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Our mission is to foster intelligent, optimistic thinking about the future and to empower people to contribute to it.

We specialize in the creation and delivery of mind-blowing, visually spectacular learning experiences, both in-person and virtually. These include traditional keynotes and workshops, as well as professionally produced, interactive digital presentations and online streaming experiences. If you’re looking for a product that delivers engaging, relevant content backed by world-class research, we can help.

We pride ourselves on ensuring that our knowledge is cutting edge, that our stories are tailored to a specific audience or industry, and that we deliver more value than we capture. We keep the facts sacred, and storytelling is at the heart of everything we do. Our team of un-like minds combine insights from different fields to create unexpected perspectives about the future. The idea is to say something new about the world in 2023.

We love science and technology, we think collaboration always trumps genius, and we believe that if we want to change the story of the human race, we have to change the stories we tell ourselves.

Our Team

Future Crunch is a group of scientists, artists, technologists and entrepreneurs. We think there are new and better ways of doing things in the 21st century. Our mission is to foster intelligent, optimistic thinking about the future, and to empower people to contribute to it.

The Core Team

  • TANE HUNTER

    CEO | CO-FOUNDER

    Tané is a cancer researcher, bioinformatician, data scientist and science communicator. He is the CEO and co-founder of Future Crunch. He has a Masters in Bioinformatics from the University of Melbourne, and has worked for the Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital diagnosing rare genetic diseases. As a data scientist and cancer researcher at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, he used artificial intelligence and non-invasive molecular biomarkers in DNA to improve treatments for people suffering from cancer. He's also a former United States mountain biking champion and an avid sailor.

  • SARAH GREEN

    GENERAL MANAGER | NERD-HERDER

    Sarah has worked with some of Australia’s leading fashion, media, and talent agencies to promote emerging talent and to help brands like Scanlan Theodore, Jac + Jac and Bassike develop nation-wide sustainability programs. With experience in both agency and client-side, Sarah’s ability to nurture client and team relationships is thanks to her warmth and attention to detail. As our resident Nerd-Herder, Sarah keeps our Future Crunch Team on-track, on-time and on-point and is more effective than any time management program around. If she’s away from her desk, you’ll probably find Sarah on the yoga mat.

  • DR ANGUS HERVEY

    CO-FOUNDER | POLITICAL ECONOMIST

    Angus is a political economist and a journalist specialising in the impact of disruptive technologies on society. He is a co-founder at Future Crunch and editor of our newsletter that shares stories of progress and scientific breakthroughs. He was the founding community manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative from Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank to create open-source technology solutions to social challenges. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, where he was the Ralph Miliband Scholar.

  • AMY DAVERON-ROSE

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR | WORD NERD

    Amy is a writer, producer and part of the creative team at Future Crunch. After 15 years as a television and radio producer, Amy traded her clipboard for a pen and has contributed to the word count of some of Australia’s leading innovators shaking up healthcare, food, and education to make the world a better place. A relentless cheerleader for humanity, Amy loves sharing stories of the unsung heroes who are mending our planet and is the co-host and producer of the podcast, Hope Is A Verb. Offline, she runs writing workshops and continues honing her procrastination skills while drafting her first novel.

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“If we want to change the story of the human race in the 21st century, we have to change the stories we tell ourselves”