Brad Templeton (born June 1960 near Toronto) is a Canadian software developer, internet entrepreneur, online community pioneer, publisher of news, comedy, science fiction and e-books, writer, photographer, civil rights advocate, futurist, public speaker, educator and self-driving car consultant.

[1] Most notably, Templeton was founder and CEO in 1989 of ClariNet Communications, the first company[2] founded to engage in commercial activity over the early Internet.

[4] His involvement in online civil rights also includes being the subject of one of the first major internet bans[5] and being a plaintiff before the Supreme Court of the United States in Reno v. ACLU[6] Templeton's strongest efforts have been in the areas of free speech, computer security, privacy and intellectual property.

Templeton was editor and publisher for ClariNet's Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993,[8] one of the largest early commercial e-Book projects.

Templeton joined the founding faculty for Singularity University, an educational institution and think-tank devoted to rapidly changing technology and its effects.

[14] Templeton has been a keynote speaker at many conferences and events, including Wired UK,[15] Pioneers Festival Vienna,[16] University of British Columbia Master Mind Class,[17] Web Summit,[18] Next Berlin,[19] The Next Web Amsterdam,[20] Ontario Centres of Excellence Toronto,[21] USI Paris,[22] Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) Sydney,[23] Korean Global Leaders Forum,[24] CLSA Forum Hong Kong and Tokyo,[25] Baidu Big Talk, Beijing,[26] Singularity Summit Chile[27] (also Buenos Aires, Christchurch, Budapest, Seville, Johannesburg, Milan, Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen) and Innotown Norway.