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FUTURE FESTIVAL NEW YORK CITY
Our Marketing-Focused New York Innovation Conference

On June 3 - June 4, 2025, join the top innovators in New York City to explore future trends & innovation through a marketing-focused lens. 97% rate Future Festival as the "best business event they've ever attended."
June
3-4, 2025
Top-Tier
Innovators
Innovation &
Trend Keynotes
1:1 Meetings &
Assessments
After Party &
Networking
Pro Platform
+ Takeaways
5-10
DISRUPTIVE
IDEAS
CEO Jeremy Gutsche

“Future Festival New York City is a two day AI-driven Innovation Conference that provides an unprecedented glimpse into future marketing trends and industry-shaping consumer insights, driven by data from the world’s #1 leading trend firm. Future Festival New York City anticipates insights on navigating evolving tech advancements while uncovering overlooked opportunities crucial for future readiness. This year, you’ll Learn How to Innovate and Market in an Era of AI, by exploring how emerging innovations are transforming brand strategies and reshaping consumer engagement. Join us for this transformative experience, where groundbreaking innovations will take center stage, reshaping marketing strategies and key trend categories. Plus, our hands-on Workshop Day will help you turn these insights into action, developing new ideas tailored to your brand’s needs. Prepare your company for this pivotal shift and gear up for what lies ahead alongside the world’s top innovators shaping our future. We can’t wait to see you in New York City!”

- Jeremy Gutsche, CEO & NY Times Bestselling Author

What to Expect

Future Festival Jeremy Gutsche

Engaging Keynotes:

The Future Festival New York City Innovation Conference condenses the rich content of our renowned three-day Toronto conference into an accelerated and enlightening two-day experience. Focused on engaging content, this event dives deep into captivating keynotes centered around industry-spanning marketing trends and strategies. Attendees will explore the catalysts behind new and emerging trends for 2025 and beyond, gaining invaluable insights to drive innovation and future success in the marketing landscape. Join us in New York City for this transformative opportunity to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of innovation!

Workshop Programming

On Day 2, our workshop programming will dive into high-performance innovation techniques tailored to your brand, helping you to streamline your processes, and to identify overlooked opportunities using patterns and megatrends. Key components include:
  • High-Performance Innovation Methods: Tailored to your brand.
  • Efficiency Techniques: Streamline your innovation processes.
  • Idea Identification: Uncover overlooked opportunities using patterns and megatrends.
During the workshop, you will:
  • Work at a private table, focusing on your company (only applicable to teams of 6+)
  • Develop 5-10 specific innovation ideas.
  • Leave with 20+ actionable next steps.
  • Receive an innovation assessment highlighting your team’s strengths and gaps.
Join us in New York City for this transformative opportunity to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of innovation!

About Us

Trend Hunter is the world’s freshest, most data-driven consumer trend platform, with 3 billion views and insight derived from 282,772,879 visitors and AI. We’ve created 13,098 custom trend reports for 1,278 firms, and we want to show you FRESH, data-driven insights about YOUR consumer.

Unlock the Future of Marketing

At Trend Hunter, we’ve helped some of the world’s most renowned brands navigate the ever-evolving marketing landscape. We’re excited to share our insights and best practices on how emerging marketing trends are shaping the future across a wide range of industries.

Event Schedule

DAY 1 - Tuesday, June 3rd
Keynote Day
Transforming Innovation Through AI
  • 8:00 AM
    Registration & Breakfast
  • 9:15 AM
    Welcome & Morning Show
  • 9:30 AM
    How to Innovate in an Era of AI
  • 11:00 AM
    Microgenerations and the Adoption of AI
  • 12:00 PM
    Lunch & VIP Lunch
  • 1:00 PM
    Adapting to AI with Future Tech
  • 1:30 PM
    AI Retail Revolution [Q&A]
  • 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:30 PM
    Next Gen Marketing [Q&A]
  • 3:00 PM
    Innovation Patterns: AI, Hip Hop & You
  • 3:45 PM
    Closing Remarks
  • 4:00 PM
    Happy Hour Cocktail Reception
DAY 2 - Wednesday, June 4th
Workshop Day
Transform Insights into Action
  • 8:00 AM
    Networking & Breakfast
  • 9:15 AM
    Morning Show
  • 9:30 AM
    Intro
  • 9:45 AM
    Panel: Innovating as a CMO in the Era of AI
  • 10:15 AM
    18 Megatrends & The 6 Patterns of Opportunity
  • 11:00 AM
    Automate Enhance
  • 12:00 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM
    Patterned Thinking
  • 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:30 PM
    Future Planning
  • 3:00 PM
    Idea Canvas and Close
  • 4:00 PM
    1:1 Meeting Appointments and Wine & Cheese Closing Reception
  • 6:30 PM
    VIP Dinner with Futurists & Trend Hunter Team

