Mark Cuban
Owner of the NBA basketball team, Dallas Mavericks, and Chairman and co-founder of HD Net, an HDTV cable network, Mark Cuban was ranked #133 on Forbes' "World's Richest People" list in 2007. He works with 2929 Entertainment which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and videos.
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- Basketball /
- Communication /
- Emerging Technology /
- Entrepreneurship /
- Internet/Web /
- Marketing /
- Television Media
Michio Kaku
Futurist and theoretical physicist specializing in string field theory; Michio Kaku is host of two radio programs and a bestselling author. He is the Henry Semat Chair and Professor in theoretical physics and is currently defining the "Theory of Everything" which seeks to unify four fundamental forces of the universe. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Advance Study and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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- Emerging Technology /
- Environment /
- Futurist /
- Science /
- Space Exploration /
- Technology
Amory Lovins
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.
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- Business Excellence /
- Corporate Social Responsibility /
- Economy /
- Education /
- Emerging Technology /
- Energy /
- Environment /
- Futurist /
- Green /
- Science /
- Sustainability
Brian Cox
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.
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- Emerging Technology /
- Science /
- Space Exploration /
- Technology
William McDonough
Principal of William McDonough & Partners, William McDonough is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes. In 1996 he became the first and only individual recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development. Author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, he envisions a society that does not produce waster but instead produces nutrients from former waste products.
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- Creativity /
- Emerging Technology /
- Energy /
- Environment /
- Green /
- Sustainability
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is widely regarded as one of the leading inventors of our time. He invented the first reading machine for the blind, and is an otherwise accomplished entrepreneur, author, and recognized futurist. His presentations to diverse audiences combine wit and keen insight into contemporary issues of technology and its impact on society.
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- Computer Technology /
- Creativity /
- Emerging Technology /
- Entrepreneurship /
- Futurist /
- Innovation /
- Technology
Bob Arno
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.
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- Commentators /
- Communication /
- Corporate Humor /
- Creativity /
- Emerging Technology /
- Entertainment /
- Ethics/Values /
- Marketing /
- Technology
Jerry Yudelson
Author of Developing Green: Strategies for Success and The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings, Jerry Yudelson is a leading green building expert in the US and has trained 3,000 people in the LEED rating system. He was the co-founder and director of the Green Building Services consulting unit.
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- Consumer Trends /
- Corporate Social Responsibility /
- Emerging Technology /
- Energy /
- Environment /
- Futurist /
- Green /
- Interior Design /
- Social Trends /
- Sustainability /
- Visionaries
Jeff DeGraff
Known as the Dean of Innovation for Domino's Pizza, Jeff DeGraff helped take the company from a regional to a multinational enterprise. Today, as Executive Director of the Innovatrium Institute for Innovation, an idea market, think tank, and research lab for innovation projects, focused on accelerating growth through innovation practices and leadership development, DeGraff has consulted with over 100 of the most prominent firms around the world.
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- Author/Writer /
- Branding /
- Business Excellence /
- Change /
- Consumer Trends /
- Corporate Culture /
- Customer Loyalty /
- Emerging Technology /
- Global Business /
- Globalization /
- Innovation /
- Leadership
Gregory Stock
A recognized expert on the larger implications of today's revolution in the Life Sciences, Dr. Gregory Stock explores the larger evolutionary significance of humanity, which he wrote about in his book, The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism. A leading authority on genomic testing, anti-aging medicine and developmental biology, Dr. Stock is the President and CEO of Signum Biosciences where he is developing therapeutics for Alzheimer's.
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- Biotechnology /
- Emerging Technology /
- Futurist /
- Science


