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Ideas Insights Services Reports Dashboard Books Assessment Keynotes Events Why Attend? Experience Content Workshops Media & Sponsorship Brochure Buy Tickets "THE BEST INNOVATION CONFERENCE" Join Starbucks, Netflix, Samsung, Red Bull, Lego & MTV to experience the future. 97% rate it higher than any other innovation conference. Best Innovation Conference Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche Trend Hunter's Future Festival is specifically designed to be the world's best innovation conference — a place for the world's top innovators to prototype their future. 97% rate it the best innovation conference ever with a stunning 85% rating it the best business event in all categories. You'll experience next year's trends from the #1 trend firm, while prototyping 5 - 10 disruptive ideas using the same award-winning innovation workshops we've used to help NASA prototype the journey to Mars." – Jeremy Gutsche, CEO & NY Times Bestselling Author Brochure Buy Tickets Custom - Any Time Orlando - Sold Out Seattle - Mar 12 San Francisco - Mar 14 Los Angeles - Mar 15 Minneapolis - Apr 9 Cincinnati - Apr 11 Dallas - Apr 13 Boston - May 14 NYC - May 16-17 London - Jul 5 Detroit - Jul 16 Atlanta - Jul 17 Philadelphia - Jul 18 Chicago - Jul 19 Toronto - Sep 18-20 Insight Conference Insight Conference Future Festival Trailer 100,000 views Better and Faster Innovation Keynote Video Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche 7,000,000 views Malcolm Gladwell Keynote Video Keynote Speaker Malcolm Gladwell (Toronto Only) Trend-Driven Innovation Conference Our Megatrend Framework 2,500,000 views future festival attendee universal "The best, most engaging and most relevant business event I have ever attended." – Chief Strategy Officer & SVP of Marketing future festival attendee honda "The best event I've ever attended, and we go to motorcycle races." – Head of Sensing and R&D future festival attendee recommendation "Future Festival is a concentrated dose of inspiration and insights. This event is a must-attend!" – Associate Brand Manager innovation conference attendee "No service out there captures Consumer Behavior as well as Trend Hunter" – Creative Development Manager, Ideation future festival attendee paramount "An incredible experience that left me fueled and supported with new tools." – Creative and Business Development future festival attendee chicago tribune "Future Festival created opportunities for our team and expanded our people's thinking." – CEO future festival attendee aflac "Undoubtedly the most meaningful conference I've ever attended." – VP of Sales future festival attendee budweiser "Any senior executive would benefit hugely from taking a couple of days and attending Future Festival." – Global VP of Innovation WHY ATTEND? 97% rate it higher than any other innovation conference 85% rate it the best business event they've ever attended INC calls it one of the best innovation conferences to inspire your team ... and the last 9 events were 100% sold out. Here's why: For context, Trend Hunter is the #1 trend firm & this is our EPIC innovation conferenceBest Trend Research Company We accelerate innovation for 500 brands, billionaires, CEOs & NASA #1 Most Popular Trend Site = 3 billion pageviews & BIG DATA from 150,000,000 people #1 Largest Trendspotting Network by 15x - an army of 200,000 hunters Founded by NY Times Bestseller Jeremy Gutsche, a top innovation keynote speaker FREE 2018 Trend Report WHAT'S DIFFERENT? Unlike other conferences, the Festival is a highly choreographed, takeaway-focused immersion insight conference safari leaders EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE vs. PASSIVELY LISTENING 100+ DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS vs. OUTDATED MATERIAL ENERGETIC & ACTIONABLE vs. RANDOM & OUTDATED WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR TEAM vs. LIMITED TAKEAWAYS DOWNLOADABLE PRESENTATIONS vs. TAKE-YOUR-OWN NOTES INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS vs. GENERIC CONTENT ONE-ON-ONE ADVISOR TIME vs. LACK OF FOLLOW-UP CULTURAL SAFARIS vs. VENDORS Download a Brochure 3-Day