Owner of the NBA basketball team, Dallas Mavericks, and Chairman and co-founder of HD Net, an HDTV cable network, Mark Cuban was ranked #133 on Forbes' "World's Richest People" list in 2007. He works with 2929 Entertainment which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and videos.

Technologist, commentator, advisor, marketing guru and co-author of the bestselling and influential book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, David Weinberger's work focuses on how the internet is changing human relationships, community and society. Currently he co-teaches a class on "the Web Difference" at Harvard Law School.

Esther Dyson is the Internet's court jester, a person of no institutional importance who somehow manages to speak the truth and to be heard when and where it matters. She does business as EDventure, the reclaimed name of the company she ...

Voted one of the world?s top innovators, Billy Glynn is a successful serial and parallel entrepreneur, philanthropist and visionary. Known for his vision and ability to create value, Billy has a successful record of closing $1 billion for the funds and business he has founded.p>

Mark was the co-founder and CEO of IGN Entertainment a leading Internet media and services company for videogaming and other forms of digital entertainment. Most recently he is the CEO of Vudu, a leading provider of digital home entertainment and interactive television services. Prior to joining Vudu, Mark was the Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media. He has spent the last 18 years as a successful internet CEO and entrepreneur.

Chairman and Co-CEO at Research In Motion, best known for creating the BlackBerry, Jim Balisillie is responsible for directing the Research In Motion's strategy, business development and finance. Jim is also founder of The Centre for International Governance Innovation and is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.

CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, Dr. James Canton is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.

Co-author of Turning the Future into Revenue: What Businesses and Individuals Need to Know to Shape Their Futures, Glen Hiemstra is an expert in preferred future planning. As founder and owner of Futurist.com, Glen directs the company in disseminating information about the future, to assist individuals, organizations and industries in creating the futures they prefer.

Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a large blogging network, Chris Pirillo spent two years hosting the TechTV program "Call for Help". Chris now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, ustream.tv, and his own website. Chris is author of Poor Richard's E-Mail Publishing.

Kevin Mitnick is a largely self-taught expert in exposing the vulnerabilities of complex operating systems and telecommunications devices, using both technical and non-technical means. With more than twenty years of experience in exploring computer security, Kevin gained unauthorized access to computer systems at some of the largest corporations on the planet. Known as the world's most famous hacker, Kevin has been the subject of countless news and magazine articles published throughout the world.