Spitz Brings His Blend of Finance & Strategic Foresight to World Stages, Boardrooms, and Media – from Wall Street to Zurich, the City of London, and Singapore
Hot off the heels of his blockbuster global book tour, and due to popular demand, leading futurist Roger Spitz is celebrating his powerful new keynote special edition: “Navigating Metaruptions – The Future of Predictability, Risk & Finance.”
Building on the momentum of his groundbreaking work and recent publications at the intersection of finance, foresight, and systemic disruption, Spitz is taking his insights to boardrooms, world stages, and media platforms.
Financial models thrive on data to price risk and calculate returns, yet the world is throwing curveballs – climate shifts, geoeconomic shocks, and all sorts of systemic disruptions – that defy historical patterns. Put simply, there is no data on the future.
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This raises a hard question that Roger Spitz has been focusing on through his recent publications and keynote talks:
► “Have our traditional “predict and act” models, built on mountains of data, stopped working?”
Risk is often seen as something we can model and measure, but what happens when uncertainty can’t be quantified? Deep uncertainty arises in nonlinear systems, driven by complexity, unknowability, and interdependent dynamic variables. In such environments, shocks can accelerate through feedback loops, amplify across domains, and cascade systemically. As extreme and unprecedented events become more frequent, the limitations of traditional risk models are increasingly exposed.
Through his publications, keynotes, and media appearances, Roger Spitz examines the nature of deep uncertainty and systemic risk, exploring adaptive and anticipatory frameworks for rethinking how we model, manage, and respond to systemic disruption in an unpredictable world.
SPECIAL EDITION SPEAKING SERIES ON THE FUTURE OF PREDICTABILITY, RISK & FINANCE
As part of his “Special Edition Speaking Series on Navigating Metaruptions: The Future of Predictability, Risk & Finance,” Roger Spitz has delivered keynote talks across the world’s major financial centers – from Wall Street to Singapore – including London, New York, Zurich, Dubai, San Francisco, Frankfurt, Paris, Toronto, Geneva, SĂŁo Paulo, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., the Cayman Islands, and Monaco.
His audiences include asset managers, banks, institutional investors, and professionals in international and offshore finance, investment fund structuring, insurance, and risk management – as well as regulators, policymakers, and leaders in financial technology.
Spitz speaks on a wide range of topics where understanding the future of risk and predictability is paramount, including:
• The Future of Insurability and Risk in the Age of Artificial Intelligence & Unpredictability
• Futures of Risk Management & Predictability: Building Resilience for Systemic Disruption
• Futures of Finance & Investment: Anticipating the Next Financial Landscapes
• Adaptive Frameworks for Uncertainty: Strategies for a Disrupted World
• The Futures of Investments, Asset Classes, and the Shifting Nature of Insurability
• Unpredictability & Adaptive Risk: Geopolitical Finance Insights in Deep Uncertainty
• Futures of Boards & Governance: Leadership in Complexity, Unpredictability, & Disruption.
Roger Spitz gave a compelling closing keynote. He challenged us to think differently about disruption… He asked bold, timely questions… A thought-provoking, high-impact way to close the event.”
— Emma Pearce, Head of Events Risk.Net, Infopro Digital & Markets
Each talk is designed to inspire, equip, and transform leaders, investors, and policymakers preparing for rapid change.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FUTURES OF FINANCE & RISK SPEAKING SERIES
“Roger Spitz gave a compelling closing keynote at Risk Live Europe. He challenged us to think differently about disruption, not as a one-off event but as something systemic that shapes the environment we operate in every day. He asked bold, timely questions about how we make decisions in deeply uncertain, complex settings, especially as AI takes over areas once seen as too important to hand to machines. It was a thought-provoking, high-impact way to close the event and effectively challenged the audience’s preconceptions.” – Emma Pearce, Head of Events, Risk.Net, Infopro Digital & Markets
Spitz’s extensive speaking portfolio underscores his influence across global sectors. A sought-after voice on global finance, enterprise risk, financial technology, investments, and geopolitics, he has spoken at leading organizations and events, including:
• Financial Institutions & Verticals: AXA, BMO, BNP Paribas, Capgemini, CERA, Euronext, Europlace, Global Capital, KPMG, IBM, NASDAQ, Merrill Corp, Reuters, Risk Academy, Risk.Net, Silicon Valley Bank, Tech M&A Forum, Temasek, Thomson Corp, TMT Finance.
