BiografÃa / Speaker Info
Digital guru, author and futurist
Ben Hammersley is a journalist, broadcaster, futurist, speaker and author. He specializes in the effects of the Internet and the digital web on the political, cultural and social spheres worldwide.
He is managing editor of the UK edition of Condé Nast's WIRED magazine. He also has experience as head of digital at SIX Creative and as a director of Dangerous Precedent. He has also been a columnist for BA Business Life and a freelance journalist and presenter for the BBC. As a speaker he has extensive experience in international events, festivals, universities, expert conferences. He is a frequent speaker at Deutsche Telekom, European Commission, Brookings Institute and Royal Institution events.
He is also the author of the successful book "64 things you should know about the digital era; how to face the future without fear", among other publications, and it should be noted that he is the inventor of the word "podcast".
