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    Are you ready for a VERY AI world?

    AI will transform, disrupt and, who knows, replace our current consumer society. The shift is real, and serious.
    Time to dive into the trends and insights, sourced from dozens of human and synthetic experts, and then ideate your way to a new reality. Today.


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    Listen — The Trends As Podcast

    We love company events — introducing or upskilling any team to leading consumer trends and insights — and to the tools needed to turn them into actual innovations

    Watch — The Trends As Video

    We have years of experience in bringing keynotes and workshops about cross-industry consumer trends and opportunities to high-profile client events across the world

    Download — The Trends As PDF

    What better way to kick off your business event than with a cutting-edge, fresh keynote on 2026's leading consumer trends, impacting every member of your audience? 

    Some of our presenters

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    Rachada, our Bangkok-based Asia Lead, is an accomplished keynote speaker and facilitator, renowned for delivering actionable Trends Keynotes at major events such as Techsauce Global Summit, Brunei Startup Summit and Future Trends Ahead Summit (more...)

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    Rachada Apiromdej 🇹🇭

    Asia Lead

    Rachada, our Bangkok-based Asia Lead, is an accomplished keynote speaker and facilitator, renowned for delivering actionable Trends Keynotes at major events such as Techsauce Global Summit, Brunei Startup Summit and Future Trends Ahead Summit (more...)
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    A keynote speaker in 20+ countries and a serial entrepreneur, Reinier founded TrendWatching in 2002, and is now focused on building AI-powered systems that supercharge purposeful, trend-driven ideation (more...)

     

    Reinier Evers 🇳🇱

    Reinier Evers 🇳🇱
    Founder

    A keynote speaker in 20+ countries and a serial entrepreneur, Reinier founded TrendWatching in 2002, and is now focused on building AI-powered systems that supercharge purposeful, trend-driven ideation (more...)

     

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    Shruthi is a technologist and trend analyst based in the Netherlands, working at the intersection of emerging technology and society. She enjoys breaking down complex technology and mapping trends, and bringing them to life through facilitation and (more...)

     

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    Senior Trend Analyst

    Shruthi is a technologist and trend analyst based in the Netherlands, working at the intersection of emerging technology and society. She enjoys breaking down complex technology and mapping trends, and bringing them to life through facilitation and (more...)

     

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    Robbie is one of our London-based Senior Trend Analysts, with a professional background working in the travel industry as a writer, editor and brand strategist (more...)

    Robbie Hodges 🇬🇧

    Robbie Hodges 🇬🇧
    Senior Trend Analyst
    Robbie is one of our London-based Senior Trend Analysts, with a professional background working in the travel industry as a writer, editor and brand strategist (more...)
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    Victoria Loomes is Head of Trends at TrendWatching and has delivered over 140 consumer trend keynotes, webinars, workshops and trend safaris in more than 30 cities across the world, both in person and virtually (more...)

    Victoria Loomes 🇬🇧

    Victoria Loomes 🇬🇧
    Head of Trends
    Victoria Loomes is Head of Trends at TrendWatching and has delivered over 140 consumer trend keynotes, webinars, workshops and trend safaris in more than 30 cities across the world, both in person and virtually (more...)
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    Erick is our Amsterdam-based Head of AI,, with a passion for social justice and a knack for bringing consumer trends to life through vibrant storytelling (more...)

    Erick Smet 🇳🇱 🇧🇪

    Erick Smet 🇳🇱 🇧🇪
    Head of AI Innovation
    Erick is our Amsterdam-based Head of AI,, with a passion for social justice and a knack for bringing consumer trends to life through vibrant storytelling (more...)
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    Based in Barcelona, and with a professional background split across various agencies and consultancy firms in Europe and LATAM, Livia is passionate about consumer trends and has a wealth of experience helping brands (more...)

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    Livia Fioretti 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
    Director of Insights
    Based in Barcelona, and with a professional background split across various agencies and consultancy firms in Europe and LATAM, Livia is passionate about consumer trends and has a wealth of experience helping brands (more...)
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    🇹🇭 Trend Keynote at South East Asia's largest Tech Summit in Bangkok

    Last August, we delivered a thought-provoking keynote on AI × Consumer Expectations at TechSauce Bangkok — the largest annual gathering of tech professionals, entrepreneurs and investors in Southeast Asia.

    🇸🇬 Keynotes for Braze's Singaporean & global clients

    Our analysts delivered a series of tailored consumer trend keynotes and workshops for Braze, one of the world’s leading customer engagement firms, at Braze’s annual City x City Clients Events — across the globe. 

    🇹🇭 Trend Session at Thailand’s premier tourism summit in Bangkok

    Last June, we delivered an inspiring deep dive into the future of experiences at the Thailand Travel Mart Plus in Phuket, organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). The one-hour session, geared towards global tour operators and industry professionals, covered a range of topics shaping the travel landscape, from the rise of ‘awescaping’ to AI travel companions and community-centric vacations.

