Max Thinius – Futurologist, bestselling author, moderator, is considered one of Europe’s leading futurologists with a focus on society, sustainability, business and trade. He talks and writes about digitalisation, the future, social development, trade, politics, education, quality of life – in short, a networking generalist view of all aspects of our society and how our everyday life will change. In order to be able to use the new possibilities of digitalisation, we must learn to think differently. Otherwise it would be as if people had tried to steer cars like horse-drawn carriages at the beginning of industrialization. That’s not possible either. Today, unfortunately, we often try to control digital processes with industrial thinking. That is why it is important to understand: the future thinks differently. And you can learn how it thinks. As a consultant Max shows people, companies and regions to learn to think in new ways. This helps them to recognize their own future potential, develop innovations and drive their own orientation towards the future. He publishes in many public media and moderates …

How does LEOH (the food retail online trade) work? Experience insights on how to establish a new category in retail. How do you get the idea to establish an online supermarket? What are the hurdles that stand in your way? How do you achieve a veritable learning curve among consumers, society, the media public? What are the key factors that make LEOH successful. And, oh yes, how does an online supermarket like this actually work in everyday life and what potential is there in business models and convenience for manufacturers, consumers and society in general? Many! Keynote / show – 45/90/120 min Contact Max welcome@maxthinius.de // +49 30 6130 90 41

Don’t be afraid of the future! Probably the most entertaining insight into the future, understandable for everyone. Max explains how the future actually works, why we sometimes panic (but don’t have to) and who actually shapes our future. He takes a trip into the world of intelligent refrigerators, new health care systems, smart technologies, self-driving cars in smart cities and wondrous developments promised for our smart everyday lives. He brings all this “smartness” together in an understandable way and shows us why the digital revolution will not overwhelm us in the end, but rather why it offers us all prospective opportunities. Keynote / Show – 90/120 min Thanks to SPRECHERHAUS® Nadin Buschhaus for the photo

From the service society to the life society Trade has always been a major driver of people. Once upon a time, settlements at crossroads developed which became cities. Networking! Crossroads are everywhere today. So is networking. And trade. Even without cities. E-commerce is possible everywhere. And just as supermarkets have changed society, so will e-commerce. There are many prejudices – from the isolation of city centres to the couch potato. But are they true? Discover prospective opportunities and new business models, such as potential for the healthy development of civil society, businesses, cities and communities – even those that until recently you thought were outdated or without a chance. It’s a bit like when the steam engine was introduced. Everyone thought: that’s what’s going to put us out of work. The turnaround brought about by the engines led to more prosperity than ever. Keynote / show – 45/90 min Contact Max welcome@maxthinius.de // +49 30 6130 90 41

No fear of the future! Probably the most entertaining insight into the future, understandable for everyone. Max explains how the future actually works, why we sometimes panic (but don’t have to) and who actually shapes our future. He takes a trip into the world of intelligent refrigerators, new health care systems, smart technologies, self-driving cars in smart cities and wondrous developments promised for our smart everyday life. He brings all this “smartness” together in an understandable way and shows us why the digital revolution will not overwhelm us in the end, but rather why it offers us all prospective opportunities. Keynote / Show – 45/90 min Cal Max as Speaker or Moderator anfragen@maxthinius.de Via VoiceBox: +49 30 6130 90 41   welcome@maxthinius.de Photo by Hendrik Haase  

To be very specific: what does a day in the future look like? Seven or 15 years from now. From getting up, through the day, into bed. What does a person experience? Which technology will he use? What skills will he need? How will social, economic and political conditions change? One cannot dive more concretely into the future: especially not in such a comparable way. Because everything is structured around a concrete daily routine, you can directly compare all new findings with your own everyday life and draw conclusions. And to make it even easier, you can experience this lecture with different focal points. All of them are based on a fundamental scenario of social development. Industry focus can be: General everyday life, agriculture, automotive, education, finance, society, commerce in general (online, offline), real estate, consumer goods industry, food, ministries, fashion, NewWork, politics, regions, urban development, telecommunications, entrepreneurship, business in general, and more are possible. Keynote / Show – 60 min Requests to Max as speaker or moderator anfragen@maxthinius.de Via VoiceBox: +49 30 6130 90 41 …

Max Thinius – Futurologist, bestselling author, moderator, is considered one of Europe’s leading futurologists with a focus on society, sustainability, business and trade. Why it was important to me to write the new book by Friedrich & Weik! We need a positive view of the future – urgently! You know what? It bothers me if we discuss all topics in the present only negatively today. Where have our positive goals gone? When I was growing up, we had goals like: to revolutionize society in a positive way, to reduce the East-West tensions, to bring about reunification, social equality … Today we focus our attention mainly on crises. There is the refugee crisis, there is the climate crisis, there is the economic crisis, there is the social crisis, the populist crisis. It’s not that none of this is there, but the focus is not on positive solutions, but on the problems. So why don’t we talk about a social development and promotion programme to develop new perspectives (instead of refugee crisis), why not promote sustainable social …