PAUL PAPADIMITRIOU IS AN INNOVATION SCOUT AND A KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Paul Papadimitriou is the expert of the emerging digital revolution and its transformative effect on businesses.
Spanning across countries and cultures, new generations with new values, enhanced by new technologies are disrupting the economics of marketplaces. New business models are arising, feeding off new identities.
Paul maps the dots between macro and micro trends. He looks at the world of cultures, politics, economics and technologies to find the DNA of digital and identities, building business foresight—Digital Intelligence—to guide clients through the opportunities and challenges of innovation, closing the loop between offline and online behaviors.
He founded Intelligencr in 2008, an innovation strategy firm, via which he translates the world of digital, mobile and social into business experiences shaped for a new augmented, nomadic and tribal consumer.
Paul is an alumni of the Graduate Institute of International Studies where he quenched his thirst for
a global perspective of
future challenges. He has experienced the life of startups and the one of a lobbyist. He’s been active in digital for 20 years, in mobile for 15.
Paul has lived in Tokyo, Geneva, Manila, Limassol and London. He’s a Swiss, a Greek and a Finn. He loves chocolate.
TEDx Athens, Greece
CCE, Phoenix, AZ
PAUL IS AN ACCLAIMED PUBLIC SPEAKER. HE APPEARED AT THE BIGGEST DIGITAL EVENTS IN THE WORLD.
LeWeb, Paris, France
He has appeared at digital events around the world, such as LeWeb (Paris, London), SXSW (Austin, TX), SMWF (NY, Singapore & London, UK), CCE (Phoenix, AZ), New Context Conference (Tokyo, Japan), Ignite Shanghai (China), IMMAP Summit (Manila, Philippines), ITU World Telecom (Bangkok, Thailand) amongst others.
Paul uses the services of an agent to manage his busy bookings.
Ignite Shanghai, China
He also regularly speaks at private events. His consulting clients include Microsoft, SABMiller, Unilever, Alcatel-Lucent, Tumblr, Unify (formerly Siemens), IBM.
Paul has been quoted or interviews by media such as The Economist, the BBC, LCI/TF1 (France), ABS-CBN (Philippines) or the Japan Times.
THROUGH HIS 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN DIGITAL, HIS GLOBAL REACH AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KEY PLAYERS, PAUL OFFERS AN UNIQUE VIEW ON THE FUTURE.
Paul travels an average of 15 countries—both emerging and industrialized—a year for research.
He studies the digital behavior across cultures and generations.
He advises corporations and startups on best practices to prepare for a future that’s already here.
Digital is the third industrial revolution. Through the shared knowledge, the connection between people and the , digital is not only changing the way we interact and learn, but it’s disrupting the economics of marketplaces and traditional business models.
Innovation and technology are two words often misunderstood, more so when put together. Digital darwinism is accelerating and businesses, people and societies are having a hard time grasping the shift.
Innovation and technology are two words often misunderstood, more so when put together. Digital darwinism is accelerating and businesses, people and societies are having a hard time grasping the shift.
Millennials and Gen-Z are merely labels over one of the biggest transformation the world has ever seen: the emergence of a new global identity, shared across markets and cultures.
Mobile is the single fastest technological platform shift in the past 50 years is transforming the landscape of business and human relationships. Paul proves that this is just an inception.
Mobile is the single fastest technological platform shift in the past 50 years is transforming the landscape of business and human relationships. Paul proves that this is just an inception.
Whilst social media is the focus of today’s headlines, it was truly just an expected evolution of the internet. The empowerment of individuals holds the key to tomorrow’s markets.
In order to succeed, today’s products and services have to be seamless, sustainable, social and simple. Qualities that startups are aiming at, but qualities that are inherent of emerging markets.
Keynotes agenda
09/16 — 09/16: London, UK, Fujitsu Executive Discussion
09/18 — 09/18: Bournemouth, UK, SiliconBeach
10/16 — 10/16: London, UK, Criteo Live London
10/29 — 10/30: Vienna, Austria, Pioneers
11/04 — 11/05: Warsaw, Poland, Grow Up Startup
11/13 — 11/16: Athens, Greece, TEDx Athens
11/20 — 11/21: Bucharest, Romania, How To Web
11/21 — 11/22: Beirut, Lebanon, Banque du Liban Accelerate
11/27 — 11/27: Lausanne, Switzerland, All Media 15
12/01 — 12/02: Miami, FL, SIME MIA (TBC)
12/09 — 12/11: Paris, France, LeWeb