World Summit (Toronto) 2-Day Immersion (NYC) 1-Day Conference (13 Cities) DAY 1 OF 3: EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE 7:30am - ARRIVALS & COLLISION You'll join the world's top innovators (no vendors) to experience the future before it happensinsight conference networking Insight Conference Innovation Brands 8:30am - KICKOFF KEYNOTE (or SECRET event for returning guests) Kick off with Jeremy Gutsche, one of the world's top innovation keynote speakersInnovation Keynote speaker Jeremy Gutsche Our CEO, Jeremy Gutsche, is a New York Times bestselling author who has become an advisor to over 500 brands, billionaires, CEOs & NASA. As one of the world's top innovation keynote speakers, he'll kick-off the event with an unparalleled level of energy. Learn how to innovate through chaos, uncertainty and periods of rapid change. By the end of this decade, only 40% of the Fortune 500 will still exist in a meaningful way. Jeremy dissects 'why' to give you a series of methods you can use to make change happen, setting the innovation conference mindset. In TWO keynotes, he will reveal learnings from his New York Times Bestseller, client best practices and NEXT book, summarized into repeatable tactics, frameworks & workshop questions that will make you a higher performance innovator. Video Highlights = 7,000,000 VIEWS! 9:30am - KICKOFF KEYNOTE 2 (TORONTO ONLY) Provoke your thinking with Malcolm Gladwell, one of the top thinkers of our timeKeynote speaker Malcolm Gladwell One of the world's most provocative thinkers, Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times Bestsellers. To our audience of innovators and insights specialists, he is a man who needs no introduction. Malcolm will join us to help shape your thinking as you prepare to imagine your potential throughout your Future Festival experience. As a special secret, Malcolm Gladwell's best seller, The Tipping Point, and his 1997 article The Coolhunt, were early sources of inspiration leading to the creation of Trend Hunter. Today, he is one of the world's top keynote speakers with an astounding ability to be both entertaining and challenging. Special Lunch with Malcolm and Jeremy - If you send a team to Future Festival, you will automatically get one ticket upgraded to VIP, which will be your invite to a special lunch, photosession and book signing with Malcolm Gladwell and Jeremy Gutsche. Learn how to innovate through chaos, uncertainty and periods of rapid change. 2pm - 5pm - SAFARIS Choose from 30+ innovation experiences, each paired with trend research & networkingInnovation Conference Trend Conference Safaris Innovation Conference Trend Conference Safaris DAY 2: THE CONTENT SUPER SESSION Agenda & Topics Trends & Innovation Conference Agenda PRE-WORK: Innovation Assessment 7:30 - Registration, Breakfast & Networking 8:30 - Innovation & Megatrend Framework - Jeremy Gutsche, Innovation Keynote Speaker 9:30 - Generational Trends - Boomers, Millennials, Xs, Zs 10:30 - Networking 11:00 - Future of Leisure 11:30 - Future of Retail 12:00 - Networking Lunch 1:00 - Future of Life 1:30 - Future of Work 2:00 - Business Model Innovation 2:30 - Innovators in Business 3:00 - Networking 3:30 - Future Tech 4:00 - The Super Future with Jeremy Gutsche 4:30 - Takeaway Workshop 5:30 - After-Party With Networking, Apps & An Open Bar DAY AFTER - 1:1 Meetings TAKEAWAYS - 2018 Trend Report, Frameworks, Homework & "What I Learned" PPT Download a Brochure ALL DAY - FUTURE FESTIVAL BOOK Follow along with our 200-page Future Book, app & frameworks, designed to maximize takeawaysinnovation conference curriculum insights You'll love our 2018 Future Festival book because it includes all sorts of takeaways to maximize your experience and allow you to focus on your ideas, not taking notes: Future Book Highlights • Takeaways Notes, Frameworks and Key Insights from Each Speaker • The Top 20 Trends in 2018 • The 2018 Megatrends Framework • Workshop Exercises and Homework Questions • Details for Trend Safaris & Future Party Technologies • Our Curation of 100 Must-See Toronto Experiences • Download details for the Future Festival App & Powerpoints 7:00pm+ - THE FUTURE