Previous Speakers at World Technology SummitsKenna - Grammy-nominated musician; philanthropistChris Aiken - President, Aiken Development LLC/AikenSoft/AikenLabs/AikenControlsJohn W. Allen - Chairman & CEO of Greater China CorporationGadi Amit - Principal / Designer, NewDealDesign LLCGeorge Anders - National Correspondent, The Wall Street JournalTimothy Anderson, President, World Computer ExchangeStephen Augustin, Industrial Designer, BMW; Inventor, The WaterconeJohn Baker - CEO, Baker No-Tillage LtdVenkataraman BalajiGeoffrey BallardJames Balog - Lead, Director of Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) (via Skype)Tibor Balogh - CEO, Holografika Ltd.Richard Baraniuk, Founder, Connexions (Rice University)James Barrett - R&D Manager, Venture Design ServicesAndrew Beck - Beck, Vice President for Public Affairs, PetroAlgae, LLC.Rod Beckstrom - co-author, The Starfish and The Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless OrganizationsBill Belsey - iEARN-Canada; President, Inukshuk.comArthur Benvenuto - Former CEO, Advanced Tissue SciencesAndrew BerminghamPorter Bibb - Managing Partner at MediaTech Capital PartnersMatthias Bichsel - Director, Projects and Technology, Royal Dutch ShellJean-Pierre Bizzari - Global Head of Oncology, CelgeneJohn Borthwick - CEO, betaworks; former Senior Vice President of Alliances and Strategy, Time Warner, Inc.Gerardine G. Botte - PhD, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Ohio UniversityAmanda Bower - San Francisco-based columnist, TIME magazineTravis Bradford - Founder, President and Director, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development; COO/CFO, The Carbon War RoomJohannes Britz - Professor, School of Information Studies/ Interim Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeR. Brough-Turner - Co-Founder/CTO, NMS CommunicationsHazen Burford - VP / Director, Intelligent EnergyBrad Burnham - Partner, Union Square VenturesTom Burton - Founder, Energy and Clean Technology Practice Group, Mintz LevinKateri Callahan - President, Alliance to Save EnergyDean Cameron - Founder, BiolytixAnnette Campbell-White - Managing Partner, MedVenture AssociatesRafael CapurroThomas R. Casten - Founder and Chairman, Recycled Energy DevelopmentCharles Chafer - CEO, Space Services Inc.David Chao - Co-Founder, Doll Capital Management (DCM)Matthew Chapman - Co-Founder and President, ScienceDebate.orgGraciela Chichilnisky - Architect of the Carbon Market for the Kyoto Protocol; Managing Director, Global Thermostat; Director, Columbia University's Consortium for Risk ManagementJan Chipchase - Executive Creative Director of Global Insights, Frog Design; Former Chief Usability Researcher, NokiaJames P. Clark - Founder/Chairman, The World Technology NetworkSir Arthur C ClarkeAdam Clayton Powell III - Visiting Professor of Journalism and Senior Research Associate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaDavid Clinch - former Senior International Editor and Social Media expert, CNN; Editorial Director, Storyful.com; Founder, Clinch MediaSteve Cochran - Steve Cochran, Vice President, Climate and Air, Environmental Defense FundAlex B. Cone - CEO / Alpha Geek, CodeFab LLC; consultant, AppleRuss Conser - GameChanger Program Manager, ShellRandy Cortright - Co-Founder/CTO, Virent Energy SystemsMolly Joel Coye - Founder/CEO Heath Technology CenterJeremy Curnock-CookMelissa Alexis Dalmau - Chief Visual Officer, Xtreme Electronics SystemsRobert Davies - CEO, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders ForumSusan Dawson - President/Executive Director Sapling FoundationShamina de Gonzaga Shamina - Co-founder, what moves you?Peter J DenningPeter Denning - Professor and Chairman of Department of Computer Science - Naval Postgraduate SchoolPeter J. Denning - Chairman, Computer Science Department, US Naval Postgraduate SchoolPeter Diamandis - Founder/Chairman/CEO X Prize FoundationTom Dinkel - VP, Fat SpanielTom M. Djokovich - President and Chief Executive Officer, XsunXIrah Donner - Partner, WilmerHaleRebecca Fannin - Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race and International Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ)Claudia Dreifus - journalist, Conversation with... in the New York Times' Tuesday science section; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.Brian Dumaine - Senior Editor-at-Large, FortuneReid A. Edwards III - Head of Public Affairs Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryRenate Egan - Process Development Group Manager, CSG SolarPeter Eisenberger - Managing Directors, Global ThermostatKamran Elahian - Chairman, Global Catalyst PartnersMichael Elliott - Deputy Managing Editor, TIME; Editor, TIME InternationalDavid Ellis - Publisher, Health Futures DigestGerry ElmanGerry Elman - Attorney at Law and Patent Attorney, Elman Technology Law, P.C.James Erickson - Project Manager, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASAHartmut Esslinger - Co-CEO, frog designDavid Ewing Duncan - DirectorRebecca Fannin - Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race and International Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ)David Farber - Former Chief Technologist, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"Scott Faris - CEO, Planar Energy Devices "Gerhard Fasol - CEO, Eurotechnology JapanErica Feidner - vanderLinde Feidner, President/CEO, Piano Matchmaker LLCKirby Ferguson - Writer, Director, ProducerTomas Fernandez - DTS OabeJeffrey Ferns - Gregangelo & Velocity Arts & EntertainmentMarvin S. Fertel - President and CEO, Nuclear Energy InstituteCharlie Firestone - Executive Director, Communications & Society Program, The Aspen InstituteMartin J. Fisher - Co-Founder & Executive Director, KickStart International (formerly ApproTEC)M. Gail Fitzpatrick - Managing Director, Ritchie Technology and Life Sciences FinanceGary Flake - Founder & CEO, Systems ComplexCraig Forman - Vice President & General Manager, Yahoo! Inc.Augustine Fou - Founder, Digital Strategy InstitutePratibha L. Gai - Yorkshire Forward Professor of Electron Microscopy and Nanotechnology, Co-Director of the York JEOL Nanocentre, University of York.Karl Gawell - Executive Director, Geothermal Energy AssociationJesse Gilbert - Dark Matter Media llc, Sound and software designerGeorge Gilder - Chairman Gilder Publishing LLCBruno Giussani - Knight Fellow Department of Communications, Stanford UniversityJames Gleick - author, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood; former National Book Award winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist.Anita Goel - MD, PHD, Chairman, & Scientific Director, NANOBIOSYM, Chairman, & CEO, NANOBIOSYM DIAGNOSTICSDaniel S GoldinPeter Goldmark - Director, Climate and Air Program, EDFCynthia GoodmanKristina Goodrich - President/CEO, Industrial Designers Society of AmericaAdam Gopnik - Author, Angels & Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern LifeSuzanne Grant Lewis - Coordinator, Partnership for Higher Education in AfricaLev Grossman - Senior Writer and book critic, TIME; co-author, Techland blog, TIME.comMoira Gunn - Host , NPR's Tech Nation. Also a professor where she focuses on Global Information Systems and BiotechnologySusan Hackwood - Executive Director, California Council for Science & TechnologyPen Hadow - Director, Geo Mission Ltd.John Hagel - Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP & Co-Chairman,Center for the EdgeSara Haines - Contributing Correspondent, TODAY Show, NBCSheeraz Haji - President, Cleantech GroupUsman Haque - Director, Haque Design + Research Ltd; Founder, PachubeBruce Haring - CEO, JM Northern Media LLCPoppy Harlow - Anchor, CNNMoneyDavid Hartwell - Three-time winner, Hugo AwardDavid Haussler - Director, UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science & EngineeringGraham Hawkes - Ocean Engineer & InventorMark Heesen - President, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)Jessi Hempel - Writer, FORTUNEDewayne Hendricks - CEO, Dandin GroupeSusan N. Herman - President of the ACLUGregangelo Herrera - Gregangelo & Velocity Arts & EntertainmentAndrew HiattBill Holmberg - Chairman, Biomass Coordinating Council, ACOREBruce Howard - Co-Founder, LightgloveSteven Howe - Director, Center for Space Nuclear Research (CNSR), Universities Space Research AssociationJonathan Hoyt - Heidrick & StrugglesDavid S IsenbergJeremiah Jackson - Senior Principal Engineer, KleinfelderJeff Jarvis - Director of the News Innovation Project, CUNY & Creator and Founding Editor of Entertainment WeeklyJesse Jenkins - Director of Energy and Climate Policy, Breakthrough InstituteMary Lou Jepsen - CEO and Founder, Pixel QiBob Johansen - Senior Vice President and Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future (IFTF)Bob Johansen - Senior Vice President and Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future (IFTF)W. Lewis Johnson - Senior Project Leader, Center for Advance Research in Technology for Education, University of Southern CaliforniaSteve Jurvetson - Managing Director - Draper Fisher JurvetsonPaul Kagame - President of the Republic of RwandaPhilippe Kahn - CEO LightSurf TechnologiesThomas Kalil - Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology, University of California-BerkeleyDimitri Kanevsky - IBM Thomas J. Watson Research CenterPriyadarshini Karve - Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)Patrick Keane - CEO, Associated Content; Former CMO, CBS Interactive; Former head Ad Sales Strategy, GoogleBert KeelyMelanie A. Kenderdine - Executive Director, MIT Energy InitiativeCynthia Kenyon - Director, Kenyon Lab, University of California/SanVinod Khosla - General Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & ByersArt Kleiner - Editor, Strategy+Business magazine; author, The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate ManagementJeffrey Kluger - senior editor, TIMEPaul Kontonis - Chairman, The International Academy of Web TelevisionRay Kurzweil - Inventor & Founder, Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Aleksandr Kushleyev - Co-President, KMel RoboticsGeorges Kutukdjian - Exec. Secretary, World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge & Technology (COMEST), UNESCOMichael Laine - CEO, LiftportEli Lake - Foreign Policy Correspondent, The Washington TimesNick Laperle - President and CEO of Sonomax Technologies, Inc. (TSXV: SHH)Adam Lashinsky - Senior Writer, FORTUNE magazineRobert Levin - Founder and CEO, TransclickPaul Levinson - Author; Former President, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaAlex Lightman - Author, Entrepreneur, and FuturistZheng Liu - Research Scientist, Rice UniversityBjorn Lomborg - Director, Copenhagen Consensus CenterKati London - Director of Product, Zynga New YorkAmory B. Lovins - Co-Founder & CEO, Rocky Mountain InstituteMindy S. Lubber - President, CeresArun Madan - Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, XsunX; Research Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines; President/Founder of MVSystems Inc.; Founder, Glasstech Solar Inc.Arun Madan - Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, XsunXYael Maguire - Founder, ThinkcycleJulian Maire - ArtistOm Malik - Senior Writer Business 2.0 magazineRoger Malina - Chairman of the Board Leonardo: The International Society for the Arts Sciences and TechnologyMiltos Manetas - Artist, Founder "NEEN" art movementAlfred E. Mann - Chairman, MannKind CorporationJohn Maraganore - Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Alnylam PharmaceuticalsRoberto Mariani - XID TechnologiesJennie Mather - CEO, Raven BiotechnologiesLily Mazahery - Founder, Legal Rights InstituteLily Mazahery - Founder/President, Legal Rights Institute; Member, Tankel LawLowell McAdam - CEO, Verizon WirelessJason McCabe Calacanis - Chairman & Co-Founder, Weblogs, Inc. NetworkBob McCooey - Senior Vice President, The Nasdaq Stock MarketSarah McCue - Founder and Board Chair, BluMailJohn R. McGrath - Senior Director, Fast Search & Transfer, IncWilliam McKeen - Department ChairScott Mcleod - co-creator of Did You Know viral internet video phenomenonStephanie Mehta - Global Editor, Fortune magazineDaniel Mellinger - Co-President, KMel Robotics.John Mendlein - Chairman, Fate TherapeuticsNicholas Merrill - Executive Director of The Calyx InstituteSarah Miller Caldicott - Great