Michell Zappa

London-based technologist and designer originally from Stockholm, who has spent part of his life in Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Social Communication and has worked for advertising agencies and the trend forecasting bureau trendwatching.com.

Sam Zaid

Founder & CEO at Getaround

Ian Yolles

Chief sustainability officer at Recyclebank.

John P. Sullins

Associate professor at Sonoma State University

Jonathan Spector

President and chief executive officer of The Conference Board

David Post

Founder and Chairman of Next Island LLC.

Aleph Molinari

Economist and Founder of the Fundación Proacceso ECO

Nick Laperle

Foundation Board of the Montreal Oral School for the Deaf

Dr. Steven Howe

Director of the CSNR

Michael Haag

Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Universal Nanotech.

James Collins

Bioengineer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator

James Clark

Founding chairman and CEO of the World Technology Network

Dwayne Spradlin

President and CEO, InnoCentive, Inc.

Charles M. Firestone

Executive Director

Scott Rosenberg

American Journalist, Editor, Blogger and Non-Fiction Author; Co-Founder of Salon

Harald Haas

Communications Technology Innovator & Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh

James Gleick

Author, Journalist, and Biographer Whose Books Explore the Cultural Ramifications of Science and Technology

Dan Roam

International Bestselling Author, The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Jeffrey Kluger

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

Michael Ellsberg

Copywriter & Author of "Joyful Pessimism: A Memoir of Sex, Mental Illness, and Philosophy"

Marco Tempest

Cyber-Illusionist

Ray Kurzweil

Chairman of Kurzweil Technologies, Inventor & Futurist; Author of "How to Create a Mind"

Art Kleiner

Editor-In-Chief of strategy+business; Author of Business Books Including "The Age of Heretics"

Kevin Kelly

Founder & Executive Editor of Wired Magazine, Author of "The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future"

Jan Chipchase

Jan Chipcase can guess what's inside your bag and knows all about the secret contents of your refrigerator.

The Field Study Handbook, Field Edition

Tyler Oakley

YouTube Personality & New York Times Bestselling Author; LGBTQ+ Youth Advocate

Allen Gannett

Founder & CEO at TrackMaven

Andrew Fitzgerald

At Twitter: working with journalists & news orgs; also with authors. Outside of Twitter: Novelist, journalist, pro-cat-ist.

Nash Grier

Social Media Guru, Digital Influencer & Environmental Activist

Brad Stone

Veteran Silicon Valley Journalist & Author of "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon"