Engineering-trained futurist and CEO of Market Clarity — translating emerging tech into strategic foresight
Shara Evans is one of the world's top female futurists, drawing on an engineering background that spans software engineering, programme management, and sales and marketing. She is founder and CEO of Market Clarity, an award-winning technology analyst firm, and previously founded Telsyte — which she subsequently sold to publicly listed UXC. A regular media commentator on technology issues, she appears on Sky News, The Drum, and 7:30, and is regularly quoted in the Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian.
Shara works with executive, strategy, and product teams to help them understand the new product and service opportunities being created by emerging technologies — getting organisations to think past what is available today to imagine the world in five or ten years. Her keynote speeches bring together the latest technology innovations and cutting-edge research, tied into strategic insights across a wide range of industries. Her coverage spans wearables, augmented and virtual reality, biometrics, FinTech, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, robotics, artificial intelligence, smart cities, 3D printing, drones, and next-generation vehicles.
Shara suits technology conferences, industry summits, government events, and any organisation that needs a speaker who can make complex future scenarios feel tangible and commercially relevant. Testimonials from clients including the Queensland Police State Crime Command, CGU, CSIRO, and eintellego Networks consistently praise her for predictions that prove accurate, deep technical knowledge worn lightly, and a presentation style that is engaging and very easy to listen to.
Shara Evans is a keynote speaker based in New South Wales who speaks on artificial intelligence, innovation and technology. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
By helping you understand the latest Fintech Disruptors as well as dramatic changes to today’s workforce, futurist Shara Evans outlines a roadmap to what is already appearing on the market, as well as educating her audience about the impact of robots, automation and AI. Technology won’t just impact jobs – by combining tech advances with cutting edge medical research it will fundamentally change what it means to be human.
In this insightful keynote speech, Shara will take you on a journey into the job market of the 2030s. Starting with a look at today’s state-of-the-art developments, Shara will then extrapolate how the evolution of technology will impact life in the 2030s and beyond.
Topics covered include:
- FinTech Disruptors — New Banking and Finance Options (P2P Lending, Risk-based Lending, Robo-Advisors, Automated Account Switching), Using AI in Finance, Biometrics, Crypto Currency and Block Chain
- Smart Cities – how might they evolve in the 2030s?
- 3D printing – a game changer for lots of industries, including examples of new job categories that don’t exist today
- Robots + Jobs: What job categories are subject (or not) to automation? What will robots of the future be capable of?
- The drone revolution: a look at some of the latest innovations, and a preview of the many new job categories that will be required to support the drone industry in the 2030s.
- Artificial Intelligence: How smart will AIs get? Will we have personal AI-based digital avatars? What does this mean for the workforce of the future?
- New Job Categories of the 2020s and beyond: By extrapolating the impact of advancing technology Shara will share her insights on some of the key job opportunities that will emerge in the corporate space.
- Technology + Humans: Will we merge our minds with machines? How the convergence of biotech, ICT, nanotechnologies and augmentation of our bodies may change what it means to be human.
Please note: The actual topics covered will depend on the time allocated to Shara’s keynote speech.
Discover new opportunities for your business by harnessing future technology today. With Amazon experimenting in drone delivery, replacement parts being printed and shipped locally for super-fast delivery and robots replacing mundane repetitive roles, there's a new world ripe for the taking with emergent technologies.
In this fascinating and insightful keynote, Shara will:
Look at the major technology trends that your business can embrace today
Show how drones, robots, AI and 3D printing can reduce overheads and increase efficiency
Learn how companies around the world are using tech to innovate for competitive advantage
Help your business understand what technologies will impact your business in the next 3-5 years.
Highlighting the Fintech Disruptors, futurist Shara Evans outlines a roadmap to what is already appearing on the market, as well as educating her audience on the latest emerging technologies that will create or disrupt business across a wide range of industries — along with their potential for creating new investment and finance sector opportunities.
Stay ahead of the game with this insightful keynote session to help navigate your way to a successful future today.
Topics covered include:
- FinTech State of Play — New Banking and Finance Options (P2P Lending, Robo-Advisors, Big Data Analytics), Crypto Currency, NFC (smart cards, digital wallets / phone payments, new form factors for ATM machines), FinTech Hubs
- Emerging Technologies — Profound changes in the way we live (augmented reality, virtual reality, holograms, 3D scanning, 3D facial recognition) — cross-industry impacts and opportunities
- 3D Printing set to shake up the supply chain — In the not-too-distant future everything from spare parts to body parts to houses will be printable on demand
- The next generation of shopping — The technologies underpinning mass customisation (will we still need shopping centres or retail stores?)
