Bonnie Bassler

Bonnie Bassler studies how bacteria can communicate with one another, through chemical signals, to act as a unit. Her work could pave the way for new, more potent medicine.

Willie Smits

Trained Forester, Microbiologist, Conservationist, Animal Rights Activist, Wilderness Engineer & Social Entrepreneur

Naturally 7

The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It\'s as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could \"-box\" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Alex Tabarrok

Economist

Bernard Lietaer

Civil engineer, economist, author and professor

Olafur Eliasson

Experimental Sculptor

Mark Shuttleworth

President of Ubuntu Foundation; Founder of Canonical; First South African in Space

Rives

Performance Artist, Poet & Storyteller

Unity Dow

A lawyer, human rights activist, and writer

Scott A. Snyder

Senior Fellow at The Wharton School, Adjunct Professor, Penn Engineering & Co-Author of "Goliath's Revenge"

Adrian Owen

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging in the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Psychology

Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death

Deborah Kenny

Founder of Harlem Village Academies & the Progressive Education Institute

Deborah Kenny - Harlem Village Academies

Nandan Nilekani

Nandan M. Nilekani is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited.

Matt Jones

Principal at BERG

Shahidul Alam

Photographer, writer, curator, and activist

Stacey Childress

CEO at NewSchools Venture Fund; Former Deputy Director, US Program, Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Scott Z. Burns

Screenwriter, Producer and Director; Known for "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Informant!" and "Contagion"

Saman Arbabi

Co-creator and executive producer of Parazit

Stephen Vitiello

Electronic musician and media artist.

Marcia McNutt

President of The National Academy of Sciences; Former Editor-in-Chief of Science journals, AAAS, and Director, USGS

Marcia McNutt - Berkeley Lab