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Peter Gloor speaker – Suisse

Peter A. Gloor – Digital Pioneer, MIT Scientist, and AI-Savvy Innovation Strategist

Peter A. Gloor is a globally renowned expert in Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs), behavioral data science, and AI-driven trend analysis. With a PhD in Computer Science (University of Zurich) and nearly 30 years at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, he has partnered with luminaries such as Tim Berners-Lee and driven pioneering research from the early Web era to today’s social sensing technologies.

He transitioned from leadership roles at Deloitte, PwC, and UBS to founding Galaxy Sciences, where he created transformative tools like CyberMap, Condor/GalaxyLens, GalaxyScope, and HappiMeter—measuring social communication, organizational performance, online influence, mood, and wellbeing.

As an Honorary Professor at several universities (Cologne, Jilin, Chile), and author of influential books (Swarm Creativity, Coolhunting, Coolfarming, Swarm Leadership), Peter empowers audiences to unlock innovation through network insights and emergent behavior.

🏆 Notable Achievements

  • Co-founded galasxyadvisors/Galaxy Sciences after inventing CyberMap alongside Tim Berners-Lee
  • Led MIT’s COIN research since 2002, defining the science of collective intelligence
  • Developed Condor/GalaxyLens technology for dynamic social network analysis and performance prediction
  • Launched Coolhunting (trend forecasting via social media), predicting stock moves and election outcomes
  • Created Virtual Mirror (2013) to visualize and optimize team communication
  • Introduced GalaxyScope (2017) for online influencer and tribe detection, and HappiMeter for mood/wellbeing sensing
  • Authored key thought-leadership books guiding innovation and collective wisdom

Languages:

  • English

🧭 Key Themes & Expertise:

  • Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs)

  • Swarm Creativity & trend forecasting

  • Human-coded intelligence in digital teams

  • Measuring and influencing organizational health

  • Social sensing via AI: mood, trust, risk signals

  • Network-based decision-making & leadership

  • Ethical AI & digital transformation

Peter fuses academic rigor, cutting-edge AI, and hands-on innovation tools, delivering transformative insights on how social networks and emergent behavior fuel creativity, risk management, and organizational health. He shows leaders how to decode and direct unseen patterns in their teams and markets.

What makes his talks impactful:

  • Mix of deep theory + real-world case studies

  • Live demos of communication analytics tools

  • Roadmaps to foster COINs, improve wellbeing, and accelerate innovation

  • A strategic bridge between machine intelligence and human connection

Peter A. Gloor Keynote Speaker Switzerland

Collaborative Innovation Networks
Network-Driven Innovation
AI for Collaboration
Social Sensing
Leadership Through Data

Becoming Better Leaders through AI – Talk by Peter Gloor at UPM Leadership Center