Janelle Shane is an American optics research scientist, AI researcher, writer, and speaker, who is best known for her blog, AI Weirdness. She is also known for her debut book, “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place.” Shane has previously studied electrical engineering at Michigan State... read full bio
Pieter Abbeel is an Belgian Professor who is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Berekeley Robot Learning Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also co-director of the Berkeley AI Research Lab at Berkeley. Abbeel has also been co-founder of covariant.ai, which is a start-up that teaches robots skills. As a businessman,... read full bio
Ioannis Ioannou is a Professor, advisor, keynote speaker, and influencer on topics which include corporate responsibility and sustainability leadership. Ioannou has previously earned his B.A. in Economics and Mathematics before going on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University/Harvard Business School. While finishing his Ph.D., Ioannou began working as an associate and Ph.D. intern at Analysis... read full bio
John Humphrys is a Welsh broadcaster, journalist, and host, who has been known for his work with BBC, having been the presenter for the ‘Nine O’Clock News,’ and for presenting the program ‘Today,’ as well as hosting the television show ‘Mastermind.’ Humphrys was born in Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales, and he left school at 15 years old to pursue a career... read full bio
Dennis Hong is a Korean-American mechanical engineer, inventor, innovator and roboticist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founder of RoMeLa, the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at UCLA. Hong is best known for his research on robot locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots, and autonomous vehicles. Through his research, he has gone on to invent robots... read full bio
David Epstein is an American journalist, investigative reporter, and a New York Times bestselling author of the book “The Sports Gene”. As a writer, Epstein focuses on writing about the science that circulates sports, which range from performance enhancing drugs, and more. Him and his colleague, Selena Roberts, were the two that broke the news on Alex Rodriguez testing positive... read full bio
Steve Mann is a Canadian engineer, professor, and inventor, who is known for specializing in augmented reality, computational photography, and high dynamic range imaging. He is the founding member of the IEEE Council on Extended Intelligence and is co-founder of InteraXon. He has also been co-founder and CTO of Blueberry X Technologies and is chairman of MannLab. Mann was born... read full bio
Gunter Pauli is a Belgian entrepreneur, author, and economist, who is best known for his book “The Blue Economy.” Pauli was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and he graduated from Loyola’s University before going on to earn his masters in business administration from INSEAD. He later went on to be founder and Chairman of PPA Holding, and founder and CEO of... read full bio
Carlos Paez Rodriguez, also known as “the man of the iron spirit,” is best known for being one of the only survivors from the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that crashed near the Andes. During his time fighting for survival, Rodriguez had to resort to cannibalism to stay alive and was only 18 at the time of the crash. By... read full bio
Jim Sciutto is an American news anchor and former government official who is currently the chief national security correspondent for CNN. Sciutto has previously earned his degree in Chinese history from Yale University where he graduated cum laude. He went on to begin his career working in television as a moderator and producer of the PBS program, ‘The Student Press,’... read full bio
Stephen Sackur is an English journalist who is best known for being the host of “HARDtalk,” which is a current affairs interview program which is featured on both BBC World News and BBC News Channel. Apart from his work with HARDtalk, Sackur has also been presenter for the series “GMT” which is featured on BBC World News. Sackur was born... read full bio
James Rubin is an American former diplomat and journalist who has previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under President Bill Clinton. Rubin was born in Larchmont, New York, and he earned his BA in political science as well as a Master of International Affairs from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. Rubin began his career... read full bio
Paul Romer is an American economist who has worked for the NYU Stern School of Business and who has previously served as the Chief Economist of the World Bank. Romer was born in Denver, Colorado, and he earned his B.S. in mathematics and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. He then had his graduate studies at MIT as... read full bio
Alvy Ray Smith is best known for being the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios as well as Altamira. Smith was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, and he has earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and while there, he created his first computer graphic. Smith then went on to earn his Ph.D. in computer science... read full bio
Fidel Ramos, also known as FVR and Eddie, is a retired Filipino general and politician who has previously served as the 12th President of the Philippines. Ramos was born in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands and earned his degree in Civil Engineering at the National University in Manila. He then went on to earn a B.S. in... read full bio
Venki Ramakrishnan is an British-American structural biologist who has previously earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath due to their work in the structure and function of the ribosome. Ramakrishnan was born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, and he was born to a family of scientists. Venki earned his B.S. in physics and went... read full bio
Goran Carstedt is best known for being the former CEO of IKEA. Carstedt is a specialist in leadership and sustainability and has been the leader of the Society for Organizational Learning global network. He is best known in Europe for being a leader of numerous world famous companies and has a focus on organizational learning. Through his work with IKEA,... read full bio
Geoff Mulgan has been the Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London and has also been the CEO of NESTA, which is an innovation charity. Mulgan has previously earned his degree from Balliol College, Oxford, before going on to earn his Ph.D. in telecommunications from the University of Westminster. Over the course of his... read full bio
Enrique Penalosa is a Colombian politician who has previously served as the 798th Mayor of Bogota. Penalosa was born in Washington, D.C. and he moved to the United States at 15 years old as his father began working as a Colombian ambassador to the UN. Penalosa then went on to study at Duke University where he earned his B.A. in... read full bio
Edgar Perez is an American-Peruvian author, speaker, and consultant who is an expert on topics which include quantum computing, artificial intelligence, deep learning, cybersecurity and high-frequency trading. Perez was born in Lima, Peru, and he has earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria before going on to earn his Masters in Management from Universidad ESAN, making... read full bio
