Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company (1984-2005); Owner and Non-Executive Chairman, The Topps Company, Inc.; Founder & CEO, The Tornante Company

Michael Eisner teaches audiences how to develop corporate creativity and strategically invest in innovation, based on his experiences as CEO of Disney and as Founder of The Tornante Company, a fund to invest in and develop companies in the media and entertainment sector. Both Fortune 500 CEO and entrepreneur, Mr. Eisner knows that even large global companies can innovate and adapt to new markets, new economies and new technologies. Through his remarks, he not only inspires corporate innovation, he gives parameters for successful execution such as brand building, establishing strategic partnerships and employee work teams.

Under the leadership of Michael Eisner, Walt Disney Company revenues grew from $1.7 billion to more than $30 billion by focusing on the power of ideas, pursuing the innovative vision, and taking creative risks. As a leader in the media industry for nearly four decades, Mr. Eisner has overseen organizations recognized for their inventiveness and innovation, experienced an explosion of technological advances that have impacted his business and led his companies through the advent of the next big ideas. In his presentations on leadership, he shares his insights on what it takes to run a company that must always grow and change.

Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Worldwide ; Former President of Sony; Founder, The Mottola Company

As one of the most highly regarded and influential executives in the worldwide entertainment business, Thomas D. Mottola most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. During his tenure, he transformed Sony and its 18,000 employees into the most successful global music companies in history, expanding its businesses and all of its manufacturing facilities into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry. Under Mottola's leadership, Sony revenues skyrocketed from $800 million to over $7 billion a year, creating the largest sales in the history of the company.

Visionary Innovator Merging Global Brands and Superstar Musicians

When Fortune 500 companies need to reenergize or reinvent a lagging brand, they call Steve Stoute. In addition to marrying cultural icons with blue-chip marketers (Beyoncé or Tommy Hilfiger's True Star fragrance, and Justin Timberlake for "lovin' it" at McDonald's), Stoute has helped identify and activate a new generation of consumers.

Considered “A McKinsey of Pop Culture,” Stoute's reputation for revolutionizing the relationship between global brands and superstar musicians has been praised by both Forbes Magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek. He has been featured in The New York Times, Adweek, in HBO's documentary The Black List, and in Target's DREAM.DARE.DO campaign for Black History Month. He was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2008 and is a featured speaker at conferences around the country.

Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc; Chairman, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS

In 25 years, Kenneth Cole has built a 150 store-strong retail empire, uniting his fashion instincts and business acumen with his philanthropic convictions. Mr. Cole’s influence reaches far beyond the world of fashion – he has been a dynamic advocate for many causes ranging from initiatives for the homeless to his work as Chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

Bestselling Author and World Renowned Speaker on Exploiting Business Trends and New Market Opportunities ; Founder and CEO of ChangeLabs™

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'Oréal and Ernst & Young.

WATCH SIZZLE REEL! Take a look at the following video compilation to see why meeting planners bring Peter Sheahan to the stage time and time again.  VIEW CLIP.

Former President and CEO of Ferrari North America; Author, Selling Dreams: How to Make Any Product Irresistible

Marketing maven and veteran CEO Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni, Ph.D. has led some of the world's most prestigious consumer products companies. His broad experience in banking, luxury goods and branded products, along with his comprehensive international business perspective serve as the backdrop for his presentations, where Dr. Longinotti-Buitoni reveals how he transformed products like Ferrari into irresistible brands.

One of the Inspiring Voices of the Arab Spring - Moving Millions Toward Freedom ; Head of Marketing of Google Middle East & North Africa (1998-2011)

Wael Ghonim, the 30-year-old sparkplug of the Arab Spring, offers one of the most inspiring stories of the Age of Social Marketing: a memoir and manifesto for all of us. Wael is an extraordinary individual, an activist who is literally changing the most important country in the Arab region, redesigning its place in the world and the world’s relationship to it. He helped to mobilize the Arab Spring from his laptop, waking up and engaging a large segment of the population to go into the streets and challenge its status quo. Although Wael doesn’t claim to be political, his social engagement is phenomenal, based on an innate sense of justice and non-violence rather than a study of history or established political precedents.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT : Watch Wael's captivating interview on 60 Minutes.

