Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Paul Snelgrove

Paul Snelgrove led the group that pulled together the findings of the Census of Marine Life -- synthesizing 10 years and 540 expeditions into a book of wonders.

Michael Stevens

YouTube Sensation; Best Known as Vsauce

Edward Tenner

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

Fiorenzo Omenetto

Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Physicist

Michael Nielsen

A physicist turned writer, Michael Nielsen believes online communication and collaboration tools are revolutionizing the way we make scientific discoveries.

Dr. Phil Plait

Blogger for Discover Magazine at Bad Astronomy, where he deconstructs misconceptions and explores the wonder of the Universe.

Tal Golesworthy

Tal Golesworthy is an engineer and entrepreneur, working in research and development of combustion and air pollution control -- until he decided to innovate in his own health.

Greg Gage

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan; CEO and Co-Founder of Backyard Brains

Peter Diamandis

Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation; Author; Named One of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Bruno Maisonnier

CEO and Founder of Aldebaran Robotics

Thom Mason

Laboratory Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Keller Rinaudo

Co-founder and CEO of Zipline

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Mina Bissell

Iranian-American Biologist; Known for her Research on Breast Cancer

Anil Ananthaswamy

Award-Winning Science Writer & Author of "The Edge of Physics"

Bunker Roy

Founder of Barefoot College

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Dan Ariely

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

Eric Berlow

Data Ecologist, Complexity Scientist

Harald Haas

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

Justin Hall-Tipping

The Energy Evangelist, Justin Hall-Tipping works on nano-energy startups -- mastering the electron to create power.

Lucianne Walkowicz

Astronomer, Movement Artist & Educator

Marco Tempest

Cyber-Illusionist

Nathan Myhrvold

Founder of Intellectual Ventures; Former Chief Strategist & Chief Technology Officer of the Microsoft Corporation; Author of “Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking"

Ray Kurzweil

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

Dean Kamen

Founder of FIRST; President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation

Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Louis-Philippe Loncke

European Adventurer 2016, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Management Consultant

Daniel Schnitzer

Daniel Schnitzer is the founder of EarthSpark International, a company dedicated to helping create clean energy supply chains in Haiti.