Technology drives the wheels of innovation and change. American Program Bureau’s (APB) future and technology speakers are some of the most influential minds in technology, academics, finance, and business. APB's future and technology speakers are thought leaders and innovators who understand technological trends and their impact on the future.
Steven Squyres
A certified science superstar, Squyres is best-known as the face and voice of NASA, having made history as the principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Project and its pioneering drive across the planet’s surface by two high-tech robotic rovers. He shares insights on the historic mission as well as never ...
Jeff Taylor
As founder of Monster and Eons, Jeff Taylor is recognized as an innovator and visionary business leader in the Internet and careers industries. As an inspirational and enthusiastic keynote speaker, Taylor zeroes in on what lies ahead by drawing on his experience as a big picture entrepreneur and expert at technology, ...
Chris Hughes
A technology superstar whose business is people, Hughes has helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history: Facebook and MyBarackObama.com, the campaign apparatus that helped elect a US President. With an instinct for building technology that networks the commonality of real people and real ...
Soraya Darabi
At the young age of 23, social media maven Darabi became Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media at The New York Times and single-handedly established award-winning social media campaigns across multiple platforms. Now co-founder of Foodspotting, a geolocation-based mobile application, and a digital ...
Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in Einstein's unified theory field; innovation; and "the future of the future"—exploring and predicting the science of tomorrow, from computing power and artificial intelligence to communication and genetics.
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the author of the best-selling books The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure Community and Everyday Life, The Flight of the Creative Class, and his latest book, Who’s Your City?, which provides the first ever ranking of cities by life-stages. He is ...
Beth Simone Noveck
Beth Simone Noveck served in the White House as the founder and director of the White House Open Government Initiative and United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer (2009-2011), where she was responsible for developing and coordinating President Obama's Administration policy on government innovation. Prime Minister ...
Sam Graham-Felsen
Sam Graham-Felsen is a pioneer in the rapidly growing field of emerging media, both as a strategic advisor and as the man responsible for much of President Barack Obama's online strategy. An emerging media expert, he is skilled in using technology to share information in new and innovative ways, extending online trends ...
James Canton
For the past 30 years Dr. Canton has insightfully forecasted trends and their implications, in the fields of technology, healthcare, the life sciences, and consumer behavior. He receives consistent praise for his unique ability to blend fascinating previews of breakthroughs in science and business with world-class ...
Dave Morin
Currently the co-founder and CEO of Path, a mobile-focused internet startup, Morin is perhaps best known as one of the co-inventors of Facebook Platform. An instrumental player in expanding the groundbreaking site’s capabilities, Morin played significant roles in the areas of product strategy, marketing, and management ...
Sarah Lacy
Sarah Lacy knows Silicon Valley and the power of the Web 2.0 technology like few others. As a veteran reporter covering start ups—from technology innovation to cultural underpinnings—Lacy is an expert in translating the mystique and the might of this hub of technology to the rest of the world.
Watts Wacker
Watts Wacker is one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business. A lecturer, best-selling author, political commentator and social critic, he is one of the world’s most respected futurists. His uncommon versatility and vision has allowed him to help the world’s top corporations and organizations ...
Daniel Burrus
Burrus is an expert on how technological innovation affects business. Working from a philosophy of "If it works, it's obsolete," he instructs on how to initiate change and shape it to your advantage.
Jeremy Rifkin
Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, is the author of several books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages and are used in hundreds of universities around the world.
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak changed the world of computers when he designed Apple's first line of products: The Apple I and the Apple II. He currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best-selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon.
Ayesha Khanna
Ayesha Khanna is Partner of Hybrid Realities, a research and consulting firm headquartered in New York, and Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a think tank which explores human-technology co-evolution in the "hybrid age" and its implications for society, business, and politics. She is a strategy advisor with over ...
B. Gentry Lee
Chief Engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Renowned science fiction writer who produced the Cosmos series with Carl Sagan. Co-author with Arthur C. Clarke on the RAMA series. Recognized as one of the most engaging speakers on science in America, he inspires the ...
Chris Sacca
A leading Silicon Valley venture investor, private equity principal, and company advisor focusing on consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology, Sacca most was the face and voice of Google, Inc. serving as Head of Special Initiatives. Now a formal advisor to the social networking phenomenon Twitter, Sacca also served ...
David Pearce Snyder
A social forecaster who presents a dramatic portrait of the demographic, socio-economic, and technological realities that will reshape all aspects of business, Snyder is a former consultant to the RAND Corporation. His seminars on strategic decision-making provide an introduction to the basic techniques used by futurists ...
Terry Jones
As founder of Travelocity.com, chairman of Kayak.com, and Chief Information Officer at American Airlines/Sabre, Terry Jones is on the cutting edge of innovation and change in the new information age. Now, Jones teaches audiences how to keep up with this rapidly changing world in a series of educational and actionable ...
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