One of the science world’s most successful and influential CEOs, Tan Le started her incredible life journey as a refugee facing a high probability of death on a treacherous trip across the pirate infested China South Sea. Today, Ms. Le is the founder and CEO of the bioinformatics firm, EMOTIV, where her groundbreaking work in technology and artificial intelligence is making it possible to control electronic devices with something as… Read More

Mechanical engineer and television personality Bill Nye got a generation of Americans hooked on science. A master of “edutainment”, Nye became a household name in the 1990s thanks to his fast-paced PBS children’s show Bill Nye the Science Guy, in which he translated science into fun hands-on experiments and demonstrations throughout 100 episodes. During its five year run, Bill Nye the Science Guy received 18 Emmy Awards for writing, performing,… Read More

Travel, ecology and science lecturer Dr. David Gallo is Director of Special Projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is a globally recognized expert on ocean exploration and has been for more than quarter of a century. His TED presentation “Underwater Astonishment" has been viewed more than eight million times and is in the top five most popular TED talks. Dr. Gallo is currently planning a series of challenging… Read More

When veteran astronaut Ron Garan blasted up into space, his perspective of humanity and all the problems we face changed forever. During his 178 days in orbit and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA during four spacewalks, he saw earth as a much smaller place where the exponential increase in technology was making the impossible possible on a daily basis, creating a much more interdependent global community. A highly… Read More

One of the most renowned scientific figures alive today, Dr. Michio Kaku is widely acclaimed in two separate areas. In pure science, Dr. Kaku is attempting to complete Einstein's unified field theory. He is equally renowned for his skills as a futurist, using the latest scientific research to predict trends in business, commerce and finance. Dr. Kaku's distinguished academic career began at Harvard University, from which he graduated summa cum… Read More

A quote from Jay’s celebrated TED talk: "My idea of a perfect world really can′t be designed by one person or even by a million experts. It′s going to be seven billion pairs of hands, each following their own passions." Dr. Jay Silver is the Founder and CEO of JoyLabz/Makey Makey. He has invented many creative platforms such as Drawdio (Time's Top 15 Toys for Young Geniuses) and Makey Makey… Read More

Harrison Hagan “Jack” Schmitt possesses a remarkably diverse biography. He studied at Caltech, as a Fulbright Scholar at Oslo, and at Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. in geology in 1964. Schmitt trained as an Air Force jet pilot in 1965 and received Navy helicopter wings in 1967. Selected for the Scientist-Astronaut program in 1965, Schmitt organized the lunar science training for the Apollo Astronauts and served as lunar module pilot for… Read More

Peter Diamandis has degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering from MIT and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He is an expert in the field of innovation and possibly the greatest non-governmental expert on spaceflight in the world. He is chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, famous for offering the Ansari $10 million X PRIZE for private spaceflight. Deeply interested in innovation for the future, Diamandis is… Read More