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ABOUT MATTHEW GRIFFIN
Matthew Griffin, CEO and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, keynote speaker and 13 times author, is the world’s leading authority on emerging technology, trends, foresight, and the future and deep future. His clients include royal households, G7 and G20 governments, and many of the brands you’ll use today.
MATTHEWS MISSION
I have only one mission – to democratise access to the Future and Deep Future for everyone and provide you with the mindset and tools to shape it, participate in it, and lead it. That’s why everything on this site is free and why everything is about the future.
EXPONENTS DAILY BLOG
The decisions and technologies we are making today will all play a role in shaping what our future looks like – for better or worse. As a result our future is constantly evolving. Here you can see what we’re doing today to make our future tomorrow.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The French have found a new way to generate energy and bio-products from datacenter waste…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most of our world is controlled by atomic clocks and timing, and this development puts…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to thinking big, especially when it comes to HPC and AI, this…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF At the moment US export restrictions mean China can’t buy advanced chip lithography machines from…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to advanced computer chips china doesn’t have the fabs, the staff, or…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China are increasingly dominating in almost all research areas, and they are accelerating the pace…
KEYNOTES AND PANELS: SEE AND SHAPE THE FUTURE
I have the great privilege of speaking to organisations and their audiences about the future and participating in conversations that help shape it, and while I am an eternal humanist and optimist who works hard to discover and present solutions to our world’s most pressing issues I am also a realist. Here you can play, pause, and rewind the sessions I’ve had the privilege of being involved with.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote futurist Matthew Griffin explores the Future of Recycling, the industry, the innovations,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist and ex IBM Homeland security Chief Matthew Griffin lifts the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote and fireside chat futurist Matthew Griffin explores the Future of Longevity and…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin explores the Future of AI and Generative AI…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin explores the impact that powerful emerging technologies, such…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how technology is redefining human potential, human…
OPINION PIECES: LOVE IT, LOATHE IT
Everyone has their own opinions on matters and I’m no different. I believe all opinions are important and have the right to be voiced, and firmly believe in the values of debate, diversity, and open mindedness, because being closed to any of these diminishes all of us in the long run. Here you can explore some of those opinions and points of view.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A quality education not only benefits subsequent family generations but it also boosts earnings potential…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is changing faster than at any other point in human history, and that…
Technology is a blank slate, but when it is combined with human or machine based creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship it…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As AI’s get better at generating synthetic content, from art, games, and music, to imagery…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Have you ever wondered what humanity could achieve, the challenges we could all overcome, if…
“While many people feel the rate of technological development is accelerating what they often miss is that this acceleration is…
PODCASTS: LISTEN, LEARN, REFLECT
Technology development and societal rates of change are now so fast that often the best way to keep current with them all is via podcasts so I contribute as much as I can. You can hear all of the replays here.
FREE DOWNLOADS: MATTHEW’S BOOKS
My mission is to democratise access to the future for everyone, so all my content is free including the more than 15,000 pages of content in my Codex of the Future series of books. You can get them all free here.
FREE DOWNLOADS: emerging tech POSTERS
If you have every heard the phrase a picture paints a thousand words then these annual Griffin Emerging Technology Starburst posters, each of which contain hundreds of emerging technologies, paint a thousand futures. You can download them all free here.