Dror Poleg Speaker

Dror Poleg Keynote Speaker

  • World-renowned expert on the future of work and cities.
  • Award-winning author of Rethinking Real Estate.
  • Trusted advisor to the world's largest financial institutions, technology firms, and property owners.

Dror Poleg's Biography

Dror Poleg is an economic historian and former tech and private equity executive who writes about the future of work, cities, and markets. His award-winning book, Rethinking Real Estate, anticipated the global reshuffling of offices, homes, and economic activity triggered by digital and economic change. His insights have appeared in The New York TimesThe Wall Street JournalThe AtlanticBloomberg, NBC, and other major publications.

A sought-after keynote speaker, Dror explores how AI and other technologies are rewriting the rules of productivity, power, and investing. He has briefed executives at Fortune 500 companies and global institutions, including UBS, Bank of America, CBRE, HSBC, and Indeed. His analysis draws on firsthand experience as a startup founder, investor, parliamentary adviser, combat veteran, and father.

Dror holds a Master’s in Economic History from the London School of Economics and has spoken at institutions including the University of Zurich, Wharton, MIT, and Columbia. His global perspective is shaped by years of living and working in Beijing, London, Paris, Melbourne, and Tel Aviv. He now lives in New York with his wife and children.

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Dror Poleg's Speaking Topics

  • AI & The City

How Technology Is Reshaping Real Estate, Offices, and Urban Life: Discover exactly how AI transforms cities, offices, and property markets—and how you can profit from these changes

  • All Swans Are Black

Thriving When Nothing Makes Sense. Today’s economy runs on unpredictability. Learn how to harness volatility and turn uncertainty into your strategic advantage.

  • How to Win the Lottery

Career Advice for an Age of AI. Clear, practical strategies to build resilient careers and prepare the next generation for unprecedented uncertainty.

  • Practical AI

10 Things Everyone Needs to Know Right Now. Cut through the hype—learn exactly how AI impacts your career and business, and what steps you need to take today.

  • The Future of Work

  • The Future of Cities

  • ESG and Impact Investment in Real Estate

  • Placemaking for the 21st Century 

  • The history and future of real estate innovators: WeWork, Airbnb, OpenDoor and beyond.

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Why Book Dror Poleg as a speaker?

  • He is an economic historian and former tech and private equity executive who explains how AI and digital disruption are reshaping work, cities and markets.

  • He anticipated the global reshuffling of offices, homes and economic activity in his award-winning book, Rethinking Real Estate, and equips leaders with frameworks to act on the shifts he tracks.

  • He briefs Fortune 500 executives and global institutions, helping them stress-test strategy around productivity, power, investing and the future of the workplace.

  • He combines rigorous research with firsthand experience as a founder, investor and adviser, translating complex economic change into clear, practical guidance for decision-makers.

  • He brings a truly global lens shaped by living and working across major cities worldwide, helping audiences understand how location, technology and capital are reconfiguring opportunity.

Videos of Dror Poleg

General Purpose Urbanism: What Cities Can Learn From AI Chips
Dror Poleg: AI & The City @ WeWork London
EPRA Conference 2018 - Interview with keynote speaker Dror Poleg
2021 A Year of Passionate Intensity
Can Offices Become Housing? Dror Poleg in conversation with Steven PaynterNOT YET RATED

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Books by Dror Poleg

Rethinking Real Estate: A Roadmap to Technology’s Impact on the World’s Largest Asset Class

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