Tim Anderson

He is a founder of Zcorporation which produces 3d printing (modelmaking) machines. He helped develop 3D printing machines at MIT and applied the techniques of algorithmic composition to motion control. He built "Van Gogo", a robot that paints oil paintings, and another that opens combination padlocks. He has studied electrical engineering, philosophy, blacksmithing, aikido, and has played in a mandolin orchestra.

David Andre

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Designer, inventor, scientist, and entrepreneur, David presently directs the research group at BodyMedia that is gathering, analyzing, and mining the largest physiological dataset that's ever existed. David's web address is www.davidandre.com.

Jessica Banks

My T-Shirt says I'm a PhD student in robotics at MIT, though it's kind of snug on me, doesn't match my boa, and is, as my mom faithfully reminds me, getting too threadbare to wear out on a date.

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow is a poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. He is co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. He is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Sunny Bates

Sunny is working on the World Science Festival debuting in NYC in May 2008 and on a new entertainment concept, Big Night in Tent, Workshopping, in August 2008. She is the founder of "Whats Keeps You Up At Night?" which advises companies. A respected entrepreneur, Sunny authored the book "How to Earn What You're Worth: Leveraging Your Goals and Talents to Land Your Dream Job".

Kevin Baugh

Kevin is the Associate Director, Government and Industry Liaison Office, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University. His responsibilities include the development of new business initiatives, and outreach to research organizations and laboratories. One of his missions is to facilitate the creation of interdisciplinary teams to help the University to capture fundamentally new lines of business.

Adrian Belic

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Adrian began making films in elementary school with his brother, Roko. Their film GENGHIS BLUES won the 1999 Sundance Audience Award and a 2000 Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He's now in pre-production on a doc that will have him escaping from Cuba on a raft and another doc shot in the mountains of Laos. The world premiere of his latest doc BEYOND THE CALL happened at the October 2005 Gathering.

Sophy Bot

A writer- philosopher- absurdist and artist whose medium is life, Sophy Bot challenges expectations with logical nonsense and nonsensical logic while doing a bit of this that and everything (and sometimes nothing at all).

Ori Brafman

Ori Brafman is an author, public speaker, and entrepreneur whose recent book The Starfish and the Spider explores the power of non-hierarchical systems. Ori has appeared on the BBC, National Public Radio, Fox News, and on the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, and in recent months has been invited to speak with audiences at Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, the US Government, Stanford Business School, and Harvard Business School. His upcoming book on interpersonal influence will be published by Random House. Ori holds a BA from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University.

Art Chang

Art helps early stage digital media and entertainment companies accelerate their growth via the strategic finance role, where Art can serve either as interim CFO/COO, or as financial advisor and placement agent. Since the 2005 launch of Tipping Point Partners, his consulting firm, and Tipping Point Capital Advisors, his NASD-member broker-dealer, Art has worked on several media and entertainment joint ventures in China, indie film acquisition financing, in-game advertising in Europe and the U.S., and software at the intersection of apparel and fashion publishing.

Dick Costolo

Dick has a dual life as performer and entrepreneur. He performed with Chicago's Annoyance Theatre Forever, started three companies and did one season of a TV show in the UK. He founded Feedburner in 2003 and is the proud father of two.

Christina Courtin

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Trained in violin at Julliard, Christina Courtin's voice has been put up against Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Brad Nowell, Robert Plant and Ani DiFranco, she has developed her style into something that is quite special and unique. Christina, Mathias, and Kyle plan on releasing their first album together in Spring of 2006.

Thomas Csano

Thomas favors ideas over software. After art directing in advertising, he founded a graphic design office in Montreal, where he was the creative director. Now an independent Designer on Wheels, Thomas collaborates with artists worldwide to create award-winning campaigns, special events, t-shirts, and custom designs.

