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Performance artist, writer, and musician; creator, "Home of the Brave," "Stories for the Nerve Bible," "Songs and Stories from Moby Dick" and "Homeland"

Brian Arthur

Economist and computer scientist and pioneer in complexity sciences and innovation; visiting researcher, PARC; external professor, Santa Fe Institute; fellow, Econometric Society, World Economic Forum; author, The Economy as an Evolving Complex System, and The Nature of Technology

John Perry Barlow

Writer-consultant on cyberspace, information economics, and privacy; co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation; fellow, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society; lyricist, Grateful Dead; Wyoming rancher

Steve Barnett

Anthropologist specializing in consumer research and trends, branding, and strategy; CEO, BardoConsulting; radio show host; former strategist with OgilvyOne, Citibank, and Nissan

Mary Catherine Bateson

Anthropologist; president, Institute for Intercultural Studies; fellow, International Leadership Forum; professor emerita, George Mason University; author, Composing a Life and Full Circles, Overlapping Lives

Frank Beal

Economic and community development advisor, Metropolis Strategies/Chicago Community Trust; former executive director, Chicago Metropolis 2020, launching infrastructure, justice, education, and quality of life initiatives; former president, Inland International

Crawford Beveridge

Specialist in global workforce management, government relations, and technology policy with more than 35 years of experience in the technology industry; former EVP and chair, EMEA, APAC, and the Americas, Sun Microsystems

Susan Blumenthal

Physician and U.S. Rear Admiral; clinical professor, Georgetown and Tufts University Schools of Medicine; director of the health and medicine program, Center for the Study of the Presidency; senior policy and medical advisor, the Foundation for AIDS Research; former U.S. assistant surgeon general and senior global health advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; founding deputy assistant secretary, Women’s Health

Raimondo Boggia

Strategist, global/local brand equity assessment and positioning; restaurateur (Obiko, Los Angeles); founder, Boggia Partners, Milan and Los Angeles; former vice president, Fiat Group; author, Time of Uncertainty

Albert Bressand

Economist; executive director, Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, Columbia University; former vice president, Global Business Environment, Shell International; founder, Prométhée, Paris; coauthor, In the Company of Visions and Enhanced Transparency: Meeting European Investors Needs

Larry Brilliant

Epidemiologist and philanthropist; president,the Skoll Foundation's Urgent Threats Fund; first executive director, Google.org; leader of WHO's smallpox eradication in Southeast Asia; former international health professor; founder, four technology companies and the Seva Foundation to combat blindness in developing countries

John Brockman

Literary and software agent; president, Edge Foundation; author/editor, The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution, Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite, The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2000 Years, and Curous Minds, How a Child Becomes a Scientist

Barbara Bylenga

Qualitative market researcher and strategic advisor focused on Gen Y trendsetters; president and founder, Outlaw Consulting; founder, Open a Door (mentoring Rwandan students); former advertising executive

Peter Calthorpe

Architect and planner of environmentally progressive community development and "new urbanism" design; author, The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl and Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

William Calvin

Neurobiologist and climate change expert, University of Washington; author, Conversations with Neil's Brain,The Cerebral Code, A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change and Global Fever

Rob Carlson

Physicist exploring the future of biology as human technology; principal , Biodesic, LLC; senior associate, Bio Economic Research Associates, author, Biology is Technology

Doug Carlston

Technology entrepreneur and philanthropist; cofounder, ICPlanet and Broderbund Software; trustee, Santa Fe Institute; board chair, Public Radio International, the Carlston Family Foundation; board member, MoveOn Political Action Committee, the Ploughshares Fund, the Albanian American Enterprise Fund,the Long Now Foundation

Denise Caruso

Founder/executive director, Hybrid Vigor Institute; senior research scholar, engineering and public policy, Carnegie Mellon University; former New York Times technology and innovation columnist; author, Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet

Joseph Chamie

Demographer, specializing in South and Western Asia; research director, Center for Migration Studies; former director, United Nations population division; 25 years with the U.N.

Sandy Close

Journalism pioneer and executive director, Bay Area Institute/Pacific News Service; founder, YO! (Youth Outlook) and New California Media; MacArthur fellow

Chip Conley

Marketing and management innovator; founder and executive chairman, Joie de Vivre Hospitality; philanthropist; author, Emotional Equations, Peak, Marketing that Matters, The Rebel Rules

Ged Davis

Advisor/innovator on energy, sustainability, climate change, and solving 21st century global problems; former managing director, World Economic Forum and head scenarist, Royal Dutch Shell

June Delano

Innovator on organizations, executive and leadership development, and culture; founder, The Delano Network; managing partner, Pivotal Leadership, Singapore; former chief learning officer, Kodak, and senior Monitor Group consultant; chair, Organization Development Network

Leslie Dighton

Founder and chair, Corporate Renewal Associates and The Chairman's Club, London, specializing in complex organizational change and management

K. Eric Drexler

Nanotechnology pioneer; chief technical advisor, Nanorex; chief technical consultant, Technology Roadmap for Production Nanosystems; author, Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology and Unbounding the Future, and "Revolutionizing the Future of Technology"

Gwynne Dyer

Journalist and syndicated columnist on international affairs; military analyst; documentary radio and filmmaker; author, War, Future Tense, and Climate Wars

Esther Dyson

Journalist and blogger; entrepreneur; evangelist and venture capitalist for emerging technology and healthcare; trained cosmonaut; founding publisher/editor, Release 1.0; former chair, ICANN; and author, Release 2.0

Freeman Dyson

Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University; author of 13 books, including Infinite in All Directions and Disturbing the Universe; recipient, Templeton Prize for progress in religion

Bo Ekman

Founder, Nextwork AB, Stockholm and the Tällberg Foundation; former executive, SIFO Management Group and Volvo; author, Heaven and Hell: On Enterprising, Power and Leadership

Douglas Engelbart

Inventor and pioneer in personal, interpersonal, and organizational computing; founder, The Bootstrap Institute; author, Boosting Our Collective IQ

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