About our opening Keynote Speaker, Gene Marks

Gene Marks is a best-selling author, business keynote speaker, and columnist. He helps business leaders, like you, to understand the political, economic, operational and technological issues and trends that will impact your company. But most importantly, he also delivers actionable intelligence and strategies your team can employ to continue to grow your company.

“The best business leaders I know are always looking ahead. They are evaluating the political, regulatory and economic events happening now and making investment and spending decisions that will impact their businesses, their employees and their communities in the future,” said Marks. “My job as a keynote speaker is to share with you what they’re doing and what actions you should be taking.”

As an author, business owner, business keynote speaker, and columnist for The Hill, The Guardian, Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chicago Daily Herald, Marks has spent two decades both running a successful business and interacting with influential leaders across industries.

Whether its navigating a slow economy, managing through inflation or finding and retaining the best talent, Marks shares what his best clients, readers, and business leaders in his community are doing to build value and grow their companies year over year.

About our closing Keynote Speaker, Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Patrick Schwerdtfeger is a Business Futurist specializing in technological trends including big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. He’s the author of “Pandemic, Inc.: 8 Forces Driving Business Failure or Fortune in the Post-COVID-19 Economy” (2020, Authority Publishing) as well as five other books and has lectured at numerous academic institutions including Purdue and Stanford Universities.

Schwerdtfeger is also a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV, founder of Trend Mastery Inc., and host of the Strategic Business Insights video blog (with over 29,000 subscribers and six million views on YouTube). Patrick has spoken about business and technology trends at 300+ conferences in 26 different countries.