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.

Jim Crupi is president and founder of Strategic Leadership Solutions, Inc, and is an authority in international business, future trends, and leadership development. He has served as a consultant to the Office of the President of the United States and served in the armed forces as a company commandeer and instructor at the elite Army Ranger School.

Joel is credited with the discovery that the concept of paradigms, which at that time was sequestered within the scientific discussion, could explain revolutionary change in all areas of human endeavor. Barker was the first person to popularize the concept of paradigm shifts for the corporate world. Joel Barker has worked with organizations, both for profit and not for profit, all over the world as well as with nations, including Singapore, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico and Peru.

Maddy Dychtwald is a nationally recognized author, public speaker, marketing executive and entrepreneur. She has spent nearly twenty-five years deeply involved in exploring and forecasting demographic, lifestyle and consumer marketing trends. In ...

Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rodney Brooks is Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of iRobot Corp. From July 1, 2003, until June 30, 2007, he was director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; prior to that, he was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Jeff Thredgold has been helping people understand the tangled maze of the economy and financial markets for over three decades. His career includes 23 years with $100 billion KeyCorp, one of the nation's largest financial services companies, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. He has served for the past 13 years as economic consultant to $55 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in ten states.

Jeff is the author of econAmerica, released by major publisher Wiley & Sons. As the only economist in the world to have ever received the international designation of CSP, or Certified Speaking Professional, Jeff Thredgold's humorous and light style makes a discussion about the economy approachable, interesting, and fun.

Founder of founded Voyager Aircraft, Inc., Dick Rutan is best known as the pilot who accomplished the "world's longest flight" in his airplane "Voyager" in which he circumnavigate the globe without refueling. Dick flew "around the world in 80 nights" and was later inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, honoring his heroism which helped define 20th Century America.

Expert on future trends, emerging technologies, innovation, change management and leadership, Jack Uldrich is a leading expert on helping businesses to adapt. He has served as an advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and is noted for his ability to deliver provocative, new perspectives on competitive advantage, organizational change and transformational leadership. Jack Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, independent scholar, sought-after business speaker, and best-selling author.

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-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.