Protopia Futures was founded by futurist and speculative designer Monika Bielskyte, who is also a partner of Africa Life Centric Design. Her work is not based on one-size-fits-all techno-solutionism, which is prone to short-term hype cycles and rapid obsolescence, but rather on contextual, complicated realities on the ground. With a background in immersive media and information technologies (generative AI, spatial... read full bio
Moon Ribas is a Catalonian avant-garde artist and activist for cyborgs who is known for developing and planting sensors in her feet which lead to her feeling earthquakes through vibrations in the sensors. This has led Ribas to be named the world’s first cyborg woman, or artist. Ribas was born in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain, and she began studying experimental dance... read full bio
Dr. Moran Cerf is a neuroscientist researching how conscious percepts are developed in our brains. He studies the activity of individual nerve cells directly from the brains of patients undergoing neurosurgery. These patients are implanted with electrodes deep inside their brains for clinical purposes. After the implantation, Dr. Cerf is able to use the implanted electrodes to analyze the ways... read full bio
Moriba Jah is an American space scientist and aerospace engineer who works as the associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. Jah was born in San Francisco, California, and while growing up he moved and lived in Venezuela for a while before moving back to the United States. After moving back to... read full bio
Murat Gunak is the former head design at DaimlerChrysler AG, Volkswagen and Renault and is has been the head of MIA Electric cars. Gunak has studied design at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Kassel and then went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London where he earned the award of Master of Automotive Design and went... read full bio
A seasoned IT entrepreneur, Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI, an AI-first business that is revolutionizing how people and computers interact. He formerly served as vice president of AI products and policy at Google. Prior to that, he co-founded DeepMind, which Google later acquired. He spent more than ten years as Head of Applied AI, helping the... read full bio
Natalie Sisson is an intrepid explorer and "Suitcase Entrepreneur" who goes to various places all over the world. She lives out of a bag, where she operates a highly successful online business from her laptop and smartphone, and she teaches people how to do the same thing. This is something that you probably have assumed. She is on a mission to... read full bio
Referred to as the father of the MP3 player, Nathan Schulhof is an entrepreneur who has been advancing in the technology industry for over thirty years. He is the lead inventor for three different patents, including the mp3 player, which was a major innovation within the music and technology world. He is also the co-inventor of a few other patents.... read full bio
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList, a website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups. AngelList syndicates have invested over $100M in US startups so far, becoming the largest single pool of funds ever devoted to early-stage startups. Prior to forming AngelList, Naval co-founded Epinions (acquired by Shopping.com) and Vast.com. A prominent angel... read full bio
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Nicholas J. Webb is a world-renowned business, healthcare futurist, and innovation thought leader. He is the author of The Innovation Playbook and The Digital Innovation Playbook and a successful inventor with a wide range of patented technologies ranging from one of the worlds smallest medical implants to consumer and industrial products. Webb is also the inventor of the popular Hanz... read full bio
Futurist Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, where he covers the areas of technology, politics, business and culture. He is also a contributor to CNBC and a former columnist/ reporter for The New York Times. Bilton is the best-selling author of Hatching Twitter, as well as the newly released American Kingpin. Hatching Twitter chronicles the turmoil and... read full bio
Nicklas Bergman has more than 25 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, technology investor and futurist. He currently manages about 15 direct and indirect investments and focuses primarily on investments and business development in emerging markets, web services, nanotechnology, computing, new materials and new media art. He delivers lectures on how to survive and navigate the techstorm as well as how people and... read full bio
Leading futurist and innovation strategist Nikki Greenberg works to get businesses ready for a tech-enabled future. In order to match their companies with the increasingly digital manner that people live, work, and interact today, she assists CEOs in reimagining their industries. She has worked for Fortune 500 companies in senior roles. Most recently, she was the Head of Technology Strategy... read full bio
Niklas Zennstrom is a leading tech entrepreneur, most notably founding numerous high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis, such as Skype and Kazaa. He recently founded the technology investment firm Atomico, which has invested in over fifty companies on three continents. Zennstrom also co-founded the nonprofit organization Zennstrom Philanthropies, which aims to support climate change, human rights and social entrepreneurship. He... read full bio
A well-known futurist, researcher and media personality, Nikolas Badminton is the team leader at Exponential Minds, a company that provides expert advice to organizations, billion-dollar corporations, progressive governments and the entertainment industry. The end result is a future that is more resilient, with empowered workers, fresh, inventive goods and amazing growth. United Nations, NASA, UK Home Office, Government of Canada, United Way, Google, Microsoft, Rolls... read full bio
Nina is a renowned strategic counselor who trains forward-thinking executives to take advantage of artificial intelligence's enormous potential. Her talks give ambitious changemakers and C-suite executives a mindset that is ready for the AI-driven future. Alongside Sam Altman (Open AI), Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind), and Geoffrey Hinton (The "Godfather of AI"), she has been listed as one of the top 20 AI... read full bio
Nina Tandon is a biotech specialist. She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, a “grow your own bone,” bone reconstruction company. Utilizing patient stem cells, EpiBone is able to reconstruct and repair bone-related injury. Apart from her work with EpiBone, Tandon is a professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union and an electrical and biomedical engineer at Columbia... read full bio
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. Nir founded two tech companies and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups, venture... read full bio
