Puneet Kaur Ahira
Special Advisor to Megan Smith - U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to President Obama.
Thomas Albright
Director, Vision Center Laboratory and Conrad T. Prebys Chair in Vision Research, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Steve Anderson
Associate Professor + Founding Director of the Ph.D. program in Media Arts + Practice USC School of Cinematic Arts, Author
Karl Baumann
Media Artist/Theorist; PhD Candidate, Media Arts + Practice at USC School of Cinematic Arts
Botond Bognar
Ambassador of Singularity University to Hungary and the Founding Director of Singularity University's Summit Europe
Biayna Bogosian
Architect / Co-Founder of Somewhere Something / PhD Candidate in Media Arts + Practice (iMAP) at USC School of Cinematic Arts
Stewart Brand
Futurist, Co-Founder and President of The Long Now Foundation, Co-Founder, Global Business Network, Author
Michael J. Brown
Architect, Co-Founder of NAU, Co-Founder of Studio Digital-Analog, University of Fine Arts, Berlin
Kevin Carpenter
Operations Manager, Director of Hardware Development, Systems and Design Engineer, Kumotek Robotics
Juan DiazB
European Director World Building Institute; Creative Director Kosmology; Director, Writer, Narrative Designer
Evan Douglis
Architect, Designer, Principal Evan Douglis Studio, Chair of Undergraduate School of Architecture, Pratt Institute
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Marine Biologist, Ocean Explorer, Author, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Mike Fink
President, Visual Effects Worldwide, Prime Focus Ltd. CEO, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Prime Focus VFX North America
Caitlin Fisher
Co-Founder, Future Cinema Lab, Director, York Augmented Reality Lab, Research Chair in Digital Culture, Yok University, Toronto
Scott Fisher
Associate Dean, Research
Professor & Founding Chair, Interactive Media Division
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Aroussiak Gabrielian
Director, foreground design agency, Doctoral candidate, USC School Cinematic Arts (iMAP)
Malcolm Garrett RDI FISTD
Graphic Interaction Designer, Creative Director, Images&Co, Deputy Master, Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry
Sergei Gepshtein
Scientist, Director of Collaboratory for Adaptive Sensory Technologies, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Howard Goldkrand
Head of Innovation Design for the global digital media creative agency SapientNitro
Perry Hoberman
Associate Research Professor in the Interactive Media Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
Henry Jenkins
Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts, and Education USC, Transmedia Scholar
Kilian Kleinschmidt
Global Networker and Humanitarian Expert - Founder and Chairman Innovation and Planning Agency
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
Professor of Media Arts and Technology and of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara
Neil Leach
Architectural Theorist. Professor, European Graduate School. Visiting Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Richard Lemarchand
Game Designer, Visiting Associate Professor, Interactive Media Division, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
Thomas Evan Levy
Distinguished Professor; Director, UC San Diego Levantine and Cyber-Archaeology Lab, Qualcomm Institute
Greg Lynn
Architect, Founder GregLynn FORM Studio, Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
Frank Lyons
Professor of Music and Associate Dean of Research and Impact in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University
Donald Marinelli
Executive Vice President at Vissman Management, Co-Founder Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Alex McDowell RDI
Creative Director, experimental.design; Professor, USC SCA; Director, World Building Media Lab, World Building Institute
Andrew McGregor
CEO of SymbioBotics, CEO of Graphation Comics, Founder and King of LA Chessboxing, Co-Founder of GoodBAR
David Morin
Chair, Joint Technology Subcommittee on Virtual Production Chair, Autodesk Film CTO Advisory Council
Siobhan O’Flynn PhD
Principal, NarrativeNow, Co-Founder of PlusCity Design, Co-Creator for TMC Resouce Kit, Educator in Transmedia
Ken Perlin
Professor of Computer Science, NYU Media Research Lab; Director, NYU Games for Learning Institute
Luis Rivero
Advertising Creative, 3D Visual Effects Supervisor, Architect, CEO and Founder, Urbansimulations & Invisible Corp.
Scott Robertson
Concept Designer, Author, Program Director of Entertainment Design, Art Center College of Design
Dr. Mark Sagar
Director - Laboratory Animate Technologies, Laboratory for Animate Technologies, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Christine Schreyer
Assistant Professor - Anthropology Programme Community, Culture and Global Studies Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Chanel Summers
Co-Founder, Syndicate 17; Adjunct Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division; Sound Designer; Composer
Mary Sweeney
Vice President of the Board of the Desert Biennial, slated for 2017 in the Coachella Valley
Amanda Tasse
Transmedia Designer, Poetic Science Studio, PhD Candidate Media Arts + Practices, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Peter Torpey
Doctoral Candidate, Center for Future Storytelling Fellow, Opera of the Future, MIT Media Lab
Glen Ward
A Music, Entertainment and Arts Crusader, Advisory Board Member, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Chair, Digital Art and New Media at UC Santa Cruz
Jeff Watson
Artist, Designer, Storyteller, and Assistant Professor of Digital Futures, OCAD University
Daniel Wheeler
Multi-Media Artist, Advisory Board, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach