2:00pm - 5:00pm - BONUS EXPERIENCES (OPTIONAL)Catch an early flight home OR join us for a couple more trend safaris of your choosing
"I invite you to come with your team. I wish I'd asked more people to join me. If you experience [Future Festival] as a group, you can create a culture around it and that culture can be contagious around the whole company." - CEO, Club Monaco
"Thoroughly engaging, thought provoking, game-changing!" – CEO, Strategic Objectives
"Definitely worth the 6,824 miles of travel." – Product Development Dir, Mamas and Papas
FREE: INNOVATION ASSESSMENT Supercharge your leadership development with 7-10 pages of personalized recommendations
Get a personalized innovation experience with 5-10 pages of custom insight about your innovation archetype, how you innovate, your strengths and your blindspots.
The innovation conference keynotes will dive deeper into what this means, but you'll leave the conference with personalized insight and if you bring a team
to the event, you can get an organizational assessment to compare your team's behaviours and compision to the world's top innovators.
The end result is to make this more than just a conference on innovation, but rather a training program with a remarkable level of personalization.
FREE 1:1 ADVISORY MEETINGS Explore your assessment or favorite topics in a one-on-one with our research advisors
Before and after the innovation conference, you'll meet with your brand's dedicated advisor or one of our innovation experts to
chat about your latest projects or tap our brains for other ways we can help you to inspire your next big idea.
If you send a team, you can also use this time to chat about your team's innovation assessment. (Note: one consultation per brand)
FREE: 1 YEAR OF LEARNING CONTENTReturn home with actionable takeaways and $4k in tools, research and presentation materials
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