Keynotes and workshops that provoke, inspire and educate. Participants leave with practical tools, prompts, and ready-to-use frameworks that they can put to use straight away - personally and professionally.
Formats
Keynotes
Thought-provoking presentations that challenge assumptions and open up new possibilities.
Workshops
Interactive sessions that turn futures thinking into practical ideas and action.
Executive Roundtables
Facilitated conversations that help leadership teams explore complex challenges and make sense of change.
Fireside Chats & Panels
Engaging, unscripted discussions that bring fresh perspectives and ideas to life.
Whether it’s a keynote speech for a conference, a half day workshop for suppliers or a briefing on megatrends for your leadership team, Victoria can create a futures-focused presentation tailored to your industry and audience. Her presentations are evidence-based, deeply human, and full of surprising stories - helping people feel less overwhelmed by the future, and more equipped to shape it.
Victoria has presented to individual companies, industry organisations, trade conferences and professional institutes.
Recent speaking engagements
I joined BDO leaders from across New Zealand and Australia for a keynote and hands-on futures workshop …
I joined a panel at the NZIA conference exploring the value of design in the built environment …
I facilitated an executive roundtable for a global insurer’s New Zealand leadership team …
I delivered a keynote and workshop for an insurers’ leadership retreat, bringing together Aotearoa's leading health insurance advisers …
I opened the Kaleidoscope FMCG Future Leaders Forum with a keynote for emerging leaders and their CEOs …
I delivered a keynote at the Fashion and Textiles Summit, exploring the forces reshaping Aotearoa New Zealand’s fashion and textiles sector …
I delivered the opening keynote and led a workshop at this national gathering of senior medical leaders …
I was engaged by Wealthpoint to run a keynote and workshop session for the organisation’s top 25 insurance advisors …
I delivered a presentation focusing on how networks move from loose connection to collective impact …
I delivered a keynote presentation to a selection of BNZ’s high wealth female customers (existing and prospective) …
I delivered a keynote speech at SIFA’s Queenstown conference, examining megatrends, demographic shifts and the upcoming “great wealth transfer”
I delivered a keynote on future trends and foresight tools, then created a workshop designed to help the trust navigate the landscape of organisations and funders …
I delivered a keynote exploring the future of natural health in the context of wider structural shifts reshaping society, healthcare, trust, technology and consumer behaviour.
I delivered a 40-minute keynote address to the New Zealand Executive Assistants’ Conference …
I delivered a keynote on the role of networks in helping people and organisations respond to uncertainty, complexity and rapid change.
I delivered a keynote focused on the major shifts likely to shape the future for women, and how to recognise and prepare for them early.
I joined a panel discussion on the future of work, business and the economy …
I delivered a keynote examining the megatrends likely to shape the future of health and medicine, and what those shifts may mean for providers, patients and the wider health system
I delivered a foresight briefing at a leadership strategy day on the future of refrigeration and manufacturing, examining the wider forces likely to reshape the cold chain sector over the coming decade
I joined a panel discussion on scenario planning focused on why scenarios are such a useful tool in a period of heightened uncertainty and transition
I delivered a keynote focused on the megatrends shaping the future of insurance risk and resilience …
I delivered interactive and hands-on workshops for a group of senior business leaders focused on the tools and mindsets of the anticipatory leader
I delivered a keynote and workshop on the future of global security, focused on risk, resilience, and the broader forces reshaping the operating environment.
I co-facilitated a workshop for officials on practical foresight tools that can support longer-term thinking inside government …
I delivered a keynote and interactive workshop exploring whether we can build a better economy for the long term
I delivered a presentation on foresight networks and the role they can play in helping people work better together in times of change
I delivered a guest lecture on what the global futures community can learn from Aotearoa New Zealand