Peter Kash is an accomplished biomedical venture capitalist and an internationally acclaimed inspirational lecturer. He has given presentations in more than 35 countries, focusing on the future of medicine and the impact of biotechnology on our lives. He is also the author of Make Your Own Luck, a must-read for those who desire success.

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. Rifkin is the author of The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

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.

Co-founder of Clinical Cell Culture, a private company recognized in medical circles for its world-leading research and breakthrough in the treatment of burns, Fiona Wood is Western Australia's only female plastic surgeon. Fiona is Head of Royal Pert Hospital's Burns Unit and Clinical Professor with the School of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia. She became world renowned for her patented invention of spray on skin for burn victims.

A recipient of NASA's Distinguished Speaker award, Dr. Logan is a 19-year veteran of NASA. Among many leadership roles within NASA's space medicine program, Dr. Logan served as Chief of Flight Medicine - as personal physician to the astronauts and their families - and Chief of Medical Operations. Board certified in Aerospace Medicine, he is Mission Control certified and has directly supported many space missions. An international thought leader in health science and telemedicine technology, Dr. Logan developed the initial design for a telemedicine-based, in-flight medical delivery system for long duration missions.

Audiences worldwide are inspired by Dr. Logan's unique, enthusiastic and entertaining explorations of the impact of emerging discoveries on our daily lives. He motivates individuals to stretch their imaginations and infuses a sense of wonder on the possibilities of human destiny in an increasingly awe-inspiring universe.

Cardiologist and former head of the National Institute of Health and the American Red Cross, Bernadine Healy is a senior writer for the U.S. News & World Report and a long-time Republican party activist. Bernadine serves as deputy science advisor to President Reagan and lobbied against overturning the Bush Administration's ban on fetal tissue research.

Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dr. Gary Small's work with PET scans revealing Alzheimer's disease in the brain has led to a better understanding of the disease. He is author of numerous books including The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young.

Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics, Raymond Schinazi Distinguished Research Professor of Jewish Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Sociology, and the Director of the Center for Ethics at Emory ...

Jason Pontin is the editor in chief and publisher of Technology Review, a media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose print and electronic media describe emerging technologies and explain their impact. As publisher and editor in chief, he is responsible for all the business and media of the world's oldest technology publication. Under Pontin's leadership, Technology Review has won many awards and has itself introduced a variety of important innovations to publishing.