The Power of Purpose | Robert E. Murray Innovation Lecture

Speaker: George Hemingway, Managing Partner and Head of Innovation Practice, Stratalis, recipient of the 2021 Robert E. Murray Innovation Award

George Hemingway serves as Managing Partner and head of the Innovation Practice at Stratalis, a growth strategy and innovation consultancy, where he advises heads of companies, organizations, and countries on the future and how to conquer uncertainty. Through his work, he has collaborated with the leading global mining companies to set their future visions and re-imagine what is possible from industrial and mining companies. 

George is considered one of the leading futurists in the mining industry, having delivered over 100 keynotes on uncertainty, innovation, and the future at venues ranging from the World Mining Congress to S&P Global, from NASA to the Pentagon and at leading universities and organizations worldwide. His work in Techno-Economic and futures modeling for Mining has won awards for Innovation in 2019 and 2020, and he has been named a top-10 leader in mining technology.  He is a published author and a monthly columnist on the future of industry and disruption.   

George serves on several corporate and philanthropic boards, including Budapest Honvéd FC, a top-flight European soccer club, Moon Mark Aerospace, and the Chamber Orchestra of New York, and is on the Advisory Board to the Lassonde Institute at the University of Toronto. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS from the Stern School of Business at NYU.