Heather Thomson

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Designer, Podcaster & TV Personality

Peter Shankman

Thought-Leader in Communication & Customer Service

Robert Atkinson

Founder & President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Ayah Bdeir

Former CEO & Founder of littleBits

"Science Bob" Pflugfelder

Science Communicator, Teacher, Author & Television Personality

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Co-Author of “Big Data" and "Delete;" Expert on the Networked Economy

Rachel Haot

Former Executive Director of Transit Innovation Partnership & Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York

Missy Robertson

Star, A&E's "Duck Dynasty"

Slavoj Žižek

Philosopher & International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Giles Duley

CEO of the Legacy of War Foundation, Award-Winning Photographer, Writer, Chef & Triple Amputee

Dr. Rick Goodman

Is a Keynote Speaker, Author and Team Building Expert on Leadership, Healthcare and Customer Service

Fran Hauser

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

2024 Award Winners: The 100 Women to KNOW In America Award

Salamishah Tillet

Creative Writing Professor at Rutgers University-Newark; Co-founder of A Long Walk Home; Feminist Activist & Scholar

Dr. Tali Sharot

Leading Expert on Human Decision-Making & Optimism; Cognitive Neuroscientist & Author

Dan Cobley

Marketing Director at Google & TED speaker

Carlo Ratti

Architect & Engineer; Director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab; Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati

Edward Tenner

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

Thomas Suarez

Engineer & TEDx Speaker

Joe Sabia

Digital Artist, Celebrity Interviewer, TED Speaker & Franz Liszt Society Member

Michelle Bernstein

Award-Winning Chef, Restaurateur & Host of "Check, Please! South Florida" and "SoFlo Taste"