Only At Stern: Professor Amy Webb, One of the World’s Leading Minds on the Future and Technology
NYU Stern Adjunct Professor Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist and the CEO of the Future Today Institute. An expert on emerging technologies like AI and synthetic biology, she pioneered a data-driven foresight methodology to develop plausible future scenarios.
Professor Webb advises CEOs and government leaders at the White House, European Union, and United Nations to help organizations worldwide navigate uncertainty and disruptive change. Additionally, each year, Future Today Institute publishes its Tech Trends report which tracks how more than 700 technology and science trends will influence every industry. The report is downloaded more than 1 million times annually.
Professor Webb has also been recognized with several awards. To name a few, the BBC honored her as one of the 100 Top Women of 2020, Forbes called Professor Webb “one of the five women changing the world,” and Thinkers50 recognized her as the world’s #4 most influential management thinker in 2023.
Learn more in this video and below:
Recent media highlights featuring Professor Amy Webb:
- Fast Company | “Companies Need to Understand the Future More Than Ever. Here’s How to Integrate Forecasting Into Your Business.” | 7/15/2024
- Fast Company | “This futurist predicts that everybody will have an AI digital twin.” | 3/15/2024
- Bloomberg | “Amy Webb: Computers That Use Brain Cells Are the New Frontier of AI.” | 3/16/2014
- Harvard Business Review | Op-ed: “Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business.” | 1/12/2024
- CNN | “Amy Webb on Brain Chip Implant: Be a Little Skeptical.” | 1/30/2024
- CNN | “500+ OpenAI employees threaten to quit over CEO firing” | 11/20/2023
- Poets&Quants | "The Most Influential Business Professors of 2023." | 11/10/2023
- Harvard Business Review | Op-ed: “How to Prepare for a GenAI Future You Can’t Predict.” | 8/31/2023
A Selection of Keynotes and Speaking Engagements from Professor Webb
SXSW 2024: Amy Webb Launches 2024 Emerging Tech Trend Report
World Economic Forum 2021: What is Synthetic Biology?
TEDTalks 2013: How I Hacked Online Dating
Professor Webb’s policy impact:
Professor Webb is a member of several leading boards and councils advising on policy matters, including:
- The World Economic Forum’s Strategic Foresight Council, Risk Advisory Council, Global Futures Council, and AI Governance Alliance
- The Council on Foreign Relations
- The Bretton Woods Committee
- Board of Directors for South By Southwest
Books by Professor Webb:
