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
"Bess Ho serves as partner at Archimedes Labs, a Palo Alto-based startup incubator for seed stage startup. A popular conference speaker, Bess has presented at the GSMA Mobile Asia Conference, Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC-SV), WIT Women Technology Summit, Android Open, Web20 Expo, Where 20, Silicon Valley China Wireless Conference (SVCW), and Silicon Valley Code Camp (SVCC), among others. She... read full bio
Bill Reinert is the former National Manager of Advanced Technology for Toyota Motor Sales, USA. His primary function was to coordinate Toyotas various research, development and marketing activities related to alternative-fueled vehicles and emerging technologies. He worked on several advanced hybrid electric products, direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, reformed fuel approaches for hydrogen, full-featured electric vehicles, city electric vehicles, plug-in... read full bio
Bing Gordon is a leading expert in gaming technology, with his most notable contributions to the industry including his position as the former Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts (EA), and as an investor/ director at the video game developer Zynga. Now, Bing is the Chief Product Officer at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where he leads an innovative and... read full bio
Brad Templeton is a businessman, developer, and commentator who has been the founder of ClariNet, the director and chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the software developer leader of USENET and the Professor of Computing at Singularity University. Templeton was born in Canada and began to gain attention after he became founder and CEO of ClariNet Communications, which was one... read full bio
Formerly the CEO of Oculus VR, a Facebook-owned virtual reality company, Brendan Iribe transitioned into a role leading the companys PC VR group, returning to his roots and passion for engineering and product development. Brendan began his career as a game programmer, working on the user interface of Civilization IV. Subsequently, he co-founded Scaleform, a user interface technology provider for... read full bio
Brian Christian is a well-known author and academic whose study examines how computer science affects people. His most well-known works include The Most Human Human, Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem, which have all achieved great success. Nineteen different languages have been used to translate Christian's writing, which has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired,... read full bio
Dr. Brian Hare is a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, founder of the Hominoid Psychology Research Group, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Dr. Hares empirical articles regarding human evolution have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals like Current Biology and Nature Neuroscience. As well, his research has been featured in national and international publications like... read full bio
Bruce Babbitt served as Secretary of the Interior, Governor of Arizona, and as Attorney General of Arizona. With degrees in geology, geophysics and law, Babbitt was elected to statewide office as Attorney General on his first foray into elective politics. As Governor, Babbitt brought environmental and resource management to the forefront in Arizona. Appointed Secretary of the Interior by President... read full bio
Bryce Austin is a technology executive, keynote presenter, and best-selling author. He started his career working on a Commodore 64 computer and working with a cassette tape drive, which started his love in technology. Since his early work, Austin now is a leading voice on technology and cybersecurity and CEO of TCE Strategy. He has a CISM cerification and is... read full bio
Futurist Byron Reese is the former Chief Innovation Officer for Demand Media, overseeing research and development. He penned the book Infinite Progress: How Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Hunger, Poverty, and War. Byron is skilled in envisioning the future, as well as how to profit from it. As both a successful serial entrepreneur and an award-winning futurist, he has the... read full bio
For almost ten years, Caleb Wojcik has been intermittently producing videos. During that time, he has captured footage for the NHL, MLB, NCAA basketball and football, weddings, advertisements, book trailers, and a ton of online training videos. He founded Fizzle.co, The Sparkline blog, and The Fizzle Show with other people. He also teaches solo web video production at CalebWojcik.com and... read full bio
The technology sector has made Cali Lewis a household brand, and her podcasts have received over 100 million downloads. An early adopter of podcasting, Cali started off by reporting on technology news online and has since contributed to CNN, Fox News, ABC, MSNBC, and Sirius. She presented the popular online program GeekBeat, then in May she debuted her own program... read full bio
Camille Wardrop Alleyne is an American aerospace engineer, space scientist, speaker, writer, leader, and current Associate Program Scientist for the International Space Station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Alleyne was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and she moved to the United States at 18 years old to pursue a career in space. She went on to earn her... read full bio
Cansu Canca is a renowned philosopher, authority on AI ethics, and forward-thinking figure in the field of artificial intelligence's ethical ramifications. Her work has had a significant impact on the field of AI ethics and governance, establishing her as a leading expert in the area. Cansu Canca, the founder and director of the AI Ethics Lab, has established a significant forum... read full bio
As director of the hit film "Rio" and the internationally popular Ice Age movie franchise, Carlos Saldanha's films have grossed close to a billion dollars worldwide. With a background in computer science and a natural artistic sensibility, he found New York City the perfect locale to merge these skills and become an animator. Carlos Saldanha has assisted in creating Blue... read full bio
Dr. Carole Baldwin is a well-respected authority on marine biology, especially tropical-marine and deep-sea fishes. She was also the star of the Smithsonian 3-D IMAX film, Galapagos, for which she was a scientific advisor and on-air talent. Baldwin has published over four-dozen scientific articles, and her work includes the discovery of new species of fishes in Belize, Tobago, Cook Islands,... read full bio
The creator and editor of Platformer, a journal exploring the meeting point of technology and democracy, is Casey Newton. Newton was The Verge's longstanding Silicon Valley editor until he founded Platformer. He was a nominee for the National Magazine Award for reporting while at The Verge for his research on the lives of American content moderators for Facebook and Google,... read full bio
The CEO and founder of a covert AI startup is Cassie Kozyrkov. In addition, she is the CEO of Data Scientific, a prestigious firm that assists CEOs and international leaders in making the best choices possible. She is credited with creating the discipline of decision intelligence at Google, where she was the company's first Chief Decision Scientist and advised executives... read full bio
Dr. Catherine Ball is a voice in the genealogy world. As the Chief Scientific Officer for AncestryDNA, Dr. Ball has established the companys approach to genetic genealogy. Dr. Ball holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from UCLA. Dr. Ball later studied in the Departments of Genetics and Biochemistry at Stanford University School of... read full bio
