International bestselling author Jay Samit is a dynamic entrepreneur and speaker who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation.  Chairman of a transformative Artificial Intelligence company, Samit was once described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry.”  

He is the former Vice Chairman of Deloitte Digital and a NASDAQ company CEO who helped grow pre-IPO companies such as LinkedIn. Samit has also held senior management roles at EMI, Sony and Universal Studios, and pioneered breakthrough advancements in mobile video, internet advertising, ecommerce, social networks, digital music and augmented reality that are used by millions of consumers every day.  He can accurately predict the future because he is working with those who create it.

Samit gets people passionate about innovation, overcoming obstacles, and teaches them how to think bigger. Designed to be as entertaining and inspiring as it is informative, Samit delivers a speech that stays with the audience long after the conference has ended.

Entertaining and economist aren't often used in the same sentence, but Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D., an internationally acclaimed economist and public speaker, specializes in making the arcana and minutia of economics fun, relevant, and educational. Dr. Eisenberg is the Chief Economist for GraphsandLaughs, LLC, a Miami-based economic consulting firm that serves a variety of clients across the United States.

He is a frequent speaker on topics including economic forecasts, interest rates, inflation, supply chains, strategic business development, and other current economic issues. He has a B.A. in economics with first-class honors from McGill University in Montreal, as well as a Master's and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

Eisenberg, a former Senior Economist with the National Association of Home Builders in Washington, D.C., is the creator of the multifamily stock index (the first nationally recognized index to track the total return of public firms principally involved in the ownership and management of apartments), the author of more than 85 articles, and is a regular consultant to professional associations and investment advisory groups. He has spoken to thousands of business groups and associations, and authors a daily commentary on the economy that is delivered to more than 30,000 inboxes.

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