Nikki Greenberg Keynote Speaker

Top 3 AI & Tech Speaker, Thought Leadership Awards (2025)
Head of Technology Strategy, $70 B global real estate portfolio
Founder, Women in PropTech & ULI Council Co‑Chair (3‑term)

Nikki Greenberg's Biography

Nikki Greenberg is a leading futurist and multi‑award‑winning innovation strategist who prepares organizations for a tech‑enabled future. She equips leaders to reimagine their businesses—aligning assets, teams and customer experiences with the increasingly digitized ways people live, work and communicate. Taglined “Tomorrow’s Insights, Today’s Solutions,” she holds a B.Arch (Hons), M.Arch and M.Comm in International Business from UNSW in Sydney.

She has held cross‑functional leadership roles with Fortune 500 companies and served as Head of Technology Strategy for a global investment manager overseeing a $70 billion real estate portfolio, where she led enterprise‑wide digital transformation. Beginning her career as an architect and urban designer on multi‑decade masterplan projects, she brings a rare blend of visionary thinking and delivery discipline. A true global citizen, her international career spans the US, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.

A highly regarded thought‑leader on future trends and real estate technology, Nikki was named a Top 3 finalist in both “Best AI & Technology Speaker” and “Best Thought Leadership Speaker” at The Speaker Awards London (2025). She has also been recognised as a Top 15 Future Trends Keynote Speaker, a Top 10 Future of Work Speaker, one of CIO View’s 5 Most Influential Women in Real Estate to Watch, a ULI Global Luminary and finalist at the MIPIM Global PropTech Awards. Audiences worldwide praise her energy, clarity and ability to translate complexity into strategic action.

On stage, Nikki brings a human‑first lens to AI, robotics and data—delivering high‑energy keynotes that equip organizations to build resilience, value and growth. Her approach draws on experience as Head of Technology Strategy, founder and Global Ambassador of Women in PropTech, and as a three‑term Co‑Chair of ULI New York’s Real Estate Technology & Innovation Council. She is a featured keynote speaker at global events including ULI’s 2025 Carolinas Meeting and the NABCA Annual Conference, where she helps leaders envision and create the built world’s next chapter.

Human First, AI Next Preparing Your Team for the Future, Today

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg leverages 2 decades of global leadership experience to demystify AI & reveal practical strategies for creating dynamic, inclusive workplaces where innovation thrives, collaboration flourishes, & teams are empowered to navigate change, foster belonging, & succeed in a rapidly evolving world. With her unique expertise in delivering projects built to serve future generations & her proven talent for inspiring positive change in traditional environments, this keynote offers practical insights delivered in a compelling, entertaining & engaging style. For anyone looking to navigate the new world of work - this is one that’s not to be missed!

Key Learning Outcomes

Create an AI Quick Start Guide: Learn actionable steps to leverage AI immediately, based on Nikki’s experience leading the digital transformation of a global organization.
How to Blend Human Expertise & AI Tech: Pair AI’s strength (like data processing & automation) with human creativity, empathy & strategic thinking - to be a future-ready organization.
Leverage Generation Strengths: Harness the expertise of seasoned employees alongside younger employees' digital fluency to drive collaboration, progress, empowerment & industry leadership.
Design 5 Year Technology Roadmap: A straightforward strategic roadmap for full AI adoption, harnessing the potential of this transformative technology to engage and empower all employees.

Today to 2050: Creating Places for the Future

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg delivers a light-hearted yet insightful keynote exploring how to shape future-ready places by blending technological advancements like AI & robotics with a human touch, creating inclusive, resilient places that enriches lives. Here, she shares insights from her expertise as a property developer on transformative projects that have shaped her perspective on the world—the places we create today must serve generations to come. Ranked as the world’s top real estate futurist, this keynote is one that’s not to be missed!

Key Learning Outcomes

Understand Future Demand: Gain insights into demographic shifts & the values of future customers & stakeholders to help align development plans with emerging needs.
Tech Trends & Readiness: Stay ahead of critical technological changes, including robotics, AI, & digital transformation, to understand their implications for people, places & organizations.
Inspiring Future Places: Learn about cutting–edge projects from around the world that are truly pushing the envelope in what is possible, shaping the future of the built environment.
Actionable Roadmap Development: Get started on future-focused initiatives while developing a sustainable long-term plan for digital transformation & AI integration.

Journey to 2030: How to Leverage the Next Five Years to Become Your Industry's Most Admired & Forward-Thinking Company

World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg's keynote equips you to proactively shape your organization's future by navigating key trends like AI, generational shifts, and workplace evolution, offering practical tools and a forward-thinking framework to embrace change, harness emerging technologies, and drive success in the next five years.

Key Learning Outcomes

Actionable Strategies for Today & Tomorrow: Practical insights you can implement today while building a robust long-term roadmap for navigating the future, including Nikki’s Future Ready Framework.
Technology Made Simple: Understand how technology is transforming industries without feeling overwhelmed, using clear & accessible explanations to get your team on board.
Overcome Barriers to Change: Learn strategies to address the biggest obstacles to innovation, including incentive misalignment, resource allocation, budget constraints & managing multi-generational workplaces.
Be a Truly Visionary Leader: Discover how visionary leaders turn bold ideas into reality & learn how you can join their ranks - igniting inspiration within your team & finding purpose in an ever-evolving world.

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Comments & Testimonials

Nikki’s lunch keynote was incredibly thought provoking. Nikki’s willingness to volunteer her time, energy, and support on behalf of our practice was greatly appreciated… and enriched our event with her presence. We hope that Nikki can join us again.

Jeffrey S Alpaugh CEO AON North America (Marsh, Chicago)

I believe the audience had their eyebrows raised a few times and the leaders starting to think about generation Z more seriously. I hope that we get a chance to have [her] onboard again in another setting, great way for everyone to get up to speed on the trends out there.

JN, CBRE Global Investors 2021 (London)

The feedback on her session has been amazing. A lot of different people have contacted me to tell me how much they enjoyed it, but also have already been suggesting things we need to start doing as a business (or doing better) because of what she highlighted and discussed.

AB, CEO, Frasers (Sydney, Australia)

Nikki’s topic ‘The 2030 Opportunity’ enabled us to all think about what’s coming next, highlighting mega trends that will shape the future of our industry. [We had] an outstanding turnout and insightful event, thanks so much Nikki!

Opteon (Sydney, Australia)