★1 New Release in Automation Engineering on Amazon
　　★A newly published book by Jason Schenker, one of the leading financial market forecasters and futurists in the world.

　　The Robot and Automation Almanac is a collection of essays from leading robot and automation experts, executives, and investors. Each of the essays focuses on the "one big thing" that each author sees in the year ahead: an opportunity, a risk, a challenge, investment themes, an overlooked trend, a perception shift, a step change, or a trend change.The Robot and Automation Almanac is a collection of essays from leading robotics, robot, AI, and automation experts, executives, and investors. Each of the essays focuses on the "one big thing" the authors expect in the year ahead: an opportunity, a risk, a challenge, investment themes, an overlooked trend, a perception shift, a step change, or a trend change.Contributors included Michael Walton, Brandon Coats, Carl Vause, Dr Djamila Amimer, Erik Nieves, Ragu Athinarayanan, Grant Richards, Balamurugan Balakreshnan, Matthew Wicks, PE, Jason Gouw, Pat Davison, Peter Bladh, Thomas C. O'Donnell, Jeff Burnstein, Robert Huschka, Mike Field, Kaleb Steinhauer, Fred van Beuningen, Rob Handfield, Maxim Khabur, Russell Nickerson, Maciej Lisiecki, Łukasz Lipski, Daniel Stanton, Nawfal Patel.

Jason Schenker
　　The World's Leading Financial Futurist. Bloomberg News has ranked Mr. Schenker a top forecaster in 43 categories, including #1 in the world for his accuracy in 25 categories, including for his forecasts of the Euro, the British Pound, the Russian Ruble, the Chinese RMB, crude oil prices, natural gas prices, gold prices, industrial metals prices, agricultural commodity prices, and U.S. jobs, which is why executives, corporate boards, industry groups, and central banks rely on his financial market research.
　　Mr. Schenker was ranked one of the top 100 most influential financial advisors in the world by Investopedia in 2018. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He has appeared on CNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, Fox, Fox Business, BNN, Bloomberg Germany, and the BBC. Mr. Schenker has been a guest host of Bloomberg Television and he is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
　　Mr. Schenker attends OPEC and Fed events, and he has given keynotes for private companies, public corporations, industry groups, and the U.S. Federal Reserve. He has advised NATO and the U.S. government on the future of work, blockchain, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, quantum computing, data analysis, forecasting, and fake news.
　　Mr. Schenker is the Chairman of The Futurist Institute and the President of Prestige Economics, he is also an instructor for LinkedIn Learning courses on Corporate Finance Risk Management, Audit and Due Diligence, Recession-Proof Strategies, and a weekly Economic Indicator series. He has three forthcoming LinkedIn Learning courses on business and finance leadership.
　　Before that, Mr. Schenker worked as a Risk Specialist at McKinsey and Company. Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Schenker was the Chief Energy and Commodity Economist at Wachovia, which is now Wells Fargo. Based in Austin, Mr. Schenker is one of only 100 CEOs on the Texas Business Leadership Council. Mr. Schenker is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He also sits on multiple boards and is the VP of Finance on the Executive Committee of The Texas Lyceum, the preeminent non-partisan leadership development group in Texas.
　　Mr. Schenker holds a Master’s in Applied Economics from UNC Greensboro, a Master’s in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding from CSU Dominguez Hills, a Master’s in Germanic Languages and Literature from UNC Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor’s in History and German from The University of Virginia. He also holds a Certificate in FinTech from MIT, a Certificate in Supply Chain Management from MIT, a Certificate in Professional Development from UNC, a Certificate in Negotiation from Harvard Law School, a Certificate in Cybersecurity from Carnegie Mellon, and a Professional Certificate in Strategic Foresight from the University of Houston. Mr. Schenker holds the designations CMT® (Chartered Market Technician), ERP® (Energy Risk Professional), and CFP® (Certified Financial Planner). He is also a Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst and holds the FLTA designation.
　　Jason has also written more than 20 books, including 11 about emerging technologies,and 10 of them have been #1 Best Sellers．