Jamie Daves

Jamie is the Founding Partner of Platform Equity. Before founding Platform, Jamie partnered with former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt to found and develop Current TV, a national cable network. During the Clinton Administration, he was Special Assistant for Policy and Communications under then Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Ian Davis

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Ian Davis is the founder and CEO of Mad Doc Software and has led to completion the five titles Mad Doc has released (Star Trek: Armada II, JAMDAT WAP Golf, Jane’s Attack Squadron, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna).

Helene DeLillo

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Helene DeLillo is considered a visionary in the digital photography & imaging world. As a keynote speaker & photographer her passions include: communicating technology via her creative experience & capturing the moment via her camera lens. Learn more about Helene at www.dancingicon.com

Ron Dembo

Dr. Ron Dembo is the founder & CEO of 0footprint, an open source organization creating a marketplace built around a common ground for people worldwide to engage in sustainable commerce. Ron was also founder, President & CEO of Algorithmics Inc., the world's leading Enterprise Financial Risk Software Company. Prior to that, Ron was a professor of Computer Science and Operations Research at Yale University.

Ric Fulop

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Ric is regarded as a pioneer of the broadband industry and was recently selected by Red Herring magazine as one of their top 10 Entrepreneurs. Co-founder of A123Systems, an MIT spin-off developing a new type of battery, Ric has extensive knowledge in software, semiconductors and communication businesses. Rick also co-founded five high-technology companies.

Jonathan Gandelsman

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In 2002, Jonathan was invited to join Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble and became a full-time member of SRE, taking him to France, England, Holland, Greece, the Baltic States, Turkey, Brazil, Japan, Mexico and the USA. Jonathan is currently on a world tour with Yo-Yo Ma.

John Girard

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John Girard has helped grow Clickability over the past three years from a garage-based dream of four Stanford graduates to a company with more than 140 brand name customers like CNN, the Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine.

Daniel Gluck

Daniel Gluck is the Executive Director of The Museum of Sex (MoSex), a major cultural institution devoted to the history and continuing evolution of human sexuality. During his career, he has been a COO, marketing director, and consultant, and won the Benjamin Franklin Technology Award. Daniel plans to open MoSex museums in Los Vegas and Toronto.

Jullien Gordon

Jullien's mission is to end alcoholics anonymous for the millennial generation. He believes that personal development isn't personal and that AA's community-based model is they way to go except you shouldn't have to be an alcoholic to grow. As CEO of Mylinia, Jullien is creating online tools, writing books, and designing a board game to facilitate personal and social transformation.

Helen Greiner

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With 2 engineering degrees from MIT, and after a thesis on innovative robotic grasping and a stint at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Helen Co-Founded iRobot when she was 23. iRobot’s PackBot robot is deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to perform reconnaissance and bomb disposal work. iRobot’s Roomba robotic vacuum is the world’s most popular consumer robot.

Saul Griffith

Saul Griffith is an MIT alumnus with multiple degrees in Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and has recently completed his PhD. He was awarded the National Inventor's Hall of Fame, Collegiate Inventors award. Saul holds multiple patents and patents pending in textiles, optics & nanotechnology.

Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Harris is an artist working primarily on the Internet. His work involves the exploration and understanding of humans, on a global scale, through the artifacts they leave behind on the Web.

JC Herz

J.C. HERZ is the author of Joystick Nation and Surfing on the Internet. She was the New York Times' first computer game critic and is now producing a PBS documentary on the history of videogames. J.C. serves on the National Research Council's committee on Creativity and Information Technology.

Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman is Chairman of Stonebrick Group. He started and sold three Internet companies before starting Silicon Valley 100 and karmaOne.org. Auren is also Chairman of Lead21 and founder of the Silicon Forum. He has an Engineering degree from UC Berkeley.

David Hornik

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David Hornik has degrees in political science, computer music, criminology and law. Excellent training for pretty much nothing. So he became a Venture Capitalist in hopes of making enough money to retire and write full time.You can follow Dave's adventures at: Hornik.typepad.com

Autumn Hruby

From feature films to live theatrical shows, music to design, Autumn Hruby’s dedication to producing fresh media content is unprecedented. Trained in Modern Dance and Music Engineering, her memorable multi-media projects and talent are unique experiences sought out globally by magazines, gallery exhibitions, private collectors, and music producers.

