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 (BA, University of the Arts London; MA in Design Interaction, Royal College of Art) and specialization in Strategic Foresight from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, 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's no longer around - a living proof that technology should serve human relationships and the transmission of knowledge across generations.