Anni Laurila

Anni Laurila is an architect who goes beyond traditional borders to bring solutions to global challenges. In the Finnish media, she has been described as a “world-improver” and a “genius”. Anni is an inspiring and knowledgeable speaker who brings new insights and makes complex subjects clearer. Her multidisciplinary journey to this day has given her a unique point of view to our rapidly changing world.

Anni Laurila graduated from Singularity University, which gathers visionaries to NASA Ames in Silicon Valley, to solve the world’s biggest problems with advanced technologies and entrepreneurship. At Singularity, Anni collaborated with influential experts and successful tech entrepreneurs to understand the technological development within various industries, its disruptive impact and its potential to solve global problems. Future of technology and exponential development become recognizable and fascinating opportunities in her speeches.

Anni Laurila gives keynote speeches on the future of work and education. She has an eye-opening perspective on how the world is changing with technology, megatrends and global challenges, and how this will affect our work life. She also gives tools to adapt, prosper and influence in this changing world.

Anni is Finland’s first Global Impact Challenge winner, which gave her a seat and a full scholarship to Singularity University. The competition sought ideas to improve the life of millions of people with technology, and Anni won it with a solution she had developed in China to improve water quality. In the following years, Anni also organized the competition to give others the same opportunity.

Anni is a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum. Former US Vice President Al Gore has trained Anni Laurila in Pittsburgh into a Climate Leader, to give effective speeches about the vast impact of climate change, and about sustainable solutions in various industries and professions.

Anni Laurila has a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Aalto University. As an architect, she has made various designs, from parks to new buildings and city districts, in Finland, China and Africa. She also serves as a deputy unit manager and a principal designer in a team of architects. As an architect and an expert in sustainability and the development of technology, she gives keynote speeches that have a forward-thinking perspective on the impact and potential of technology and sustainable solutions on our built environment: our cities, buildings, housing, industry, energy and transportation.

Anni Laurila has also founded a company in Silicon Valley and in Finland. She gives speeches about entrepreneurship and business as a method to influence the current state of our world, and gives advice on developing forward-thinking and sustainable solutions through entrepreneurship.

Anni Laurila has given speeches all over Finland and has also spoken in the United States at Singularity University at NASA and at the San Francisco Leadership Forum. She has spoken to a variety of audiences, from startup communities and teachers, to major business leaders and city decision-makers. Anni also hosts and moderates events, weaving them into a fascinating and inspiring whole. She has been thanked for giving useful insights and a fresh perspective on how we can make the most of our future. Her goal as a speaker is to encourage the listener to find their own path to ambitiously solve challenges.