{"id":4064,"date":"2025-03-28T06:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/david-rowan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:06:43","slug":"david-rowan","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan","title":{"rendered":"David Rowan"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Rowan is a technology and innovation expert, former editor of Wired magazine\u2019s UK edition, and technology columnist for The Sunday Times in the UK. He\u2019s taken 125 flights in the past year to investigate the companies and entrepreneurs changing our world, recently spending time with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter, and countless other ambitious start-ups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. For a book, he\u2019s currently on a global quest for successful examples of corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption. His recent keynote talks have included events for banks, governments, and Fortune 100 companies, and recent stage interviews have ranged from will.i.am to James Murdoch and David Cameron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Rowan is a technology and innovation expert, former editor of Wired magazine\u2019s UK edition, and technology columnist for The Sunday Times in the UK. […]
Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5177,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"continent":[371],"gender":[19094],"hidden-keyword":[20097,20707],"location":[],"topic":[213,45,63,79,84],"speaker-type":[94],"class_list":["post-4064","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","continent-europe-int","gender-male","hidden-keyword-quantum","hidden-keyword-data-center","topic-ai-machine-learning-big-data","topic-disruption-digital-transformation","topic-innovation","topic-robotics-drones","topic-technology","speaker-type-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDavid Rowan | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Rowan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LAI Speakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T04:06:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LAIspeakers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan\",\"name\":\"David Rowan | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T10:52:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T04:06:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png\",\"width\":650,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"David Rowan professional headshot, technology journalist, innovation expert, author, and keynote speaker, featured in a professional portrait with a thoughtful expression against a light gray background.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/david-rowan#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"David Rowan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\",\"name\":\"LAI Speakers\",\"description\":\"Keynote Speakers Bureau\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#organization\",\"name\":\"LAI Speakers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"LAI Speakers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LeadingAuthorities\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LAIspeakers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/leading-authorities-inc-speakers-bureau\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/leadingauthorities\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@LeadingAuthoritiesInc\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Rowan | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau","description":"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Rowan","og_description":"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan","og_site_name":"LAI Speakers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/","article_modified_time":"2026-07-14T04:06:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@LAIspeakers","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan","name":"David Rowan | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png","datePublished":"2025-03-28T10:52:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T04:06:43+00:00","description":"David Rowan is the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine and a keynote speaker on innovation and technology. To check availability, click here to learn more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rowan_David_Speaker.png","width":650,"height":430,"caption":"David Rowan professional headshot, technology journalist, innovation expert, author, and keynote speaker, featured in a professional portrait with a thoughtful expression against a light gray background."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/david-rowan#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Rowan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#website","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk","name":"LAI Speakers","description":"Keynote Speakers Bureau","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#organization","name":"LAI Speakers","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"LAI Speakers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/","https:\/\/x.com\/LAIspeakers","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/leading-authorities-inc-speakers-bureau\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leadingauthorities\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LeadingAuthoritiesInc"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/4064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"hidden-keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden-keyword?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-type?post=4064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}