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Nikki Greenberg

Real Estate Futurist; Founder of Women in PropTech; Former Head of Technology Strategy, QIC

Nikki Greenberg

Nikki Greenberg’s speaking fee:Under $25,000

Nikki Greenberg is a world-leading futurist focused on preparing organizations for a tech-enabled future. She helps leaders reimagine their businesses to bring them into alignment with the increasingly digitized way that people live, work, and communicate today. She has held leadership positions with Fortune 500’s, and most recently served as the Head of Technology Strategy at QIC, an Australian investment manager with a $70 Billion portfolio of assets under management. She is the founder and global ambassador of Women in PropTech and former three-term co-chair of the Technology & Innovation Council for ULI in New York City. Holding Master degrees in both Architecture and Commerce, Greenberg’s approach brings a balance between pushing possibilities, and practicality. Greenberg is a highly regarded thought-leader, frequent speaker at leading global conferences, commentator in the press, and recipient of numerous international awards.

Nikki Greenberg’s Speech Topics

Today to 2050: Creating the Future of Real Estate

World-renowned futurist Nikki Greenberg delivers a lighthearted yet deeply insightful keynote that explores how to create future-ready places by blending advancements in AI, robotics, and automation with a human-centered approach. Drawing on her global experience as a property developer on transformative projects, she explains why the places we create today must support both current communities and future generations. Widely regarded as the world’s top real estate futurist, Nikki delivers a keynote that inspires and informs in equal measure.

Key Outcomes

Understanding Future Demands

  • Gain clarity on demographic shifts and the evolving values of future customers and stakeholders. Learn Nikki’s framework for future readiness, informed by her experience leading major commercial developments and technology strategy across global portfolios.

Tech Trends and Readiness

  • Stay ahead of pivotal technological shifts, including AI, robotics, automation, and digital transformation, and understand their impact on people, places, and organizations.

Inspiring the Future of Place

  • Discover global projects that are pushing boundaries in sustainability, mobility, mixed-use development, and quality of life. These examples reveal what is possible in the next era of the built environment.

Actionable Roadmaps

  • Learn how to begin future-focused initiatives quickly while building a sustainable long-term plan for digital transformation and AI integration. Nikki shares insights from developing digital master plans for new multi-billion dollar developments.

The World in 2050: Preparing Cities for Future Generations

The world is changing rapidly, shaped by demographic shifts and breakthroughs in AI and emerging technologies. Cities sit at the center of this transformation. They are becoming living laboratories where innovation solves today’s challenges and creates opportunities for generations to come. In her light-hearted yet insightful style, world-renowned futurist Nikki Greenberg paints a vivid picture of what the world could look like in 2050 and what must be done today to prepare for it. She shares powerful examples from around the globe where advanced technologies are already reshaping how cities operate. These examples show how innovation can justify investment, improve operations, elevate livability, and deliver long-lasting impact. This keynote empowers leaders to think bigger, act bolder, and design cities that are both technologically advanced and deeply human. Expect clear vision, practical tools, and the momentum to drive meaningful change.

Key Outcomes

Understanding the Urban Future

  • Gain insights into demographic changes, talent migration, shifting community values, and the forces that will shape cities between now and 2050.

Technology and Urban Transformation

  • Learn how AI, robotics, automation, smart mobility, and next-generation digital infrastructure are reinventing city operations, customer experiences, and long-term planning.

Global Inspiration and Case Studies

  • Explore cutting-edge city projects from around the world that set new standards for sustainability, mobility, resilience, and mixed-use development.

Actionable Strategies for 2050 Readiness

  • Discover practical steps that leaders can take immediately while building a resilient long-term roadmap for innovation.

digital transformation, and collaboration across sectors.

Journey to 2040: Leading the Future of Your Industry

World-renowned futurist Nikki Greenberg equips leaders to proactively shape their organization’s future by navigating the major forces reshaping every industry, including AI, generational shifts, and workplace evolution. Drawing on her experience leading the digital transformation of a seventy-billion-dollar organization, Nikki provides practical tools and a forward-thinking framework to embrace change, harness emerging technologies, and accelerate success. Delivered in her light-hearted, dynamic, and entertaining style, this keynote blends inspiration, motivation, and practical insight on how to become future-ready today.

Key Outcomes:

Actionable Strategies for Today and Tomorrow

  • Gain practical insights you can implement immediately while building a strong long-term roadmap for the years ahead. Learn Nikki’s Five Step Future Ready Framework, designed to help leaders turn bold ideas into reality in ways that drive impact, build momentum, and secure organizational buy-in.

Technology Made Simple

  • Understand how technology is transforming industries without feeling overwhelmed. Nikki breaks down complex concepts with clarity, offering accessible explanations that bring your team on board. She draws from her tenure as Head of Technology Strategy for a global investment manager and shares invaluable lessons learned along the way.

Overcoming Barriers to Change

  • Learn strategies to address the biggest obstacles to innovation, including incentive misalignment, resource constraints, budget pressures, and the realities of multi-generational workplaces.

