Maria Zuber is the Vice President of Research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at MIT, as well as Principal Investigator of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission- an effort to map the Moon’s gravitational field. She is the first woman to head an MIT science department and the first to lead a NASA planetary mission. She... read full bio
Mariano Sigman is a world-renowned neuroscientist who is praised for his innovative contributions to our knowledge of the human brain and how it relates to different fields of culture and technology. With more than 150 scientific articles, he has worked with professionals in disciplines including gastronomy, music, athletics, and magic to apply neuroscience in novel ways. Bestsellers like "The Power... read full bio
The electricity grid, our stock exchanges, our nuclear weapons sites and even a few renowned museums have all been protected for nearly thirty years by Mark Graff, one of the first to realize the need of keeping us secure from cyberattack. He most recently held the position of Chief Information Security Officer for NASDAQ for three years. As the founder and... read full bio
Mark Ostach assists individuals in developing the bravery to connect. Ostach is an internationally renowned speaker on digital wellbeing who is regularly featured in USA Today. He has published two books, given two TED presentations, and encouraged thousands of people to embrace a spirit of courage through vulnerability. Mark Ostach is interested in behavioral neuroscience and holds degrees in technology and... read full bio
Martin Bryant is a technology journalist and editor at Tech North, a web publication focused on growing the digital business sector in the North of England. He is formerly an editor-at-large at The Next Web, another well-known online publication in the technology industry. Martin is especially interested in apps, digital media, and European startups. Martin has led panel discussions at... read full bio
The co-founder and innovator of Tesla Motors, Martin Eberhard, has been innovating and creating since the start of his career. The University of Illinois graduate (both undergrad and graduate) began at Wiye Technology. His first design was the WY-30 ASCII computer terminal. He then co-founded and founded the start-up companies Network Computing Devices, Inc. - which make X Windows-Based network... read full bio
Matt Kaplan is the author of Scholarscribe.com and is the voice behind some of the most fascinating science and technology stories published today. He writes for The Economist and contributes to Nature, National Geographic, New Scientist, Scientific American and The New York Times. Fascinated by the weird and the wonderful, he frequently covers the crossroads between technology and nature. In... read full bio
Matthias Horx is a futurist, author, and trend consultant who is a junior futurist at Zukunftsinstitut. While growing up, Horx often read and heard about the future being dark and always felt like he only saw the end of mankind or how technology will save us. This led him to want to understand how the future could really turn out... read full bio
Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher, and has been the President of the Future of Life Institute and Professor of Physics at MIT. Tegmark was born in Sweden and while in high school, Tegmark created a word processor which was written in pure machine code. Tegmark has earned his B.Sc. in Physics from the Royal Institute of Technolgy... read full bio
Maxx the Robot is a nine-foot tall interactive robot. This robot does not only move, but also has the ability to talk, shake hands, and entertain guests of all kinds. Maxx the Robot is a futuristic robot and can awe attendees of any event. From corporate events to private parties, Maxx the Robot is sure to be the perfect addition... read full bio
Megan Smith has previously been the 3rd Chief Technology Officer of the United States under President Barack Obama. Prior to her job as Chief Technology Officer of the US, Smith was vice president at Google where she led new business development at Google. She was also general manager of Google.org, a vice president at Google[x] and the former CEO of... read full bio
Melanie Mitchell is a Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University and is also a Member of the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute. Mitchell graduated from Brown University with a major in mathematics and she went on to earn her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan. During her time at the University of Michigan,... read full bio
Signal's president is Meredith Whittaker. She served as the AI Now Institute's Faculty Director and Co-Founder before becoming its current Chief Advisor. With a focus on power and the political economy that propels the commercialization of computational technology, her research and advocacy center on the social ramifications of artificial intelligence and the tech sector that produces it. She spent more... read full bio
Mike has spent his whole career, which spans 28 years, working to expand the range of options and levels of care available to people who require long-term care. At the moment, he works as a member of the advocacy team with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), which is his present place of employment. Mike's prior position was as... read full bio
Michael Durst is a scientist and entrepreneur who is known for previously working as a strategy consultant for Siemens Business Services. During his work with Siemens, Durst worked on conducting digitization projects and also worked on IT strategy, enterprise architecture and e-commerce. He also worked on projects for the automotive industry, insurance companies, banks, utility companies and machine manufacturing. After... read full bio
Michael Irwin Jordan is an American scientist who is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and is a researcher for topics which include machine learning, statistics and AI. Jordan has previously earned his BS magnua cum laude in psychology from Louisiana State Universiy and went on to earn his MS in Mathematics from Arizona State University before going... read full bio
Former VP of Product at Twitter, Michael Sippey is now the CEO and founder of Talkshow, an app that allows people to text in public. With this messaging app, individuals, groups of friends, entertainers, creators, and anyone else can have conversations in public, to be viewed by others in real time or after the fact. Every Talkshow can be shared... read full bio
In the current era, both businesses and consumers seek more innovation. Michael Tchongs thrilling tour of the landscape of now reveals how innovative companies are strategically utilizing trends in food, healthcare, hospitality, lifestyle, real estate, retailing, technology and travel. This cross-disciplinary revelation of the leading edge helps spark innovation within organizations of all types. As a professional people watcher and... read full bio
Michael Wesch is an associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. He also works on media ecology and the field of digital ethnography, where he studies the effect of new media on human interaction. Wesch graduated summa cum laude from the Kansas State University Anthropology Program and has since been a faculty member after earning his Ph.D. in... read full bio
Michelle served as the former vice president of the Amazon Web Services Machine Learning Solutions Lab, where she provided business strategy advice to Amazon's largest clients on integrating AI. As the founder and CEO of Obsidian Strategies, she now demonstrates to corporate executives how AI is being used in a variety of industries to boost revenue, improve customer experiences, and... read full bio
