As the second man on the moon and Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 11, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, is the very definition of a living legend. Prior to his contributions with NASA, Dr. Aldrin was recognized as one of the most decorated members of the United States Air Force, with tours in Korea and Germany. Today, Dr. Aldrin remains at the forefront of efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in human space exploration. For more, visit www.BuzzAldrin.com.
As Editor-In-Chief of Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson is one of the leading authorities on emerging technologies and the cultures that surround them. Through a series of groundbreaking articles and books- including the bestselling The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More- he has emerged as one of the leading voices at the center of the new economy. Prior to Wired, Anderson spent seven years at The Economist, where he worked as editor of both the technology and business sections.
Human Business Works creates business systems for small businesses, including educational platforms like KitchenTableCompanies.com and technology to support this through 9seeds.com. Brogan is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Trust Agents, and speaks and consults professionally with Fortune 100 and 500 clients. He publishes chrisbrogan.com, an Advertising Age Top 5 blog in the advertising and marketing space.
Lawrence Burns has long been a major global voice for the reinvention of the automobile and the diversification of transportation energy. His book, Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. Today, Burns advises companies, governments, and universities on transportation, energy, and communications systems.
As the co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest car-sharing company in the world and GoLoco, the first company to combine ridesharing and social networking, Robin Chase has never been one to follow mobility trends. Her other ventures include the founding of Meadow Networks, a transportation consulting firm, and the blog NetworkMusings, where she analyzes climate change, transportation, and wireless networks.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and Director of the Sloan Automotive Laboratory, Professor Cheng has received a number of accolades for his fundamental and applied research on internal combustion engines, emissions, fuels, and engine control systems. He was named Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers in 2003.
An icon of the contemporary eco-movement, Graham Hill founded the eco-blog TreeHugger in 2004 in an effort to push sustainability into the mainstream. Today, it has become one of the most-frequented green sites and has been referred to as “the Green CNN.” In 2007, he was named VP of Interactive at Discovery Communications following its acquisition of Treehugger. His recent project is focused on ‘Less but Better’ and started with a crowd-sourced small apartment design contest (LifeEdited.org).
As Director of Environmental Affairs for Genzyme Corporation, Richard Mattila is responsible for managing the environmental compliance and performance for the global biotechnology/pharmaceutical corporation. He is also an advisory on many committees, including the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory and the Environmental Sustainability Steering Committee.
As VP, Consumer Products, Marissa Mayer leads the product management and engineering efforts of Google’s local, mobile, and contextual discovery products, including Google Maps, Local Search, Google Earth, Street View, Latitude and more. Mayer has led product management and design efforts for Google web search, images, news, books, products, toolbar, and iGoogle. She started at Google in 1999 as Google’s 20th employee and first woman engineer.
One of the most celebrated concept designers of our time, “Visual Futurist” Syd Mead has worked as a designer for numerous multinational corporations, including U.S Steel, Philips Electronics and the majority of Auto companies, but it is his design contributions to feature films such as Blade Runner, Aliens, 2010, TRON and most recently, ELYSIUM, for which he is most well known.
Mike Musto’s dedication to the automotive industry has always been serious, all while maintaining an edge and attitude that’s anything but. As Editor-in-Chief of RideLust.com, Mike’s mission is to give mobile enthusiasts a place to get their cars, trucks, and bike fix, all presented in a factually accurate, politically incorrect forum.
With a keen focus on the future of mobility, Laurenz Schaffer has long been revered as one of the leading innovators in automotive design. Currently, he serves as President of BMW Group DesignworksUSA, where he spearheads ongoing company development as both an international consultant for strategic, product, automotive and transportation design and as a specialist in innovation and brand strategy.
With over 6 million members, foursquare’s Naveem Selvaduri has helped build the location-based social networking service into one of the Web’s social media powers. In 2010 alone, foursquare has reported a growth of 3400% with over 381 million unique check-ins. Prior to foursquare, Selvaduri was lead Architect at Socialight and a Senior Software Architect with the Global Digital Business group at Sony Music Entertainment. Before Sony, he consulted for New York-based Run Tones and enjoyed software engineering stints at Sun Microsystems and Lucent Technologies.
As the first CEO of Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides’ primary mission has been to transition the company from a development project to a commercially operational business. To date, the private space tourism company has $65 million in deposit reservations from over 400 customers. Previously, Whitesides served as Chief of Staff for NASA.
When first approached with the idea of driving an electric vehicle, Todd Crook, Producer at NBC Universal, wasn’t sure that the MINI could replicate the fun and feeling of a gas car. 32,000 miles later, Crook says he’s hooked. He admits that not only is it a blast to drive, the almost silent electric motor adds a sense of peace after a hectic day in the office.
Looking for an energy efficiency solution that would also reduce his personal dependence on oil, New Jersey restaurant owner Tom Moloughney is one of the most active MINI E Pioneers. He amassed over 50,000 miles in his first twenty months, while keeping a running blog of his experience. Tom charges his car with electricity he generates on his home solar system.
Residing in an award winning net zero energy home, Peder Norby had always longed for an electric vehicle that could stand up to the rigors of his daily commute. With the MINI E, he found that car, driving 18,000 sunshine powered miles a year. As a San Diego County Planning Commissioner, Norby exclusively commutes cross-county from the Mexican Border to the inland deserts using his MINI E as his daily driver.
Kurt Mattila is an acclaimed director of feature films, documentaries and commercials, whose credits include the film Lies and Alibis for Summit Entertainment, Avatar Spirits, Rock Band, and recent film The Next Day for Disney’s TRON Legacy. Commercial spots include ESPN Monday Night Football, and Broadway shows Hair and Rent. He recently founded Prologue Pictures with producing partner Alexander Dervin and partners Kyle Cooper and Kimberly Cooper.
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