Book Dr. Sanjay Wahal
Bring clarity to complexity—for leaders, innovators and decision-makers navigating constraint, disruption, and uncertainty.
Book Dr. Sanjay Wahal to equip your leadership team with systems-level insight, practical frameworks, and strategic confidence to turn sustainability, decarbonization, and industrial transformation challenges into lasting advantage in a nonlinear world.
Request AvailabilityBlending deep technical expertise with systems-level insight, Dr. Wahal speaks to executives, policymakers, investors, innovators, and institutions seeking to understand what truly matters as carbon constraints, next-generation materials, energy, AI, and regulation reshape the global economy. His talks are provocative yet grounded—designed to inspire strategic action, not incremental change.
Why This Keynote Matters
Organizations are grappling with siloed decision-making, unclear returns on investment, rising energy and carbon costs, regulatory uncertainty, and a widening gap between ambition and execution. Many leadership teams feel overwhelmed by complexity—uncertain where to focus, which technologies will endure, and how to avoid investments that may become stranded technically, economically, or politically.
Dr. Sanjay Wahal’s keynotes address these challenges head-on—by reframing them not as isolated technology problems, but as systems challenges. Drawing on more than three decades of hands-on leadership across industrial manufacturing, R&D, and commercialization of advanced materials, renewables, biopolymers, absorbent industrial & hygiene products, and cleantech innovations, he helps leaders see where real leverage lies. His work connects materials, energy, AI, capital allocation, and organizational design into a coherent strategic lens, enabling executives, innovators, and policymakers to move beyond incremental fixes toward decisions that scale impact, resilience, and long-term competitive advantage.
Audiences leave with a shared mental model, sharper strategic focus, and practical insights they can apply immediately. Inviting Dr. Wahal is not about inspiration alone—it is about equipping leadership teams with the clarity and confidence needed to make better decisions in a world defined by constraint, uncertainty, and nonlinear change.
Systems-Level Clarity
Understand why isolated efficiency gains fail and how integrated systems drive outcomes.
Strategic Focus
Identify where real leverage exists across materials, energy, AI, and policy.
Actionable Insight
Leave with shared mental models and practical insights leaders can act on immediately.
Keynotes are tailored for corporate leadership forums, universities,
conferences, investor audiences, and policy institutions.
Key Speaking Topics
Decarbonization and Sustainability Are Not Technology Problems — They’re Systems Problems
Technology enables progress. Systems determine outcomes.
Leadership in a Nonlinear World: Why Linear Thinking Fails in a Complex Environment or Tackling Complex Problems.
You cannot solve nonlinear problems with linear leadership — and sustainability and decarbonization are the ultimate nonlinear tests.
Profitable Closed-Loop Innovations and Business Models for Circular Economy
The circular economy will not scale on good intentions alone...
From Net Zero Pledges to Net Zero Products
The era of climate promises is ending—the era of climate products has begun.
Waste Is the New Feedstock: Circular Value That Actually Works
Where circular economy stops being an aspiration—and starts becoming industrial value.
The Future of Materials & Nonwovens: Carbon, Al, Energy, and Innovation Will Decide the Winners
The next generation of materials won't compete on speed alone they'll compete on intelligence, energy, and carbon.
From Trial-and-Error to Algorithmic Manufacturing
Experience built yesterday’s factories—algorithms will build tomorrow’s.
Why Green Science, Cleantech and Sustainability Capital Keep Missing the Real Leverage Points
Capital doesn’t fail because ideas are weak—it fails when leverage points are misunderstood.
Next-Generation Biomaterials: Case Studies That Separate Hype from Scale
The future of biomaterials will not be decided by novelty or sustainability claims...
Dr. Wahal partners with organizations committed to driving innovations in consumer and industrial products, materials, green science, clean technologies, sustainability and passionate about circular economy and systems transformation.
Engagement Options
| Event Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Corporate / Industry Keynote (Live, 60 min) | Includes keynote + moderated Q&A; higher end for Fortune 500, global summits |
| Executive Strategy Keynote (90 min) | Deeper systems framing; tailored to leadership or board audiences |
| Virtual Keynote (Live, 60 min) | Ideal for global audiences; interactive format available |
| Workshop / Executive Seminar (Half-Day) | Hands-on, applied frameworks (carbon, AI, energy, materials innovation, systems thinking) |
| Board or Investor Briefing (Private Session) | Closed-door, strategic discussion; no recording |
| University / Policy Forum / Think Tank | Reduced rates aligned with mission-driven institutions |
| TEDx / Non-Profit Event | Considered selectively for high-impact platforms |
| Custom Add-Ons | Fireside chat, extended Q&A, advisory session, book signing |
Booking Fees
Speaking fees begin at $2,500 for a standard keynote (travel and accommodations additional). This reflects the value delivered through highly tailored content, engaging delivery, and practical, decision-ready insights designed to resonate with senior leaders and technical audiences alike.
Each engagement is customized to the goals of your event, the composition of your audience, and the desired format—whether in-person, virtual, or hybrid. As a result, final pricing is determined on a case-by-case basis.
My objective is not simply to deliver a talk, but to create a high-impact experience that equips your audience with clarity, perspective, and actionable frameworks they can use immediately. I am happy to discuss options that align with your vision, objectives, and budget.
Let’s connect to explore how we can partner for maximum impact.