Patrick Dixon is often described as Europe's leading futurist. Author of 16 books, including Futurewise and The Future of (Almost) Everything published by Profile, he has advised over 400 of the world's largest corporations on a wide range of global trends. Clients include Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn and many of the world's largest manufacturers as well as governments. A cancer physician by training, his first start-up company over 40 years ago was an AI-simulation, using computers to interview and diagnose patients. His website globalchange.com has had 15 million unique visitors with 9 million video views. Over 575,000 copies of Patrick's books are in print translated into 36 languages.