Andrew Keen
- Globally recognised expert on the digital revolution
- Named by GQ Magazine as one of the “100 Most Connected Men” in 2015
- Entrepreneur, social commentator, and Executive Director of the Silicon Valley innovation salon FutureCast
- The host of the Internet chat show “Keen On” and bestselling author
Andrew Keen is a well-known commentator on the digital revolution. He is also an entrepreneur, author, and broadcaster and considered an expert in the analysis of digital business and culture. The Executive Director of the Silicon Valley innovation salon FutureCast, he hosts “Keen On”, a popular Internet chat show.
A prolific writer, Andrew Keen is a columnist for CNN and bestselling author. According to the London Sunday Times, his book, “The Internet Is Not The Answer” is a “powerful, frightening read”, while the Washington Post called it “an enormously useful primer for those of us concerned that online life isn’t as shiny as our digital avatars would like us to believe”.
Another of his books, “Cult Of The Amateur: How The Internet Is Killing Our Culture” also received widespread acclaim. Published in 17 different languages, the book was short-listed for the Higham’s Business Technology Book of the Year award.
Regularly featuring in magazines and newspapers around the world, Andrew Keen regularly writes for The Lost Angeles Times, The San Francisco Journal, the Guardian, The New York Times, the Independent, Fortune, and many other publications.
A pioneering Silicon Valley Internet entrepreneur, Andrew Keen founded Audiocafe.com which he built into a successful first-generation internet music company. He also founded various other Silicon Valley start-up ventures.
With regards to education, Andrew Keen was awarded a First-Class Degree in History from London University, was a British Scholar at the University of Sarajevo, and has a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He has also lectured at various universities around the globe, including Oxford, Stanford, Berkeley, Warsaw, and Amsterdam.
Andrew Keen is the co-founder of Amsterdam University’s Future of University Education conference, has made a series of commentaries for CNN, and was named by GQ magazine in their list of the “100 Most Connected Men” in 2015.
Andrew Keen – Speaker
Andrew Keen is an acclaimed conference speaker. His main areas of focus are the impact of new technology on business, education, and society. He lives in the USA and presents in English.
Speaking Topics
- How to Fix the Future
- Future of Digital Media
- Future of Society
- Social Media and The Role of Personal Information
- Technology and Telecommunications
- Impact of Technology on Politics, Education, Health, Society, Media, and Business
- The Social Revolution