Perttu Pölönen
Inventor, Futurist & Composer
Perttu Pölönen is an inventor, futurist, composer and start up entrepreneur who has won the European Union's Competition for Young Scientists and graduated from Singularity University, a think tank located at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. He is a walking example of an interdisciplinary person.
"Everything is possible when nothing is certain."
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- Attitude & Change
- Host & Moderator
- Creativity & Innovation
- Society & Future
- Entrepreneurship
- Digitalisation & Technology
Languages
He presents in English and Finnish.
How he presents
Perttu is an energetic speaker who encourages his audience to face the biggest technological and societal questions of our time.
Books & Media
- Future Skills
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In Detail
Perttu is originally an academically trained composer from Sibelius Academy, but has also studied exponential technologies in Silicon Valley. He has been working as a disruption analyst for a management consultancy firm and established a non-profit, 360ed, that helps teachers in Myanmar improve their pedagogy skills using virtual reality technology. Perttu's invention, MusiClock, is an example of how a personal challenge can be turned into an internationally awarded and patented product and a startup. The MusiClock mobile app has been featured by Apple and became #1 music app in over 10 countries. In the main Finnish media, Perttu has been called a highbrow, genius and a fearless inventor, who has even attended the Nobel festivities in Stockholm.
WHAT he OFFERS YOU
Perttu Pölönen is an inspiring speaker who talks about disruption, megatrends, exponential technologies and their tremendous impacts on people, organizations and the future of education. Perttu's presentation are a dynamic combination of disruptive thinking from Silicon Valley and empowering optimism from a millennial. The world is open to the person who understands the evolution of technology.