Chairman and Co-CEO at Research In Motion, best known for creating the BlackBerry, Jim Balisillie is responsible for directing the Research In Motion's strategy, business development and finance. Jim is also founder of The Centre for International Governance Innovation and is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School Interactive and faculty member at Berkeley?s Haas School of Business, Amir Hartman is a leading global authority on corporate and technology transformation. Amir is the former Managing Director of Cisco Systems' Corporate Internet Strategy Group. He is author of Ruthless Execution: What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit The Wall and his newest book, Net Ready: Strategies for Success in the E-Conomy.

Don McMillan graduated from Stanford University with a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982. (He has a BSEE from Lehigh University) He went to work for AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked as part of the team that designed the ...

An expert facilitator, Ed Barlow leads think-tanks and strategic planning activities and is President of Creating the Future, Inc. Ed has testified before Congress regarding issues of workforce, transportation travel and tourism and is regularly interviewed by the media. Ed is a futurist who thrives to help people, organizations and professions to anticipate and prepare for the world tomorrow.

CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, Dr. James Canton is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.

Jim Crupi is president and founder of Strategic Leadership Solutions, Inc, and is an authority in international business, future trends, and leadership development. He has served as a consultant to the Office of the President of the United States and served in the armed forces as a company commandeer and instructor at the elite Army Ranger School.

Joel is credited with the discovery that the concept of paradigms, which at that time was sequestered within the scientific discussion, could explain revolutionary change in all areas of human endeavor. Barker was the first person to popularize the concept of paradigm shifts for the corporate world. Joel Barker has worked with organizations, both for profit and not for profit, all over the world as well as with nations, including Singapore, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico and Peru.

Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rodney Brooks is Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of iRobot Corp. From July 1, 2003, until June 30, 2007, he was director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; prior to that, he was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Founder of founded 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.

Expert on future trends, emerging technologies, innovation, change management and leadership, Jack Uldrich is a leading expert on helping businesses to adapt. He has served as an advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and is noted for his ability to deliver provocative, new perspectives on competitive advantage, organizational change and transformational leadership. Jack Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, independent scholar, sought-after business speaker, and best-selling author.