Molly Wright Steenson is a design strategist, author, architectural historian and associate professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. She earned her PhD in architecture and urbanism from the 60s to the 80s. At the start of her career, she worked for companies including Netscape, Scient, Reuter and a wide variety of Fortune 500 and smaller, creative companies. As... read full bio
Scott Amyx is a managing partner at Amyx Ventures. He is also a TEDx Speaker, IBM IoT Futurist, Forbed New York Business Council Member, Singularity University and Smart City Accelerator Mentor, and more. Amyx is author of the book “Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success”. He has also set to publish the book “The Human Race:... read full bio
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who is best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She is the former director of the Center for SETI Research and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. She has been featured in Discover magazine as one of the 50 most important women in science.... read full bio
Yossi Vardi is an Israeli entrepreneur and investor who is one of Israel’s first high-tech entrepreneurs. He has founded and helped build numerous tech companies in fields such as software, energy, mobile, water technology, electro-optics and Internet. Vardi graduated from the Technion in Haifa with a B.Sc. in industrial management engineering and went on to earn his M.Sc in Operations... read full bio
Hugh Herr is an American biophysicist, engineer, and rock climber. Growing up, Herr was a prodigy rock climber and by only 8 years old he had scaled the face of the Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies and at only 17, he was known to be one of the best climbers in the United States. After getting caught in a... read full bio
Peter Fingar is a cloud computer & technology expert, thought-leader and best-selling author. He is an internationally recognized expert on business strategy, globalization and business process management. As an author, his book “Business Process Management: The Third Wave” has been used for the BPM trend in the 21st century. Fingar has worked with companies such as GTE Data Services, American... read full bio
Joseph F. Coughlin is Director of the MIT AgeLab and expert on Disruptive Demographics. He provides insights on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior will converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Coughlin is the author of the online publication Disruptive Demographics at MIT. He has been featured in Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative... read full bio
Jeff Immelt is an American business executive who has worked as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He has recently retired as chairman of the board of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He had been selected as CEO by their board of directors to replace Jack Welch and prior to being CEO, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems... read full bio
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
Mohanbir Sawhney is an author, scholar, professional speaker, consultant, and management expert. He is the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology at the Kellogg School of Management and an adviser to several large organizations on e-commerce strategies. Sawhney was born in Kalaikunda, India, and holds a Ph.D. in marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned... read full bio
Bart Millard is a singer-songwriter who is best known as the leader of the band MercyMe. Apart from his work with MercyMe, Millard has also released two solo albums, “Hymned, No. 1” and “Hymned Again”, which earned him a solo Grammy nomination in Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album. Hymned, No. 1 peaked at number 12 on the US... read full bio
Rory Kinnear is an English actor and playwright who is best known for playing Bill Tanner in the James bond films. He is also known for working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. Kinnear is the son of Roy Kinnear and Carmel Cryan. He studied acting at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went... read full bio
A DJ duo making an impact on the psytrance music scene, Vini Vici is comprised of Israeli natives Aviram Saharai and Matan Kadosh. They specialize in psychedelic electronic music that can be described as cataclysmic, authentic, and mesmerizing. Trance legend, Armin Van Buuren claimed, “Few acts have such a well-defined signature sound” when asked about the duo. Vini Vici has... read full bio
Sam Paganini is an Italian DJ and Producer who’s recognized as a pioneer of techno music. His song, “Rave”, has become a techno classic. It peaked at No.1 on Beatport’s Techno Top Ten for over two months and has lasted on Beatport’s Techno Top 100 for over a year and a half. With over 18 million clicks on YouTube, “Rave”... read full bio
Nastia is DJ and radio host from the Ukraine. Music has always been her passion, but she attended the University of Donetsk to pursue a marketing degree. Soon after, she landed a job as a dancer at one of the cities best clubs, but that wasn’t enough to satiate her curiosity in music. Nastia decided to start spinning and relocated... read full bio
Escala is an electronic string quartet from London, England, which consists of members Victoria Lyon, Honor Watson, Stephanie Benedetti, and Helen Nash. The group gained attention after performing on and reaching the final of the television series “Britain’s Got Talent”. After their fame from Britain’s Got Talent, Escala performed on the nationwide Britain’s Got Talent tour in London and went... read full bio
Alex Moffat is an American actor and comedian who is best known for being a cast member on “Saturday Night Live”. He was born in raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Denison University. Moffat started his career in comedy on stage performing at Chicago comedy clubs such as The Second City, ImprovOlympic, Annoyance Theatre and Zanies Comedy Club. After... read full bio
POPOF is a widely recognized name in the techno and house music scene; this is no surprise considering the achievements of the French DJ and producer. Popof was voted Best Newcomer artist at the Ibiza DJ Awards and was later appointed official mentor of the Paris Techno Parade’s fifteen-year anniversary where he was recognized as a “historical actor and witness... read full bio
Often referred to as the bad-boys of pitch-black techno, Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix are the Berlin based, techno duo known as Pan-Pot. Their music stands out from the rest as it’s underground-oriented and based on experimental elements within the techno and house genres. Their live sets are accompanied by vocals, making them popular among dance floor and festival fans.... read full bio
Nathan Barato is a dance music DJ and producer from Toronto. Unlike several DJ’s in his genre, Nathan is not only recognized as a prolific DJ, he’s also recognized as being one of the most played producers in dance music. Nathan’s success can be attributed to the genre diversity of his music, which has been described as an eclectic mix... read full bio
