Crispin Tickell
Sir Crispin is arguably the world’s foremost authority on climate change. He is a leading international environmentalist and has been independent environmental advisor to successive UK Prime Ministers. He educates and advises governments, scientists, businesses and universities throughout the world on the importance of sustainable development. Sir Crispin wants...
Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra is the author of six international bestsellers and a founding director of the Centre for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. The Centre advances schooling for sustainability; its most recent book on this growing movement in K-12 schools is Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability (2009). Dr. Capra is...
Michael Tchong
Throughout his career, Michael Tchong has been at the forefront of the latest waves. Michael’s ability to spot hot trends was refined during a career that began at such ad agency icons as Doyle Dane & Bernbach and Chiat/Day. It was further honed by his extensive experience in publishing,...
Larry Downes
Larry Downes is an internet industry analyst and author on developing business strategies in an age of constant technological disruption. Downes is author of the New York Times and Business Week business blockbuster, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance, which sold over 200,000 copies and was...
Bikram Singh
General Singh was Chief of the Indian Army until 2014. During his eventful and distinguished military career of over 42 years, he held a number of key positions in India and overseas. Before taking over as Chief of Army Staff, General Singh was Chief of Eastern Command and before...
Sanduk Ruit
Cataracts, bane of the aging, are like clouds that gather over the eyes. They are the most common cause of blindness in Asia. In Nepal alone some half a million people are affected, the majority of whom live in remote areas where the curse of blindness is magnified by...
Allen Qu
Allen Qu founded Netconcepts China in 2008 to provide online marketing solutions for the world’s leading organizations and Internet companies in Greater China, US, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Japan markets, including DangDang.com, Amazon.cn, Vancl.com, Air China, Air France, Expedia, eLong.com, Hotels.com, Philips, TCL, LG, Huawei, Lightinthebox.com, Dianping.com, Taikang...
Jared Cohen
Jared Cohen is the director of Google Ideas, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a nonfiction author. Previously, he served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. Cohen...
Porter Erisman
Porter Erisman is a former Vice-President at Alibaba Group (2000-08), China’s internet giant. He witnessed it grow from humble beginnings into the world’s largest e-commerce company. Erisman first arrived in China in 1994 and, after a year studying Chinese, he fell into a six-month stint as host of China...
Nell Watson
Nell Watson is an engineer, entrepreneur, and futurist thinker who grew up in Northern Ireland. She has a longstanding interest in the philosophy of technology, and how extensions of human capacity drive emerging social trends. Nell has had an unusual career, including teaching post-grad Computer Science at the age...