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

A world renowned expert on the subject of choice, Dr. Sheena Iyengar's research on how and why we choose, and what we need to do to choose better, has surprising and profound implications for our personal and professional lives. Her insights are invaluable not only to businesses looking to improve strategy, leadership and customer relations, but to every individual trying to make positive and lasting changes to his or her life.

How did Dr. Sheena Iyengar become a leading expert on choice? View Video...

Her presentation to a packed house at the TEDxEast event (View video) was so successful that she was invited back to speak at TEDGlobal. Her talk earned thunderous applause and high praise from TED: "We're so excited to share this talk! It's mindblowing." (View video)

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Lessons on Growing Your Business from Sheena Iyengar

Founder, Wikipedia; U.S. Internet Entrepreneur and Wiki Pioneer; One of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”; Wikipedia is the 5th Most Popular Website in the World

Today Wikipedia is the 5th Most Popular Website in the WORLD, and Leading Technology Futurist and Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales is one of the most sought after visionaries in business and technology. Named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People," Jimmy Wales was also acknowledged by the World Economic Forum -- the foremost global gathering of political, business and cultural leaders -- as one of the top 250 young leaders across the world for his professional accomplishments, his commitment to society, and his potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.

Senior Advisor for Comcast Corporation, Present; Former Pentagon Spokesperson; ABC Commentator; Contributor to the Tony Kornheiser Show on ESPN Radio

A Senior Advisor for Comcast Corporation and on-air commentator for ABC, Torie Clarke has advised some of the nation’s best-known executives. Best known to the public as the chief spokesperson for the Pentagon on 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq war, Torie Clarke has long been respected within the worlds of politics and public relations as one of the most insightful experts on communication in the age of transparency. The architect of the media "embedding" program in Iraq, Clarke has stood on the leading edge of this transformation of the information environment for more than two decades.

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Torie Clarke joined a fascinating roundtable discussion about Gender Politics on This Week with Christiane Amanpour, where she addressed the success of women in political and business leadership roles, and the different qualities that women bring to the table in order to "get the job done." Watch Video... Also, watch an additional interview from the green room: Click here...

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. Mary Lou's authority on women comes from listening to thousands of them, and turning that learning into business success. Her in-depth knowledge and unique spin on what women want has made her the most in-demand speaker on marketing to women and on womens issues. Whether you call on her to speak to your board of directors, your sales force, your trade partners or at industry convventions, get ready for one of the most powerful and remembered presentations ever!

Social Media and Marketing Expert; Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, 2006-2010; Bestselling Author, The Mirror Test

Jeff Hayzlett characterizes big thinking. From creating innovative marketing strategies to appearing on NBC’s hit television show, Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, Hayzlett reaches for the stars, in his career and personal life. Former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the iconic Eastman Kodak Company, Hayzlett is a much sought-after speaker on topics ranging from worldwide business growth, communications, marketing, social networking and mobile marketing. He has become a "Celebrity CMO" according to Forbes Magazine, and organizations around the world are interested in the insights of this social media and marketing expert.

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.

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.

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.

Counselor to President George W. Bush, 2001-2002; Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 2005-2007; Global Vice Chair of Burson-Marsteller

Karen Hughes is a senior strategist helping business leaders strengthen their corporate/CEO reputations, achieve business goals through effective communications and shape positive public and stakeholder perceptions. She has also been described as "the most powerful woman ever to serve in the White House" (Dallas Morning News) and "the most powerful public diplomacy czar in decades" (The Boston Globe). As Under Secretary of State, she traveled to more than 50 countries, meeting world leaders and reaching out to international audiences.

ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT: Karen Hughes Remembers the 9/11 Terror Attacks

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."

Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment Group

A passionate, humorous, and tireless motivator and speaker, Guber has dedicated himself to coaching current and future leaders about the importance of telling purposeful stories to propel their business success. Guber is the sponsor of e2e: A Day of Generosity, an annual conclave in which top business story telling experts and leaders share story telling best practices, brainstorm, and collaborate on bringing the MAGIC of telling purposeful stories to the people of enterprises everywhere.

Behavioral and Communication Expert; Author of 14 books including The Platinum Rule, Collaborative Selling and The Art of Managing People

Tony Alessandra shows audiences how to out-sell, out-market and out-service the competition with his high-tech, high-touch sales and marketing techniques.

