Al Gore
45th Vice President of the United States; Nobel Peace Laureate

Michael Eisner
Former CEO, Walt Disney Company; Owner, Vuguru, a Multimedia Production Studio; Business Technology Visionary

J. Craig Venter
Pioneering Scientific Researcher; Founder and CEO of Synthetic Genomics Inc.

Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 Astronaut and Rocket Hero; Advocate for Space Tourism

Jeffrey Hayzlett
Social Media and Marketing Expert; Bestselling Author, The Mirror Test

Robert Ballard
President, Institute for Exploration Mystic; Prof. of Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of R.I.

Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia; One of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”

Mae Jemison
First African American Woman in Space; Founder and President of Two Medical Technology Companies

Wael Ghonim
One of the Inspiring Voices of the Arab Spring - Using the Power of Social Media for Change; Head of Marketing of Google Middle East & North Africa (1998-2011)

John Kao
Chairman, Institute for Large Scale Innovation; Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Innovation

Daniel Burrus
Leading Technology Forecaster and Business Strategist

Mark Plotkin
Renowned Ethnobotanist and Bestselling Author of Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice; Time Magazine "Hero for the Planet"