Author and co-author of 29 books and renowned experimental physicist, Amory Lovins' work is consistently focused on harnessing market forces to promote resource efficiency as a solution to a variety of economic, social, and environmental problems. A highly sought-after speaker, Mr. Lovins has addressed many leading U.S. and overseas business, policy, energy, automotive, environment, and development groups.

It was on a photojournalism project in Southeast Asia that Bob Arno ventured into the depths of an underground subculture. Working on assignment for a series on swindles in the Asian marketplace, he tailed shortchange artists, pickpockets, and fake-jewelry hustlers. His exposes caught the attention of the U.S. Military and he was asked to give lectures on the subject.

Former member of the rock band DARE, Brian Cox is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group and works on the ALTAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a large blogging network, Chris Pirillo spent two years hosting the TechTV program "Call for Help". Chris now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, ustream.tv, and his own website. Chris is author of Poor Richard's E-Mail Publishing.

Christine is a nationally respected leader and spokesperson on market-based strategies for green buildings, clean energy and climate change. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy, as well as President and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council during its evolution to become an international powerhouse for LEED and Greenbuild, Christine is widely credited for being a major force in today's vibrant green building market.

David Zach has the unique title of being one of the few professionally trained futurists in the US. David has worked with over 1000 corporations, schools and associations offering insights on the personal and professional impact of strategic trends. David previously worked at Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual Life in the roles of environmental scanning and strategic planning.

Founder of Voyager Aircraft, Inc., Dick Rutan is best known as the pilot who accomplished the "world's longest flight" in his airplane "Voyager" in which he circumnavigate the globe without refueling. Dick flew "around the world in 80 nights" and was later inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, honoring his heroism which helped define 20th Century America.

Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dr. Gary Small's work with PET scans revealing Alzheimer's disease in the brain has led to a better understanding of the disease. He is author of numerous books including The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young.

Futurist, blogger, digeratus, writer, speaker and advisor, Gerd Leonhard has spent over twenty-five years in the technology and entertainment industries, both in the U.S. as well as in Europe, and recently in Asia. He writes about the changes in content and media companies as the consequences of the new technologies, and of convergence.