Contributor to the International Bestseller Freakonomics; Advisory Board, Berlin School of Creative Leadership; Senior Research Advisor, Department of Justice/FBI (2010-2011); Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University

Highly esteemed Columbia University Professor and Leading Business Consultant Sudhir Venkatesh contributed to one of the most memorable chapters in the International Bestselling Book Freakonomics.  His ability to uncover hidden truths through his research has made him a sought-after voice for business and creative leaders worldwide on the topics of leadership and management. Venkatesh has recently spent time with more than 100 business leaders - from the tech sector to old-fashioned manufacturing to the FBI – observing how top executives uncover hidden aspects of their industry and perform beyond expectations. He brings these informative and entertaining insights to business audiences around the world.

For the past two years, Sudhir Venkatesh has provided presentations to Senior Executives and Creative Directors at the Annual Cannes Lions Festival, which brings more than 9,000 members of the Global Creative Communications Industries together to be inspired and entertained. Venkatesh also teaches popular courses at The Berlin School of Creative Leadership, which provides MBA (and custom executive education) for people in media, advertising, and the creative arts. His courses include: "The Secrets to Effective Leadership," as well as "How Business Executives can use Data Effectively."

CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Worldwide Kevin Roberts is a radical optimist, a celebrated author, a motivator, a visionary and an evangelist for the power of world-changing ideas. A champion of unconventional thinking and assumption disruption, Kevin has a formidable record of success as a business leader. Teams he leads revere him for his energy, his uncompromisingly positive and inspirational management style and his extraordinary ability to generate ideas that cut to the heart of any problem. Using multi-media from Saatchi & Saatchi to engage and provoke his audience Kevin is not just a speaker, he is an emotion-in-motion experience in what it takes to succeed. As President of Pepsi in Canada after his team blew away Coke and took Pepsi to number one in the market for the first time ever, he celebrated by machine gunning a Coke vending machine on stage at a sales conference. As COO of Australasian brewer Lion Nathan, he shook up analysts by bringing a real lion on a chain to one of his first briefing meetings.

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.

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.

White House Press Secretary, 1998-2000; Political Analyst and Commentator; Vice President of Global Communications, Facebook

Joe Lockhart talks candidly and humorously about the players on the Washington scene and the issues facing industry and individuals today. Mr. Lockhart also offers insight into how real solutions exist outside the beltway. A consummate strategist adept at educating audiences about current political issues and how to manage those issues to their best advantage.

CEO, The Aaronson Group ; Columnist, ClickZ.com

Jack Aaronson's success in creating online customer loyalty programs teaches audiences how to attract and more importantly - retain - customers.

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.

Harry Beckwith is the best-selling author of Selling the Invisible, which has been named one of the top ten business books of all time, with over 675,000 copies sold in 14 translations. Lectures Include:

Author, What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

When Michael Bergdahl speaks, people don't just listen. They learn. Experience, insight, and a powerful, personable presence combine to make Michael Bergdahl the must-have speaker for any business that's serious about competing in today's market. With an upbeat, high-energy style that entertains as it teaches, his presentations make complex business strategies and tactics easy to understand and apply.

President, Co-Opportunities; Author, Ready, Blame, Fire: Myths and Misses in Marketing

In demand as a corporate consultant, Ira Blumenthal has counseled clients such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Exxon, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, United Artists, Delta Airlines, Kroger, Home Depot, and others ... a celebrated writer and the recipient of the coveted "George Washington Honor Medal" for literary excellence ... a high-content public speaker who annually delivers over 100 keynotes around the world on topics related to business development.

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Women & Co., Citigroup ; Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Citigroup

Lisa Caputo is Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs for Citigroup. Lisa founded Citi’s leading women’s financial services business, Women & Co., and is its Chairman and CEO since 2000 when she joined Citi. She also is the Co-Head of Citi’s Women’s Initiative. Her wide-ranging experience throughout her career encompasses marketing, advertising, branding, research, media, digital, sponsorships, external, internal and executive communications, media relations, issues management, crisis management, government relations, grassroots organizing, community and consumer advocate group management, and growing a start-up concept into a revenue generating business. In addition to her posts at Citi, Lisa is a frequent television commentator and public speaker on current events and politics.

Co-Director of Brand Consulting, Just Ask A Woman

Tracy Chapman has snooped in strangers' closets, medicine cabinets, refrigerators and even under beds. Some call her curious, others nosey. She'll admit to both. The truth is, Tracy just loves getting at the heart of the matter, which is to understand what motivates people.