• Leadership & Policy Forums: World Economic Forum (Geneva & New York), Global Peter Drucker Forum (Austria), Edison Electric Institute EEI (Washington D.C.), Climatebase (San Francisco), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• Innovation & Tech Summits: MIT Technology Review’s EmTech, Nasscom (Bangalore), Gartner, DLD Innovation, Volcano Innovation Summit (Guatemala City), Amcham Lab Global Talks (Brazil), Rulebreaker Future Congress (Germany), Singularity University (Mountain View), Mobile World Congress (MWC Barcelona), TechCrunch Disrupt (San Francisco), StartSe Global Conference (São Paulo).
• Professional Associations: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), CERA Global Risk Management Association, Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Institute of Directors (IoD, India), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Global Electrification Forum, Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance (IBGC), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiCHE).
The special edition series spotlights the evolving future of predictability, risk, finance, and investments – featuring Roger Spitz’s keynote appearances at:
• Risk Live Europe – Risk in the Era of Systemic Disruption, Unpredictability & Artificial Intelligence
• The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) – The Future of Risk & Uncertainty: Anticipatory Frameworks for an Unpredictable World
• CERAVISION (CERA Global Risk Management Association) – Unpredictability & Adaptive Risk Management for our Deeply Uncertain World
• The World Economic Forum – Future of Risk: Industries in Disruption
• RiskMasters – Foresight and Strategic Risk: Embracing Unpredictability
• Risk Awareness Week – Risk-Based Decision-Making
As demand surges for insights into the future of risk, predictability, and finance, Spitz is bringing bold, informed perspectives to influential stages across the globe’s financial capitals.
NEW PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF RISK AND INSURABILITY EXPLORES SYSTEMIC DISRUPTION
A new paper, “The future of risk and insurability in the era of systemic disruption, unpredictability and artificial intelligence,” has been published in the Journal of Operational Risk (Risk.Net), co-authored by Roger Spitz and Olivier Desbiey, Head of Foresight at AXA. The paper analyzes the fragile nature of traditional risk management techniques in the face of frequent, high-impact shocks and advocates for a new approach that treats disruption as systemic rather than episodic.
Drawing on expertise in finance and global boardroom insights, Roger Spitz has presented the paper’s themes at major industry events, including Risk.Net’s Risk Live Europe in London, the World Economic Forum in New York and Geneva, the IBM Center for The Business of Government in Washington D.C., the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in London, AXA in Paris, and MIT Technology Review’s EmTech in SĂŁo Paulo. These keynotes help guide global investors, senior decision-makers from Wall Street banks, leading buy-side firms, and regulators through unpredictable futures.
The research has garnered significant global interest, with Spitz delivering dozens of keynotes worldwide on the future of risk and finance. The paper addresses critical questions facing investors, financial institutions, and regulators:
â–ş How does risk decision-making change in deeply uncertain, complex environments where AI is taking over areas previously thought too important to entrust to machines?
â–ş What does it mean when risks and events have multiple concurrent stressors that can cascade, spilling over as systemic impacts of intersecting disruptions multiply and amplify?
â–ş As impacts such as climate change or geoeconomic shifts are not siloed, what adaptive future-aligned strategies are needed for assessing systemic risks and resilience?
Risk & Predictability Paper: TL;DR & Synopsis
Citation: Spitz, R., and Desbiey, O. “The future of risk and insurability in the era of systemic disruption, unpredictability and artificial intelligence”. Journal of Operational Risk. Risk.net, June 10, 2025.
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