Ulf Brüning is Principal and International Client Executive Leader at Global Risk Consultants based in Darmstadt, Germany. He has spent nearly 20 years with the company helping some of the world's most successful businesses identify risks and shape their risk management strategies.

R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA, CFA is Managing Director of Research for the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA). In his role, Dale is responsible for managing research projects and experience studies across the SOA's wide variety of actuarial practice areas and markets and coordinating strategic research partnerships. Additionally, Dale hosts the SOA's Research Insights Podcast and has appeared on behalf of the SOA in a variety of media outlets including NPR, C-SPAN and National Geographic. 

Prior to joining the SOA in 2013, Dale spent over 20 years in the US insurance industry, primarily as Chief Actuary for the Life/Health companies of COUNTRY Financial and as an adjunct professor in the actuarial science program at Illinois State University. 

Maghnus Mareneck is co-CEO of Cosmos Labs, a provider of Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure.

Octavio "OJ" Laos is a director at Armanino, leading the charge in the firm's AI Lab. Over the past five years, the AI Lab at Armanino has been at the forefront of AI technology within the accounting sector, delivering solutions ranging from custom chatbot development to predictive analytics.

Ian Vacin is co-founder and chief partnerships officer at Karbon and is co-author of Scale with Purpose: The Service Entrepreneur's Guide to Intentional Growth. He has nearly three decades of leadership experience in technology and accounting with Karbon, Xero and Intuit, and is passionate about helping accounting professionals be as successful as possible so they can better serve the small businesses they support.

Max Gokhman is deputy CIO for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, responsible for leading global investment research, including quantitative, fundamental and manager research teams. Previously, he was president and CIO of the startup asset manager AlphaTrAI and before that, head of asset allocation at Pacific Life Fund Advisors. Prior to Pacific Life, he was a portfolio manager with Mellon Capital's multiasset group and a founding member of Coefficient Global, a quantitative macro hedge fund.

Jeff Lipton is The Bond Buyer's Market Intelligence Analyst. He brings over 25 years of experience in municipal credit and market strategy, to the role, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Municipal Credit & Market Strategy at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. He previously held leadership roles at MetLife, Neuberger Berman, and Robeco, and is widely recognized in the financial press for his commentary and thought leadership across the municipal finance landscape.