Founder, The Corcoran Group; Chairman of Barbara Corcoran Inc.; Bestselling author, Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business

Barbara Corcoran is one clever lady. A well-known figure in the world of New York real estate, she gives all the credit to her beleaguered Mom's teachings. Hailing from a cash-strapped New Jersey family loaded with kids, love, and life lessons, Corcoran parlayed $1,000 into a multibillion-dollar real estate firm. In her speeches she tells her rags-to-riches story. Unafraid of sounding silly, this joyous workaholic passes on her inspiration with real humility and motivates her audience along the way.

The Customer Service and Emotional Brand Building Guru! ; Bestselling Author ; Consultant and Trainer

Scott Deming is on a mission – to bring emotion, sincerity, caring and humanity back into customer service. Scott Deming is on a mission – to impact as many people and as many organizations as possible with a simple message and a tried and true process. Scott Deming is on a mission – to teach executives, management and staff that everyone is in this together. And finally, Scott Deming is taking his nearly thirty years of advertising and marketing experience and showing proof positive that RELATIONSHIPS RULE and building a BRAND through emotional experiences, not just great advertising is the key to SUSTAINABLE personal and professional success.

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.

Leading Business Strategy Expert; Best-selling Author

John Izzo is a researcher and advisor to over 600 companies including many Fortune Top 10 Best Workplaces. His focus is on creating a positive brand strategy that inspires employees and customers alike. A best-selling author of four books including Awakening Corporate Soul and Values Shift, Izzo shows business how to create a workplace environment that creates true employee engagement and wins the hearts of their people. His presentations provide a fully customized set of practical, innovative solutions you can implement immediately along with insight into the future of business and how your company can get ahead of the curve. When companies and leaders want to know how to create inspiring, powerful workplaces and admired brands, they call on John Izzo.

President, Kotler Marketing Group

Milton Kotler in an expert doing business in China. In partnership with Philip Kotler, the S.C. Johnson and Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at Northwestern University, Kotler advises companies on how to create, win and dominate markets.

Senior Editor At Large , Fortune Magazine; Commentator, Fox News Channel

Adam Lashinsky is a Senior Editor At Large for Fortune magazine covering Wall Street and Silicon Valley, as well as a FOX News Channel contributor appearing weekly on the Saturday morning program Cavuto on Business. A preeminent voice on innovation and management, his new book Inside Apple (January 2012) offers lessons on leadership and management that are a must read for anyone who wants to be at the forefront of innovative thinking. Lashinsky offers insights that appeal to entrepreneurs in all industries because he helps them understand how Apple approaches product development, organizational structure, culture creation and the management of its message through product marketing, advertising and public relations. Lashinsky’s presentations resonate with business leaders and executives at companies large and small who want to understand how Apple innovates, and how to bring some of that successful Apple magic to their bottom line.

President, Luntz Research Companies; One of the four “Top Research Minds,” Business Week; One of the “50 of America’s most promising leaders aged 40 and under,” Time; Author, Words That Work

One of the most honored communication professionals in America today, Frank Luntz has become the go-to consultant when Fortune 100 companies need communication and language guidance. More media outlets have turned to Dr. Luntz to understand the hopes and fears of Americans than to any other political pollster.

Marketing Guru of Silicon Valley

Considered the marketing guru of Silicon Valley, Regis McKenna is a well-known technology marketing consultant, advisor to entrepreneurs, venture capitalist and author. McKenna advised a number of entrepreneurial start-ups and their founders during their formation years including: America Online, Apple, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intel, Linear Technology, Lotus, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, Silicon Graphics, 3COM, and many others. He helped launch some of the most important technological innovations of the last thirty years including the first microprocessor (Intel Corporation), the first personal computer (Apple Computer), the first recombinant DNA genetically engineered product (Genentech, Inc.), and the first retail computer store (The Byte Shop).

Cable Industry Visionary; Entrepreneur

David L. Meister has enjoyed a wide range of business successes and personal triumphs, across Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Television airwaves. His entrepreneurial vision and business strategies have revolutionized the Media & Marketing industries.

Managing Director, TCG Advisors; Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Bestselling Author, Dealing With Darwin: Great Companies Innovate At Every Phase of Their Evolution

Recognized as a leading business consultant to large companies facing formidable strategic challenges, Geoffrey Moore has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his life's work.

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.

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.