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  • Joseph Raczynski

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Joseph Raczynski is a global leader in leveraging emerging technologies to improve economic competitiveness, equity, and business resilience. He delivers actionable and forward-thinking technological intelligence with a focus on future trends guidance shaping the world.
     

    His primary focus is around the future of technology, speaking globally about Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency, DAOs, NFTs, and the Metaverse, Cybersecurity, ChatGPT, and LegalTech. He also writes about economic, political, and global technology trends as they impact the crossroads of our personal and professional lives. He has been quoted hundreds of times in over a dozen languages. Joseph hosts Technology Snippets Today a video podcast series, exploring cutting edge technology and innovation. He served as a mentor with the Columbia | IBM Blockchain Accelerator and is a presidential committee appointee to the American Bar Association, Center for Innovation Governing Council, and serves as a corporate liaison to the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned a dual degree in Economics and Sociology and holds a Masters in eCommerce and an MBA.
     

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    Thoughts, musings, and ruminations.

  • My Predictions

    For Fun - Based on Years of Observations & Research - Predicted in 2015

    Wireless Power

    2020

    Wireless power will illuminate lights and charge your devices without, yes, wires. Using electromagnetic waves, our smaller, and later larger components, will no longer require cords plugged into the wall for power. It will start with phones and smaller everyday devices and later grow to lights, larger screens, and move onto the electric car. 

    Drones

    2020

    You will be receiving small packages via drone at your house. Certainly by this year these devices will fill the sky with photographers, capturing impressive angles previously only caught by helicopter or plane. These quad-copters will eventually be utilized by delivering emergency goods like a heart defibrillators or rescue buoys to those in need. When the highways in the sky are regulated for drone traffic later in the 2020's, shipments will be a common occurrence. 

    Digital Currency

    2025

    There will be a world currency – Bitcoin or like cryptocurrency. With the blockchain revolution about to take hold on a massive scale, which is the creation of secure, transferable assets via the internet, one key aspect will be the "privatization" of money. Both government agencies and private institutions can both create value using a 'tokenized' system based on blockchain technology. So you will eventually see a "Digital Dollar", or likely China, Russia or Iran doing this first. A company or a government agency will create a digital asset that can be sent around the world with easy in seconds, for low-no fee, and likely without using a bank - but could be far more traceable than cash, depending on how the currency is initiated.

    Autonomous Vehicles

    2025 - 2035

    Your car insurer will incentivize you to NOT drive your car as driverless cars dominate. Starting in the cities first, slower ride-shares will allow for the picking up and dropping off of people by cars without drivers. On the highways you will see larger trucks without drivers delivering goods across their respective continent.

     

    In 2035 it will be illegal for humans to drive. At this point, statistics will prove out that humans make far more errors when driving and on some roads, it will be illegal for humans to operate the cars without computer assistance. For those people that enjoy their driving, designated tracks and roads will be available - more for sport and leisure.

    Cable Companies

    2025

    Cable TV will not exist. As content becomes digitized through a multitude of outlets, control over how people receive this content will expand. Creative individuals will begin to create professional content to be consumed by anyone globally via mobile devices and eventually virtual reality headsets. The options for content will only expand and decentralize the traditional model as next generation access 5th Gen comes into play.

    Power Companies

    2025

    Massive power companies will be almost unnecessary – sub stations will reign. If you live in a sunnier than not area, your roof will be a cheap power source. Your home will get a batter to store the energy earned throughout the day. Increasingly roads will also supply cheaper power to cities and towns around the world.

    Law Firms

    2025

    Many of the Am Law top 200 law firms will no longer exist. Considerable consolidation of law firms will likely happen in the 2020's. As technology takes hold and some firms do not adjust by leveraging newer, cheaper, and more efficient means, their best practice areas will be picked up and the other portions might fade away.

    Higher Education

    2030

    A significant number of traditional colleges will no longer exist. As online learning takes flight, having the multitude of ever dollar skyrocketing universities and colleges around the world will be seen as less attractive and valuable. The ability to bottle lectures by the best teachers online, at a fraction of the cost, because of scale, will dominate. It is only a matter of time when people elect to stop paying significant sums of money for the colleges of yesteryear. 

