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David Rowan

David Rowan

Editor, WIRED Magazine, UK

David Rowan, Editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, is a world renowned expert on future trends. He writes the monthly “Digital Life” column in GQ magazine and the “Tech Traveller” column in Condé Nast Traveller. He speaks widely on topics from the new rules of business in a mobile-internet age to the future of luxury brands. He is a brilliant story-teller and aims to make the rapid advances in technology comprehensible to a wider audience.

David has interviewed hundreds of the world’s most cutting-edge entrepreneurs, and has edited everything from The Guardian’s Websites and Comment pages to the Jewish Chronicle. For WIRED he has written cover stories on world-changing figures such as Eric Schmidt and Reid Hoffman.

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