Adam Siegel
Co-Founder and CEO, Inkling Markets

Adam Siegel is a co-founder and the CEO of Inkling Markets, a Chicago-based prediction market company that helps organizations and individuals tap into the collective wisdom of their employees, peers, and customers to improve forecasting processes, predict key corporate metrics, identify promising future innovations, and forge new communication and collaboration channels. Previously, Adam worked at Accenture, a global consulting firm where he served over a dozen clients across multiple industries. Adam holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Indiana University.

Sessions

2:30pm Thursday, 02/07/2008

Predicting the Future of Prediction Markets

Location: Starlight Roof

Jason Jones (HighStep Capital), Craig Kaplan (PredictWallStreet, Inc. ), Adam Siegel (Inkling Markets), Justin Wolfers (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), Alex Forshaw (The Tradesports Political Maven)

There is no denying the appeal of web-based prediction markets. They are the Web 2.0 notion of wisdom of crowds in action, with a knack for out-predicting experts on elections and sporting events. But can they ever outperform the biggest and most liquid prediction market of them all, the stock market? Read more.