NEXTPredict adds major names to New York summit

NEXTPredict has expanded the speaker line-up for its Prediction Markets Summit, taking place in New York on October 22-23, with seven new names joining more than 50 confirmed speakers.

The latest additions span trading platforms, forecasting, regulation, digital assets, public policy and national media, as NEXTPredict prepares to welcome an expected 2,500 decision makers to the event.

JB Mackenzie, Vice President and General Manager, Futures and Prediction Markets at Robinhood, will join David Rothschild, Economist at Microsoft Research; Matthew Kulkin, Partner and Chair of the Futures and Derivatives Practice at WilmerHale; Samantha Vinograd, Head of US Corporate Affairs at Airwallex; Steve Gregory, CEO of Binance.US; Contessa Brewer, Correspondent at CNBC; and Marshall Cohen, Senior Reporter at CNN.

Mackenzie, Gregory, Rothschild and Kulkin will contribute to discussions around the development and scaling of prediction markets, including product structures, digital asset infrastructure, institutional capital and regulation.

Vinograd, Cohen and Brewer will bring perspectives spanning national security, election integrity and the relationship between prediction markets, politics, business and major global events.

Their participation comes with the summit taking place two weeks before the US midterm elections, putting political markets, public trust and media scrutiny among the key themes expected to feature prominently in New York.

Pierre Lindh, co-founder and Managing Director of NEXTPredict, said: “With more than 50 confirmed speakers and 2,500 decision makers expected to attend, we are assembling the full prediction markets ecosystem in one room and bringing the category to broader audiences.

“That concentration of expertise, influence and commercial intent makes NEXTPredict the definitive global gathering for this industry. This is where partnerships are formed, capital meets opportunity and the conversations shaping the next phase of prediction markets take place.”

The summit agenda will examine regulation, liquidity, market infrastructure, institutional capital, forecasting applications, product development and the role of media as prediction markets continue to expand beyond their traditional trading audience.