Paul Papadimitriou
Intelligencr, Founder
A true citizen of the world, Paul Papadimitriou is a digital futurist and a management consultant. He is the founder of Intelligencr, an innovation scouting firm he started in Tokyo in 2008. Paul started off at a young age in 1996 developing websites to pay for his studies. In 2000, Paul’s career took off when he joined the company that created the first public WAP portal prior to joining the Geneva Business Federation. In 2008, Paul moved to Japan where he started Driving Left, a digital business development company and started co-organizing several communities during his stay there. In 2009, Paul moved to Europe but continues to commute between there and Japan to continue his duties.
Paul is an expert on the emerging digital revolution and how it transforms businesses and societies. He travels the world researching world trends, witnessing new identities and behaviors being created, how different cultures shape innovation and how innovation and technology are impacting societies. The accumulated intelligence is delivered to his clients to guide them through the opportunities and challenges of innovation and to better understand the gap between online and offline behaviors. As an innovation scouter, Paul keeps an eye out for startups around the world that redefine innovation and add value to the digital world and advises them on how to understand the ever-changing ecosystem.
With a busy schedule like Paul’s, it is hard to understand how he also manages to find the time to produce and host a weekly video series on digital innovation, The Digital Loop that he also founded in 2013, in addition to founding Layovers in 2014 that specializes in aviation innovation. Paul also manages to travel to 4 continents as a keynote speaker!
A citizen of the world, a digital futurist, a lobbyist, a management consultant, and a keynote speaker, Paul will surely provide us with a wealth of knowledge of the digital industry.
Watch his keynote at BDL Accelerate 2014 on innovation in emerging markets:
