Internationally Bestselling Authors of FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS; FREAKONOMICS Spent Over 2 Years on The New York Times Bestseller List, With More Than 4 Million Copies Sold Worldwide; Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's Popular FREAKONOMICS Blog is Hosted Exclusively on The New York Times Website

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner are the much heralded authors of the internationally bestselling book FREAKONOMICS and the highly anticipated follow-up SUPERFREAKONOMICS. The Freakonomics Phenomenon has put this dynamic duo at the top of meeting planners lists across the globe. Dazzling audiences with their wry and unconventional insights, Levitt and Dubner offer story after story, with research backing each theory, that address ways to create behavior change and show what incentives work and don't work.

Author, The Art of Choosing; S.T. Lee Professor of Business in the Management Division of the Columbia Business School

Author of The Art of Choosing, Dr. Sheena Iyengar's research has appeared in Fortune, Time Magazine, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and in popular books including The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. Malcolm Gladwell cites her research in his bestseller, Blink, and says, "No one asks better questions, or comes up with more intriguing answers." She has taught on a wide variety of topics at Columbia business school, including leadership, decision making, creativity, and globalization.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT! Click here to preview a clip from Sheena's TED Talk about how names affect choice; Click here to watch Sheena's 20min presentation at TEDxEAST on The Art of Choosing;  and Watch her recent interview on the Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo.

World Famous Trend Forecaster; Bestselling Author

Faith Popcorn removes the mystery from business, helping companies who apply her Trend-based methodology become leaders, not followers, of the future. She has been hailed as “the trend oracle” by The New York Times and the “Nostradamus of Marketing” by Fortune.

CEO/Founder Just Ask a Woman; Named the “Oprah of Madison Avenue” by The Wall Street Journal; Bestselling Author, Just Ask A Woman; Women's Correspondent, CBS Early Show

Since founding the strategic marketing consultancy Just Ask a Woman in 1999, Mary Lou Quinlan has advised dozens of blue chip corporations, including Wachovia, Best Buy, Clairol, GlaxoSmithKline, Ikea and Pepsi on what women want.

Former President and CEO of Pepsi; Former CEO of Apple Computer; High-Tech Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Named "CEO of the Decade" by Financial News Network

John Sculley shares the business secrets that he used to catapult Apple and Pepsi to the most recognizable brand names in their categories.  John Sculley draws from his boardroom experiences to offer valuable insight into leading change, the new global marketplace and the innovative concepts companies are developing to transform business.

Bestselling Author and World Renowned Speaker on Exploiting Business Trends and New Market Opportunities ; Expert in Gen Y Trends

Peter Sheahan has established a globally recognized brand as a leading expert in how the world's most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the competition instead of running with the pack. In the space of three years he built a multi-million dollar consulting practice attracting clients such as News Corporation, Google, Coca-Cola, L'Oreal and Ernst & Young.

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Former CEO of Snapple; Leading Brand Strategist & Innovator; Chairman of INOV8 Beverage Company

Mike Weinstein is the beverage guru. Having engineered and led the spectacular turnaround of Snapple and served as the COO for A&W Drinks, he is an expert in branding and innovation in the beverage industry. Mr. Weinstein loves to share the secrets and story of how he reversed Snapple’s waning fortunes, and made it one of the most successful drink companies around.

Branding and Selling Expert

Rick Barrera is a marketing consultant and author known throughout the Fortune 500 for his extraordinary speaking ability and his unique approach to brand building. His research on the strategies used by breakthrough brands like Hummer, Starbucks, Chico’s, Yellow Freight, WAMU, Lexus, and Google will change your thinking about marketing forever.

Co-Founder of The FEED Foundation; CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder FEED Projects

Lauren Bush is the CEO and Co-Founder of FEED Projects, a charitable company with the mission of creating good products that help feed the world. At the podium, Lauren speaks about philanthropy, hunger, and global issues.

Futurist ; Author; Visionary Business Advisor

Recognized as “one of the top presenters in the 21st century” by Successful Meetings Magazine, Dr. Canton is a highly sought-after keynote presenter. He has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.

President, Currid and Company

As one of America’s most respected computer industry analysts, Cheryl Currid offers a rare blend of business and technical insight. With many years of hands-on management and executive experience, she also brings in-depth knowledge of the inner-workings of computer and communication technologies. Her understanding of past, present and future technology trends gives her a unique position as a highly successful trend forecaster. Her ability to explain the importance of technology is unparalleled.

Co-Director of Brand Insights, Just Ask A Woman

Jen Drexler is an authority on what women—Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, suburban moms or high-powered executives—are doing, thinking and buying. For one thing, she has been professionally studying women as consumers since 1997. For another, she understands what motivates women and makes them tick, because she lives and breathes their lives—24/7. Jen reads what women are reading (from fine literature to tabloids) and watches what women are watching (even if it is a questionable makeover show). Consequently, Jen is able to give straightforward and actionable recommendations for clients from consumer packaged goods to healthcare.

