How do we better understand and prepare for the future? How do we comprehend new trends and technologies? How do we better share new ideas and influence target audiences? One answer may be the concept known as “useful fiction” or FICINT (Fictional Intelligence), which enlists the power of the oldest communication technology of all –story– and applies it to real world needs and research. P.W. Singer is a best-selling author, whose work at the intersection of strategic foresight, discovery, and narrative has been featured in media like The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Wired and lauded by figures who range from the heads of the CIA and US Navy to Silicon Valley’s most successful investors. Having run useful fiction projects for organizations that range from the US military to the world’s leading companies, he will explain how to implement this new methodology to envision, innovate, and communicate.

Robots, Artificial Intelligence,, Cyberwar, 3D printing, bio-enhancements, and a new geopolitical competition; the 21st century is being shaped by a range of exciting, and scary, new trends and technologies. A best selling author described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of Washington's pre-eminent futurists," and a consultant for groups that range from the CIA and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to Hollywood and the Call of Duty video game series, Singer uses a exciting speaking style to explore for an audience the key trends emerging today that will shape the world of technology and security tomorrow.

For years, Russia was the most feared player on the Internet, shaping everything from elections to the pandemic. But when it came time for its most audacious operation of all, Ukraine turned the tables on the supposed master of information warfare, which not only drove global sympathy, but has had real battlefield and political effect. P. W. Singer is the co-author of “LikeWar,” a book that was named an Amazon book of the year and consultant to groups as diverse as the US military and Hollywood He will explain the ten techniques that Ukraine used to win its online fight, and what are the lessons for other nations, corporations, and leaders as they fight their own battles of information and persuasion.

From ransomware to the collapse of cyber deterrence, a series of new threats are changing the cybersecurity landscape. A best selling author described by the Wall Street Journal as “one of Washington’s pre-eminent futurists,” and a consultant for groups that range from the CIA and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to Hollywood, Singer uses an exciting speaking style to explore for an audience the key trends emerging today that will shape the world of cybersecurity tomorrow.