Alec Ross is recognized nationally for his ability to maximize the potential of technology and innovation in service of America's diplomatic goals. His uniquely diverse career has taken him through 41 countries, traveling one million miles for the State Department. He is also known for helping Barack Obama get elected in 2008 by leading the campaign's Technology, Media & Telecommunications... read full bio

Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on the geopolitics of oil, energy, security and risk. Associate director of the Energy Program at Rice Universitys James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, she is a frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry and investment conferences. Her forthcoming co-authored book is tentatively titled, Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises. A widely... read full bio

Bill Nye has spent most of his life making science and technology entertaining and accessible. Combining his talents as a scientist, inventor, comedian, and author, he has attracted adults and children to the wonders of science. Nye's wit and enthusiasm have helped to garner 18 Emmy awards for his PBS/syndicated series Disney Presents Bill Nye the Science Guy.... read full bio

Whether you're looking to hire a business motivational speaker, invite an inspirational Christian speaker, need a top keynote speaker, sports personality or speaker for Vietnam veterans; Bob Wieland has done it all. Wieland has been the choice for event planners looking for inspirational keynote speakers and conference planners needing a speaker to lift their sales team, organizations and churches for... read full bio

As director of the hit film Rio" and the internationally popular Ice Age movie franchise, Carlos Saldanha's films have grossed close to a billion dollars worldwide. With a background in computer science and a natural artistic sensibility, he found New York City the perfect locale to merge these skills and become an animator. Saldanha has had a hand in creating... read full bio

Born in Pennsylvania in 1977, Chad Hurley is the co-founder and former CEO of the video-sharing website YouTube.com. After college, Hurley worked at eBay's PayPal division before collaborating with co-workers Steve Chen and Jawed Karim to create YouTube in 2005. YouTube quickly became one of the web's fastest-growing sites, and was ranked as the 10th most popular website just a... read full bio

Chair, David Suzuki Foundation; Award Winning Scientist; Environmentalist and Broadcaster. Dr. David Suzuki, environmentalist, scientist, and broadcaster, is known for his passion for science and his ability to explain complex scientific issues with clarity and simplicity in person and on the television. He is well known to millions as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science television series,... read full bio

Since joining Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt has helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global enterprise. Under his leadership, Google has dramatically scaled its infrastructure and broadened its offerings while maintaining a culture of strong innovation. His background uniquely prepares him to lead Google's efforts toward technological solutions that focus on users. With founders Sergey... read full bio

Williams has a knack for figuring out how people want to keep in touch-even before they seem to know it themselves. In 1999 he launched Blogger, a service that allows people to post their every thought online. That turned anyone with a computer into a global publisher. After selling Blogger to Google, Williams created a podcasting startup named Odeo that... read full bio

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper. On October 14, 2012 he set the world record for skydiving an estimated 39 kilometers (24 miles) reaching an estimated speed of 1,342 kilometers per hour (834 mph), or Mach 1.24, and became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power on his descent. The project was... read full bio

Jamie Hyneman has been a wilderness survival expert, boat captain, diver, linguist, animal wrangler, machinist and cook, to name but a few. After working for several special-effects companies, Jamie found his way to Colossal Pictures' model shop, where he managed the production of models and special effects for hundreds of commercials and movies. Jamie took over the shop and created... read full bio

Recognized worldwide as an industry visionary, Jerry Yang is the co-founder and Chief Yahoo of Yahoo! Inc., a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions of users daily. Jerry Yang serves as an executive officer and is on the company's board of directors. A true Internet entrepreneur, Jerry Yang... read full bio

Jim Brazell is a consultant, researcher and orator focusing on 21st century issues including community competitiveness, educational innovation, emerging technology and jobs. Jim's clients include think tanks, companies, universities, community colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations and K-12 schools. ... read full bio

Emmy Award winner Katie Linendoll shatters the mold of the typical tech expert. Quirky, well-spoken, geeky, stylish and down-to-earth, her delivery is always unique. Often referred to as the Chic Geek, Katie is a host, producer and tech expert. Katie is a Contributor for CBS The Early Show and a regular guest on CNN, discussing everything from new technologies to... read full bio

Facebook's pioneering sales executive and among its first ten employees, Kevin Colleran was an integral part of the social networking behemoth's sales force. As the company's Global Partnership Lead, he was responsible for creatively monetizing the site without hampering user experience. In 2010, he was named one of New York's 100 Coolest Tech People by Business Insider. While at Facebook,... read full bio

The founder of Digg is one of the most well-known faces of the new Web elite. That's partly because the computer-science dropout from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas changed the way millions of people each month get the news, taking power from front page editors and giving it to people who submit and vote for stories on Digg.com. The site,... read full bio

Louise Leakey is a Kenyan paleontologist. She does research and field work related to human fossils in Eastern Africa. She first became actively involved in fossil discoveries in 1977, at the age of six, when she became the youngest person to find hominid fossils. In 1993, she replaced her father as field expedition leader for Turkana paleontological expeditions, in one... read full bio

Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg is a management consultant, educator and leading expert in the world of training, organizational learning, e-learning, knowledge management and performance improvement. He is the author of two books.... read full bio