Dina Kaplan

Dina Kaplan is the co-founder and COO of blip.tv. Dina oversees business operations for the company, including media partnerships, advertising and sponsorship deals, distribution deals, PR, marketing and investor relations. Before blip.tv Dina was an on-air local television news reporter, where she won an Emmy and numerous Associated Press awards for covering stories. Before reporting Dina worked as an associate producer for MTV News and prior to that as the director of research for the White House Counsel. Dina is a judge for the Webbies; a member of the Producers Guild of America; on the Board of the Socrates Program at the Aspen Institute; on the National Board of Wesleyan University; on the Advisory Board of the Women’s Media Center and of WeLoveBeauty.com; and the founder of the New York City Founders Club. Dina also believes the start-up community in New York City should rise up and take over the entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley whom she suspects have too much hubris.

Peter Kellner

Peter Kellner co-founded several companies, including: the Richmond family of funds for Venture Investments, Ural Petroleum Corporation, Endeavor Global, which pioneers economic development through entrepreneurship. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, Harvard Business School and Princeton University.

Christopher Kenton

Christopher Kenton is SVP of Strategic Planning at the Chief Marketing Officer's Council, an association of the world’s leading marketing executives, and a writer and commentator on marketing and society.

Noura Kevorkian

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Noura Kevorkian made her filmmaking debut with “Veils Uncovered”, winner of: The National Film Board of Canada Best Canadian Documentary at Reel World Film Festival, Toronto, 2002, the Audience Award at the 2002 Dawson City International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the 2002 New York International Film and Video.

Mathias Kunzli

As a drummer and percussionist Mathias Kunzli has performed or recorded with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. In 1995, he won two scholarships from Berklee College of Music in Boston and moved overseas. He graduated in December 1998 and has made New York his home ever since.

Michal Levin

I am an intuitive and author. To some I am a mystic. As a mentor, or unique coach, my clients range from top-level multi national executives to progressive academics, to household name rock stars. Through The Michal Levin Institute, and especially my Energy Link Up, I make my work available to everyone. I am, of course, dedicated to the greater good.

Malcolm Lloyd

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Malcolm Lloyd, MD. Studied BioMedical Engineering at John Hopkins, followed by a Medical Degree at Dartmouth Medical School. He has worked in i-bankin, VC, the biotech industry and is the founder of three companies ranging from software to spirits.

Liz Manne

Liz Manne is partners in a NY-based independent film & TV production company, Duopoly. Previously she was head of programming at the Sundance Channel and before that co-founder and head of marketing for Fine Line Features (Hoop Dreams, Shine, The Player)

Jacques Marcotte

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As Cirque du Soleil's Artistic Coordinator, Special Events, Jac is a mix of creative, organisational and artistic vision. A part of his life is dedicated to studying the third world and which actions within that context can move things forward. The other part of his life is dedicated to moving things forward using artistry and creation. The challenge is the same, to find the balance between being a positive element of change and making people dream in a world where money reigns...

Che Marville

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Mrs. Marville is a Museum Specialist and Project Developer with fifteen years of experience, developing international exhibitions, shows and public programs. Most recently Mrs Marville started her own business, Art and Science On My Mind. She believes in the power of the public museum as an agent of cultural transformation

Kala Maxym

German-born mezzo-soprano Kala Maxym is a free-lance opera singer living in New York City. She has appeared with Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara, Aspen Opera Theater Center, the New York Opera Forum, and The Boston Conservatory Opera. Kala received a BA in Political Science from Columbia University, and after graduation worked as a Senior Program Analyst with the U.S. Department of Justice. She also holds a Master’s degree from The Boston Conservatory. Kala was born in Germany, and has lived throughout Europe, the U.S., and Latin America.

