President of Prestige Economics and Chairman of The Futurist Institute
As a top-ranked global forecaster and expert in economics, geopolitics, and technology trends, Jason Schenker delivers high-energy, data-driven presentations tailored for corporate leaders, industries, and executive teams.
With deep insights into financial markets, supply chains, AI, and quantum computing, Mr. Schenker provides strategic foresight that helps businesses navigate uncertainty and seize emerging opportunities.
Recognized as Bloomberg’s #1 forecaster in 27 categories, Mr. Schenker’s engaging keynotes translate complex global shifts into actionable takeaways. Business leaders leave not only informed but equipped with the tools to make smarter, future-ready decisions.
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Jason Schenker on Tech and Cold War Two
Join the globally recognized economist and futurist Jason Schenker for a keynote exploring the economic, financial, technology, and geopolitical forces shaping the future of business. He will provide insights on growth, labor markets, inflation, interest rates, and industry trends, along with the risks and opportunities presented by Cold War Two®, AI, supply chain disruptions, and evolving trade policies.
Amid uncertainty, Mr. Schenker will offer strategic, actionable takeaways to help leaders navigate challenges, capitalize on emerging opportunities, and position their organizations for success in a rapidly shifting global landscape.
This speech is customized for the client to include a discussion of how economic, financial market, and geopolitical uncertainties impact the client’s business and industry. This talk can also be paired with a fireside chat to explore and address client priorities and interests.
Join Jason Schenker, futurist, bestselling author, and top-ranked economist, for a compelling keynote on the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence across industries, markets, and global competition. Since 2017, Schenker has been delivering keynotes on AI, automation, and the future of work, offering expert insights into the rapid evolution of technology and its profound impact on business and society.
As AI adoption accelerates, businesses face unprecedented potential for efficiency, automation, and innovation—but also significant challenges related to job displacement, regulatory uncertainty, and geopolitical risks. This session will explore how AI is transforming productivity, decision-making, and business models, while also raising critical concerns around data security, ethics, and workforce disruption.
Mr. Schenker will also examine the economic and geopolitical implications of AI, including the role of Cold War Two®, intellectual property battles, and the race for technological dominance.
With AI poised to reshape industries and redefine competitive advantages, this must-attend session will provide actionable insights to help business leaders leverage AI’s potential while mitigating its biggest risks in the years ahead.
This keynote will be customized to provide high-value, actionable takeaways tailored to the client’s industry, priorities, and strategic concerns. By focusing on the most relevant AI-driven risks and opportunities, this session will equip attendees with practical insights and competitive advantages to help them navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Global supply chains are under immense strain, reshaping economic and market dynamics worldwide. In this insightful session, Jason Schenker, a top-ranked economist and futurist, examines the challenges and opportunities emerging from supply chain disruptions, trade tensions, and shifting geopolitical risks.
As inflation, labor shortages, logistical bottlenecks, and trade risks are impacting businesses, Mr. Schenker will explore how these pressures are affecting global growth, financial markets, and key industries. He will also discuss the broader implications of Cold War Two®, evolving trade policies, and technological shifts that are redefining global commerce.
What does the future hold for supply chains, economic stability, and business strategy? Join this session for data-driven insights and actionable takeaways to navigate the uncertainty ahead. This speech is customized for the client to include a discussion of how economic, financial market, supply chain, and geopolitical uncertainties impact the client’s business and industry.
Join Jason Schenker, President of Prestige Economics and Chairman of The Futurist Institute, for an in-depth look at the economic, financial, and geopolitical forces shaping the future. Mr. Schenker will break down key trends in inflation, interest rates, markets, and global trade, along with the risks of Cold War Two® on financial stability and supply chains. He will also explore long-term shifts in AI, technology, demographics, and sustainability, revealing critical risks and opportunities.
