Speakers/Entertainers for Futurists

	Mark McKrindle (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)	MA, BSc. (Psychology), APS, QPMR ...more
	Richard Neville (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)	A very public career in journalism, publishing and television precedes the Richard Neville of the ’90s. Probably most famous as editor of the satirical Oz magazine in the ’60s (which earned him a six-month jail sentence for outraging public decency), Richard is now best known as one of A ...more
	Prof. Neville Noman (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)	Economist, Futurist, Facilitator Neville Norman is one of Australian leading economists and commentators on economic and business trends. In Australia and 22 other countries, he has delivered over 5000 addresses, wooing audiences with his wicked wit and disarming frankness on a variety of industry specialties as well as on economy- ...more
	Homer Papantonio (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)	Since hoaxing over five hundred bearded Zoo Directors at an International Zoological Conference in 1989...to recently appearing at Microsoft’s Company Kick Off in place of Bill Gates. Homer has successfully created hundreds of unique comic characters each tailor made for his audiences. Corp ...more
	Craig Rispin (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)	Business Futurist and Technology Guru Craig Rispin is a business futurist, trends tracker and technology guru. From age 10 he began teaching business people about the trends and technology that would change their businesses...and lives...forever! With an innate ability to spot trends and to create new markets, Craig wen ...more
	Philip K. Ruthven (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)	* FUTURIST * STRATEGIST * FORECASTER Phil Ruthven* is the founder and Executive Chairman of the IBIS Group, Australia’s best known business information, forecasting and strategic services corporation. He is also a director of other companies, advisory boards and charitable organisations. IBIS’ main business is the provis ...more
	Bernard Salt (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)	Business Analyst, Property Advisor, Media Commentator, Consumer and Cultural Trends Commentator, Author Bernard Salt has been described as the next-generation Hugh Mackay and Phil Ruthven. Bernard is KPMG Director of Property. He has established an enviable profile within corporate Australia as an adviser and as a commentator on consumer, cultural and demographic trends. He is also author of a best-s ...more
	Clem Sunter (South Africa)	The Mind of a Fox In his Keynote Address, South African author and futurist, Clem Sunter, provided his thoughts about strategic directions for future planning of our Councils. He said it is not just a matter of having a vision for the future, but we also need to have planning systems in place to deal with the things ...more