Edward Tenner

Smithsonian Institution Distinguished Scholar & Author of "Why Things Bite Back" and "Our Own Devices"

Beth Simone Noveck

Founder & Director of The Governance Lab; Professor & Author of "Solving Public Problems"

Yu “Jordy” Fu

Artist, Creative Director & CEO of J by Jordy

Don Levy

Media, Entertainment, and Technology Executive & Advisor

Jessica Cox

World's First Armless Pilot & First Armless Black-Belt in the American Taekwondo Association

Tod Machover

Tod Machover is head of the MIT Media Lab's Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group.

Mike Mandel

Expert in the Art of Communication, Motivation & Influence

Ayah Bdeir

Former CEO & Founder of littleBits

Michel Martin

Weekend Host of "All Things Considered" & Former Host of "Tell Me More"

Richard Saul Wurman

Creator of the TED Conference; Graphic Designer & Architect

Johanna Blakley

Expert in Popular Culture, Digital Technology and Entertainment

Robert Hammond

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Friends of the High Line

Jeff Beals

Expert on Effective Self Marketing

Danny Hillis

Author & Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Applied Minds

Jim Lawless

Expert Authority on Personal Development, Leadership & Change; Best Known For His Taming Tigers Theories

Paul Binder

Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus, Big Apple Circus

Josh Bernoff

Senior VP Forrester Research; Author, ""Empowered: Unleash your Employees, Energize your Customers, Transform your Business"

James Barisic

Disruptive thinker, lecturer, social technologist and political campaigner

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Brenda Louise Romero

Award-Winning Game Designer & Developer

Melody Barnes

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Tiffany Shlain

Founder of The Webby Awards; Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist

Jean Case

Chair of National Geographic Society, CEO of the Case Foundation & Founder of ForWhatItsWorth; Author of "Fearless: Five Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose"

Jean Case + Bloomberg TV at Milken Institute Global Conference

Rye Barcott

Co-Founder & CEO of With Honor, Veteran and Author of "It Happened on the Way to War"

Brenda Chapman

First Woman to Win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature; Known for Pixar's "Brave" & DreamWorks Animation's "The Prince of Egypt"

Elif Shafak

The Most-Read Female Author in Turkey; Award-Winning Author