Mats Lewan | SpeakerHub

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Mats Lewan is an international speaker, futurist, moderator, author and journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on digitalisation and technology as a powerful driving force for change that will transform our lives and our society forever in the next few decades—far more than most people realizes.

As a SPEAKER, Mats makes you see and understand how the pace of change is accelerating, how all industries will be hit by digital revolution like the music industry was, how every business will have to adapt to survive, how most of us will see our jobs being completely transformed or eliminated, and that machines might become super intelligent. People listening often say they’re shaken-up but also inspired by the tools Mats provides to prepare for, and take part in this powerful and fundamental change.

Mats' talks are in English, Swedish or Italian, and they have been appreciated by renowned institutions and organizations such as Karolinska Institutet, Telia Sonera, Toyota and MoneySuperMarket.com.

Mats regularly also work as a MODERATOR at technology focused events such as SAP Innovation Forum and Open Text Innovation Day. With deep knowledge from many tech industries, and WITH a long experience of being on stage, Mats can help making your conference or your inspiration day a successful event, asking the right questions that make speakers open up new perspectives, while also engaging with your audience, making the atmosphere relaxed and hearty.

As an AUTHOR, Mats elaborates the technology theme further, weaving it into what his readers say are captivating stories.

His latest book 'An Impossible Invention' covers the amazing and ongoing story of the Italian inventor Andrea Rossi and his energy device the E-Cat, possibly based on cold fusion—an energy source that could provide clean water to Planet Earth, zero-emission vehicles with unlimited mileage, a solution to the climate crisis and much more. The catch is that it has been considered physically impossible since an infamous and erroneously rejected scientific claim in 1989.

As a science and technology JOURNALIST since 20 years, Mats focuses on making complicated stuff easy to grasp, and also on putting it into context, showing what it might mean—to our society, to businesses and to our lives. Mats has been working as a senior staff writer at Ny Teknik, Stockholm, Sweden—the major technology weekly in Scandinavia, and at CBS Cnet News in San Francisco.

Mats' favorite quote:

Like all revolutionary new ideas, the subject has had to pass through three stages, which may be summed up by these reactions: (1) ‘It’s crazy – don’t waste my time.’ (2) ‘It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing.’ (3) ‘I always said it was a good idea.’ (Arthur C. Clarke)

Current position (2)

Global Speaker

Mats Lewan Communication

Author

Mats Lewan Communication

Degrees (1)

Master of Science in Physical Engineering

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

1984 to 1989

Presentations

Presentations (5)

The Digital Transformation Will Be Huge—and It Has Barely Started.

Digitalisation hit the music industry first but digitally-driven change will eventually transform every field. The development is explosive and irresistible, and the transformation will be bigger than most people imagine—at an accelerating pace. Threat or opportunity? In his talk, Mats addresses this question and offers the tools for understanding the mechanisms of digitalisation, how to respond and how to benefit from this fundamental change.

The Power of Ecosystems—Building on the Core of Human Innovation

Ecosystems have always been a fundamental part of human innovation, as it has been for biologic evolution. In this talk Mats explains the power of ecosystems from an innovation point of view, why ecosystems are the most efficient way to foster innovation, and why most major innovations and discoveries are now made in networked environments. Mats also gives examples of industries where we will se a strong growth of powerful ecosystems in a close future.

Get Ready For the Future—How to Understand Your Digital Opportunities

Digitalisation is flowing into businesses, into society, and into our lives and machines are becoming increasingly better at doing things only humans used to be able to do. The bad news is that you won’t escape. The good news, however, is that there are tons of opportunities if you develop an understanding of the ongoing change and if you build a strategy on that understanding. In this talk, Mats Lewan will give you the tools and the models you need to take those opportunities and prepare for the challenges.

Digitalisation—Here is How to Digitally Transform Your Business

Digitalisation changes the conditions for every business in every field and if you don't want to end up like Kodak or like Nokia you need to adapt, starting yesterday. Mats Lewan explains the fundamental mechanisms making digitalisation such a strong driver for change and he provides the tools for adapting everything from your organisation and your services and products to your business model to digital world.

Here's the Future of the Nation-State in a Digitalised World

Digitalisation is a powerful driving force for change that affects every business, every organisation, and even the nation-state. Some even think that the end of the nation-state as a concept will soon be here and that it will be replaced by global network-based entities offering more value to networked citizens in a digitalised world. In this talk, Mats presents exciting insights and views on the future of the nation-state, based on his research in this field, published in a book by Routledge in November 2019.

Past talks (1)

I am the organiser of this planned event, which is now on hold due to external reasons.

New Energy World Symposium

Stockholm, Sweden

December 31, 2017