Paul Saffo

Paul is a forecaster with over two decades experience exploring the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change. He teaches forecasting at Stanford University and chairs the Future Studies and Forecasting track at Singularity University. Paul is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Paul serves on a variety of not-for-profit boards including the Long Now Foundation, and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Paul’s essays have appeared in a wide range of publications including The Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Foreign Policy, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University and Stanford University.
Affiliations (partial list)

Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford Media-X Research Network
Board Member, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Board Member, Long Now Foundation
Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Faculty Member and Futures Track Chair, Singularity University

Prior Affiliations (partial list)

Co-founder and Managing Director of Foresight, Discern Analytics
Network Member, Global Business Network
Columnist, ABCNews.com
Founding Chairman, Samsung SAIT Science Advisory Board
Advisor, Samsung SAIT
Member, National Research Council Committee on forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies
Member WEF Global Agenda Council on Innovation
Member, WEF Global Agenda Council on Strategic Foresight
Member, AT&T Labs Technical Advisory Board
Member, Global Issues Group, World Economic Forum
Director and Roy Amara Fellow, Institute For The Future
Member, Singapore National Research Foundation Science Advisory Board
YPO Fellow, Young Presidents Organization