The CEO's Personal Guide To The Metaverse (Thinkers50).
Top 10 Most Influential Women in Tech Right Now (BigThink).
Cathy Hackl is a leading tech futurist and globally recognized business leader specializing in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), & spatial computing. She is one of LinkedIn’s top technology voices and a champion for diversity.
Hackl has worked with some of the biggest names in tech including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magic Leap, and HTC VIVE. She leads the Futures Intelligence Group, a futures research & consulting firm that works with clients in tech, fashion, media, government, and defense implementing innovation strategies, strategic foresight, and emerging technologies. She’s also a top Forbes Contributor.
BigThink named Cathy “one of the top 10 most influential women in tech in 2020” and she’s been called the CEO’s business guide to the metaverse.
Cathy was included in the 2021 prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.
She is a sought after keynote speaker and author. She has spoken at CES, SXSW, Comic-Con, Adobe Summit, Harvard Business School. Facebook, Twitter, Aspen Institute, In-Q-Tel, US Navy, SDA Bocconi, IE, Singularity University, and many other places.
Cathy Hackl has a significant reputation as a thought-provoking and insightful speaker at events and conferences all across the globe. Cathy’s more than 15 years working in tech and media and her deep experience working in the emerging tech industry equip her perfectly to address audiences across industries and sectors interested in what the future holds and what they can today to become better leaders, innovators and become future smart.
She’s spoken in more than 12 countries, including memorable talks at Twitter’s HQ in San Francisco, Facebook’s HQ in Menlo Park and Sony’s HQ in San Diego. She’s also one of the top tech voices on LinkedIn.
Likewise, she specifically tailors and customizes her approach to each speaking engagement to ensure that she delivers the best results for your event and delivers value to your audience. Tell us what you want the audience to leave thinking, feeling and doing and she will customize and craft a talk, or deliver a fireside chat or an interactive Q&A session designed to achieve precisely that outcome. Cathy gives keynotes in English and Spanish.