PARTY Decompress over experimental drinks, robots, AR, VR, drones and nanotech at our Future PartyInnovation Keynote speaker Jeremy Gutsche After a decade of operating our own private bar, we have perfected the art of throwing a party. We can't reveal all of our tricks, but last year's party included the following: • VR, AR, drones, holograph machines & mind-readers • A Robot Petting Zoo • The world's first IBM Watson connected toy • Exploratory cocktails & and flavor experimentation • Secret VIP room with the world champion Whiskey mixologist (Thanks Beam Suntory!) • Big data visualization and Trend Hunter's inner workings DAY 3/3: INNOVATION WORKSHOPS INNOVATION WORKSHOPS Develop 5-10 disruptive ideas using the same workshops we've used to help NASA prototype the Journey to Mars (87% left with 10+ ideas)innovation workshops Turn insights into action on this remarkable day. You'll learn: • High Performance Innovation Methods for Your Brand • How to Get Better & Faster • How to Find Overlooked Ideas Using Patterns & Megatrends Important: Here's why most people attend in teams of 6+: • Focus All Exercises on YOUR Company at a Private Table • Develop 5-10 Company Specific Innovation Ideas & 20+ Next Steps • Get a Group Innovation Assessment to See Strengths, Gaps & Opportunities Innovators Who Send Teams: Starbucks, Disney, Visa, Adidas, Domino's, Aflac, Staples, Netflix, Microsoft, Hasbro, Red Bull, Universal, Target, Pepsi, VW, Walmart, Bayer, Honda 2:00pm - 5:00pm - BONUS EXPERIENCES (OPTIONAL) Catch an early flight home OR join us for a couple more trend safaris of your choosing Innovation Conference Safaris "I invite you to come with your team. I wish I'd asked more people to join me. If you experience [Future Festival] as a group, you can create a culture around it and that culture can be contagious around the whole company." - CEO, Club Monaco "Thoroughly engaging, thought provoking, game-changing!" – CEO, Strategic Objectives "Definitely worth the 6,824 miles of travel." – Product Development Dir, Mamas and Papas YOUR PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE FREE: INNOVATION ASSESSMENT Supercharge your leadership development with 7-10 pages of personalized recommendationsInnovation Assessment Get a personalized innovation experience with 5-10 pages of custom insight about your innovation archetype, how you innovate, your strengths and your blindspots. The innovation conference keynotes will dive deeper into what this means, but you'll leave the conference with personalized insight and if you bring a team to the event, you can get an organizational assessment to compare your team's behaviours and compision to the world's top innovators. The end result is to make this more than just a conference on innovation, but rather a training program with a remarkable level of personalization. FREE 1:1 ADVISORY MEETINGS Explore your assessment or favorite topics in a one-on-one with our research advisorsTrend Reports Custom Research and Consumer Insights Before and after the innovation conference, you'll meet with your brand's dedicated advisor or one of our innovation experts to chat about your latest projects or tap our brains for other ways we can help you to inspire your next big idea. If you send a team, you can also use this time to chat about your team's innovation assessment. (Note: one consultation per brand) FREE: 1 YEAR OF LEARNING CONTENT Return home with actionable takeaways and $4k in tools, research and presentation materialsinnovation conference learning materials innovation conference takeaways OPTIONAL EPIC WEEKEND OPTIONAL WEEKEND Optionally, stay to experience 100+ innovations & a 1,000,000 person all-night modern art party Canadian Toronto Innovation Conference TORONTO - Stay the weekend to enjoy Nuit Blanche, a 1,000,000 person all-night art festival where our epic metropolis is transformed by modern artists. PLUS, our Trend Hunter team curates a list of 100+ unique self-guided experiences in categories like retail innovation, technology, sports, flavor and fashion. This experience will reinforce the innovation conference concepts. 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