Roger Spitz
Top-Ranked Futurist & Chair Disruptive Futures Institute; Former Global Head of Technology M&A, BNP Paribas; Bestselling Author of Disrupt With Impact
Roger Spitz advised on $25 billion of technology M&A at BNP Paribas before founding the Disruptive Futures Institute in San Francisco. He has delivered 500+ keynotes across six continents, authored five bestsellers including the award-winning Disrupt With Impact, and created the globally adopted AAA Framework. Audiences leave with a mindset shift and frameworks they can use: how to anticipate disruption and thrive on unpredictability, delivered with pace and humour.
Roger Spitz is a top-ranked futurist and global authority on strategic foresight, artificial intelligence, and systemic disruption. As President of Techistential and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute in San Francisco, he advises CEOs, institutional investors, and government leaders on anticipating and navigating disruption. Roger is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Foresight Network and a Global Top Voice in AI and Leadership (Thinkers360).
His foresight is grounded in a career at the sharpest edge of finance and frontier technology. As Global Head of Technology M&A at BNP Paribas, Roger led 50+ transactions worth $25 billion, built the bank’s U.S. M&A platform in San Francisco, and launched its European Digital Corporate Finance practices.
Signaling his evolution from an elite advisor into a leading public voice, Roger translates complex systemic disruption into narratives that shape both industry strategy and mainstream media. Hailed on CNN and an AI columnist for MIT Technology Review, he coined the term “Techistentialism” to address human agency in the age of intelligent machines. A deep-tech venture capital partner (Berkeley SkyDeck, Vektor Partners) and appointed to the WEF’s AI Global Alliance, Roger is also the bestselling author of five books, including the multi-award-winning Disrupt With Impact. To help leaders action his insights, he developed the widely adopted AAA Framework (Antifragility, Anticipatory, Agility) – a go-to model for executives navigating volatility.
Applying deep futures work to global instability, Roger’s DFI Geopolitics Center equips decision-makers to address the systemic convergence of the “Three Gs” (Geopolitics, Geoeconomics & Geotechnology), while his DFI Metaruptions Center for Emerging Fields advises on value creation in a liminal world where conventional sectors dissolve and entirely new fields emerge.
Born in South Africa and fluent in English and French, Roger has lived in 10 cities across three continents. Translating this global perspective into clear strategies, he reaches millions worldwide through keynotes, media appearances, and executive advisory work. Whether guiding Fortune 100 leaders through existential pivots or advising policymakers on the future of risk, AI, and geoeconomics, Roger empowers organizations to gain clarity and resilience in an increasingly unpredictable world.
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What is the Future of Risk & Insurability? Closing Keynote
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The Visionary Trilogy - Rewire Your Mindset. Reclaim Intelligence. Reinvent Leadership
In a world of relentless complexity, the old rules no longer apply.
Trusted by CEOs worldwide, Roger Spitz’s Visionary Trilogy delivers three transformative, standalone keynotes that rewire how we think, decide, and lead:
01. The Mindset Shift – Become Visionary in an Unpredictable World
02. The Intelligence Shift – Upgrade Human Decision-Making in the Age of AI
03. The Leadership Shift – Foresight to Inspire Transformational Futures
Roger equips audiences to rethink their worldviews, reclaim human intelligence, and reinvent leadership for unpredictable futures. Each keynote is actionable and high impact, designed to unlock the capabilities you need to thrive amid uncertainty.
The Futures of…Series
In this popular keynote series, Roger Spitz brings deep foresight and venture capital experience to landmark talks on the world’s most critical frontiers, with THE FUTURES OF...
- The Futures of... TECHNOLOGY, AI & SOCIETY: Decode the reprogramming of work, truth, and social organization.
- The Futures of… DIGITAL DISRUPTION & HYBRID CONVERGENCE: Discover how industries blur, sectors transform, and new frontiers emerge.
- The Futures of… GEOPOLITICS, GOVERNANCE & GLOBAL ORDER: Anticipate power shifts and systemic fragmentation redefining global dynamics.
- The Futures of... PROFESSIONS, WORK & EDUCATION: Reimagine human capital, agency, and relevance in a world of ambient intelligence.
- The Futures of... LIFE, BIOLOGY & HUMANITY: Explore the frontiers of healthspan, bioengineering, and the future of the human condition.
- The Futures of… QUANTUM & CYBER: Prepare for the collision of quantum, AI, and cyber reshaping security, trust, and advantage.
Each talk in Roger’s “Futures of” series is designed to inspire leaders, investors, and changemakers preparing for rapid change.
The "UNCERTAINTY" Special Edition: The Future of Predictability, Risk & Finance
Built for financial audiences — asset managers, family offices, banks, insurers, and risk functions — this series explores the future of risk, investments, geofinance, and insurability in an era defined by the collapse of predictability. Roger decodes the paradigm shifts reshaping these boardrooms, and the next-order implications for global finance.
Roger's Uncertainty Special Edition Keynotes:
- Black Swans and Golden Geese: Risks & Returns in the Era of Unpredictability
- The Future of Risk Management: Build Resilience for AI & Turbulence
- Futures of Finance and Investment: Systemic Paradigm Shifts
- Adaptive Frameworks for Uncertainty: Strategies for a Disrupted World
- Futures of Boards and Governance: Anticipatory Leadership in Deep Uncertainty
- The Future of Insurability: Insuring the Uninsurable
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Roger is always incredibly enlightening, contributing deep insights on the future of boards and anticipatory governance.
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