Nikola Danaylov

Nikola Danaylov

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Futurist | Strategic Adviser And Business Expert

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NIKOLA DANAYLOV BIOGRAPHY

Nikola Danaylov is a Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Technology Raconteur, and Futurist Philosopher who has spent the last 20 years helping individuals and organizations navigate this landscape of rapid transformation.

Accelerating change has left people and businesses overwhelmed, struggling to adapt, and often paralyzed by the effects of Future Shock — a state of disorientation caused by too much change in too short a time.

Nikola specializes in distilling complex technological trends — such as Artificial Intelligence, genetics, robotics, nanotech, synthetic biology, 3D printing, and cryptocurrencies — into compelling stories that empower audiences to leverage change and transform uncertainty into opportunity.

His book, Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century, is an international bestseller, and his pioneering podcast, Singularity.FM was the world’s first to explore groundbreaking topics like AI and transhumanism. Often referred to as the “Larry King of the Singularity,” Nikola is known for his ability to engage thought leaders and spark meaningful conversations about the future.

Through his keynotes, Nikola inspires audiences to embrace change with confidence, energy, and purpose. Attendees leave not just informed but transformed — ready to transcend the urgent, champion the important, and turn chaos into opportunity. He equips individuals and businesses alike with the mindset and tools needed to navigate the accelerating pace of technological change and engineer their own success.

Nikola Danaylov Related Media

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Physicist Max Tegmark on Life 3.0: What We Do Makes a Difference

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Jeremy Rifkin on Zero Marginal Cost and the Decline of Capitalism

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Physicist Michio Kaku: Science is the Engine of Prosperity!

Nikola Danaylov Related Content

Book

Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century
Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century
In “Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century,” we embark on a thought-provoking journey through the complexities and possibilities that the future holds.

Nikola Danaylov Topic Presentations

Nikola Danaylov Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Conversations With the Future: From Future Shock to Future Ready

How to Be A Futurist Without Predicting the Future

Leaders Tell Unreasonable Stories: How to Create Change and Inspire Action

An Artificial Future?

Singularity and Transhumanism: Expanding Human Potential

The Context Effect: Why Meaning Is in the Frame, Not the Facts

Nikola Danaylov Speaking Testimonials

Nikola Danaylov was the opening keynote speaker at Cochlear’s 2020 Emerging Markets Meeting, where he succeeded in setting up the environment within which we – his audience gave birth to our own ideas as per the best ways to surf the coming waves of technological change. It was impressive to see Nikola’s professionalism and the way he delivered his keynote. So, if you need a keynote speaker for your event, I highly recommend him.

Facundo Borlando

Marketing Director
LATAM @ Cochlear

Two words: mind blowing. For our digital learning festival at KPMG the Netherlands we had the pleasure to host Nikola Danaylov. What happens when you listen to Nikola is that your mind starts racing. He shares insights, patterns and ways of thinking that you’d never have thought about. His talk on Tech & Ethics really inspired us, provoked us and invited each and every one of us to look in to the mirror and start asking critical questions about our own behavior and way of thinking.

Jorieke Markerink

KPMG Nederland

Nikola Danaylov was a speaker/panelist at the MPI Toronto Professional Development Session entitled “What’s Next: Decoding the Future”. He captured the participants’ attention with his wonderful and clear communication style, and the references/examples he listed throughout the presentation helped drive his points home very effectively. Nikola’s pleasant personality and vast knowledge and experience in the field of futurism, made him an ideal and relevant speaker for our session.

Margaret Binns

Past-President
MPI Toronto Chapter

Nikola Danaylov made a great impression on me, on the way I saw things. He is such a powerful storyteller that transmits his insights of the future, while impacting others lives. His message was enriching, it continues resounding in my mind. His enthusiasm gets all the attendees highly involved. I can wait to have the opportunity to talk to him again in person. Meanwhile I’ll listen to his podcast Singularity.FM and I will follow his recommendarions: let’s be restless, embrace change, and frequently leave our comfort zone.

Yonnatan Casir

Director Of Information Technology
Fibra Uno (FUNO)

Nikola Danaylov is a powerful storyteller who can transmit his views of the future in a way that touches everybody, and his message resounds in the audience mind. He is also very enthusiastic and gets highly involved much in advance of his participation. A reliable, kind and grateful person, Nikola is one of the smartest people I have met.

Mónica Mistretta

Owner
Netmedia

It’s not every day one encounters a speaker who leaves such a remarkable and unshakable impression on a room of skeptics, visionaries, and discerning minds alike. When Nikola Danaylov took the stage for my organization, The JRT Agency, its affiliates, clients, and friends, he did not merely deliver a keynote; he commandeered a deeply contemplative journey that swept through an audience ranging from CEOs and CMOs to creative executives, entrepreneurs, and politicians. The collective response was nothing short of phenomenal, marked by spontaneous applause, animated discussion, and a day-after deluge of requests for the talk’s recording. As one friend candidly admitted, it might well have...

Jamie McCarthy

Chief Innovation Officer
The JRT Agency

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