Future Hacker (English)

Guest: Ari Popper. Ari is the founder and CEO of Sci-Futures, an award-winning foresight and innovation agency that uses sci-fi prototyping to help their clients create meaningful change. He has over 25 years' experience as a research and innovation leader. His view on disruptive innovation and the changing landscape of business is inspiring, provocative and motivating. We talk about using sci-fi stories to help companies create their own future, the use of immersive technologies to future-proofing, the hyper connected future versus data privacy, ethics and innovation, the future of food and more.

Guest: Ari Popper. Ari is the founder and CEO of Sci-Futures, an award-winning foresight and innovation agency that uses sci-fi prototyping to help their clients create meaningful change. He has over 25 years' experience as a research and innovation leader. His view on disruptive innovation and the changing landscape of business is inspiring, provocative, and motivating. We talk about using sci-fi stories to help companies create their own future, the use of immersive technologies to future-proofing, the hyper connected future versus data privacy, ethics and innovation, the future of food, and more.

Guest: Annabelle Vultee. Annabelle is an EdTech executive, private equity and startup advisor. Having lived in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia and working across industries including Coca-Cola, fractional ownership in aviation and most recently 10 years in Education at EF Education First, covering the digital and hybrid English training business units for adults in China, Russia, Indonesia and Spain. She also supports two ventures and is advising private equity firms. We talk about the future of language learning, the new technologies and she gives us valuable advice for the entrepreneurs.

Guest: Annabelle Vultee. Annabelle is an EdTech executive, private equity and startup advisor. Having lived in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia and working across industries including Coca-Cola, fractional ownership in aviation and, most recently, 10 years in Education at EF Education First, covering the digital and hybrid English training business units for adults in China, Russia, Indonesia and Spain. She also supports two ventures and is advising private equity firms. We talk about the future of language learning, the new technologies and she gives us valuable advice for the entrepreneurs.

Description: The future of the gaming and entertainment industries with Jane Hoffacker. Jane is Senior Director Creative Management at Activision Blizzard, the world’s largest independent video game publisher. She is a founding member of Chief’s Los Angeles network and co-lead of the Technology, Media, and Entertainment subcommittee for Women Executives on Boards. Previously she was a general manager at Riot Games, where she led the launch of League of Legends in key international markets and built the foundations of Riot's animation division to produce its first animated series, Riot Games Arcane. Jane started her career in private equity before pursuing her passion for games at an indie developer and eventually joining the Guitar Hero franchise during the height of the music game phenomenon.

Description: The future of the gaming and entertainment industries with Jane Hoffacker. Jane is Senior Director Creative Management at Activision Blizzard, the world’s largest independent video game publisher. She is a founding member of Chief’s Los Angeles network and co-lead of the Technology, Media, and Entertainment subcommittee for Women Executives on Boards. Previously she was a general manager at Riot Games, where she led the launch of League of Legends in key international markets and built the foundations of Riot's animation division to produce its first animated series, Riot Games Arcane. Jane started her career in private equity before pursuing her passion for games at an indie developer and eventually joining the Guitar Hero franchise during the height of the music game phenomenon.

Description: The future of the gaming and entertainment industries with Jane Hoffacker. Jane is Senior Director Creative Management at Activision Blizzard, the world’s largest independent video game publisher. She is a founding member of Chief’s Los Angeles network and co-lead of the Technology, Media, and Entertainment subcommittee for Women Executives on Boards. Previously she was a general manager at Riot Games, where she led the launch of League of Legends in key international markets and built the foundations of Riot's animation division to produce its first animated series, Riot Games Arcane. Jane started her career in private equity before pursuing her passion for games at an indie developer and eventually joining the Guitar Hero franchise during the height of the music game phenomenon.

Sylvia Gallusser. Sylvia is a Global Futurist based in San Francisco. As Founder & CEO at Silicon Humanism, Sylvia conducts foresight research on the future of health, well-aging, and social interaction, evolutions in retail and mobility, the future of work, life-long learning, artificial intelligence, the future of our oceans and sustainability, as well as the future of the mind and transhumanism. Sylvia has been advising more than 500 tech companies for the past 15 years. She is a published author of Future Fiction with Fast Future Publishing.

Sylvia Gallusser. Sylvia is a Global Futurist based in San Francisco. As Founder & CEO at Silicon Humanism, Sylvia conducts foresight research on the future of health, well-aging, and social interaction, evolutions in retail and mobility, the future of work, life-long learning, artificial intelligence, the future of our oceans and sustainability, as well as the future of the mind and transhumanism. Sylvia has been advising more than 500 tech companies for the past 15 years. She is a published author of Future Fiction with Fast Future Publishing.

Guest: Robert Wong. Robert was the CEO for Brazil and South Latin America of Korn/Ferry International. He was appointed by “The Economist” as one of 200 Most Distinguished Headhunters in the world. He is the author of two best-sellers “Success Is to be in Equilibrium” and “Super Hints to Land a Great Job”. Robert is a speaker, lecturer, a certified coach, and the Founding-Partner of Robert Wong Executive Consulting. We talk about the future of work and the paths that companies and people are headed to prepare for the future professions.