Guy Miller

Guy Miller is a physician, athlete, scientist, professor of public health, practicing critical care physician, founder and CEO of a second Silicon Valley start-up, member of multiple boards and an industry advisor.

George Mueller

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Co-founder of the Gathering and a seasoned inventor and entrepreneur, George Mueller has successfully created and grown several new companies through a variety of economic climates. Prior to co-founding Color Kinetics in 1997, George was Co-founder, COO, and Director of Internet Securities Incorporated.

Gary Mueller

Gary Mueller is Chairman of Internet Securities Incorporated (ISI), an on-line provider of financial and business information on the emerging markets. Gary founded ISI in 1994 and has led the company ever since. ISI currently has 220 employees in 19 countries and its subscription-based service covers 40 emerging markets, including Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, China, and India.

Arwen O'Reilly

As a not-so-closet nostalgist, Arwen O'Reilly has long been fascinated by the intersection of art and craft. Once archivist and art handler at the Dia Foundation for the Arts, now associate editor at Make Magazine, the first magazine devoted to digital hardware hacks and D.I.Y. inspiration – she is beginning to see technology added to the mix.

Chris Pacione

Chris Pacione is an interaction designer by trade and a former professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he met some exceedingly cool people and co-founded BodyMedia. He enjoys renovating his house, sipping single malt scotch, cooking and doodling. 

Juliette Powell

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Juliette Powell co-founded the Gathering in 2002, after being appointed a UN delegate at WCAR . In this role, Juliette helped author the current media section for the UN Plan of Action. After a decade working as a TV producer and interviewer, Juliette founded PIE Inc., an integrated TV production and media development company.

Ramana Rao

Ramana Rao is CTO and Founder of Inxight Software. Ramana's career-long pursuit and passion remains the design of software that extends human intellectual and creative reach (incl. his own).

Martin Reinfried

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Martin Reinfried was one of the founders of search engine Excite, and his current company, Just Passing Through, is looking to create an intelligent reality show based on a real world puzzle adventure race.

Solange Sandy

Solange Sandy is a Broadway performer currently appearing in the role of Annie in the award-winning musical Chicago, at NY's Ambassador Theatre. Previously, she has been seen in Broadway's Aida, Dance of the Vampires. City Center Encores!: House of Flowers, Can-Can. Solange trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and graduated from Julliard. Her TV credits include: Law & Order: SVU, Guiding Light.

Kyle Sanna

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Kyle Sanna is a New York-based guitarist caught amongst the musical worlds of rock, jazz, Celtic, and film scoring. He has performed his own music throughout North America and Europe.

Ryan Sarver

Ryan Sarver is currently the Founder of Qiio, a location-based social networking company. Ryan was previously the Chief Technology Officer of Xplana Learning, a leading educational software company located in Boston, MA. Ryan's focus is consumer-based software product development with a passion for design, usability and delivering rich experiences. Ryan is originally from Birmingham, MI and currently resides in Boston, MA.

Tonka Sasaki

Born in Hiroshima in 1968, Tonka Sasaki is a Japanese Jazz Singer-Song Writer-Arranger-Producer who lives in Tokyo where she released 3 original albums and 2 compilation CDs between 1997-2004. With live performances from Japan to NYC, Tonka has recently been concentrating on recording a fourth original CD "Asian Woman ". Tonka's theme, both musically and in her personal life, is that "Love is Eternal Fire ".

John Scott

John MacDougall Scott is a systems engineer who has worked on projects from Gaza to Kyrgyzstan. He has built with bricks and mortar, and bits and atoms – creating software models of how large, complex projects fall apart.

Denisa Scott

Seasoned wilderness adventurer/rescuer re-enters civilization, drawn into Aerospace industry. A mentor asks "Eco-Systems, Space Systems... What do you care?... Please come to work" . She took the bait, consequently confirming indeed, change "comes from within". Now concentrates on tech in government/industry, finding ways to exploit bureaucracy to do good...

