Harald Neidhardt

CEO & Curator, Futur/io Institute

Harald Neidhardt is the CEO and Curator of the Futur/io Institute, where he has grown an influential faculty and think tank of innovators, futurists and thought leaders – home to the co-creators of desirable, regenerative futures.

With a select group of inspiring futurist faculty, leading corporate innovators and creative minds from startups & science, he has launched the Futur/io Institute, a new platform and community for global innovation leaders to help co-create a vision for desirable futures. Under his leadership, the institute offers executive training, curates bespoke ideation & co-creation experiences, and he is the initiator of the Futur/io CSO Awards for sustainable leadership.

Harald is passionate about meaning in technology, leadership for regenerative futures and understanding of exponential technologies and their opportunities for society, brands and entrepreneurs – especially in Europe. He believes in a future where ideas, innovation and businesses drive a regenerative economy within the planetary boundaries.

He is an advisor to the UNFCCC Resilient Frontiers initiative and an expert member of the World Economic Forum workgroup on digital platforms & ecosystems projects. Harald is a Singularity University alumnus and is a keynote speaker on sustainable innovation at many international conferences, including COP26, TEDx (Hongkong, Hamburg, Marrakesh), SXSW, SingularityU Summit (NL/USA/DE), Wired, Next, MWC/4YFN and is a speaker at corporate executive events.

He published five books, most recently “Leadership for Sustainable Futures”, “Moonshots for Europe”, and “Before this Decade is Out”. Harald is the host of the CSO Impact Podcast.