Over the years, technology has become a bigger part of our daily lives. In the past, we have seen a breakthrough piece of technology create new capabilities and bring about change. Just look at the Internet. In 2001, the Internet created the global eCommerce economy of around, $550 billion. Consider the change in selling! That is far from what we are about to experience in the next few years. This time, one technological advancement is not the case. This time we will see multiple pieces of new technologies create new capabilities and bring about significant change.

This time these multiple pieces of technology will interact with one another and work together to amplify the overall magnitude of change we experience. Forecasters have created the term ‘creative disruption’ for what they see in the next few years. Estimates this time the economic impact in 2025 will be around $7 trillion globally. That is greater than the current annual GDP of all but 2 countries (the U.S. and China). These new and emerging technologies will create new jobs that we are not training people for as of yet. They will at the same time reduce or eliminate jobs that have been around for decades. Come join us in a one-hour peek into a few of these technologies and some of the changes they are likely to bring with them.

About your speaker: For over 30 years Kevin Coleman has focused on the issues and opportunities created by new and emerging technologies. He began his career at the management consulting firm Deloitte, and then joined the reengineering practice at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He then moved to the first of his two startups which grew to be BusinessWeek’s 44th fastest growing company. He then transitioned to his second startup that grew at an astonishing 65,000% in under five years and stayed through the 2-largest mergers in history at that time – that was Netscape, the Internet icon. He then became an independent advisor, author, and emerging technology analyst.

He has spoken before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations as well as lecturing at Harvard and other distinguished entities including U.S. Strategic Command. His recent webinar on emerging technology has drawn over 30,000 professionals.