Scott Steinberg · Consultant, Analyst and Business Strategist
Programs need more than presenters. Like the best guest speaker for events headliners note, keynote presentations need all-star experts, panels need moderators who make programs worth attending, conferences require hosts who hold a multi-day agenda together, and meetings strategic facilitators who get a roomful of executives genuinely talking. A consultant to 3000+ brands, Scott Steinberg works across all formats for audiences in every industry.
Panel moderation, fireside chats and interviews, event hosting and emcee duties, breakout and track sessions, workshops and facilitated sessions, executive dinners and roundtables, virtual appearances and media participation. Sample topics: Change management, future of work, AI innovation, leadership, strategy, resilience, creativity and more. We work in all industries: Insurance, finance, fintech, banking, retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical, law, accounting, financial services, etc.
Each format can be booked individually or combined across a single visit, which is both more economical and more effective once the audience knows who you are.
Moderating industry panels, executive panels and mixed-format sessions, with preparation covering each panelist’s background, public positions and where their views genuinely diverge.
The job of famous guest speaker for events picks includes shaping the question set with organizers beforehand, managing airtime across participants and drawing out the disagreement that makes a session worth attending.
On-stage interviews with executives, founders, authors and industry figures, prepared from their published work and prior appearances so the conversation opens new ground.
Formats range from a fifteen-minute headline conversation to an hour-long session with audience questions.
Anchoring conferences, summits and multi-day programs: opening and closing each day, introducing speakers with context, linking sessions and keeping the agenda moving.
Also our futurist guest speaker for events hosts are available for awards evenings, galas and recognition programs where the evening needs a host rather than a presenter.
Focused sessions within larger programs, covering technology, AI, innovation, consumer trends and industry-specific subjects at greater depth than a main-stage slot allows.
The smaller format supports genuine discussion, and sessions are built to use that rather than replicate a keynote at reduced scale.
Working sessions built around structured exercises, covering innovation, strategic foresight, scenario planning and adapting to change.
Delivered via top guest speaker for events headliners as standalone half-day and full-day programs or as follow-on work after a keynote earlier in the agenda.
Small-format sessions for senior audiences: hosted dinners, advisory roundtables, customer councils and closed-door discussions.
The role is opening a substantive conversation among the participants and guiding it, which suits groups of eight to thirty.
Remote participation across all of these formats, delivered from a dedicated broadcast setup with a redundant connection and a technical rehearsal on your platform.
Online and virtual delivery makes international programs and awkward time zones practical, and opens dates that travel would otherwise rule out.
On-site interviews with trade and general press, recorded segments for event content libraries, and podcast or livestream appearances produced around the program.
Content captured during the visit extends the event’s reach well beyond the room and the dates.
Sessions and moderation are prepared for the specific sector, drawing on consulting work across more than 3,000 organizations.
Consumer electronics, software and SaaS, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, telecommunications and IT audiences.
Banking, credit unions, payments, wealth management, insurance, legal, accounting and consulting audiences.
Retail and e-commerce, consumer products, food and beverage, travel and tourism, hotels, restaurants and events.
Healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, energy, real estate, education, associations and government audiences.
Scott Steinberg is a futurist guest speaker for events, keynote presenter and business trends expert with over 25 years of experience advising more than 3,000 businesses and brands, from startups to government agencies and Fortune 500 firms.
He is the author of over 30 books and has published more than five thousand articles covering technology, marketing, leadership, innovation, advertising and digital transformation. He appears regularly on ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC.
He has led seminars, keynotes and training programs for organizations including Wells Fargo, the PGA Tour, Century 21, Ford, Dell and Procter & Gamble, and has been recognized by the International Association for Scholastic Excellence, Fortune and the 21st Century Icon Awards.
Panel moderation, fireside chats and on-stage interviews, event hosting and emcee duties, breakout and track sessions, workshops and facilitated sessions, executive dinners and roundtables, virtual appearances and media participation at your event.
Technology, artificial intelligence and telecommunications; financial services, insurance and professional services; retail, consumer products, travel and hospitality; healthcare, manufacturing, energy, real estate, education, associations and government. Consulting work spans more than 3,000 organizations.
Research on each panelist covering their background, published positions and where their views actually differ, plus a planning call with organizers on what the session should accomplish and how the question set should be shaped.
Yes, and it is both common and economical. A frequent arrangement pairs a keynote or breakout early in the program with panel moderation later the same day, where having already presented gives the moderator standing with the room.
All of them, delivered from a dedicated broadcast setup with a redundant connection and a technical rehearsal on your platform. Remote delivery also makes international programs and unusual time zones practical.
Share your date, format, audience and industry. Multiple formats across one visit are common and priced accordingly.
A frequent arrangement pairs a keynote or breakout early in the program with panel moderation later the same day. Having already presented gives a moderator standing with the room and makes the panel work harder.