Keynote speaker Jason Schenker runs the top-ranked market research firm Prestige Economics and he is the Chairman of The Futurist Institute. He is a world-leading financial futurist and economic forecaster whose analyses are regularly cited by The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and CNBC.
Reasons to book Jason Schenker
- He is a futurist, economist, author, speaker, and researcher on financial markets, the economy, oil and gas, metals, supply chain, geopolitics, trends, and technology.
- Jason holds a Master’s in Applied Economics from UNC Greensboro, a Master’s in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding from CSU Dominguez Hills, a Master’s in Germanic Languages and Literature from UNC Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor’s in History and German from The University of Virginia.
- Since 2004, he has given over 1,000 speeches to private and public companies, industry groups, financial market exchanges, SXSW, and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
As the President of Prestige Economics Mr. Schenker advises executives, industry groups, institutional investors, and central banks. An experienced speaker Jason Schenker has spent over a decade delivering keynotes, moderating and serving as a panelist at events on topics such as economics and the future.
As founder and chairman of The Futurist Institute, Mr. Schenker has created a rigorous course of study to help prepare clients for the future. In addition, he is an instructor for LinkedIn Learning, for which he has released a course on Corporate Finance Risk Management.
Beyond his work as a futurist and speaker Jason Schenker is highly active in FinTech. In the fall of 2016, he founded Hedgefly, a risk management platform using Blockchain technology and a Bitcoin backend. He is also the Executive Director of the Texas Blockchain Association and a member of the Central Texas Angel Network. This network is the most active angel investor network in the United States.
His opinions being highly sought after, speaker Jason Schenker is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinions and he has written several bestsellers. Jason has written 36 books. Fifteen have been #1 Best Sellers, including The Future After COVID, Jobs for Robots, The Promise of Blockchain, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, Futureproof Supply Chain, The Future of Finance is Now, The Future of Energy, The Future of Travel, and The Robot and Automation Almanac.
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