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Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, and Google's top rated Futurist Speaker. Unlike most speakers, Thomas works closely with his Board of Visionaries to develop original research studies. This enables him to speak on unusual topics and translate trends into unique business opportunities.

A few years ago I was taking a tour of a dome shaped house, and the architect explained to me that domes are an optical illusion. Whenever someone enters a room, their eyes inadvertently glance up at the corners of the room to give them the contextual dimensions of the space they're in.

Did you know that AI is expected to create 2.3 million jobs related to machine learning by the year 2020? Machine learning is a growing market for every stakeholder in the computer science and IT industry. Be it businesses, customers, or employees, everybody will benefit from the advent of machine learning and solutions powered by it. Of course, employees or students in last year of college will also see a whole new world of job opportunities in the machine learning field.

Today, data is the bread and butter of the IT world. We feed the huge amounts of data to the analytics tool and expect information and insights in return. These insights and information help us take business decisions and predict future outcomes of several new processes, products, and procedures.

The construction industry is one of the least digitalised sectors in the world and yet responsible for almost 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Sustainability factors and digitalisation are now top priorities impacting the future of the built environment. Adopting new digital technologies and solutions throughout the project's lifecycle provides additional opportunities for the new business models and can therefore promote sustainability in the construction industry.