Futurist; President of Age Wave; Author of With Purpose: Going from Success to significance in Work and Life

As the foremost visionary on aging-driven change, Ken Dychtwald helps people understand how to prepare for a future that’s dramatically different. A psychologist, gerontologist and corporate consultant, Ken Dychtwald was honored by American Demographics Magazine as the single-most influential leader in Baby Boomer marketing the past quarter century. This respected futurist regularly provides commentary on network television, radio and in print. In his speeches Dychtwald focuses on the baby boomers and mature adults and their considerable impact on markets. His recent speeches focus on how aging boomers regard their advancing years not with dread but as a new chapter of life and a period of renewal and reinvention, marked by personal wisdom, accumulated wealth, skills honed over the course of a career and a sense that this is not a time of decline but instead, the beginning of "The Power Years."

Author, Cycles: How We Will Live, Work and Buy ; Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Age Wave; Expert on Lifestyle Trends

A leading authority on generational marketing and demographics explores how age no longer defines who we are, how we live and work and what products we buy, rather it is “lifestage” that governs our life choices and purchases. She analyzes how old marketing practices such as age segmentation and brand loyalty are losing their traction in our quickly changing, ageless marketplace.

NBA Hall of Famer

Earvin Johnson, Jr. may best be known for his winning ways during his illustrious 13-year NBA career, but today the basketball legend directs his efforts toward his growing business and philanthropic empire, Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE).

Founder and Former CEO of Travelocity.com

The story of the entrepreneur in the garage is well known. But how does one build a startup inside a huge corporation? How do you successfully innovate in large and sometimes bureaucratic organizations? Terry Jones started Travelocity.com as a department inside the multi billion dollar Sabre Corporation. Starting with an idea and a team of ten, he grew the department into a three billion dollar public company with over 35 million members and 1200 employees.

Technology Expert

Scott is a thought leader that specializes in helping leaders see the world in new ways. He has used innovation, velocity, and future vision to build his own companies, and to advise clients. He speaks to audiences across the market spectrum and never fails to send them home with at least three new ideas that can be applied right away. Scott is one of very few people that can translate where technology and trends are going with a high level of flair. It is also rare to find someone that has his combination of both "over the horizon" vision, and "in the trenches" experience. He is about TRANSFORMING, not informing.

Top Business Strategist; New York Times Business Bestselling Author; Director of Research, MediaPost; CEO, NFI Research

Bestselling author and Business Strategist Chuck Martin has had his pulse on the latest management trends since first authoring Managing for the Short Term. Sharing the stage with President Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Phil, and Lance Armstrong, Chuck Martin advises audiences and companies on how to best cope with today’s business challenges. CEO of international market research powerhouse, NFI Research, Martin overseas a global idea exchange and research engine with a network base of 2,000 senior executives from more than 1,000 companies in 50 countries, including: AT&T, GE, American Express, Deloitte & Touche, Microsoft, and IBM.

Author; Journalist; Cultural Commentator

An esteemed cultural commentator, Christopher Noxon has developed unique perspectives on our nation’s shifting demographics and how institutions can adapt to a new generation.

Former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer & Leadership Coach; Best-selling Author

Currently advising business and public leaders on next-generation strategies, Tim is one of the most in demand speakers on the conference and seminar circuit.

Author, Surviving the Digital Jungle and Doing Business in the Information Age

The author of two influential books on e-business, strategy, processes, and technology - Surviving the Digital Jungle and Doing Business in the Information Age - Jack Shaw helps organizations increase revenues, cut costs, improve service, and maximize productivity by using technology to enable winning business strategies.

Professional Risk Taker; Consumer Products Marketing Veteran

Barbara Stoker brings a dynamic style that encourages individuals to rediscover their courage, tap into their wisdom and take those intelligent risks that will make a true difference. In her interactive presentation, Barbara inspires audiences while providing them with the information they need to rediscover the leader within themselves.

Entrepreneur and Technology Pioneer; President, Walker Digital; Founder, Priceline.com

Jay Walker is a technology pioneer who turns new ideas into BIG opportunities. Whether it’s changing the way consumers buy groceries and airline tickets (priceline.com) or changing the way old line companies approach their businesses, Walker and his team have invented over 600 proprietary business systems that solve problems in industries ranging from travel to defense to retail to restaurants to vending to publishing to gaming and entertainment.

Expert on Trends, Branding and Marketing; Former Director- Advertising, Public Relations & Brand Strategy at Timex, America’s largest watch company, for 13 years

Watson draws from her marketing experience in the fast-paced corporate world to tackle a myriad of topics facing today’s businesses.

Chief Economist at Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson, Inc.,; Columnist, American Spectator Magazine

The Wall Street Journal ranked him the nation’s #1 U.S. economic forecaster. The Chicago Tribune has called him “Chicago’s most prominent New Era Economist.” Wesbury is regularly featured on CNBC and CNN-fn and comments weekly on economic issues for WPTT radio in Pittsburgh. In Chicago, he may be seen on Channel 11’s Chicago Tonight or heard on WBBM radio.

Former Chief Marketing Officer for Coca-Cola; Bestselling Author

“Selling more stuff to more people more often for more money more efficiently™” defines marketing success for Sergio Zyman, the man who put the fizz back in Coca-Cola’s fortunes, founded a preeminent marketing strategy firm, and authored four books, including two international bestsellers.