Academics & Authors
Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired, Bestselling Author of Free: The Future of A Radical Price, The Long Tail, and The New Industrial Revolution (spring 2012), Founder, 3D Robotics
Gordon Jones, Director, Harvard Innovation Lab
Jeff Dyer, Co-Author with Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, Horace Beesley Professor of Strategy. Marriott School, BYU and Chair of the Department of Organizational Leadership & Strategy
Mark Johnson, Author, Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal
Michio Kaku, Famed Futurist, Physicist, and TV Personality
Rob Cross, Associate Professor in Management, University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, Author, The Hidden Power of Social Networks, and Driving Results through Social Networks
Sarah Wilner, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Wilfrid Laurier University
Tom Szaky, CEO and Founder, Terracycle, Author, Revolution in a Bottle, star of the National Geographic Channel Special “Garbage Moguls”
Consumer Goods
Andre Convents, Section Head, Connect & Develop, Household Care, Procter & Gamble Eurocor
Ashish Chatterjee, Managing Director, Connect+Develop, Global Business Development at The Procter & Gamble Company
Cor Bosselaar, Portfolio Leader, Kimberly-Clark
Dan Edgar, Emerging Markets Innovation Leader, DuPont
David Wagner, Vice President, External partner Development, General Mills
Jennifer Bacon, Global Brand Design Director for Kotex® Poise® and Depend® Brands, Kimberly-Clark
Elisabeth Krisel, Vice President, Innovation Programs, Mattel/FisherPrice
Peter Espersen, Online Community Lead, LEGO
Phil Duncan, Global Chief Design Officer, Procter & Gamble
Sandra Kelly, Strategic Customer Insight Manager, 3M
Wayne Marcus, Senior Director, Design & Development, Hasbro, Inc
William Lunderman, Vice President, Global Strategic Brand Design, Colgate-Palmolive
Government
Karen L. Freidt, Lead, Navigation Center for Creativity, Collaboration, & Innovation, NASA
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Bret Huff, Vice President, Product Research & Development, Eli Lilly & Company
Denise Fletcher, Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer of Payer, Pharmacy and Insurance, Xerox Company
Paul Austin, Program Manager, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Company
Markus Fromherz, Chief Innovation Officer, Healthcare, Xerox
Naomi Fried, Chief Innovation Officer, Children's Hospital Boston
Nelson Soken, Senior Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering, Medtronic, Inc.
Ravi Adapthya, General Manager, Global Product Experience, GE Healthcare
Robert A. Zivin, Ph.D., Senior Director, Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT), Johnson & Johnson
Ryan Frank, Director of Marketing, Global Innovation, Abbott
Shauna Brummet, PhD, President, BioHio Research Park, and Affiliate of The Ohio State University
Financial Services
Darryl Speach, Corporate Vice President, Customer Insights & Innovation, New York Life
Gordon Hui, Director of Business Design and Strategy, Smart Design LLC, formerly, The Hartford
Jaspar Roos, Chief Inspiration Officer, Dialogues Incubator, ABN AMRO
Joseph O’Sullivan, Director, Design Innovation Group, Intuit
Food & Beverage
Andre Martin, Chief Learning Officer, MARS
Barry Calpino, Vice President, Breakthrough Innovation, Kraft
Carol Bagnoli, Global Strategy & Growth, Consumer Insights, General Mills
Ellen Craven, Director, Design Strategy and Brand Innovation, Global, Kraft Foods
Josh Karpf, Digital and Social Media Manager, Pepsico
Keith Belling, Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO, popchips
Moira Cullen, Senior Director, Global Design, The Hershey Company
Stacey Valy Panayiotou, Vice President, Talent Development & Organizational Effectiveness, Coca-Cola Refreshments
Manufacturing & Automotive
Ben Kaufman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Quirky
Brian Hart, Founder, Black-i Robotics
Carole Bilson, VP, Global Design & Usability, Pitney Bowes Inc.
Dave Gordon, Director, Services Strategy, Defense, Rolls-Royce
Ginny Ertl, Director, Leadership, Learning & Development, GE
John Hillenbrand, Chief Innovation Officer, Owens Corning
Moises Norena, Global Director of Innovation, Whirlpool Corporation
Rob Van Leen, Chief Innovation Officer, DSM
Sanjay Khunger, Chief Technologist, OnStar
Scott Mathews, Technical Fellow, Research and Technology, The Boeing Company
Tim Brumbaugh, Deputy Director, GM Corporate Ventures, General Motors
Suzette Malek, Global Research Manager, Advanced Concepts & Societal Trends, General Motors
Teresa Spafford, Lead Designer, Mazda North America
Online Media & Entertainment
Janet Gallent, Vice President, Consumer Insights & Innovation Research, NBC Universal
Noelle Chun, Storyteller & Digital Media, Yahoo!
Electronics & Technology
Bill Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Consumer Insights, Best Buy
Duane Clare, Director of Design, Microsoft
Katy Mogal, Consumer Insights/Innovation, New Product Lead, Logitech
Kevin Brooks, Professional Storyteller, UX Product Manager, Motorola
Kuk Yi, Corporate Vice President, Best Buy, Managing Partner, Best Buy Capital
Jawahar Kanjilal, Global Head of Nokia Life Tools Services, Nokia
Ricardo Dos Santos, SVP of Business Development, Biological Dynamics Inc
Thought Leaders
A.K. Pradeep, President and Chief Executive Officer, NeuroFocus
Alastair MacGregor, CEO, Innovia Technology
Cheryl Swanson, Managing Partner, Toniq
David Matheson, PhD, President and CEO, SmartOrg Inc
Colin Nelson, Director, Strategic Consulting, HYPE