{"id":36770,"date":"2017-05-11T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/planning-a-2017-or-2018-event"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:53:32","slug":"planning-a-2017-or-2018-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/planning-a-2017-or-2018-event","title":{"rendered":"Planning a 2017 or 2018 Event?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re sure you have begun to think about your events for later this year and perhaps even into 2018. We\u2019d like to highlight a few speakers in several categories who are receiving fantastic reviews:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyber security and geopolitics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/james-clapper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Director James Clapper<\/a><\/strong>, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/stanley-mcchrystal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Stanley McChrystal<\/a><\/strong>, former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan and author of the best-selling books \u201cTeam of Teams\u201d and \u201cMy Share of the Task\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future trends<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/jerry-kaplan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Kaplan<\/a><\/strong>, Futurist and artificial intelligence\/robotics expert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business strategy and innovation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"\/speakers\/dex-hunter-torricke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dex Hunter-Torricke<\/a><\/strong>, former Head of Communications at SpaceX, former Executive Communications Manager at Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s personal speechwriter<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d greatly appreciate the opportunity to talk with you about these speakers, walk you through some of the brand new speeches from talent we have worked with for years, and see if there is a way for us to work together on a 2017 or 2018 event.<\/p>\n<p>Please fill out the form below if you&#8217;d like more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re sure you have begun to think about your events for later this year and perhaps even into 2018. 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