Keynote Speaker · Futurist · M7 Innovations
THE TALK THEY’LL STILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN Q4.
Founder of M7 Innovations — the R&D firm building tomorrow for the world’s most ambitious brands. When executives need answers, they call Matt.
Years at the Frontier
Episodes, Innovation Brief
MIT Media Lab Partner
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Why Matt
NOT JUST A TALK.
A TURNING POINT.
There are speakers who talk about the future. Then there’s Matt Maher, a futurist who has spent over a decade building it for the world’s most ambitious brands.
Matt doesn’t bring a polished deck and a standard keynote. He brings proprietary intelligence: from the MIT Media Lab, from the AI startups no one else has access to, from the Fortune 500 innovation labs where tomorrow is already being stress-tested today, and he translates it into a clear, custom playbook built specifically for your room.
The result isn’t inspiration that fades by Monday morning. It’s a framework your team can act on the same day.
The M7 Intelligence Advantage
MIT Media Lab Data
AI Partner Product Roadmaps
Fortune 500 Brand Signals
Live Hardware Testing
“Predicting the future isn’t hard when you have these four signals. It becomes an inevitability.” — Matt Maher
01 — CUSTOM
Every Talk Is Built For Your Room
Before Matt sets foot on your stage, his team conducts qualitative stakeholder interviews to understand your industry, your audience, and the exact tensions you’re navigating. The result is a keynote that feels like it was written specifically for your organization, because it was.
02 — ACTIONABLE
Every Keynote Ends With a Playbook
Matt closes every engagement with a crawl-walk-run framework: a concrete, staged action plan your team can start executing on immediately. Not theory. Not inspiration. A roadmap your CMO, your CTO, and your team lead can all use.
03 — PROPRIETARY
Intelligence No One Else Has
As the 36th official partner of the MIT Media Lab Consortium and advisor to CHANEL and Glimpse Group, Matt sits at the intersection of academia, enterprise, and the startup frontier. The data he brings to your stage isn’t available on Google. It comes from inside the rooms where the future is being built.
04 — ACCESSIBLE
Your CEO and Your Whole Team Will Both Get It
Matt is a tech translator at heart. He speaks brand, he speaks code, he speaks strategy, and he delivers it in a way that’s genuinely exciting to every level of an organization. No one in the room will feel lost. Everyone will leave energized.
Fortune 500 Clients Served
Years CHANEL Advisory
MIT Media Lab Partner
Innovation Briefs Published
Vogue Innovators 2024
SPEAKING PACKAGES
FOUR WAYS TO
BRING MATT IN.
From a 60-minute lunch-and-learn to a full-day immersive brand partnership, every engagement is tailored, every outcome is measurable.
01
Signature Keynote
A fully custom keynote built around your organization’s challenges, industry, and audience.
- Crawl-walk-run action framework delivered post-talk
- Post-event strategic recap document
- Custom keynote built for your specific audience
- Proprietary MIT + M7 intelligence woven throughout
02
Keynote + Half Day
The complete immersive experience. A custom keynote followed by an interactive half-day working session.
- Everything in the Signature Keynote, plus:
- Interactive half-day applied working session
- Real-time mapping of capability gaps and opportunities
- Working through your actual client scenarios and use cases
03
The Tech Tasting
Matt and his team arrive with $100,000 worth of the most cutting-edge hardware and emerging technology.
- Hands-on demos of latest hardware and emerging tech
- Bespoke guided experience led by Matt and M7 team
- Available as standalone event or keynote add-on
- Every participant leaves having touched the future
04
Lunch & Learn
A focused 60-minute deep dive on a single topic: AI-first search, agentic AI, spatial computing, or whatever your team needs.
- 60-minute focused topic presentation
- Light customization to your industry and context
- Q&A session included
- Follow-up resource brief distributed to attendees
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER?
THE BRAND AMBASSADOR MODEL
Matt serves as the external face of forward-looking initiatives for select enterprise partners: hosting events, delivering internal thought leadership, producing social content, and representing the brand at industry moments. This is the highest-value, most integrated engagement model M7 offers.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
FOUR TALKS.
ALL OF THEM INEVITABLE.
Every keynote is fully customizable to your industry and audience. These are the core topics Matt and the M7 team are building around, each one aligned to an M7 pillar and each one hitting exactly where CMOs and innovation leads are feeling the pressure right now.
01
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • SEARCH
The AI-First Search Playbook
ChatGPT isn’t a chatbot — it’s the new search engine, processing three billion queries a month. This talk is a clear roadmap on GEO, AEO, and agentic AI for executive teams who need to act.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • AGENTIC AI
Navigating an Agentic World
AI agents browse, buy, and make decisions that look human to your analytics stack — Amazon and eBay have already banned them. This talk is the framework for a world where your most important customer might not be human.
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03
COMMERCE • LOYALTY • AR/VR
Virtual Retail & the Future of Loyalty
The sea of sameness is breaking: AR/VR, Web3, and immersive design are transforming digital retail from a transaction into a destination. Featuring M7’s Webby Award-winning work…
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WEB3 • DIGITAL EVOLUTION • EMERGING PLATFORMS
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the New Internet
Spatial computing, AI-native interfaces, and the collapse of traditional discovery have left most organizations strapped to a rocket with no navigation system. This talk is the GPS — and the whitespace map.
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Where Matt Has Spoken
WORLD STAGES.
REAL ROOMS.
Offsite Summits and Townhalls:
MIT
Keynote address to scientists, PhDs, and global researchers.
CHANEL
MC for CHANEL’s executive leadership, presenting the luxury brand technology roadmap.
E*TRADE
National marketing offsite keynote for senior leadership.
COX AUTOMOTIVE
Ongoing brand ambassador and keynote at national leadership events.
Global Innovation Events:
CES
Keynote at the world’s largest consumer technology conference.
SXSW
Keynotes at the intersection of technology, culture, and creative industries.
BRAND INNOVATORS
Featured speaker at Brand Innovators, one of marketing’s most prestigious annual events.
ADCLUBNY
Innovation panel and keynote at the ADTHINK series.
BOOK MATT
LET’S MAKE
YOUR EVENT
UNFORGETTABLE.
Every great keynote starts with a conversation. Tell us about your event and what your audience needs, Matt’s team responds within one business day with a customized recommendation.
| RESPONSE TIME | Within 1 business day of inquiry submission |
| LEAD TIME | Minimum 6–8 weeks preferred for custom engagements |
| EVENT TYPES | Corporate offsites, annual conferences, executive retreats, leadership summits, industry panels, townhalls |
| FORMAT | In-person preferred · Virtual available · Hybrid on request |
Not sure which package is right for your event? Describe what you’re trying to accomplish and Matt’s team will build the right solution around your goals and budget.