James Lyne is a cyber security expert who has been the global head of security research at Sophos, one of the world’s largest security firms. Through his work as a security researcher, Lyne has researched on malware, hacking, viruses, trojans, and more. He has also been known for giving live working demonstrations and shares his developments in technology and security... read full bio
Hod Lipson is an American robotics engineer who is the director of Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab. Lipson was born in Haifa, Israel, and he has earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Lipson began his career working as an assistant professor at Brandeis University’s Computer Science Department. He has also previously been... read full bio
Bertalan Mesko is The Medical Futurist and is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, where he helps to analyze how technologies in science can help with reality in medicine as well as healthcare. Mesko is also an author and speaker and he has given talks for numerous organizations and governments which include universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Yale.... read full bio
Ian Pearson is a leading futurist and author who has been the former head of BT Laboratories. Pearson has previously earned his degree in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from Queens University in Belfast. He then went on to begin working in Shorts Missile Systems where he focused on areas which included mechanical engineering and battlefield strategy simulation. From there,... read full bio
Andrew Ng is a British-born American businessman, computer scientist, investor, and writer, who works on machine learning and AI. Ng has previously co-founded and led Google Brain and has also previously been the former Vice President and Chief Scientist at Baidu where he helped build the company’s AI group. Ng has previously earned his undergraduate degree with a triple major... read full bio
Shuji Nakamura is an American electronic engineer and inventor who is known for specializing in semiconductor technology and who works as the professor for the Materials Department of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Nakamura was born in Ikata, Ehime, Japan, and he earned his B.Eng. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Tokushima... 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
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
Silvia Damiano is an award-winning specialist on leadership, a scientist, and filmmaker. She is the founder of About my Brain Institute, which she founded with the purpose of democratizing leadership and neuroscience. She has focused her studies over the years on the human brain, optimal brain functioning, and neuroscience and how it applies to leadership and daily life. Damiano has... read full bio
Sebastian Thrun is an entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist who has been the CEO of Kitty Hawk Corporation as well as the chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Thrun was born in Solingen, West Germany, and he has earned his Ph.D. summa cum laude in computer science and statistics from University of Bonn and previously studied computer science, economics and medicine... 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
Marc Tarpenning is an American engineer and entrepreneur who has been the co-founder of Tesla Inc. alongside Martin Eberhard. Tarpenning was born in Sacramento, California, and he has earned his B.A. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. After earning his degree, Tarpenning began working for Textron in Saudi Arabia before going on to develop software and firmware... read full bio
Audrey Tang is the Digital Minister of Taiwan and a software programmer who is best known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell. Tang was considered a child prodigy at the age of five as Tang was reading classical literature and went on to be performing advanced mathematics before six years old and was learning computer programming before eight.... read full bio
Eric Cole is a world renowned cybersecurity expert who is an expert on breadth and depth experience in integrated cyber security. Through his work, Cole solves problems with a business and technology mindset. Cole is founder of Secure Anchor Consulting and through his work there, he has been a speaker and expert on SCADA and critical infrastructure cyber security. Prior... read full bio
Roger Spitz is a leading futurist wo is the founder of Techistential, which is a global foresight strategy and futures intelligence platform. He is also a startup and board advisor where he sits on a number of advisory board, venture capital funds, and academic institutions. He is also chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute. Through his work as a leader... read full bio
Mikey Cohen is best known for being an architect and principal engineer for the Netflix Edge Platform, which is part of the Netflix streaming application. Through the edge platform, Cohen worked to help create a support system that takes over 10 billion request per day and serves over 50 million customers all over the world. Prior to his work with... read full bio
Graham Cluley is a British technology consultant, security blogger, and author who is best known for his daily blog, grahamcluley.com, which talks on computer security news, advice, and opinions. Cluley began his career working in the security business as a programmer for the anti-virus firm, S&S International. During his time working for S&S International, Cluley began writing up Dr Solomon’s... read full bio
Dr. James Bellini is a futurologist, author, and former editor and presenter for the Financial Times Television. He is known to be a speaker that is thought-provoking and is also a moderator for numerous conferences and business schools all over the world. He is a leader on social, economic and technological trends and is also an analyst and writer on... read full bio
Daniel Sieberg is the current senior marketing manager at Google. He specializes in media outreach and is an official spokesperson of the company. In addition, Sieberg is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning television correspondent and author. He has appeared on networks worldwide including ABC News, BBC News, MSNBC, PBS, and on shows like The Dr. Oz Show and The Nate Berkus... 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
