Principal of William McDonough & Partners, William McDonough is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes. In 1996 he became the first and only individual recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development. Author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, he envisions a society that does not produce waster but instead produces nutrients from former waste products.

Senior analyst for ABC News and a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, Fawaz Gerges is an academic and author with expertise on the Middle East. He is currently the Christian A. Johnson Chair in International Affairs and Middle Easter Studies at Sarah Lawrence College.

Author and co-author of 29 books and renowned experimental physicist, Amory Lovins' work is consistently focused on harnessing market forces to promote resource efficiency as a solution to a variety of economic, social, and environmental problems. A highly sought-after speaker, Mr. Lovins has addressed many leading U.S. and overseas business, policy, energy, automotive, environment, and development groups.

Beyond his unprecedented accomplishments at an early age in business, Ephren Taylor is an author, inspirational speaker, and real estate mastermind. His first book, "Creating Success from the Inside Out", is an Amazon and CEO Read best seller. The book serves as an expose of the mindset of today's multi-millionaires while defining success as not only attaining wealth, but how to utilize it.

Author of Developing Green: Strategies for Success and The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings, Jerry Yudelson is a leading green building expert in the US and has trained 3,000 people in the LEED rating system. He was the co-founder and director of the Green Building Services consulting unit.

Barry presents his commentary in an entertaining, easily-understood style. Recognized for his views on making U.S. companies world-class competitors by focusing on delivering value to the customer, he addresses many of the opportunities and challenges facing American business today. His comments on business, the economy, the future, globalization and public policy are rooted in factual information, enthusiasm and humor.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert has been the head of the department of energy, transportation and environment at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (DIW Berlin) and professor for environmental economics at Humboldt University ...

Senior fellow at the New American Foundation and professor at Pennsylvania State University School of International Affairs, Flynt Leverett is an expert on the Middle East and international energy issues. Dr. Leverett is the author of Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial By Fire, a study of Syrian politics and policymaking under Bashar al-Assad.

Hunter Lovins areas of interest and expertise include Natural Capitalism, globalization, economic development, governance, land management, energy, water, green real-estate development and community economic development. She is the president and founder of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept. Lovins has managed international non-profits, created several corporations, and is in great demand as a speaker and consultant.

Gal Luft specializes in strategy, geopolitics, terrorism, Middle East and energy security. He is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington based think tank focused on energy security and co-founder of the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.