- Home automation — Connecting to the Internet of Things, Smart Appliances and Robot Shoppers set to make financial transactions
- Air, Land + Sea: Expect to see Robots everywhere! Examples include driverless cars (impact on financing, insurance, individual car ownership, car parks), drones popping up everywhere, and robots as a service
- Artificial Intelligence — In a world where Digital Avatars conduct transactions, what is the impact of automation on jobs?
Could we live forever with the right technology? If that's possible, how far away is it, and what's our quality of life likely to be like? From miniaturised robot cameras in our bloodstream to remote operations performed by robots, Shara Evans gives audiences a roadmap for the future of health and humanity.
Key Takeaways
The technology trends healthcare businesses need to be aware of
The impact of a healthier, longer living workforce on businesses
How 3D bio-printing is set to change everything from drug development to limb replacements
How nanotechnologies and augmentation of our bodies may change what it means to be human
Which Industries will shape the future of tomorrow? Futurist Shara Evans explores the latest emerging technologies that will create the industries that will shape the world over the next 10-20 years, along with creating new investment and finance sector opportunities, and disrupting the status quo.
Understanding how this is likely to take shape is key to your success of tomorrow. Future foresight is vital to staying relevant and in business. In this keynote Shara deep dives into the following topics to help you understand more about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Topics include:
- The convergence of Nanotech, Biotech, Info Tech and Cognitive Science — Creating the world of tomorrow
- Automation — Understanding how Robotics and Artificial Intelligence will change the employment landscape, create new opportunities and industries, as well as raising huge challenges for businesses that don’t embrace disruption
- 3D Printing — Mass customisation, on-the-fly product fulfilment and exploring the potential of smart materials
- Combining Biotech and ICT — Will tomorrow’s programmers have degrees in computer science, chemistry and biology? What kinds of new products, services and industries will emerge?
- Nanotechnologies — Miniaturising our interface with the world: the latest research in medicine, electronics, and augmenting the human body.
- The implications of living longer — Will retirement still be an option?
Focusing in on the impact of automotive technology for the insurance industry, futurist Shara Evans talks about the latest advances and the flow-on impact to the economy, as well as the many new technologies that will impact the commercial property segment.
Technologies like augmented reality, sensor networks, drones, robots and 3D printing provide many new ways of mitigating property risks, as well as creating brand new high value asset classes. Be prepared to understand how this affects your business today and what you can do to minimise disruption within your Industry, Shara highlights exactly what this means and how you can take the next steps to ensure success.
Topics covered include:
- Next generation vehicles
- Augmented Reality
- Sensor Networks
- Drones
- Robots
- 3D Printing
Is your business safe from future Cyber threats? What are the new attack vectors that can be used to disrupt your business? Will your IP be vulnerable to infiltration from Malware? Can your clients and staff survive a digital incursion from cyber criminals? What shape will these emergent digital threats take in the next 3-5 years?
Every organisation needs to be prepared for the dangers of the digital age... and for what's to come.
Key takeaways
Discover emergent threats that most organisations aren't prepared for
The shape of cyber security in 2020 and beyond
What every business owner and CEO needs to know about digital privacy.
Is your business ready for the robot uprising? In the very near future, the shape of our existing workforce will undergo rapid, massive change as automation, robotics and AI make repetitive manual work obsolete. At the same time, only businesses that focus on the creative potential of their human capital, and invest in upskilling and retraining will thrive.
Key takeaways
Learn about the many new jobs of the future?
How to determine if your business is at risk of disruption from automation
Learn the 6 steps to avoiding a dystopian future
Which skills to look for in the workforce of the future
How to leverage your existing workforce with reskilling and retraining.
I have worked with Shara for many years on our annual industry events where she has participated as a expert speaker and chair. I have always found Shara to be most professionally competent and personally charming, as well as liked and appreciated by our hundreds of client delegates. She has been a key driver of the success of our events.CommsDay
Shara Evans provided an extremely insightful keynote presentation at the official launch of Queensland Privacy Awareness Week 2016. Shara captured the audience's attention and held it the entire time by using real world examples with a taste of what the future holds of the challenges and risks facing governments and citizens.Office of the Information Commissioner, Queensland
Shara demonstrates an uncanny grasp of a broad range of technology (her technical background proving to be an essential asset) along with an understanding of society and its capabilities to absorb new technologies.Open Networking Foundation, Palo Alto
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