Vivek Sharma

Vivek Sharma is CEO & Co-Founder of MetroSpark, a mobile software startup, that aims to change how people connect with each other in the real-world. Wearable computing will soon change how we engage with our environment.

Joel Smernoff

Joel is the President and COO of Paltalk and was a co-founder of AOL's first brand extension, AOL for Small Business. Joel graduated from the University of Michigan with both a BSE in Naval Architecture and an MBA in Finance. When not helping to run Paltalk, he spends his time practicing yoga, surfing, competitive sailing, and racing cars.

Anita Smith

Painter, writer, filmmaker and performance artist, Anita swims passionately in a magical world of creative energy. Anita hails from the wild island of Tasmania and currently resides in London, England.

Ivo Stivoric

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John (Ivo) Stivoric is a designer, inventor, entrepreneur, technologist....Privileged... How cool is that?...that I get to live such an opportunity, sharing love (for life) with family - exploring within teams of collaborators that are all amazing citizens as well as passionate + playful doers.

Astro Teller

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Dr. Astro Teller is currently co-founder and Chairman of BodyMedia, Inc. and Zivio Technologies. From 1999 to 2007, Astro was also CEO of BodyMedia, Inc. Prior to BodyMedia, Astro was co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Sandbox Advanced Development. Astro holds a BS in computer science and a MS in symbolic and heuristic computation, both from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Hertz fellowship. Astro's work in science, literature, art, and business has appeared in international media from the New York Times to CNN to NPR's "All Things Considered." Astro's first novel, "exegesis" was published by Random House in 1997 and his second book will be out in time for Christmas this year.

Richard Vandentillaart

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Richard founded Lakov Communications and launched a series of short films where he cast himsef as Aerial Photographer and Videographer, specializing in high speed Offshore Racing, Performance Cars and Storm photography. He also chose to stay “Behind The Lens” where he began his career, working on TV shows such as Movie Television, Fashion Television, Star Television and Space Channel.

Jessy Veilleux

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Jessy is an award-winning Digital Matte and Concept Artist from Quebec, Canada who's credits include The adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl (in 3D), Sin City, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, SpyKids 3, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and SpyKids 2. Jessy is now based in Los Angeles, California.

Alain  Vinet

From remixes for Bono to his own double CD «Mouvement», on the Cirque du Soleil Musique label, DJ Alain Vinet has come a long way from his beginnings as a local DJ in Montreal. His keen ear and undisputed musical taste have hoisted him to the pinnacle of his field as a world renowned DJ and, as the Musical Director for Cirque du Soleil.

Isabel Walcott

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Isabel Walcott has worked at the crossroads of technology, media and start-ups for over ten years and loves to be involved in both the strategic and the tactical execution of innovative projects.

Ari Wallach

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Ari Wallach heads up re:think media LLC., which produces the new TV/IPTV show re:think. Ari was the founder of INFORUM, which is now one of the nation’s largest non-partisan forums for those in their 20s-30s to learn about and discuss business, politics and culture. He has worked with The United States Institute of Peace, the DNC and as the director of conflict resolution for the USCA at UC Berkeley. Ari was most recently a New York Coro Leadership Fellow.

Jont Whittington

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Jont is a poet who sings, a writer who drinks, an englishman who has spent a lot of his life in America. He felt lots of things beginning to change when he was about 27, so much so that he called the album he made the next year "28".

Chun Yu

Chun Yu is the author of LITTLE GREEN: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, an award-winning memoir in free verse. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in chemistry from Peking (Beijing) University, a Ph.D. in biomaterials from Rutgers. She began writing poetry during her postdoctoral fellowship in HST, a Harvard-MIT joint program. She is currently working on two books that continue the story of Little Green, a historical graphic novel about Mao, and a film project set in World War II in China. She also works as a consultant connecting biotech and medical device industries to China.