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    ALA of Seattle

    Speaker: Into the Metaverse, The Impact on Legal

    Seattle, WA - May, 2023

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Consensus 2023 - CeFi Broke, but is DeFi Without Blame? - Grit Daily House Stage

    Moderator: CeFi Broke, but is DeFi Without Blame?

    Austin, TX - April, 2023

     

    Moderator:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Web3 Toronto

    Speaker: Blockchain and Metaverse - What's Next

    Toronto, Canada - March 2, 2023

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Regulating the Future Global Forum, Dubai

    Presenter: Under Pressure: Global Regulations Market In Age of Disruption

    Dubai, UAE - February 15, 2023

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    ALA of Greater Los Angeles & Orange County

    Speaker: Into the Metaverse, The Impact on Legal

    Marriott Anaheim, CA - February 10, 2023

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Marketing Partner Forum

    Moderator: - Strategy Around Web3 Technologies

    Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - January 25, 2023

     

    Moderator:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    SYNERGY Executive Summit

    Panelist: Optimizing Technology Innovation and Digital Transformation

    National Harbor, MD November 16, 2022

     

    Panelist:

    Joseph Raczynski, Technologist & Futurist, Thomson Reuters

    Wendy Butler Curtis, Chief Innovation Officer, Orrick
    Zara Roberts Gerald, Managing Director and Chief Counsel, Technology, Digital and Innovation, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc,
    Aileen Schultz, Director, Data and Model Policy and Ethics, Thomson Reuters

    Kriti Sharma, Head of Product, LegalTech, Thomson Reuters

    COO & CFO Forum

    Moderator: Into The Metaverse

    Marriott Downtown, October 28, 2022

     

    Moderator:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Panelists:

    Janet Balis, Americas Marketing Practice Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
    Guido Molinari, Managing Partner, Prysm Group
    Bill Kerr, General Counsel, Everyrealm Inc.
    Mark Reinstra, General Counsel, Roblox
     

    Dubai Future Forum - Wealth Beyond Value

    Museum of the Future, Dubai, UAE - October 10-12, 2022

    Panelists:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Duncan Cass-Beggs - Counsellor for Strategic Foresight, OECD

    Dr. Susann Roth - Chief of Knowledge Management, Asian Development Bank

    Vilas Dhar - Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

     

    NEARCON

    Consultant

    Lisbon, Portugal - September 12-14, 2022

     

    Consultant:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    ILTACON 2022 – Blockchain - Are you prepared for DeFi, NFTs & DAOs?

    Speaker

    National Harbor, Maryland - August 20, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)

    Presentation: Into the Metaverse

    Virtual - July 20, 2022

     

    Presenter:

    Joseph Raczynski

    Technologist and Futurist

    LegalTech Master's Class for 24Ore Business School, Rome, Italy

    Presenter: The Latest LegalTech Technologies & Their Impact

    Virtual to Italian Audience - June 11, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Law Firm General Counsel Roundtable - The Metaverse and Legal
    Presenter

    Presenter: Into the Metaverse

    Washington, DC - Hogan Lovells - June 2, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Manifest Destiny: Risk, Opportunity & Reward Around Digital Currencies - Inter-Blockchain Connections

    Moderator

    New York, NY - The Westin Grand Central - April 14-15, 2022

     

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    University of Toronto Legal Hackers - Legal Start-up Pitches

    Judge: Start-up Ideas

    Webinar, February 19, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Panel of Federal & Appellate Judges

    Presenter: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, NFTs and the Metaverse in Legal

    Webinar, February 16, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    Fordham University School of Law - The Metaverse & Blockchain in Legal

    Presenter: Emerging Technology in Legal

    Virtual - February 1 and 24, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    The 29th Annual Marketing Partner Forum - Startup Alley
    Moderator

    Presenter: Emerging Technology in Legal

    Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island - January 21, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

    ALANYC: Association of Legal Administrators of New York City

    Presenter: Emerging Technology in Legal

    New York - January 13, 2022

     

    Speaker:

    Joseph Raczynski - Technologist & Futurist

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