A frequent columnist for, Newsweek International, Jeffrey Garten is widely known in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and Foreign Affairs. He was the Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade under the Clinton administration and former Dean of Yale School or Management. He has worked on Wall Street as a managing director of Lehman Brothers.

Founder and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, Jeremy Rifkin is an economist, writer and public speaker. He is an activist who seeks to shape the public policy in the US and globally having testified before numerous committees and engaged in litigation extensively to ensure responsible government policies on a variety of environmental, scientific and technology related issues.

Dr. Kjell Nordstrom is a guru in the new world of business. The 2007 Thinkers 50, the world's ranking of management thinkers, ranked Nordstrom and his partner Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale at number 13 in the world. His dynamic style makes him a highly appreciated speaker. A 20-year veteran, he is a sought-after advisor and consultant to several large multinationals through out the world and has even worked with Tony Blair.

University of San Francisco MBA Professor and co-author of the bestseller, Jumping the Curve: Innovation and Strategic Choice in an Age of Transition, Oren Harari specializes in competitive advantage, organizational change and transformational leadership. He writes a monthly national column, The Cutting Edge for Management Review, and has written numerous publications for Harvard Business Review.

Paul Volcker was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve for most of the 1980's. He is credited with a leading role in ending a period of high inflation and restoring a base for sustained growth. His extensive experience with our nation's monetary system spanned the administrations of five presidents.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an internationally known business leader, best-selling author, and expert on strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. She is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She advises major corporations and governments worldwide, and is the author or co-author of 15 books.

Walter Mondale was elected vice president of the United States in 1976 in Jimmy Carter's administration. On the president's behalf, Mondale traveled extensively throughout the nation and the world advocating U.S. policy, and was the first vice president to have an office in the White House.

Wolfgang Grulke has a storied background in all sorts of fascinating areas: nuclear physics, marine biology, and technology to name a few. He has addressed audiences in more than 20 countries, in person, on radio, and on television. His topics range from business transformation to technological revolutions to the sex life of fish!

Author of Organizing Strategy: Sun Tzu Business Warcraft, Dr. Foo Check Tech is considered by many to be Asia's leading expert on Sun Tzu. By going beyond translating The Art of War: through extensive and in-depth research, a reputation he has already established globally, he makes the text a living document and seamlessly transferable to the modern world.

Senior Editor of Asia and the Foreign Correspondent for Forbes Magazine, Robyn Meredith is a NYT bestselling author of The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. She is a weekly globalization and geopolitics columnist for Forbes.com's "Off Shore" column.