grandniece of Thomas Edison; Co-author: Innovate Like Edison; Steering Committee: Edison AwardsC. Michael Ming - President, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for AmericaBob Mitchell - Cassini Program ManagerEhsan Moghaddasi - PhD candidate focusing on Social Movements and New Media, social anthropology, Boston UniversityHans Monderman - Project Manager Stichting VoorwerkNicholas Moore Eisenberger - Strategy Advisor to Management Team, Global ThermostatHoward Morgan - Partner, First Round CapitalAyan Mukerji - Sr. Vice President, North America, Wipro TechnologiesCraig Mundie - Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer Advanced Strategies and Policy MicrosoftSean Murdoch - Executive Director, NanoBusiness AllianceRon Nabarro - DesignerZiv Navoth - Founder, Verve!Ulf Nehrbass - CEO, Institut Pasteur KoreaBen Neill - Composer, Inventor & PerformerStephen Nelson - Science and Policy ProgramDaniel Niles - Managing Director & Senior Electronics Analyst, Lehman BrothersPeter Norvig - Director of Search Quality Google Inc.David Orrell - Mathematician and Author, The Future of Everything, EconomythsElizabeth OsderLucille Outhred - CEO, DigislideWarren Packard - Managing Director, Draper Fisher JurvetsonMario Paniccia - Director, Photonics Technology Lab, Intel CorporationLawrence T. Papay - CEO & Principal, PQR, LLC.Nicholas Parker - Executive Chairman/Co-Founder, The Cleantech GroupKevin Parker - Head of Asset Management, Deutsche BankAlan Patricof - Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft, LCCDonald Paul - Vice President and Chief Technology Officer ChevronTexacoRoy Pea - Co-Director, Stanford Center for Innovations in LearningJonathan Peachey - CEO, Virgin Management USA, Inc., for Virgin GalacticMarko Peljhan - Director, Projekt AtolDon Peppers - Co-Founder, Peppers & Rogers Group; author, "The One-to- One Future"John Perry-BarlowDavid Pescovitz - Former forecasting columnist, Wired magazineChristine PetersonPaolo Pirjanian - Chief Scientist and General Manager of the Robotics and Vision Group, Evolution RoboticsJim PitofskyDavid Pogue - Personal Technology Columnist, The New York Times; Emmy-Award winning tech correspondent, CBS NewsJason Pontin - Publisher & Editor in Chief, Technology ReviewZoran Popovic - Professor, University of Washington, for FolditDavid Post - Chairman, Next IslandDavid Post - Founder and Chairman, Next Island LLCJames Potter - Director, Mayo Clinic Medical DevicesAndrew Quintero - Director, Technology Transfer and CommercializationMarc Raibert - Co-Founder and President, Boston Dynamics Inc, (BDI)Doug Randall - Senior Practitioner, Consulting Practice, Global Business NetworkDan Reicher - Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.orgAdam Reifsteck - ComposerDave S. Renné - President, International Solar Energy SocietyMichael Rigney - VP Marketing, EnerNOCDan Roam - Author of The Back of a NapkinCynthia Robbins-Roth - Founder, BioVenture Publishing and BioVenture ConsultantsKatherine Roberts - Senior Manager, International Partnerships, CiscoBill Robinson - TechScape columnist for The Huffington Post and CEO, Relentless MarketingGeordie Rose - President/CEO, D-WaveAnna Rosling Rommund - Co-Founder, Gapminder FoundationRichard Roussel - Deputy CTO, XID TechnologiesBunker Roy - Founder, The Barefoot CollegeLou Rubin - Founder, DPrime Consulting (Omnicom Group)Scott SacknoffMarian Salzman - CEO, Havas PR North AmericaIan Sands - Director of Envisioning, MicrosoftBill Saporito - Editor, Global Business edition; Assistant Managing Editor, TIME magazineBill Saporito - Assistant Managing Editor, TIMESilvio Scaglia - Founder e-Biscom and FastWeb; former CEO OmnitelVanda ScarteziniStanley Schmidt - Editor, Analog Science Fiction & Fact magazineStuart Schulzke - Director, Content Development, FORA.tvJeff Serfass - President, National Hydrogen AssociationJigar Shah - CEO, Carbon War RoomGary ShapiroZhengrong Shi - SuntechÕs founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer.Clay ShirkyDaniel Sieberg - Science & Technology correspondent, CBS NewsDaniel Sieberg - Host, "Next@CNN" television