Bryony Cole

As the world’s leading authority on sextech, Bryony Cole is fascinated by the way technology permeates every corner of our lives, even the most intimate ones. Since launching the top-rated podcast Future of Sex, Cole has been on stages across the world forecasting trends in the sextech industry for governments, tech titans and entertainment companies.

Her incredible body of research, global sextech hackathons and annual Future of Sex report are considered the pinnacle of industry insights and innovation. She is also part of the New York-based Women of Sextech, a fast growing community of entrepreneurs, developers and thought leaders.

Cole has been awarded places in the Google-Walkely Media Incubator for Innovation in Journalism and Australian Advance Queensland HotDesQ accelerator.

From the PEN World Voices Festival in the US, Skolkovo Foundation in Russia to the UK’s Founders Forum, she continues to attract international attention for her work on empowering women through media creation and organizing global hackathons.

Cole has been featured on The Today Show, The Money Channel, Fox Business News, Netflix, Viceland and Technopia, with write-ups in Wired, TechCrunch, The New York Times, Playboy, Mashable, Motherboard, ABC, Financial Review, Forbes and other global media.

Previously, Cole designed Absolut Labs, a think tank on nightlife for Absolut and worked with companies like Microsoft to help them humanize technology.