Brett Wiskar Futurist, Innovation Expert & Adaptability Strategist.

Brett Wiskar is a futurist and innovation expert who helps organisations prepare for what’s next. With more than 25 years of hands-on experience delivering innovation, digital transformation, and organisational change across Australia and the UK, Brett brings real-world insight to the accelerating shifts reshaping business, technology, and the future of work.

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Real-World Innovation Experience

Brett has partnered with some of the region’s most influential organisations — including Adobe, Coca‑Cola, Nestlé, Domino’s, Suncorp, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet — helping them understand disruption, design new solutions, and build more adaptable teams and business models. His work has spanned large-scale digital transformation initiatives, innovation strategy, product design, data-driven decision systems, and emerging-technology adoption across dozens of industries.

A Practitioner Who Speaks From Experience

Unlike futurists who focus only on prediction, Brett’s approach is grounded in the practical realities of delivering innovation and change. His insights come from leading teams, shaping strategy, building digital capability, and helping organisations navigate uncertainty from the inside. This blend of futures thinking and real-world innovation experience gives his keynotes a level of clarity, credibility, and actionability that resonates with executives, boards, and teams facing rapid disruption.

Keynote Speaker & Conference Presenter

Brett is a highly sought‑after keynote speaker across Australia and New Zealand. His sessions explore the forces transforming industries, the impact of emerging technologies like AI and automation, and the organisational capabilities required to thrive through change.

He speaks on topics such as:

  • Future trends & disruption Innovation,
  • AI & emerging technology
  • Adaptability, resilience & organisational change
  • The future of work, skills & talent
  • Decision-making in complexity & uncertainty

Published Writer & Industry Commentator

Brett’s insights have appeared across major industry publications, business magazines, and national media. He writes regularly on innovation, disruption, technology, and the future of work, helping leaders understand the opportunities and challenges emerging across the next decade.

Trusted by Leading Brands

Organisations choose Brett for his ability to cut through noise, make complex ideas accessible, and equip audiences with practical tools to navigate a fast‑moving future.

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Brett drives technology and digital innovation delivering digital enablement, innovation, strategy, and more. 

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Historic Speaking Engagements 2019 – 2016.

  1. The Asia-Pacific Bioeconomy Policy Summit as part of BioInnovation Week – Nov 2019
  2. Something Digital – Future of Work, Oct 2019
  3. Foodtech 2019 – Food Factories of the Future, Brisbane July 2019
  4. Future Food Systems CRC Forum: Breakthroughs in Value-Adding, Mandurah Western Australia July 2019
  5. AR/VR Reality for the Agriculture & Livestock Sectors, Australian Ag Immersive Technology Conference, Melbourne July 2019
  6. ‘The Asian Opportunity for Australian Ag’ at Ag in the Asian Century National Export and Innovation Conference presented by TSBE (Toowoomba and Surrat Basin Enterprise) 
  7. Discount Drug Stores Annual Conference | Winning in a Social World, 2019 | Gold Coast
  8. Meeting the Energy Challenge – ensuring security, reliability, accessibility for industry | Auspack, 2019 | Melbourne
  9. You are the innovator now! | Keynote at Genie Solutions Internal Innovation Day, 2018 | Brisbane
  10. The New Design & Technologies Landscape Changing the Food & TC Industries | 77th Refrigerated Warehouse & Transport Association Conference, 2018 | Noosa, Qld
  11. Industrial Innovation – inventing the future on the fly | BAM Conference – Invisible Intelligence, 2018 | Melbourne
  12. Augmented Reality – Where are we now with the technology, where’s it being employed and opportunities for the forestry industry | ForestTECH, 2018 | Melbourne
  13. An outsiders innovation journey – Changing an entire industry | Innov8rs – The #1 Glocal Community for Corporate Innovators, 2018 | Sydney
  14. AR/VR Reality Implementation for the Agriculture and Livestock Sectors | 2nd Immersive Augmented and Virtual Reality Customer Experience, Marketing and Product Development Forum, 2018 | Melbourne
  15. Augmented Reality in the Future of Industry | ICoMST (International Congress of Meat Science and Technology), 2018 | Melbourne
  16. Foresight on the Future of Food in a Technology Revolution | Australian Prawn Farmers Association Symposium, 2018 | Gold Coast
  17. The Future Proofing of Industries | Stock and Land Conference, 2018 | Melbourne
  18. The Future Proofing of Industries | National Saleyards Expo, 2018 | Casino, NSW
  19. Growing With Technology is the Future Of Growing | Hort Connections, 2018 | Brisbane
  20. Future of Food Industry and Automation | MINTRAC – HR and Workforce Conference, 2018 | Sydney
  21. The New Speed of Change | Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association, 2018 | Melbourne
  22. Technology Impact on the Future of Food | Future Food Bootcamp, 2018 | Brisbane
  23. The Food Industry’s Demand for AI Empowered Innovation | Amazon Webservices Brisbane Seminar, 2017 | Brisbane
  24. Mixed Reality in Food Manufacturing | MINTRAC – Meat Quality Conference, 2017 | Gold Coast
  25. AI in Manufacturing Industry and the Food Supply Chain | AI Asia, 2017 | Singapore
  26. In Manufacturing Big Data means Big Plans | AI Asia, 2017 | Singapore
  27. Tech Trends of Tomorrow | Food & Drink + PKN L!VE, 2017 | Sydney
  28. The Innovative Supply Chain of Tomorrow | Smart Conference – Transport and Supplychain, 2017 | Sydney
  29. The Innovative Supply Chain of Tomorrow | The Transport and Logistics Symposium, 2017 | Toowoomba
  30. Trends That Will Shape the Future of Food Processing | Foodpro Symposium, 2017 | Sydney
  31. The Future of Decision Making in the Food Supply Chain | Foodpro Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL) Education Seminar Series, 2017 | Sydney
  32. Future trends in food logistics and manufacturing | Refrigerated Warehouse & Transport Association of Australia (Adelaide Roadshow), 2017 | Adelaide
  33. Feeding 9 billion consumers by 2050 | Future Food Day, 2017 | Brisbane
  34. Supply Chain Data in the 21st Century Dairy | Dairy Industry Association of Australia, 2016 | Sydney
  35. Consumers want your product and they want it from you! | Food Leaders Australia, 2016 | Brisbane
  36. Feeding 9 billion consumers by 2050 | Foodtech, 2016 | Brisbane