show, CNNGreg Simon - President, FasterCuresJohn Smart - President Institute for the Study of Accelerating ChangePeter Smith - Principal Investigator and Project Leadership, Phoenix Mars MissionAdam Somlai-Fischer - Cofounder, Prezi.com; Director, aether architecture; Senior Adviser, Kitchen Budapest medialabJonathan Spector - President and CEO, The Conference BoardJim Spoher - Director, Almaden Services Research, Almaden ResearchDwayne Spradlin - President and CEO, InnocentiveJay Stanley - Senior Policy Analyst with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology ProjectGavin Starks - Founder and CEO, AMEEPaul Steely White - Executive Director, Transportation AlternativesRonald E. Stoltz - Manager, California Energy Liaison Office, Sandia National LaboratoriesErik Straser - General Partner, Mohr Davidow VenturesBob Suh - Chief Technology Strategist & Global Managing Partner for Growth and Strategy, AccentureJohn P. Sullins - Associate Professor, Sonoma State University, California; Teaches: Philosophy and Robotics, CyberEthics, Philosophy of Science and Technology and LogicDevon Swezey - Project Manager, Breakthrough InstituteChris Taylor - Futures Editor, BUSINESS 2.0 magazineRichard M. Taylor - Executive Director, International Hydropower AssociationAlbert H. Teich - Director of Science & Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Steve Teig - Co-Founder, TabulaMarco Tempest - Technoillusionist and Winner, 2010 Merlin Award for Best Contemporary MagicianReshef Tenne - Professor Department Head Department of Materials and Interfaces Weizmann Institute of ScienceRobert Tercek - Executive Leader for Creative Ventures and Business InnovationMaria C. Thomas - Vice President and General Manager, National Public Radio/NPR OnlineVolker Thomsen - Treasurer, World Wind Energy Association; Executive Chair of the World Wind Energy Conference 2008Sebastian Thrun - Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University- SAILRishad Tobaccowala - Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, VivakiMargaret C. Turnbull - New Worlds Observer Lead Scientist, President, Global Science Institute, Certified Supplier, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Global Science Institute/Northrup GrummanTien Tzuo - CMO, Salesforce.comMartin Varsavsky - Tech Entrepreneur and InvestorSahba Vaziri - NY Representative, Pavegen Systems LtdAli Velshi - Chief Business Correspondent, CNNAli Velshi - Chief Business Correspondent, CNNAlex Vieux - Publisher, Red HerringSteve Vogt - Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Lick ObservatoryLisa Voldeng - Founder, sugar labFrank Volke - Head of NMR/MRI-Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)Vivek Wadhwa - Academic, Researcher, Writer, and EntrepreneurJimmy Wales - co-founder, Wikipedia; Director, CiviliNationMichael Waller-BridgeBryan Walsh - Writer, TIMEPhilip Warner - President & CEO, Eden Park Illumination.Hermione Way - cast member, Silicon Vally (Bravo TV); founder, Newspepper; Co-founder, StartupWorld competitionKernaghan Webb - Chief of Research and Senior Legal Advisor, Canadian Office of Consumer AffairsAlexandra Weber Morales - Editor in Chief Software Development magazineAndrea Weckerle - Founder & President, CiviliNationRobin L. Weiss - Vice President, Investment Banking Service, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)Stuart Wenham - Professor of Photovoltaics, The University of New South WalesHelen Whelan - CEO and Founder of Success TelevisionRandy Williams - Founder, Keiretsu ForumDaniel H. Wilson - Author, Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never ArrivedStephen Wolfram - Founder & CEO, Wolfram Research; Creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha; Author, A New Kind of Science, Winner, MacArthur Genius FellowshipAlexandra WykeTakashi Yabe - Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyBrian YoungMichell Zappa - Designer and technologistHuang Zhiyong - Department Head of Computer Graphics and Interface Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STARRobert Zubrin - Founder, Mars Society
