Dr. Derek
Woodgate

An ex-UK diplomat, Dr. Derek Woodgate is an award-winning, consulting futurist, educator, writer, speaker, and curator. He is President and Chief Futurist of The Futures Lab, Inc., a futures consultancy, founded in 1996. The company specializes in creating future potential for corporations and institutions and has consulted for over 170 corporate clients, governments, associations, city, regional management, and universities. (http://futures-lab.com). In the futures field, Derek is best known for the creation and development of experimental futures, which has been an essential feature of both his teaching, and transformative education consulting at multiple universities worldwide. He is currently an Advisor to the VP of Academic Studies at PMU, in Saudi Arabia, an Executive Board Member at the Center for Futures Studies at the University of Dubai, a faculty member at the University of Houston, USA. and part of a Norwegian team for educational cooperation and programs in Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia, specifically for the introduction of programs for the future of advanced multimedia, entertainment and learning technologies.