Dr. Parag Khanna is a global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is the Founder and CEO of Climate Alpha, an AI-powered platform that helps future-proof global investments. He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of FutureMap, a strategic advisory firm using data and scenarios.
Parag’s latest book is MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021). It follows The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He also authored a trilogy on the future of world order: The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He wrote Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-authored Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012).
Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” and featured in WIRED’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He has traveled to over 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.
Parag has advised over thirty governments and served on the U.S. National Intelligence Council and Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy. He has also held board positions at several financial firms and technology companies.
His primary speaking topics are:
- Winners and Losers in the New Global Macro
- Navigating the Geopolitical Marketplace
- The Global War for Young Talent
- How to Climate-Proof Your Company
- The Future is Asian
- Citizen of Everywhere
