Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Cody Adams

Managing Editor of The Floating University.

Ray Kurzweil

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

Calvin Trillin

Author, Columnist, Humorist & Political Satirist

Virginia Postrel

Author & Columnist; Writes on The Intersection of Commerce & Culture

An Phung

Multimedia Journalist

Jeffrey Israel

Author & Jewish Studies Professor at Williams College

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Robert Hormats

Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc.

Brian Hoffstein

Contributing Writer

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Steven Mazie

Associate Professor of Political Studies, Bard High School Early College

Francis Tapon

Author, Harvard MBA, and World Traveler

Spencer Wells

Geneticist, Anthropologist, Author, Entrepreneur, Adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin

Jacques Pépin

Master French Chef; Food Columnist; Cookbook Author Educator

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Peter Thiel

Former CEO and Co-founder of PayPal; Technology Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

Sebastian Copeland

Adventurer, Environmental Activist, Award-Winning Photographer, Author, Lecturer & Founder of the Sedna Foundation

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author

Tim Sanders

Bestselling Author, Technology Pioneer, Expert on Collaboration & Relationships

Peter Rojas

Co-founder of Gizmodo and of Engadget

Dr. Michio Kaku

World-Renowned Futurist & Theoretical Physicist

Neil Giuliano

Gay Rights Activist & President and CEO of Greater Pheonix Leadership

Graham Hill

Founder of Life Edited & TreeHugger.com

Lawrence Summers

Professor & Former President of Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council, & Chief Economist of the World Bank

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Author, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute; Former Special Assistant to President Obama

Richard Florida

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

Josh Lieb

Executive Producer, "The Daily Show"

Richard Dowden

Director, Royal African Society