This session will provide actionable takeaways to help leaders navigate uncertainty and position their companies for success in the decade ahead. This speech is customized for the client to include a discussion of how economic, financial market, and geopolitical uncertainties impact the client’s business and industry. This talk can also be paired with a fireside chat to explore and address client priorities and interests.
Schenker is the President of Prestige Economics and Chairman of The Futurist Institute. He is a top-ranked economist, leading futurist, bestselling author, and in-demand keynote speaker who delivers high-impact presentations on economic trends, financial markets, geopolitical risks, AI, technology trends, and the future of work. Through his talks and research, Schenker helps clients anticipate risks and seize opportunities.
A trusted voice on the economy, financial markets, geopolitics, and technology trends like AI and quantum, Schenker has delivered over 1,200 keynotes for public and private companies, corporate boards, industry groups, institutional investors, and government entities. He has spoken at events hosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the London Metal Exchange, the Singapore Exchange, the AFP, AICPA, SXSW, the CIA, and NATO.
Schenker’s speeches focus on the economy, financial markets, commodities, supply chain, futurist innovation and technology, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, energy and sustainability, geopolitics, demographics, and other trends. He has been speaking and writing on AI, automation, and robots since 2016.
As a prolific thought leader, Schenker has created over 40 LinkedIn Learning courses on AI, economics, finance, and technology taken by 1.3 million students. He is the author of 36 books and 15 #1 bestsellers, including Jobs for Robots, Futureproof Supply Chain, The Future of Finance is Now, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, The Promise of Blockchain, The Robot and Automation Almanac, The Future of Energy, Recession-Proof, The Future of Food and Agriculture After COVID, and The Future After COVID. His next book, Cold War Two, will be released in March 2025.
Bloomberg News has ranked Schenker the #1 forecaster in the world in 27 categories since 2011, including for his forecasts of crude oil prices, natural gas prices, gold prices, industrial metals prices (copper, aluminum, nickel, tin, zinc), the euro, the British pound, the Australian dollar, agricultural commodity prices (coffee, cotton, sugar, soybeans), new home sales, U.S. payrolls, and the U.S. unemployment rate. He is a Forbes contributor, LinkedIn Top Voice, former Bloomberg Opinion columnist, and media commentator on CNBC, CNN, the BBC, and Bloomberg, including as a guest host on Bloomberg Television.
Schenker created a rigorous program for The Futurist Institute that includes courses on 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, The Future of Healthcare, and The Future of Quantum Computing.
Schenker is one of the 100 CEOs on the non-partisan Texas Business Leadership Council, the Texas affiliate of the Business Roundtable that advises elected officials of both parties at the state and federal levels. He is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Before founding Prestige Economics in 2009, Schenker was a Risk Specialist at McKinsey and Chief Energy and Commodity Economist at Wachovia (Wells Fargo). He holds master’s degrees in economics, negotiation, and German, and a bachelor’s in history and German. He has been a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) since 2010.
Schenker is currently Adjunct Faculty for the Joint Special Operations University at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). He is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and an advisor to the U.S. State Department and the Foreign Service Institute.
What set Jason apart was his ability to connect these technical innovations to the broader global economic landscape. He provided an analysis of how fluctuating energy prices, regulatory shifts, and economic factors will shape the future of the automotive industry, offering a comprehensive perspective that resonated with the executive-level audience.
SAE North American International Propulsion Conference
Jason spoke at the annual international gathering of the seaports and really wowed the audience with interesting topics on economics and supply chain. He was the consensus most interesting speaker of the event, and I've since kept up a really friendly relationship. Can't recommend highly enough.
American Association of Port Authorities
Jason Schenker’s speech was so powerful. He brought so many nuggets of wisdom: Insights about what’s going on in the economy globally and broadly. The takeaway for leaders is recognizing the variability in geographic spending and demand differences in the U.S., North America, Europe, and Asia, including what the current economic strengths are, how that is driving trade tensions, and the importance of having scenarios in place as the geopolitics and other tensions flare and impact and affect trade, supply chains, and business.
The Chemical Summit