    🇩🇪 Interactive Keynote for Beiersdorf's regional team

    We delivered a Consumer Trends Keynote for Beiersdorf’s regional team — exploring evolving beauty consumer expectations and industry innovations. The interactive session sparked a wealth of ideas, equipping participants with actionable insights.

    🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 Trend Keynotes for Mastercard's clients — worldwide

    As part of Mastercard's in-person and virtual innovation programs, TrendWatching over the last years has delivered 20+ consumer trend keynotes and ideation workshops. Covering topics from Gen Alpha to the future of payments, these sessions help Mastercard's clients to create customer-centric experiences.

     

    🇩🇪 Trend workshops & Hamburg tour with Marriott's senior management

    Our analysts led a two-day innovation sprint for general managers from across various Marriott hotel brands. After an in-depth trend session, the group was led on a  tour across Hamburg’s innovation scene; from stepping into the control room of a robotics scale-up to meeting stakeholders of a major urban regeneration project.

     

    🇳🇴 Keynotes for one of Norway's leading marketing associations

    For five consecutive years, TrendWatching has delivered thought-provoking presentations featuring key trends from our annual Trend Report to Markedsføringsforeningen (MFO), one of the leading marketing associations in Norway. 

     

    🇨🇴 Trend Webinar with the Central America Bottling Corporation

    We hosted a workshop for CBC, one of the largest bottlers in Latin America. The session empowered CBC professionals and their agency teams to better identify emerging consumer trends and incorporate them into their innovation processes. 

     

    🇨🇦 Emerging trends sessions with Canadian bank's senior management

    We are working with RBC’s marketing team in Toronto to develop a trend framework built around the bank’s brand pillars, guiding guide strategy and innovation in the years ahead. 

     

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    All upcoming and previous keynotes & workshops

    Check out where and to whom we've presented over the years, and which organizations and events have already booked us in for the coming months

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    What our clients are saying

    Global Food Service Brand 🇺🇸

    Foresight Manager

    "Just wanted to say a huge thank you for your time today! A really fantastic presentation as ever, and some super feedback already from across the organisation. Think we had close to a 100 attendees! We’ll share the TW report with all attendees and direct them to the platform, too."

    DeOne Academy 🇹🇭

    Chaipat Lertlucktaweekul - CEO

    “Leng's presentation was a peak and a highlight.
    Everyone kept talking about the TrendWatching information that was shared."

    Global Hospitality Brand 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪

    Brand Manager

    "Our GMs found your sessions very insightful and appreciated seeing different businesses outside of their own spaces. 
    Thank you for being great partners in this, I really believe we made a strong impact."

    Marketing Consultancy 🇺🇸

    Lead Client Partner

    "The standout session for me was by Erick Smet who spoke about brands competing in the expectation economy and covered 5 trends with some cool examples of what brands are doing that I found super interesting."

    Restaurant Services Provider 🇺🇸

    VP of Insights

    "Thanks, it was a great presentation. Everybody was engaged and the examples were spot on."

    Fashion Accessories Brand 🇨🇴

    Co-Founder

    "Thank you for shining a light on what often goes unseen. Your support is helping us showcase the incredible abilities of blind people and bring inclusive fashion to more people. You’ve been such an important part of making our project more impactful and inspiring others along the way."

    Blink Digital 🇮🇳

    Khushboo Bhatt — Associate Vice President

    "The TrendWatching workshop was a great mix of insights and hands-on learning! The canvases provided a fantastic framework to kickstart strategic thinking, making it easier to apply trends in a structured way. The interactive format kept things dynamic, and the AI tools introduced were especially exciting—can’t wait to explore them further!"

    Financial Institution 🇨🇦

    Senior Director, Brand Strategy

    "A sincere thank you for wowing our executive audience yesterday. Everyone walked away inspired and energized by the trends."

    Heritage Retail Brand 🇬🇧

    Customer Insights Manager - Trends

    "Just wanted to a drop note to say how much I (and my colleagues!) enjoyed the webinar you held on the 2025 trends! So much to go after, and you delivered it Robbie in such a clear and engaging way – 7 trends is no mean feat to get through, and your pace, reasoning and brand examples were perfect."

    Global Customer Engagement Solution Brand 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇸🇬

    VP, Global Events and Content

    "I wanted to take a quick moment and thank you again for joining us in NYC last week! Your keynote was the highest rated one we had (absolutely no surprise to me!)"

     

     

    International NGO 🇹🇭

    Brand and Communications Manager

    "The event was amazing, I particularly enjoyed  the trend canvas workshop. Well done team!"
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