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Engineer & Co-Founder of Limbitless Solutions
When Dr. Albert Manero was growing up, his parents taught him the importance of making the world a better place. That inspiration has taken form in Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit devoted to bringing 3-D printed bionic arms and hands to children at no cost to their families.
Neurosurgeon / Entrepreneur / Author
Dr. Katrina Firlik made history as the first woman admitted to the neurosurgery residency program at the University of Pittsburgh. She co-founded HealthPrize Technologies to tackle passivity with prescriptions.
Environmentalist & Scientist
A leading voice in sustainable ecology, speaker David Suzuki has produced documentaries for Discovery Channel and PBS. He helps society live in balance with the natural world.
Chief Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A renowned science fiction writer who produced the Cosmos series with Carl Sagan, B. Gentry Lee is responsible for the engineering integrity of all the robotic planetary missions managed by JPL.
Senior Hardware Engineer at Google
As a child, McLurkin was constantly building with any materials he could access. Today, he continues this tradition using Mother Nature as a model researching & developing algorithms to program autonomous robots.
Human Genetics & Evolution Expert
An authority on genetics, ethics and the human future, speaker Gregory Stock discusses everything from designer babies to the slowing down of the aging process.
Leading IT Scientist
If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it's Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries that have become the bedrock for social physics.
Creator of the Ig Nobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams is the creator and emcee of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honors the unusual and imaginative in science, medicine and technology.