Be a Visionary Leader

  • Discover how visionary leaders bring bold ideas to life and how you can join their ranks. Learn how to ignite inspiration within your team, shape a forward-thinking culture, and step confidently into the future.

Journey to 2030: How to Leverage the Next Five Years to Become Your Industry's Most Admired & Forward-Thinking Company

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg's keynote equips you to proactively shape your organization's future by navigating key trends like AI, generational shifts & workplace evolution. Here she offers practical tools & a forward-thinking framework to embrace change, harness emerging technologies & drive success in the next five years. In a light-hearted, dynamic & entertaining keynote, this keynote is a combination of inspiration, motivation & practical insights in how to become future ready, today.

Key Outcomes:

  • Actionable Strategies for Today & Tomorrow: Gain practical insights you can implement today while building a robust long-term roadmap for navigating the future. Learn Greenberg’s 5-Step Future Ready Framework, designed to help leaders turn bold ideas into reality in a way that has impact, gains traction & garners organizational buy-in.
  • Technology Made Simple: Understand how technology is transforming industries without feeling overwhelmed, using clear & accessible explanations to get your team on board. Greenberg draws from her experience as the Head of Technology Strategy for a $70 Billion AUM global investment manager, sharing invaluable, practical lessons learned along the way.
  • Overcome Barriers to Change: Learn strategies to address the biggest obstacles to innovation, including incentive misalignment, resource allocation, budget constraints & managing multi-generational workplaces.
  • Be a Visionary Leader: Discover how visionary leaders turn bold ideas into reality & learn how you can join their ranks - igniting inspiration within your team & finding purpose in an ever-evolving world.

Today to 2050: Creating Places for the Future

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg delivers a light-hearted yet insightful keynote exploring how to shape future-ready places by blending technological advancements like AI & robotics with a human touch, creating inclusive, resilient places that enriches lives. Here, she shares insights from her expertise as a property developer on transformative projects that have shaped her perspective on the world—the places we create today must serve generations to come. Ranked as the world’s top real estate futurist, this keynote is one that’s not to be missed!

Key Outcomes:

  • Understanding Future Demands: Gain insights into demographic shifts & the values of future customers & stakeholders to help align development plans with emerging needs. Learn Greenberg’s framework for future-readiness, harnessed through her established expertise in commercial real estate development & technology strategy leadership.
  • Tech Trends & Readiness: Stay ahead of critical technological changes, including robotics, AI, & digital transformation, to understand their implications for people, places & organizations.
  • Inspiring Future Places: Learn about cutting–edge projects from around the world that are truly pushing the envelope in what is possible, shaping the future of the built environment.
  • Actionable Roadmaps: Greenberg will share how to quickly get started on future-focused initiatives while developing a sustainable long-term plan for digital transformation & AI integration, based on her expertise in developing a digital masterplan project for new $4 Billion developments.

Human First, AI Next: Preparing Your Team for the Future, Today

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg leverages two decades of global leadership experience to demystify AI & reveal practical strategies for creating dynamic, inclusive workplaces where innovation thrives, collaboration flourishes, & teams are empowered to navigate change, foster belonging, & succeed in a rapidly evolving world. With her unique expertise in delivering projects built to serve future generations & her proven talent for inspiring positive change in traditional environments, this keynote offers practical insights delivered in a compelling, entertaining & engaging style. For anyone looking to navigate the new world of work - this is one that’s not to be missed!

Key Outcomes:

  • Create an AI Quick Start Guide: Learn actionable steps to leverage AI immediately, based on Greenberg’s experience leading the digital transformation of a global organization.
  • How to Blend Human Expertise & AI Tech: Pair AI’s strength (like data processing & automation) with human creativity, empathy & strategic thinking - to be a future-ready organization.
  • Leverage Generation Strengths: Harness the expertise of seasoned employees alongside younger employees' digital fluency to drive collaboration, progress, empowerment & industry leadership. Successfully attract, retain & improve retention of early-career employees through initiatives such as 360-mentoring and Young Sounding Boards.
  • Design an 5 Year AI Roadmap: A straightforward strategic roadmap for full AI adoption, harnessing the potential of this transformative technology to engage and empower all employees.

Strategy Game: Navigating Disruptive Trends & Technologies

An exhilarating interactive workshop designed to complement Nikki Greenberg's keynotes, the Strategy Games is a vibrant platform for professionals to explore, engage, and excel in the face of external disruptive forces. Whether or not you've had the chance to attend Nikki's keynote, this workshop stands as a powerful opportunity to collaborate with peers to deepen your understanding and application of cutting-edge concepts and disruptive technologies like AI.

More than just a learning experience, this workshop is a strategic playground. It invites participants from diverse generations and specialties to collaboratively delve into the implications of notable emerging trends and technologies. The focus is not just on understanding but on practical application within your organization. It's a space where theoretical knowledge meets real-world strategy, encouraging a cross-generational and cross-specialization dialogue that fosters deeper understanding and innovative solutions.

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