Writer, lawyer, and entrepreneur, Andrew Shapiro is author of The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know, an Amazon bestseller which Industry Standard magazine called one of 1999's "Ten Books that Matter."

From 1977 to 1981, Bill Drayton served as Assistant Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where he had lead responsibility in representing the environment in Administration-wide policy development, notably including budget, energy, and economic policy. In 2006, he was recognized as being one of Harvard University's 100 "Most Influential Alumni."

Sir Bob Geldof is one of the highest ranked and most authorative corporate speakers, conference keynote producers and after dinner speakers currently available. He is highly entertaining and has great insight into the socio-political and upliftment arenas as well as leadership, communications, marketing in the global village, motivation and self-development. His unique presentations, views and insights are highly sought after by companies who wish to benefit from his sensational presentations and which always leave a lasting and powerful impression.

As an internationally acclaimed expert on customer service, Doug motivates and challenges audiences around the world as a consultant and speaker. As a veteran of the Walt Disney corporation, Doug was the head of training. Doug is a captivating speaker and will take you on an entertaining and insightful journey behind the scenes to discover both the secret of Disney's success and how it has overcome spectacular challenges.

Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm. Bremmer created Wall Street's first global political risk index, and has authored several books, including The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall, which was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2006, and The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing.

President of the Global Summit of Women, an annual international gathering of women leaders from around the world, Irene Natividad also co-chairs Corporate Women Directors International, which promotes the increased participation of women on corporate boards globally. A known as recognized leader for woman, Irene has appeared on CNN news shows, Crossfire, the Today show, Good Morning America, Fox News, MSNBC, and her editorials have appeared in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post. Currently she runs her own public affairs firm, Globewomen, Inc.

The charismatic Jeff DeGraff is a highly sought after speaker and advisor for companies that include 3M, Apple, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota. He is the Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he co-created the Competing Values school of thought that is taught in leading universities, colleges and business schools throughout the world; the Executive Director of the Innovatrium Institute for Innovation, an idea lab; and the Managing Partner of the Competing Values Company, a top innovation consulting firm.

A highly sought after expert on the new global economy and global business development, John Caslione is a leading authority on business globalization and leding emerging markets. As President and CEO of GCS Business Capital LLC, John is a merger and acquisition advisor and is author of Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy.

John Seely Brown is not only the Independent Co-Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation, he is also a Visiting Scholar and Advisor to the Provost at USC. Brown has published over 100 papers in scientific journals and was awarded the Harvard Business Review's 1991 McKinsey Award for his article, "Research that Reinvents the Corporation" and again in 2002 for his article "Your Next IT Strategy."