Chuck Martin Speaking Topics

• Flying Cars & Air Taxis: The New World of Advanced Air Mobility

  The business world is facing yet another transformation, in this case relating to movement. The electric aerial vehicle revolution is about to transform personal and business travel, transportation, logistics, and supply chains. This new advanced air mobility phenomenon is inventing personal aerial travel, air taxis, new first responder capabilities, and self-flying vehicles, enabling millions of consumers around the world to take to the skies just as they adopted road travel decades ago. Emerging aerial technology, detailed in Chuck Martin’s latest book “Flying Vehicles: The Emergence of Personal Air Travel, Flying Cars, and Air Taxis" is about transporting people and things totally differently than in the past and creating efficiencies to travel to locations previously out of practical reach. The electric aerial revolution is being borne out of startups, established brands, airlines, and forward-looking governmental agencies fueling the velocity of aerial innovation. Flying vehicles, which take off and land straight up and down without the need for a traditional runway, are the transportation of the future. This fast-paced, informative presentation details the global role of flying vehicles, air taxis, flying cars, drones, and the massive challenges and impact on logistics, supply chains, the travel industry, and societal behavior. The advanced air mobility revolution is happening now, and Chuck Martin delves into the upheaval of the entire transportation infrastructure that is becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

• The State of Emerging Technology 

  Disruptive digital technologies are flooding the market. Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, generative AI, large language models, AI agents, machine learning, big data, virtual reality, augmented reality, smart appliances, intelligent assistants, voice activation devices, wearables, hearables, autonomous vehicles, chatbots, smart speakers, near field communication, sensors and numerous forms of cognitive computing. This up-to-the-minute, non-technical market presentation provides a practical and understandable roadmap of all latest transforming technologies in market context with insight on how to skip the fads and ride the trends. Lots of short insightful examples.

• The Low-Altitude Economy

  The low-altitude economy is being borne out of startups, established brands, and forward-looking governmental agencies fueling the velocity of electric, aerial innovation. Flying vehicles are the transportation of the future and they will drive the creation of new business impacts around the world. This fast-paced, informative presentation details the massive ecosystem needed for flying vehicles, air taxis, flying cars, drones, and the coming impact on logistics, supply chains, the travel industry, and societal behavior. Major airlines including Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines are heavily invested. The aerial revolution is happening now, and Chuck Martin delves into the upheaval of the entire transportation infrastructure that is becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

• Digital Transformation 3.0

  The first major digital transformation was the Internet. That one was gradual, taking years for every individual and business to get online for the first time. The second transformation was mobile, which was faster, since everyone was already on the Internet. The third transformation underway relates to the connecting of billions and billions of devices in every location, using artificial intelligence to make sense of it all. Chuck Martin has identified seven major digital transforming forces of the Internet of Things: artificial intelligence, digital voice assistants, smart homes, drones and robots, connected cars, sensors, and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. Based on his book “Digital Transformation 3.0: The New Business-to-Consumer Connections of The Internet of Things,” this fast-paced presentation puts into context the significance of each of the transformers, highlighting the aspects that matter both in the short and the long term. Digital Transformation 3.0 deals with what is about to impact every business and define the future with all the implicaton involving the world of AI.

• The Future Is Coming, Just Not When You Think

  For the first time, more technology is being created than people can absorb and adopt. As a result, many businesses are feverishly plowing ahead unaware of what will work and when. This often leads to failure, sometimes at a massive scale. Even worse, success becomes elusive because the timing is miscalculated. In this presentation, based on his upcoming book, Chuck Martin provides businesses with practical strategic and tactical guidance on how to navigate this phenomenon. He highlights how to deal with technologically driven forces hitting the market simultaneously. There are gaps between when advancements in any of these forces occur and when the marketplace will be ready to adopt them at scale.

• The Internet of Things

  As a futurist and visionary, in 1998, Chuck Martin wrote in his book "Net Future" the following: “Wearable computers will venture out of the labs into the workplace, disposable chips will allow appliances to communicate with each other, and more networked devices will continue to be linked to more networked devices.” This session paints the picture for where the world is heading including the role of artificial intelligence and generative AI like ChatGPT, large language models, and what business leadership is needed to take an organization forward and keep it competitive.

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