Schedule may be subject to change without notice until a week prior to the event.

Join top innovators who attend our innovation conference series to get fresh, data-driven, applicable insights

insight conference networking
Insight Conference Innovation Brands

What's different at Our New York City Innovation Conference?
Immerse yourself in the future. Learn to action ideas. Change the way you work. Thrive in an AI-enabled world.
Our 1-5 day innovation conferences are immersive, takeaway-focused training events

100+ Data-Driven Insights
vs. Outdated Material
Downloadable Presentations
vs. Take-Your-Own Notes
Individual Assessments
vs. Generic Content
Energetic & Actionable
vs. Random & Outdated
Project Manager Dubai Future Academy, Nour Gaspard

“Trend Hunter has helped so many companies by advising them on trends and teaching them how to use them, and we wanted that experience. The experience was very dynamic. It was full of examples, which we really like. You incorporated everything with examples, videos, supporting material. We care about engagement and the participants were able to really participate.”

– Nour Gaspard, Project Manager Dubai Future Academy

Previous Speakers & Surprise Guests

Stephanie Mehta Innovation Speaker
Stephanie Mehta
Editor-in-Chief
Nick Thompson Innovation Speaker
Nick Thompson
Editor-in-Chief
Malcolm Gladwell Innovation Speaker
Malcolm Gladwell
Author
Deborah Amato Innovation Speaker
Deborah Amato
Chief New Opportunities Office
Jodi Goldstein Innovation Speaker
Jodi Goldstein
Executive Director, Innovation Lab
Bill Hayden Innovation Speaker
Bill Hayden
Chief Strategy Officer
Francis Pierrel Innovation Speaker
Francis Pierrel
CEO
Sarah Beachler Innovation Speaker
Sarah Beachler
Chief Strategy Officer
Betsy Armentrout Innovation Speaker
Betsy Armentrout
Strategy Director, Emerging Brands
Vicki Hollub Innovation Speaker
Vicki Hollub
President & CEO
Doug Warner Innovation Speaker
Doug Warner
Head of Business Innovation
Helen Holder Innovation Speaker
Helen Holder
Chief Technologist
Yasmin Al Enazi Innovation Speaker
Yasmin Al Enazi
Co-Founder & Ambassador
Future Festival Guest Speaker Tony Hunter
Tony Hunter
CEO
Future Festival Guest Speaker Matias Duarte
Matias Duarte
VP, Design
Future Festival Guest Speaker Lori Guetre
Lori Guetre
VP Commerical & Strategy
Future Festival Guest Speaker Taras Malyshev
Taras Malyshev
Head of New Business Innovation
Future Festival Guest Speaker Joey Edwards-Lebair
Joey Edwards-Lebair
Senior Manager of Customer Insights
Future Festival Guest Speaker Chris Sensibaugh
Chris Sensibaugh
Senior Director of Consumer Insights
Future Festival Guest Speaker Bob Barnes
Bob Barnes
Senior Vice President, Operations
Future Festival Guest Speaker Nikki Laughlin
Nikki Laughlin
Chief Merchant & Marketing Officer

