Heather Schlegel (@heathervescent) is a futurist, technologist, and cacophonist. Schlegel is most recently known for her design futures video work with Innotribe, the Innovation Division of Swift. Known by her online presence, heathervescent, and her consultancy, The Purple Tornado, she explores the intersection of technology, culture, and identity. Schlegel's academic research focuses on the future of transactions and complementary currencies, including the impact of technology on identity creation; member, Association of Professional Futurists, West Hollywood, California, USA (see also Best of Houston Futures)

Mark D. Waterhouse (moderator) is president of Garnet Consulting Services, Inc., an economic development consulting firm. He is a certified economic developer, has served as chair of International Economic Development Council (IEDC); former dean of Oklahoma University Economic Development Institute (OU/EDI), president of Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS), Pleasant Valley, Connecticut, USA

Scott Gibbs is president of the Economic Development Foudation of Rhode Island, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA

George L. Robertson is president, Kosciusko EDC, and has spent 30 years in economic development at all levels, Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Rick Smyre is president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA (see also: Young Professionals for Community Transformation)

Mark D. Waterhouse (moderator) is president of Garnet Consulting Services, Inc., an economic development consulting firm. He is a certified economic developer, has served as chair of International Economic Development Council (IEDC); former dean of Oklahoma University Economic Development Institute (OU/EDI), president of Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS), Pleasant Valley, Connecticut, USA

Scott Gibbs is president of the Economic Development Foudation of Rhode Island, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA

George L. Robertson is president, Kosciusko EDC, and has spent 30 years in economic development at all levels, Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Rick Smyre is president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA (see also: Young Professionals for Community Transformation)

Shelly Brenckman (@ShellyBrenckman) is a former engineering major, now business major. Employed by Aggie Angel Network, and also as a student worker in Startup Aggieland, College Station, Texas

Nick Spiller (2013@utexas.edu) Nick is an English major. He has launched two startups in Austin as a student and created the successful UT Entrepreneurship Week, Austin, Texas, USA

Rex Miller is a nationally respected futurist, consultant, speaker, and architecture, engineering, and construction industry expert; author, The Commercial Real Estate Revolution; founder, case4space initiative, Southlake, Texas, USA

Mylena Pierremont is a board member of the World Future Society and president of Ming Pai Consulting BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Robert Salmon is a member of the Global Advisory Council, World Future Society; former vice president, L’Oreal; and author, Valais, Switzerland

Annette Nijs Annette Nijs is macro-economist and executive director Global Initiative, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Shanghai, China

Carine De Meyere, Switzerland

Christopher H. Cordey is a foresight adviser and academic specialist in Corporate Sustainability and Change Management, CEO of Futuratinow.com and founding director of the Sustainable Luxury Forum, and member, Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Geneva, Switzerland

Mylena Pierremont is a board member of the World Future Society and president of Ming Pai Consulting BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Robert Salmon is a member of the Global Advisory Council, World Future Society; former vice president, L’Oreal; and author, Valais, Switzerland

Annette Nijs Annette Nijs is macro-economist and executive director Global Initiative, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Shanghai, China

Carine De Meyere, Switzerland

Christopher H. Cordey is a foresight adviser and academic specialist in Corporate Sustainability and Change Management, CEO of Futuratinow.com and founding director of the Sustainable Luxury Forum, and member, Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Geneva, Switzerland

Mylena Pierremont is a board member of the World Future Society and president of Ming Pai Consulting BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Robert Salmon is a member of the Global Advisory Council, World Future Society; former vice president, L’Oreal; and author, Valais, Switzerland

Annette Nijs Annette Nijs is macro-economist and executive director Global Initiative, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Shanghai, China

Carine De Meyere, Switzerland

Christopher H. Cordey is a foresight adviser and academic specialist in Corporate Sustainability and Change Management, CEO of Futuratinow.com and founding director of the Sustainable Luxury Forum, and member, Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Geneva, Switzerland

Paul Winghart is a senior fixed income strategist for a global wealth management company, serves as adjunct professor of business for a Bethel University, St, Paul, Minnesota, USA

Robert Moran (@robertpmoran) is partner in the Brunswick Group and leads Brunswick Insight in the Americas. He frequently speaks and writes on market research and data-driven decision making, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (see also)

Christopher Carfi (@ccarfi) is vice president of Platform Products at Swipp Inc., a veteran of both startups and the enterprise. Mr. Carfi has a deep track record in customer advocacy, most recently at Ant’s Eye View and Edelman Digital. Prior to Edelman, he was a co-founder and CEO at Cerado, Mountain View, Colorado, USA

Brenda Cooper is a technology professional, a science-fiction writer, and a public speaker who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She is associated with Futurist.com.

