KEYNOTE
“Future Index delivered a session packed with bold insights and real-world examples of youth marketing trends in 2025, energising the team and setting the tone for our planning day.”
– Stacey Anderson, Director of Marketing, UA92
Bring the Future Index to your stage, screen or airwaves. Our founder, Jim, is an experienced keynote speaker known for energising conferences with fast-paced, highly visual, and thought-provoking sessions. Whether opening events for estates teams and architects exploring future student needs, or for marketing leaders seeking brand strategy insight, or admissions professionals facing AI and disruption - Jim has delivered it. From large public conferences to live webinars with hundreds of specialists tuned in, these keynotes land with clarity, spark conversation, and ignite action. Each talk is tailored, grounded in real-world trends, and delivered with the flair Future Index is known for.
University Events
We are regularly invited to deliver keynote sessions at major university events, often speaking to audiences of more than a hundred participants. Recent engagements have included big-picture trend presentations at the University of Manchester and Loughborough Business School, as well as more specialist briefings such as an AI foresight session at the University of Liverpool. These events provide an opportunity to share future-facing insights, connect academic communities with the wider forces shaping society and industry, and spark discussion on how universities can respond to change with confidence and creativity.
Webinars and Podcasts
We are regular guests on specialist platforms, bringing our foresight to wide professional audiences in accessible formats. Recently, we joined UCAS on their webinar series, challenging hundreds of university marketers to take inspiration from brands such as Adidas and Spotify, in a session delivered both live and on demand. Whether appearing on screen or over podcast, we combine clear, structured thinking with relevant examples drawn from both Higher Education and the wider world, ensuring our insights are engaging, practical and thought-provoking.
Global Keynotes
We’re always keen to share our foresight with the world, and our keynote work has taken us to international stages including CASE Nordic in Sweden, Monash University in Melbourne, the AUDE conference in the United States, DEHNIM in the Netherlands, and a major marketing directors’ event in Malaysia. The global reach of these events reflects the universal relevance of our content, and are international examples, and demonstrates how our insights engage and inspire audiences wherever in the world we go.
Conferences
We’re established as regular contributors to the stage at major UK conferences, including CASE Europe, UCAS, and Universities UK, as well as at specialist events including AUDE. Our delivery style is guaranteed to cut through programme agendas, due to its refreshingly simple, creative and fast-paced style. That’s why we get invited back, again and again.
Future Index Events
For the past 10 years, our annual Future Index Summit has been a highlight of the calendar, showcasing keynote insights and big ideas shaping the future. We also built our reputation with the Future Index Academy events - and we’re excited to announce they’ll be returning in 2026.