Futurist Keynotes - Learn next year's trends before they happen

Keynotes with:
JEREMY GUTSCHE
How to Innovate in an Era of AI
Navigating AI’s Transformative Power
Drawing from 10 years of using AI to evolve Trend Hunter, Jeremy shares ways to maximize your potential during times of uncertainty and change. We explore how brands can leverage AI’s transformative force to unlock opportunities for success in today’s competitive and tech-driven business landscape.
Idea Canvas
One of the crown jewels of our AI masterclass program is the Idea Canvas. It embodies the notion that AI is a business problem, not a tech problem, requiring participants to fill out a detailed canvas that pushes them to consider their ideas from multiple angles.
Keynotes with:
SEAN WATSON
Adapting to AI with Future Tech
How AI is Shaping the Future of Humanity's Tech Landscape
The transformative power of AI has set the world on a new path. This keynote delves into AI's impact on creativity, productivity, and advanced how robotics is bringing AI to life across industries. From enhancing advertising to revolutionizing healthcare and automating complex tasks, the challenges and opportunities technology presents for today's executives and tomorrow's innovators will be the catalyst of our future.
Keynotes with:
COURTNEY SCHARF
18 Megatrends & The 6 Patterns of Opportunity
This session is based on Trend Hunter's own reusable Trend Hunting framework, the 6 Patterns of Opportunity, and our network of 18 evergreen consumer behavior-based trends. Each Megatrend will be briefly explained, with the most relevant explained more in-depth. These trends span across industries, and are illustrated through case studies from various categories.
Automate Enhance
An exercise to help people imagine how to use AI in their roles, now that they've absorbed a full day on AI and its applications across different industries. based on the simple idea that AI should be an ally to innovation, but will it boost creativity or productivity?
Patterned Thinking
This workshop empowers you to harness creativity through Trend Hunter's 6 Patterns of Opportunity, transforming ideas into actionable solutions.
Future Planning
Based on our time-tested and perfect framework of planning for the short-term future, long-term future, and the utopic future. This session will help ideate next steps but also reveal new opportunities for idea execution.
Keynotes with:
JONATHON BROWN
Innovation Patterns
AI, Hip Hop & You
Discover the AI tools that can help you overcome innovation weaknesses. Using hip hop as a lens, we'll look at examples across DJs, MCs and Graffiti artists to learn the 6 hunter and farmer traits, their downsides and the tools you can use to improve your innovation skillset.
Keynotes with:
ZAHRA KARIM
Next-Gen Marketing
Exploring Ways to Innovate With AI
AI has revolutionized the world around us, fundamentally reshaping traditional marketing approaches. Explore how this technology can amplify creativity and effectiveness, while propelling brands toward more personalized, data-driven messaging that resonates deeply with audiences. How can you harness AI to actively drive innovation in marketing strategies?
Keynotes with:
ARMIDA ASCANO
Microgenerations and the Adoption of AI
How Each Generation is Adopting AI in a Tech-Driven Age
Generational perspectives play a pivotal role in shaping attitudes towards global AI adoption. Through a microsegmented lens, we’ll examine how generational groups are navigating the AI technology landscape. Gain insight into ways each generation is leveraging AI for personal and professional growth, navigating its challenges, and adapting in an increasingly tech-driven society.
Patterned Thinking
This workshop empowers you to harness creativity through Trend Hunter's 6 Patterns of Opportunity, transforming ideas into actionable solutions.
Keynotes with:
JENNIFER KANG
AI Retail Revolution
Harnessing AI's Revolutionary Potential to Personalize and Enhance the Shopping Experience
The AI-enabled shopping revolution is underway. Discover how to strike a balance between enhanced in-person experiences and the convenience of eCommerce as the retail landscape continues to evolve rapidly. We share how to leverage AI in retail to create more personalized and enhanced shopping experiences.

FAQ

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Who attends Future Festival?

Future Festival was designed for industry leaders who are ready to break through chaos. Content is aimed at Managers, Directors, VPs, and C-Level execs from all industries.

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What are the dates and locations?

Future Festival World Summit is located in Toronto, Canada. All dates and other event locations for our in person events are listed on FutureFestival.com

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Why should I bring my team?

Because innovative thinking is better shared. At Future Festival, you will be excited by trends and undiscovered opportunities. These are best shared with your group.

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Can I Transfer my Ticket to Another Person?

Yes, tickets can be transferred to a colleague. Message futurefestival@trendhunter.com a week before to make the change.

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