Heman Bekele is a scientific researcher and inventor of Ethiopian American descent. He won awards from several science contests, such as the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes and the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, for creating a soap prototype that would administer cancer-fighting therapies. Because of Ethiopia's high rates of sun exposure and lack of access to inexpensive healthcare, he started... read full bio
Dr. Hugh Thompson is a computer security expert who has been an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University and the Chief Technology Officer of Symantec. He has also been the Program Chairman of RSA Conference and is co-author of the book “The Plateau Effect”. Thompson is also well known for his role in the HBO documentary... read full bio
Fast Forward Labs was founded by Hilary Mason, who is also the Data Scientist in Residence at Accel and the founder of the machine intelligence research firm. She formerly held the position of Chief Scientist at bitly. She is a member of NYCResistor, co-host of DataGotham and co-founder of HackNY. Hilary thinks that technology should endow us with superpowers. They are creating these... 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
Kabam, the market leader in the western world for free-to-play core games, was co-founded by Holly Liu, who also serves as the company's Chief of Staff. Holly is also responsible for the management of Kabam's corporate culture and talent, which is in charge of communicating Kabam's vision, goal, and values to the company's more than 775 workers located in offices... read full bio
Hope Jahren is an American geochemist and geobiologist who works at the University of Oslo in Norway. She is known for her work using stable isotope analysis to analyze fossil forests dating to the Eocene, which has earned her several awards such as the James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union. Jahren was born in Austin, Minnesota, and... 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
Ian Beacraft is a respected counsel to the most cutting-edge businesses in the world and is regarded as one of the leading voices in developing technology. As the company's founder and chief futurist, Ian oversees a strategic foresight firm that helps businesses navigate the quickly evolving digital landscape and identify significant paths to innovation that have a positive effect on... read full bio
Ian Crosby is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bench, a design focused technology business that is spearheading the movement toward automating the bookkeeping process, while operating as North America’s largest bookkeeping service for small businesses. Bench provides a combination of custom-built software and professional online bookkeepers to organize the financials of small businesses. Ian has been named at the top... 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
Iddris Sandu is a Ghanaian software engineer and architectural technologist who was born in Accra, Ghana, and was raised in Compton, California. Sandu is best known for creating the world’s first smart retail store experience entitled, “The Marathon Store”, alongside the late Nipsey Hussle. Sandu’s work with The Marathon Store includes coding and creating algorithms and the store would allow... read full bio
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., is regarded as one of leading scientists of the 21st century for his invaluable contributions in genomic research. He is founder and president of the Venter Institute and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, and Founder and Chairman of The Institute for Genomic Research, not-for-profit, basic research and research support organizations dedicated to human genomic research... read full bio
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Jack Uldrich is a renowned author, consultant, and nanotechnology specialist who has a great interest in assisting corporations in embracing and profiting from this developing sector. He is well known for his critically acclaimed and number-one best-seller "The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business." Uldrich is dedicated to assisting companies, governments,... read full bio
An Outsourcing Hall of Famer, Jagdish Dalal is a globally recognized leader in the arena of outsourcing and information technology. His extensive experience as a business executive who contracted for these services, in addition to his leadership expertise in establishing outsourcing practice for some of the worlds biggest professional services companies, provide him with an unmatched perspective on consulting. Jags... read full bio
Best known as the creator of Google Ventures’ sprint process, Jake Knapp has advised over 100 startups including Nest, Slack, 23andMe, and Flatiron Health. During his time at Google he created Google Hangouts. Previously, he worked for Microsoft where he led design on Encarta. He has been featured in Fast Company, TechCrunch, and LifeHacker and is the author of Sprint:... read full bio
Jake Porway is the founder and executive director of DataKind, a global team of coders and statisticians focused on using data to help humanity. Porway is a technology and data expert—he holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from UCLA. His work has led him to serve as a data scientist... 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
James Hewitt is a performance scientist, author and speaker whose works focuses on relationships between wellbeing, working patterns and performance in knowledge workers. His research also focuses on the influence of sleep, stress and technologies on the wellbeings of human and how the affects their productivity in the workplace. Hewitt has previously earned his Bachelor’s in sport and exercise science... read full bio
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
