Technology Speakers

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 ...

Rick Belluzzo

A 30-year tech industry veteran and former president and COO of Microsoft, Belluzzo is the CEO of Quantum Corporation, a data protection business. Belluzzo is responsible for guiding the company's business strategy and direction.

Jon Landau

Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe-winning producer Jon Landau has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to oversee and deliver major motion pictures. He currently holds the distinction of having produced the two highest grossing movies of all-time, Avatar and Titanic. Landau brings his thorough ...

Riley Crane

Riley Crane is the Society in Science (Branco Weiss) senior postdoctoral fellow in the Human Dynamics Group at the Media Lab at M.I.T. His research is focused on understanding the hidden patterns behind collective social behavior. A physicist by training, he has spent the last several years quantifying human behavior and ...

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 ...

Jeffrey Baxter

Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Baxter is now an advising member of Congress, the defense industry, and the military. Baxter teaches audiences what he has taught leading Pentagon and government officials - challenging old assumptions and adapting to change.

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.

Miguel Nicolelis

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 Lives. He shows how the long-sought merger of brains with machines is about to become a ...

Kevin Colleran

Facebook's pioneering sales executive and among its first ten employees, Kevin Colleran was an integral part of the social networking behemoth's sales force. As the company's Global Partnership Lead, he was responsible for creatively monetizing the site without hampering user experience.

Evan Bailyn

Evan Bailyn is the anti-guru. Instead of a silver bullet, Bailyn relied on hard work, long hours and immense determination to crack Google's algorithm. He is the CEO of First Page Sage, a search engine optimization and social media company with a near-perfect record of getting client websites to rank on the first page of ...

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 ...

Michael Chorost

Dr. Michael Chorost is a nationally known authority on bionic bodies, transhumanism, and cybertheory. A technology theorist, Chorost has a unique perspective: his body is the future. In 2001, he went completely deaf and had a computer implanted in his head to let him hear again. This transformative experience inspired his ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Robert Ballard

Dynamic explorer Ballard has led or participated in over 100 deep-sea expeditions, ranging from the first manned exploration of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, to the discovery of the sunken R.M.S. Titanic and JFK's PT-109, to the examination of the luxury liner Lusitania. A widely published author of scientific articles and ...

Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan, the president of Human Business Works, is a pioneer in the social media revolution. An 11-year veteran of using social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Brogan speaks on using both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals.

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 ...

Jeff Jarvis

Named one of the 100 most influential and respected media figures in the world by the World Economic Forum, Jeff Jarvis writes about media, technology, and business on his blog, Buzzmachine.com, and works as a columnist for The Guardian in London. From newspapers to magazines to blogs – he has established himself ...