Scott Smith - Futurist

Scott Smith - Founder and Lead Futurist at Changeist.

Designers have a greater opportunity to than most anyone else to bring shape to the future—literally. In good times, their creativity is defined by open opportunity space, but in serious times, a greater focus and mission is needed to make the right future happen. Scott will talk about how designers can become, with their minds and hands, the insurgents of this necessary future.

Scott is the founder and lead futurist at Changeist. With over 15 years as a thought leader, consultant, writer and field researcher, Scott has traveled the globe monitoring and  mapping the convergence of social, technological and economic change. He has helped respected brands such as Nokia, Honda, P&G, Kellogg’s and McDonald’s understand and plan for new consumer behaviors and the high and low technologies that will impact our lives in the future.