Milken Institute Global Conference 2026

Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Chicago Fed, participated in a panel discussion on May 6 at the 2026 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, California. Benedict Evans, tech analyst and venture partner at Mosaic Ventures, Sebastian Mallaby, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Zoe Cruz, founder and CEO of Menai Financial Group, and Catherine Wood, CEO and chief investment officer of ARK Invest, were also on the panel. Moderated by Wall Street Journal columnist James Mackintosh.