Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world's leading technology forecasters and strategists and is the founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients better understand how technological, social and business forces are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities. He is the author of six books, including his international best seller Technotrends®, and his newest book, Flash Foresight: How To See The Invisible And Do The Impossible which looks at how Burrus' seven radical flash foresight "triggers" have transformed dozens of careers, fortunes and lives.

In 1983, Burrus became the first and only futurist to accurately identify the twenty technologies that would become the driving force of business and economic change for decades to come. Since then, he has continued to establish a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of predicting the future of technological change and its direct impact on the business world. He has helped hundreds of clients identify new opportunities and develop successful competitive strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge technologies and has delivered over 2,400 keynote speeches to corporations, associations and professional organizations worldwide.

In his keynote presentations, Mr. Burrus is a master at tailoring his message to each individual audience as he addresses relevant trends and offers powerful, practical guidance for turning rapid technology-driven change into a competitive advantage. His captivating style blends timely and provocative insights and actionable knowledge with just the right amount of humor and motivation.

His interest in research became apparent in his third year of college, when Burrus became one of the first undergraduates in the nation to direct a federal research grant. He has founded and managed six businesses, three of which were national leaders in their first year. As a highly successful entrepreneur, he knows how to translate research findings into practical business advantages.

Burrus' client list encompasses a wide range of industries and includes many Fortune 500 companies such as GE, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, DuPont, Google, Toshiba, Procter & Gamble, American Express, Northwestern Mutual, ExxonMobil and Sara Lee. He has been the featured subject of a PBS Special, has appeared on programs such as CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg and is quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune and Industry Week.

• Accelerating Growth in a Recovering Economy: Taking Control of Your Future and Capitalizing on the Next Wave of Technological Change - In a recovering economy, accelerating growth requires a new way of thinking about overcoming obstacles and acting on new opportunities. All too often, change comes from the outside in, forcing us to react by slipping into a crisis management mode, and putting out fires. This presentation is about opportunity management, identifying the driving forces of predictable change, driving growth strategies from the inside out, and taking control of our future.
  
  In this eye-opening presentation, the author of the international best seller Technotrends® takes you to the next level by sharing valuable insights into the opportunities yet to come, preparing you to capitalize on the next wave of technological change.
  
  
• Leading With Strategic Foresight and Certainty: Anticipating New Opportunities and Predicting Problems Before they Happen - In times of unprecedented change and uncertainty, we need to ask ourselves what are we certain about? Strategies based on uncertainty and hope equal high levels of risk. Strategies based on certainty dramatically reduce risk and produce superior results. Hindsight always brings lament. You can never go back and change your past decisions and actions. Strategic foresight takes your vision to a new actionable level by adding the events that will happen in the future.
  
  Based on Daniel's revolutionary method of identifying Hard Trends from Soft Trends, and Permanent Changes from Cyclical Changes, attendees learn how to both anticipate and capitalize on new opportunities, as well as predict problems, long before they happen. In addition, they will learn how to use the new tools and rules of leadership to accelerate growth.
  
  
• Next Generation Social Media Marketing: Monetizing Your Efforts - The monetization of social media marketing is not just about informing your customers; it's about communicating with them. Today's Web 2.0 tools, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare and the many other social media options, are all about engagement. Social Media Marketing is about the communication age; it's about listening and about trying to get people talking about something important to them and to your business. In addition, Mobile Social Media will transform current social media marketing results when you integrate with your Web based efforts. The key is an integrated strategy that increases your brand awareness, customer interest, SEO results and provides social proof that your products and or services are the best choice.
  
  In this presentation, Daniel Burrus takes you to the next level of social media marketing by sharing insights into the opportunities yet to come and preparing you to capitalize on the next wave of social media marketing and networking.
  
  
• Accelerating Transformation in Healthcare: Understanding New Opportunities Resulting from Technology-Driven Change - We are standing at the base of a mountain of technology-driven change. Wireless telemedicine, point of care transactions, e-enabled disease management, home diagnostics, the virtual hospital, e-enabled customer choice, e-enabled assisted living, e-communities of practice, just-in-time training, and procurement service providers are just a few of the many areas that can be used to accelerate transformation in healthcare. Understanding the new opportunities that will result is essential in determining a clear course of action.
  
  In this eye-opening presentation, the author of seven books, including Medical Advances and the international best seller Technotrends®, takes us to the next level by sharing valuable insights into the opportunities yet to come, preparing you to capitalize on the next wave of technological change.
  
  
• Shaping the Future of Agriculture: Food, Feed and Fuel - In this keynote, one of the world's leading technology forecasters and business strategists will discuss the driving technology and consumer-driven trends shaping the future of agriculture and show you how to accelerate growth and profit by taking advantage of the changes industries such as biotech and energy are currently experiencing.
  
  The author of seven books, including Advances in Agriculture, Daniel Burrus will share powerful new trends and growth strategies designed to help you more effectively manage new opportunities, and position your organization to accelerate growth both now and in the future.