Anousheh Ansari is CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari, along with her family, sponsored the organization’s first competition, the Ansari XPRIZE, a $10 million competition that ignited a new era for commercial spaceflight. Since then, she has served on XPRIZE’s Board of Directors.

Robert Wescott, Ph.D., President of Keybridge Research LLC, will offer his insights on macroeconomic and public policy issues and relate these directly to our industry in presenting the latest SFNet Market Pulse Report. Dr. Wescott has more than 30 years of professional experience working on macroeconomic and public policy issues.

Trevor Williams is an author, academic and consultant, analyzing the key trends and policies that shape the economy and markets. From energy and climate to how companies use their data to understand the wider economy, he brings clarity and relevance to an often complex and abstract field.