Technology & Science
Information & Communication Technology
Expert, Psychology of Identity in an "Always Online" World
Allison Cerra is a leading expert in consumer identity & psychology - specifically, how these are formed and altered by our increasing reliance on technology. She wrote Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets... |
Author of Information Is Beautiful & Infographics Expert
An author, data-journalist & information designer, David McCandless champions the use of data visualizations to explore new directions for journalism. He is the author of Information Is Beautiful. |
New York Times Lead Technology Writer
Nick Bilton is an expert on how our byte-sized and ever-mobile culture affects our brains & our lives, and how companies can harness that knowledge to engage consumers & grow their business. |
Former Head of Mike's Hard Lemonade
Speaker Anat Baron shares her business secrets from revolutionizing Four Seasons Hotels' customer experience to transforming Mike's Hard Lemonade into a $200 million juggernaut. |
Tech Entrepreneur & Best-Selling Author
A successful four-time entrepreneur, speaker Josh Linkner is the author of the best-selling Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity. |
Former President & COO of Microsoft
Business speaker Rick Belluzzo has led several Fortune 500 companies, including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. He speaks on leadership and change management. |
Medical Economist & Author
J.D. Kleinke is a medical economist, author, healthcare information technology pioneer, and leading advocate for a smarter, data-driven, post-partisan healthcare system. He has been instrumental in the creation of... |
Former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer
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... |
Expert on the Intersection of Technology & Foreign Policy
Gifted at finding creative solutions to age-old problems, Jared Cohen understands the powerful impact information-sharing technologies can have on today's world. |
Internet Entrepreneur
Thor Muller is the co-founder and former chief technology officer of Get Satisfaction, a groundbreaking online customer community platform used by over 65,000 companies. |
Collective Social Behavior Scientist
A physicist by training, speaker Riley Crane quantifies human behavior and social interactions and has applied his models to YouTube and the response to the Asian tsunami. |
The Leading Expert on Our Intelligent Future
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 "... |
Videogame Designer
Games are becoming the medium for everyday life, says videogame designer Jesse Schell. As CEO and Founder of Schell Games, Jesse is a true thought leader on how games can improve work, education, customer connections... |
Leading Brain Scientist
Dr. Miguel Nicolelis is one of the leading brain scientists in the world, and is author of the acclaimed book Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines—and How It Will Change Our... |
Academy Award-Winning Producer of Titanic & Avatar
Jon Landau produced the two highest grossing movies of all-time, Avatar & Titanic. He has a thorough understanding of complex technologies as well as experience working with the highest caliber of... |
Co-Founder, Apple Computer, Inc.
Speaker Steve Wozniak changed the computer world when he designed Apple's first product line: Apple I and II. He is also a philanthropist focusing on computer use in schools. |
First Female Private Space Explorer
Speaker Anousheh Ansari is both the first female private space explorer and the first Iranian astronaut. She also co-founded Telecom Technologies and Prodea Systems. |
Expert on Learning & Technology
An expert on the intersection of learning, technology, and culture, Tony O'Driscoll is a professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where he also serves as Executive Director of Fuqua’s Center for IT... |
Biomechanics Pioneer
Hugh Herr directs the Biomechatronics group at The MIT Media Lab. His research program seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine. Herr was inspired to help people... |
Host of NOVA ScienceNow & New York Times Columnist
David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times as well as an Emmy Award-winning tech correspondent for PBS News. He hosts NOVA ScienceNow. |
