Custom Industry Keynote Speaker
50+ Topics. One Speaker. Built for Your Audience.
With 50+ issues of What the Future covering Food, Wellness, AI, Trust, Pets, Family, Attention, Indulgence, and more — Matt Carmichael can build a custom "future of…" keynote for virtually any industry or audience. Original Ipsos data. Custom-built for you.
// How the Custom Talk Works
Most "custom" keynotes are the same talk with your logo on the title slide. Matt's custom engagements are genuinely different. He starts by understanding your audience's specific challenges, strategic questions, and the context of your event — then builds from there.
The raw material is deeper than any other speaker can offer: 50+ issues of What the Future, the Ipsos U.S. Consumer Tracker, Ipsos Global Trends (50 markets, 50,000 interviews), and original consumer research on specific topics. Matt combines these into a talk that's genuinely tailored to your industry and your audience's moment.
Bring the challenge. Matt will build the story around it.
Every engagement includes a pre-event call to understand your audience, goals, and industry context. The result is a talk that takes broad trends and applies them directly to the specific thing your audience is trying to figure out.
// Source Material
Each issue of What the Future — the award-winning foresight magazine Matt founded at Ipsos — covers a different topic in depth. These form the backbone of custom industry keynotes.
// What Clients Say
"Matt thoughtfully customized the talk, grounding evolving consumer values and behaviors in highly relevant, industry-specific insights. His talk was engaging and deeply actionable. Attendees left with a clear framework for understanding today's increasingly self-directed consumer."
Home Improvement Research Institute
"Our Executive Summit attendees benefited from his analysis on the future of food and key ingredients to understanding how to respond to an ever-evolving customer base. He shared an entertaining and honest assessment that's both practical and thought-provoking."
Deirdre Flynn, EVP — NAFEM
// The Process
Step 01
Matt talks with you about your audience, the event context, the strategic questions they're wrestling with, and what a great outcome looks like
Step 02
Matt pulls the most relevant data from Ipsos tracking studies, Global Trends, and the What the Future archive — filtered for your specific industry and audience
Step 03
Matt structures the data into a narrative — not a data dump, but a story with a clear arc: here's where we are, here's where we're going, here's what it means for you
Step 04
Matt delivers in whatever format works best — keynote, breakout, workshop, Foresight Improv, panel, or virtual presentation — with energy and narrative clarity
// Signature Topics
Consumer spending, values, and the bifurcation between affluent and middle-market behavior
Explore →AI adoption as a trust problem — grounded in the Ipsos Global AI Monitor
Explore →New life stages, the American Dream, and the demographic forces reshaping every market
Explore →The best custom keynotes start with a conversation. Describe your event, your audience, and what success looks like — Matt will tell you how he can help.