Donna Dubinsky is a businesswoman who played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs) serving as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995. She has gone on to co-found the brain research company Numenta in 2005, also with Hawkins, around whose ideas she has said she is happy to build her... read full bio

A fashion icon, Donna Karan is known for her accomplishments in the fashion industry. She has dressed modern women for nearly four decades. She has built enduring companies that have shaped fashion, design, and aesthetics for several generations. She has received numerous awards and honors for her fashion achievements such as the Womenswear Designer of the Year (1996, 1990), and... read full bio

Donny Deutsch is the host of The Entrepreneurs, a primetime special profiling the success stories of America's entrepreneurs. He was also the host of The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. Donny has interviewed everyone from budding entrepreneurs to Billionaires, discovering their secrets to success and showing YOU how to turn your idea into a BIG IDEA. As Chairman of... read full bio

As an internationally acclaimed expert on customer service, leadership, change and global competitiveness for over 30 years, Doug Lipp has inspired and challenged over 1000 audiences and 200,000 individual attendees. His combination of high energy entertainment and thought-provoking lessons is contagious, motivating audiences around the world to maximize both personal and professional success. Formerly the Head of Training at Disney's... read full bio

Lauded throughout the business world for his dramatic turnaround of the iconic food giant, Douglas Conant transformed Campbell Soup's global leadership team; reconfiguring the portfolio, cutting costs and making strategic investments in products, marketing programs, innovation pipeline and infrastructure, ultimately delivering ten straight years of adjusted earnings per share growth and record high Return on Invested Capital. During the decade... read full bio

Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years, James Canton has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. Dr. Canton is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. James Canton is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will... read full bio

Dr. Michael D. Watkins is the Chairman of Genesis Advisers, an executive on-boarding and transition acceleration company located in Newton, MA. He has worked with leaders in both corporate and public as they transition to new roles, negotiate the future of their organizations, and craft their legacy as leaders. Dr. Watkins is the author of Your Next Move: The Leader�۪s... read full bio

Drew Boyd brings a wealth of experience and success to his work in innovation. He served as a marketing executive for 17 years at Johnson & Johnson, one of the most admired and innovative companies in the world. As Director of Marketing Mastery at J&J, he created and led an internal marketing university that taught executives the skills of innovation,... read full bio

Dylan Ratigan is the former anchor and co-creator of CNBC's Fast Money. Dylan also co-anchored The Call and the Closing Bell. CNBC's Fast Money is a rapid-paced, highly charged hour where four of Wall Street's best traders debate and discuss the hot trades of the day. Ratigan served as The Commissioner of Fast Money, which now originates from the NASDAQ's... read full bio

Dr. Ed Yardeni is the Chief Investment Strategist, and a Managing Director of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. Working from the firm's headquarters in New York City, he writes Global Portfolio Strategy, as well as a variety of topical studies. In these publications, Dr. Yardeni explores issues and trends in the economy and financial markets that are vital to a broad... read full bio

As the CEO of four companies, Edwin Miller knows how to create high performance teams in both good and bad economies. Drawing from his own experiences, he created a new and innovative framework for assessing business, which utilizes the new concept of social discovery. This concept allows business leaders to gain insight into their companies by gathering real-time information from... read full bio

Born in Spain but based in London since 1992, Elena Garcia originally trained as a linguist, specializing in Public Services Interpreting. Her interpreter's job has led her to work with many local groups and has made her aware of the problems faced by migrant communities and people in penitentiary institutions. Following her passion for design, in 2001 Elena Garcia decided... read full bio

Emme previously hosted Fashion Emergency on E! where she gave fashion advice to women of all ages. Emme is frequently seen on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, and other cable networks about socially compelling and women-related issues. Her Simply Green with Emme" iVillage blog came about from her brush with lymphatic cancer in 2007, pondering all things for the quest... read full bio

Erin Burnett is a business news anchor, reporter and interviewer for CNBC television. She is the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street program and the host of CNBC's Street Signs program. She also appears on NBC's Meet the Press, Today, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and NBC Nightly News, as well as occasional appearances on The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)as an... read full bio

For more than 25 years, during periods of growth and recession, Faith Popcorn has been the futurist of choice for companies seeking a competitive edge. Through Faith Popcorn's future-focused marketing consultancy, BrainReserve, Faith Popcorn works with clients, applying her insights on cultural and business trends. In her most recent book, EVEolution, Faith Popcorn predicts the next revolution in American business... read full bio

The Wall Street Journal recently ranked Gary Hamel as the world's most influential business thinker" and Fortune magazine has called him "the world's leading expert on business strategy." For three consecutive years, Gary Hamel has also topped Executive Excellence magazine's annual ranking of the most sought after management speakers."... read full bio

Online marketing trailblazer Gary Vaynerchuk is a entrepreneur whose dual identity as both business guru and wine guy has made him known as the Social Media Sommelier. His book, Crush It, was a NY Times Bestseller; the premise is the social media revolution has changed the way we live our lives and conduct our business. A self-trained wine expert, he... read full bio

Gene Simmons will forever conjure up images of the tongue-wagging demon from KISS. And he should, KISS being perhaps the greatest, most accomplished, and well-known American rock band the world over. However, what most people don't know about Gene Simmons is that he is much more than that; the outspoken rock star is also an actor, author, producer, and entrepreneur.... read full bio

Geoff is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and columnist for FORTUNE, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. As anchor of Wall Street Week with FORTUNE on PBS, he spoke each week... read full bio

Geoffrey Moore is the Chairman, Founder and Managing Partner of TCG Advisors, a consulting practice that provides marketing strategy and organizational services to many leading high-technology companies as well as to those in other sectors. He provides market strategy advice to their high-tech portfolio companies. Mr. Moore's most recent book, Living on the Fault Line. Moore's current practice is focused... read full bio