2018
TheFutureCats Founded
74
Countries Speaking
4
Continents
12
Years Training a Personal AI Model
Biography
Dimitris Dimitriadis is Co-Founder & CIO of TheFutureCats Advisory S.A., an award-winning AI company he founded in 2018. With academic roots in Design Innovation and Design Interaction, and specialization in Strategic Foresight, he bridges cutting-edge technology with real-world application in regulated environments.
TheFutureCats developed Cogniveil.ai, a policy-aware intelligence layer that ensures compliance, transparency, and full auditability for enterprises operating under strict regulatory frameworks.
As a Researcher at the Special Secretariat for Strategic Foresight of the Greek Government Presidency, Dimitris helps shape long-term public policy informed by mega-trends, weak signals, and technology convergence. He has taught Data Analytics & AI at CITY College, University of York Europe Campus for several years.
Author of 2049 – Instructions for the Futures of Humanity (KEY BOOKS), he challenges readers to embrace uncertainty as a catalyst for progress.
A keynote speaker active across 74 countries and 4 continents, he has spoken for Fortune 500 brands including HP, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, L'Oréal Paris, Philip Morris International, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as institutions such as the U.S. Department of State, the European Commission, and TEDx stages across Europe and North America. His work has been featured in the Herald Tribune, El País, Fortune Global, and Esquire.
For 12 years, he has been training a personal AI model to one day advise his niece when he is no longer around, a living proof that technology should serve human relationships and the transmission of knowledge across generations.
Key Topics at the Symposium
01
Strategic foresight and long-term thinking
02
AI governance, transparency, and auditability
03
Technology convergence in public policy
04
Human relationships in the age of personal AI
Speaker Video
Speaker Introduction
Video coming soon
A short introduction from Dimitris Dimitriadis — available ahead of the Symposium.
Sessions at the Symposium
Keynote · Main Stage
TBA
TBA
Workshop · Parallel Track
TBA
TBA
Affiliations
TheFutureCats Advisory S.A.
Co-Founder & CIO
Cogniveil.ai
Policy-aware intelligence layer
Greek Government Presidency
Researcher, Strategic Foresight
KEY BOOKS
Author of 2049 – Instructions for the Futures of Humanity
Attend the Symposium
Join Dimitris Dimitriadis and world-class speakers in Athens, October 30 – November 1, 2026.







