Jason Schenker
- President and Chief Economist of Prestige Economics
- Chairman, The Futurist Institute;
- Executive Director, Texas Blockchain Association
In Person-Fee 🛈
Fee Range
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$10,000 - $15,000
Travels From
Texas
Jason Schenker Speaker Biography
Jason Schenker is the world’s top-ranked Financial Market Futurist. He is the Chairman of The Futurist Institute and the President of Prestige Economics.
Mr. Schenker advises executives, corporate boards, industry groups, public corporations, institutional investors, nonprofits, and central banks. He directs forecasting, risk management, scenario planning, and strategic consulting projects.
Mr. Schenker is consistently ranked one of the most accurate forecasters in the world by Bloomberg News. Since 2011, he has been ranked the #1 forecaster in the world for his forecast accuracy in 23 different categories, including for his forecasts of the Euro, the British Pound, the Swiss Franc, the Russian Ruble, the Brazilian Real, crude oil prices, natural gas prices, gold prices, industrial metals prices, agricultural commodity prices, and U.S. non-farm payrolls.
Mr. Schenker founded The Futurist Institute in October 2016 to help analysts and economists become futurists. The Futurist Institute confers the Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst designation, for which Mr. Schenker has created a rigorous course of study that includes The Future of Work, The Future of Transportation, The Future of Data, The Future of Finance, Futurist Fundamentals, The Future of Energy, The Future of Leadership, and The Future of Healthcare. Mr. Schenker is also an instructor for LinkedIn Learning, for which he has released a course on Corporate Finance Risk Management.
Mr. Schenker is very active in FinTech. In the fall of 2016, he founded Hedgefly, a risk management platform that uses Blockchain technology and a Bitcoin backend that he developed while studying FinTech at MIT. Hedgefly was acquired in September 2017 by SpreadBot, a technology firm that creates automated chatbots to perform complicated tasks and make spreadsheets talk. Mr. Schenker is now a Partner at SpreadBot. As a successful blockchain entrepreneur, Mr. Schenker is pleased to fill the role of the Executive Director of the Texas Blockchain Association. He is also the Futurist for Hyperloop Massachusetts.
Mr. Schenker has written four books that have become #1 Best Sellers on Amazon: Jobs for Robots, Commodity Prices 101, Recession-Proof, and Electing Recession. He also wrote the books Robot-Proof Yourself and Be the Shredder, Not the Shred. He is editor of The Robot and Automation Almanac, which is compiled annually by The Futurist Institute.
Mr. Schenker is a columnist for Bloomberg Prophets, and he has appeared as a guest host on Bloomberg Television, as well as a guest on CNBC. He is frequently quoted in the press, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Financial Times. Prior to founding Prestige Economics, Mr. Schenker worked for McKinsey as a Risk Specialist, where he was responsible for directing industrial, energy, and agricultural trading and risk initiatives on six continents. Mr. Schenker also worked for Wachovia as the Chief Energy and Commodity Economist, where he initiated coverage on commodity markets and wrote on domestic and international economic and foreign exchange topics.
Mr. Schenker holds a Master’s in Applied Economics from UNC Greensboro, a Master’s in Negotiation from CSU Dominguez Hills, a Master’s in German from UNC Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor’s in History and German from The University of Virginia. He also holds a Certificate in FinTech from MIT, a Certificate in Supply Chain Management from MIT, a Certificate in Professional Development from UNC, and a Certificate in Negotiation from Harvard Law School. Mr. Schenker holds the professional designations CMT® (Chartered Market Technician), CVA® (Certified Valuation Analyst), ERP® (Energy Risk Professional), and CFP® (Certified Financial Planner). He is also a Certified Futurist and a Board Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is currently completing a certificate in Cybersecurity at Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr. Schenker is also involved with a number of nonprofits. He is a member of the Texas Business Leadership Council, the only CEO-based public policy research organization in Texas, with a limited membership of 100 CEOs and Presidents. Mr. Schenker is also a member of the Central Texas Angel Network, which is the most active angel investor network in the United States, and he is also on the advisory board of Hidden Star, a non-profit focused on helping low-income, minority, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs start and succeed.
Mr. Schenker is a member of the 2018 Director class of the Texas Lyceum, a non-partisan, non-profit that fosters business and policy dialogue on important U.S. and Texas issues.
The Promise of Blockchain
Blockchain technology offers tremendous hope and promise to drastically improve data transparency and data sharing, while also reducing central point of failure risks for corporate, government, and private entities. There is also a critical difference between blockchain technology and the cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, bitcoin, altcoins, and NFTs that rely on it. With so much hype around crypto, prices have risen quickly. So, what are the origins and precedents of cryptocurrencies - and what comes next? With a surge in crypto prices, where are the big opportunities and risks now? These are some of the topics Jason Schenker discusses in this talk, including the regulatory, cybersecurity, taxation, and national security implications of broadly available cryptocurrencies. Jason Schenker also explores the differences between the fundamental values of blockchain and digital ledger technology assets, compared to other asset classes, technologies, and investments. This talk is based on the best-selling book by Jason Schenker, The Promise of Blockchain, which was named one of the best books of SXSW and selected for a formal SXSW book reading in 2019.
The Future of Work – Technology, Policy, and Disruption Risks from a Board Perspective
How will the future of the economy, markets, and technology impact the economy, your company, and your board responsibilities? This presentation provides answers. This presentation includes a mix of short-term economic and financial market dynamics (like Fed policy, the dollar, interest rates and equity markets). Plus, this presentation includes a discussion of longer-term technological factors that present disruptive risks. This presentation helps executives, board members, and senior leaders plan for financial market volatility in the immediate term, whether from central bank and Fed policy, fiscal and tax policy, energy prices, equity markets, mortgage and interest rates, or digital currencies. This presentation is ideal for helping attendees develop a vision for the risks and opportunities from markets -- and technology. This presentation includes a discussion of topics from Jason Schenker's best-selling book Jobs for Robots, as well as from his other recent books, Robot-Proof Yourself, The Promise of Blockchain, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, and The Robot and Automation Almanac - 2019. Some topics include self-driving vehicles, IoT, Bitcoin, cobots, robots, automation, quantum computing, the future of work, and the future of the economy.
The Future of the Economy, Markets, and Technology
How will the future of the economy, markets, and technology impact your working, personal, and investing lives? In this presentation, leading financial expert and futurist Jason Schenker provides answers. This presentation focuses on short-term economic and financial market dynamics as well as the technological factors that present longer-term disruptive risks and opportunities. This discussion helps executives and senior leaders plan for financial market volatility in the immediate term as well as develop a vision for the risks and opportunities from new and emerging technologies. This presentation includes a discussion of topics from Jason Schenker's best-selling books Jobs for Robots, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, The Robot and Automation Almanac as well as his books, Robot-Proof Yourself, Futureproof Supply Chain, and The Promise of Blockchain. Some topics include self-driving vehicles, IoT, Bitcoin, robots, automation, quantum computing, the future of work, and the future of the economy.
Disruptions Ahead - A Conversation with Jason Schenker
This fireside chat is a discussion with Jason Schenker about how disruptions in the future of the economy, markets, and technology will impact a company or industry. This discussion focuses on short-term economic and financial market dynamics as well as longer-term disruptive technological factors that present disruptive risks and opportunities. This discussion helps executives and senior leaders plan for financial market volatility in the immediate term as well as develop a vision for the risks and opportunities from new and emerging technologies. This discussion includes topics from Jason Schenker's best-selling books Jobs for Robots, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, The Robot and Automation Almanac as well as his books, Robot-Proof Yourself, Futureproof Supply Chain, and The Promise of Blockchain. Some topics include self-driving vehicles, IoT, Bitcoin, robots, automation, quantum computing, the future of work, and the future of the economy.
The Economic and Financial Outlook: Improvements Against a Backdrop of Risk
In this session, economic and financial forecaster Jason Schenker will discuss the most important dynamics driving current economic growth, financial markets, and jobs - as well as the outlook ahead. Jason will also explore some increasing risks that will be critical for a number of industries. Some of the most important topics will include sector and industry growth dynamics, global and U.S. economic growth, the labor market, Fed policy, quantitative easing, consumer inflation risks, asset inflation, and taxation risks. Jason will also share Prestige Economics forecasts for growth, inflation, and Fed policy rates for the balance of 2022 and beyond.
The Economic and Financial Future After COVID
This presentation focuses on the economic, financial, and business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion includes forecasts for the economy, recession risks, and financial markets, as well as the outlooks for fiscal policy, Fed monetary policy, commodity markets, domestic manufacturing, global trade, real estate, employment and jobs, energy, finance and FinTech, food and agriculture, healthcare, national security, international relations, and travel. Topics in this talk come from Jason Schenker's recent book "The Future After COVID: Futurist Expectations for Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities After the COVID-19 Pandemic." This presentation can be customized for the audience, depending on the client industry and areas of interest.
Navigating the Fog of Data
Rapidly increasing volumes of data have made the push to derive data implications more challenging. In this interactive session, Jason Schenker describes the best ways to navigate data challenges and how to derive valuable data insights across your organization. You’ll learn what opportunities your data can provide, best practices to adopt, challenges to avoid and the overall potential value for data in the supply chain and material handling industry. Share your data nightmares and dreams as well as discuss best practices with your peers in a learning and discussion environment.
Futureproof Oil and Gas: Supply Chain, Finance, and Data Disruption Risks and Opportunities in the Energy Patch
This presentation includes a discussion of the supply chain, finance, and data disruptions that could impact oil and gas in the next five years. Topics from this talk include automation, market financialization, blockchain, fintech, AI, IoT, quantum computing, fake news, and other topics. Material for this talk come from Jason Schenker's books Jobs for Robots, The Promise of Blockchain, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, The Robot and Automation Almanac, Futureproof Supply Chain, and The Fog of Data.
