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
Kevin Surace is a highly regarded Silicon Valley innovator and entrepreneur. He’s been named INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, and Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee. Mr. Surce has been inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame. His technical background includes pioneering... read full bio
Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram, the world’s largest photo sharing website. Under his time as CEO, Instagram became one of the fastest growing apps, with 800 million monthly users. Systrom has been featured on the list of America’s Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40. He graduated from Stanford University... read full bio
Kevin Warwick is a renowned scientist and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Coventry University. His areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, control, robotics, and biomedical engineering. A Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering & Technology, Warwick is the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute. He has authored or... read full bio
Kimberly Bryant is an American electrical engineer who has founded Black Girls Code, which is a training course that teaches basic programming to underrepresented black girls in technology careers. Since the founding of Black Girls Code, Bryant has been featured in Business Insider as one of the ’25 Most Influential African-Americans In Technology’. Bryant graduated from Vanderbilt University with a... read full bio
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist who is best known for his contributions to astrophysics and gravitational physics. Thorne was born in Logan, Utah, and he has earned his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology before going on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. He then began his career working as an associate professor at... read full bio
Dr. Kirke Borne is an astrophysicist and Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton. Previously, he was a Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University for twelve years. Prior to that, he supported NASA projects in a variety of roles, such as program manager in NASA’s Space Science Data Operations Office and Data Archive Project Scientist for... read full bio
Recognized as one of the top tech conference speakers, Kristian Segerstrale is the CEO at Super Evil Megacorp, a leading game developer. Kristian has also been named among the Top 50 most influential executives in Mobile Entertainment by ME Magazine. He has spearheaded the ever-changing game industry for over a decade. Previously, as VP of Production at EMEA, he led... read full bio
Throughout her career, Krisztina "Z" Holly, a tech entrepreneur and engineer with MIT training, has been at the forefront of innovation. She was the curator of the first-ever TEDx event. Before spending more than ten years creating ground-breaking innovation centers at MIT and USC, she began her career as a serial tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and Boston. Later, she... read full bio
Lars Hamberg is an investor, advisor on innovation, analytics, big data and FinTech expert. He is known for being an expert in the financial industry and has founded several businesses the focus on training, analytics, asset management, AI and IT software. Hamberg has previously earned his Master’s degree in Language Studies and had Ph.D. studies at Stockholm University. He began... read full bio
Laura Adams, Senior Advisor at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), is in charge of the NAM's national Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct effort and offers strategic direction for the direction Consortium's Science and Technology portfolio. Her areas of specialization are human-centered care, digital health, and artificial intelligence. She heads the Global Opportunities Group for the UK's AI Regulatory Science and... read full bio
Lauren Galante is a senior fellow for Atlantic Council and the founder of Galante Strategies. Prior to her work with Atlantic Council, Galante was the Director of Global Intelligence at FireEye Inc., a cybersecurity business. Galante has worked to expose nation state and criminal cyber operations, develop intelligence capabilities, and contribute to publications like APT28: A Window into Russias State... read full bio
The renowned author of Subtract, an award-winning professor and global speaker, Leidy Klotz's ground-breaking research, which has been published in both Nature and Science, has revolutionized our knowledge of creativity and problem-solving. He reminds us that everyone works on this every day. He is a specialist in design, which is the art of turning the present into a desired future.... read full bio
Leo Hilse was a German-born artist, known for his contemporary abstract paintings and mixed media works. He was born in 1953 in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in a creative family where his passion for art was nurtured from an early age. His parents, both artists, provided him with the support and guidance he needed to develop his own artistic... read full bio
Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive researcher and professor. She currently works at UCSD and is the Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. Prior to her recent roles, Boroditsky was a professor at MIT and Stanford. Boroditsky’s innovative research answers questions about the mind, world, and language. She has won several awards for her work, including the NSF Career... read full bio
Silicon Valley tech CEO Lew Cirne is currently the long-standing Founder of New Relic, a software analytics company. Known as the Coding CEO, Cirne was an innovator of application performance management (APM) software technology as the founder and CEO of Wily Technology. As a forerunner in the development of APM, Cirne holds nineteen patents in this field. Cirne was a... read full bio
Lex Sokolin, a well-known futurist and businessman, is actively influencing the direction of financial services. Lex is actively involved in developing the infrastructure and applications required for a decentralized future in her role as Head Economist and Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, a prominent blockchain technology startup. His areas of expertise include public and private blockchains, digital assets, protocol crypto-economics,... read full bio
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a National Academy of Sciences member, a world-renowned planetary scientist, and an educator. She is the Vice President for the Interplanetary Initiative at Arizona State University, one of the leading Earth and planetary science research institutions in the US, the Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche project, and a co-founder of the educational startup Beagle Learning. In addition, she... read full bio
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Lisa Randall is a notable theoretical physicist from the United States who has made significant contributions to particle physics and cosmology. She was raised in Queens, New York City, and began an exceptional academic career, graduating from Harvard University with an AB in physics and a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics. Randall currently serves as the physics department's Frank B.... read full bio
