Ray Kurzweil is widely regarded as one of the leading inventors of our time. He invented the first reading machine for the blind, and is an otherwise accomplished entrepreneur, author, and recognized futurist. His presentations to diverse audiences combine wit and keen insight into contemporary issues of technology and its impact on society.

Esther Dyson is the Internet's court jester, a person of no institutional importance who somehow manages to speak the truth and to be heard when and where it matters. She does business as EDventure, the reclaimed name of the company she ...

Mark was the co-founder and CEO of IGN Entertainment a leading Internet media and services company for videogaming and other forms of digital entertainment. Most recently he is the CEO of Vudu, a leading provider of digital home entertainment and interactive television services. Prior to joining Vudu, Mark was the Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media. He has spent the last 18 years as a successful internet CEO and entrepreneur.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied electrical engineering, Wayne Cotter went on to become a popular stand-up comedian. Wayne has appeared on The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman and Politcally Incorrect. He was featured in the film, The Aristocrats and also had a role in Spy Hard.

Chairman and Co-CEO at Research In Motion, best known for creating the BlackBerry, Jim Balisillie is responsible for directing the Research In Motion's strategy, business development and finance. Jim is also founder of The Centre for International Governance Innovation and is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.

CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, Dr. James Canton is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.

Founder of founded Voyager Aircraft, Inc., Dick Rutan is best known as the pilot who accomplished the "world's longest flight" in his airplane "Voyager" in which he circumnavigate the globe without refueling. Dick flew "around the world in 80 nights" and was later inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, honoring his heroism which helped define 20th Century America.

Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a large blogging network, Chris Pirillo spent two years hosting the TechTV program "Call for Help". Chris now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, ustream.tv, and his own website. Chris is author of Poor Richard's E-Mail Publishing.

Kevin Mitnick is a largely self-taught expert in exposing the vulnerabilities of complex operating systems and telecommunications devices, using both technical and non-technical means. With more than twenty years of experience in exploring computer security, Kevin gained unauthorized access to computer systems at some of the largest corporations on the planet. Known as the world's most famous hacker, Kevin has been the subject of countless news and magazine articles published throughout the world.

Nova Spivack is one of the leading voices of the emerging Semantic Web, what is sometimes referred to as Web 3.0. Nova founded Radar Networks to develop the next-evolution of social software, Twine, based on the Semantic Web. Twine is a unique, ...