Dr. John Medina is a molecular biologist who specializes in the isolation and characterization of genes that are involved in the development of the human brain, as well as the genetics of various psychiatric disorders. He’s spent a good portion of his professional career as an analytical research consultant who works mostly in the field of pharmaceutical and biotechnology. Most... read full bio
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NetApp is Cynthia Stoddard. Providing a long-term technological vision that supports and is in line with the organization's strategies, goals, business plans, operational needs, and overall efficiencies is the CIO's responsibility. In order to facilitate the implementation of global business solutions and infrastructure that support the company's expansion, she gives leadership... read full bio
President and CEO of EPRI Arshad Mansoor is in charge of the organization's day-to-day operations as well as its portfolio of R&D and demonstration activities, which cover all power generation, distribution and utilization sources as well as environmental concerns. Mansoor formerly held the position of senior vice president, research and development, where he was in charge of overseeing the creation of the... read full bio
American theoretical and experimental physicist John Francis Clauser is most known for his contributions to the theory of local realism and the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, as well as for the Freedman-Clauser experiment that provided the first experimental evidence that non-local quantum entanglement is real. The Freedman-Clauser experiment, along with the CHSH prediction, is thought to be of sufficient significance that it has... read full bio
Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Vienna and Senior Scientist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information is Anton Zeilinger. He is a Quantum Physicist who was honored with the Institute of Physics' first Isaac Newton Award for his "pioneering conceptional and experimental contribution to the foundation of Quantum Physics, which have... read full bio
Canadian novelist and cultural critic Stephen Marche has been penning articles about artificial intelligence for years. Marche offers a distinctive viewpoint on the meeting point of AI and the humanities thanks to his PhD in Shakespeare. His writing examines how AI is transforming how we think about creativity and authorship. Marche garnered media attention in 2021 for his groundbreaking breakthrough in... 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
Among the greatest creators of the modern era is Ray Kurzweil. He was the primary developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition system, the first print-to-speech reading device for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer and the first CCD flat-bed scanner. Along with designing the first commercially available large-vocabulary speech recognition system, he also built the first music synthesizer that... read full bio
Baroness Susan Greenfield, CBE, is a British scientist who specializes in brain physiology. She studies how the brain creates awareness, the effects of modern technologies on the mind and innovative treatments for neurodegenerative illnesses like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. After completing her DPhil in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University, Baroness Greenfield went on to work as a researcher at NYU Medical... read full bio
Gary Marcus is a scientist, author, and entrepreneur who is the CEO and founder of Geometric Intelligence, a machine learning company which was acquired by Uber AI Labs. Marcus studies natural and artificial intelligence and is the professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University. As an author, Marcus has written on deep learning, machine learning and the... read full bio
Dhairya Dand is an award-winning researcher, designer, engineer, and the head of ODD Industries located in New York City. Dand was born in Nashik, India, and he studied at Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute where he earned his bachelor’s in computer science and went on to study design at the Industrial Design Centre. Dand later went on to move to the... 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
Rob advocates for the ethical and responsible use of AI and he offers guidance to businesses, governments and other international stakeholders on how to take use of the opportunities presented by the technology to spur innovation in a way that fosters trust. He frequently contributes to the media, speaks at conferences and is a very vocal user of social media. He is especially concerned... read full bio
Kate Crawford, a well-known expert in artificial intelligence (AI), has spent more than 20 years at the vanguard of this rapidly developing field. She has become a go-to source in the media for information on all things AI because to her timely perspective and thought-provoking writing. She is an outspoken proponent of learning about technology, especially generative AI, and its... read full bio
Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entrepreneur, wiki pioneer, and technological visionary who was recognized by Forbes Magazine as a "Web Celeb." He is most known for being the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia, an international collaborative free content encyclopedia on the Internet. He established Wikia, a privately held free web hosting service, as a co-founder. Mr. Wales... read full bio
Formerly, an advisor to the CEO of Motorola and chief evangelist of Apple, Guy Kawasaki’s in-depth knowledge of the high-tech industry united with his years of management experience enable him to address a wide range of audiences. Currently, Kawasaki is chief evangelist of the Sydney based company called Canva, which is an online graphics tool that allows you to create,... read full bio
In the field of innovation, Lisa Bodell is a trailblazing visionary leader. She has reshaped how businesses approach innovation and change as the founder and CEO of FutureThink. Lisa is a driving force behind some of the most innovative corporate efforts because of her natural ability to simplify complexity and spark revolutionary thought. Lisa Bodell has devoted her professional life to... 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
Known for his delicate light buildings and permeable enclosures, Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido in 1971. He went on to graduate from the University of Tokyo in 1994. Following this, he established his own firm called Sou Fujimoto Architects back in 2000. In 2013, Sou won the competition to design the temporary Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London. Numerous of... read full bio
Ainissa Ramirez is a renowned materials scientist and an inspiring science communicator from the United States. Her passion for science was ignited during her childhood when she watched the PBS show, 3-2-1 Contact. Seeing a young black girl solving problems and enjoying science on the show inspired her to pursue a career in science. Ramirez attended an all-girls Catholic high school... read full bio