Read: Where the Wild Things Are Not

Peter C. Bishop is an associate professor of Strategic Foresight and director of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. He is co-author of Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (2007), and Teaching about the Future: The Basics of Foresight Education (2012); member, Association of Professional Futurists, Houston, Texas, USA (see also C-1 Futuring: An Introduction to Futures Studies)

Amy Glynn, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Jim Breaux, Houston, Texas, USA (see also Starting Integral: Visioning and a New STEEP)

Sean Daken, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Heather Schlegel, Los Angelos, CA, USA (see also A Possibility Tour)

Peter C. Bishop is an associate professor of Strategic Foresight and director of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. He is co-author of Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (2007), and Teaching about the Future: The Basics of Foresight Education (2012); member, Association of Professional Futurists, Houston, Texas, USA (see also C-1 Futuring: An Introduction to Futures Studies)

Amy Glynn, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Jim Breaux, Houston, Texas, USA (see also Starting Integral: Visioning and a New STEEP)

Sean Daken, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Heather Schlegel, Los Angelos, CA, USA (see also A Possibility Tour)

Gary Marx, president of the Center for Public Outreach, an author, trends observer, keynote speaker, and leadership councilor, who has addressed audiences on six continents, Vienna, Virginia, USA

Matthew Moen, past president of the national Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences, dean, University of South Dakota, an author, innovator, and speaker, Vermillion, South, Dakota, USA

James E. Woods, noted environmental scientist and engineer, consultant, professor, and worldwide authority on sustainability issues in the natural and built environment, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Gary Marx, president of the Center for Public Outreach, an author, trends observer, keynote speaker, and leadership councilor, who has addressed audiences on six continents, Vienna, Virginia, USA

Matthew Moen, past president of the national Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences, dean, University of South Dakota, an author, innovator, and speaker, Vermillion, South, Dakota, USA

James E. Woods, noted environmental scientist and engineer, consultant, professor, and worldwide authority on sustainability issues in the natural and built environment, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

David N. Bengston is a research social scientist with the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Forest Resources and the Graduate Program in Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota. In 2004, Dr. Bengston was an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Research Fellow at Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. His current research focuses on environmental futures, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (see also New Frontiers in Public Sector Foresight)

Co-Researchers

Robert L. Olson is a senior fellow at the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF), he worked extensively on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental futures program and is the author of numerous futures publications, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Leif A. DeVaney is a PhD candidate in the Conservation Biology Program with a minor in Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is broadly interested in philosophy of conservation and the interactions of wildlife, humans, and technology. St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Kristen C. Nelson is professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests focus on community-level analysis of institutions and organizations involved in resource conservation and development, collaboration and conflict in environmental planning and management, and social capital and resource mobilization, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Cynthia G. Wagner (@WorldFutureSoc) is editor of The Futurist magazine and has been with the World Future Society since 1981. Among her credits are a variety of articles and book reviews and editorship of the e-mail newsletter Futurist Update and of several editions of the annual conference volume. Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Erica Orange (@ErOrange)is a vice president of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc. (WEB), one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. WEB identifies social, economic, political and technological trends, and evaluates the implications of those trends for many of the world’s largest companies, government agencies and trade associations, New York, New York, USA (see also Cultural Shifts Among Global Youth Part Four)

Clem Bezold is chairman and senior futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures, and recipient of the World Future Society's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Alexandria, Virginia, USA (see also C-3: Wiser Futures)

Terry Collins is a futures consultant and a lecturer at the University of Houston who has appeared on Great Day Houston talking about foresight and technology. She is co-author of The Evolution of Integral Futures, World Future Review; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Houston, Texas, USA

James Breaux is graduate student of futures studies at the University of Houston, a registered professional engineer, and a student member of the Association of Professional Futurists, World Future Society, and World Futures Studies Federation, Baytown, Texas, USA (See also The Best of Houston)

Yvette Montero Salvatico (@ymsalvatico) has over 15 years of corporate experience with large, multinational firms such as Kimberly-Clark and the Walt Disney Company. Before becoming a partner at Kedge, she led the effort to establish Future Workforce Insights at the Walt Disney Company, identifying future workforce trends and leveraging foresight models and techniques to assess potential threats, impacts, emerging ideas, and opportunities for the organization; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Kissimmee, Florida, USA

Frank Spencer (@frankspencer) is founder of the foresight, innovation and strategic design firm Kedge. Prior to that, he worked for 15 years as a leadership coach and developer with entrepreneurs, start-ups, social communities and SMEs. Frank has a strong background in both business and academic foresight, having worked on strategic foresight projects for institutions such as Kraft, Mars, Marriott, Duke University and The Walt Disney Company. He is a prolific speaker, having delivered presentations to various groups and conferences over the last 20 years on topics such as leadership development, the importance of developing the skill of futures thinking, creating environments of foresight in businesses & organizations, recognizing emerging trends and issues, identifying unseen opportunities, reaching aspirations and preferred futures, networking, talent management, work, technology, and social innovation; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Greg Van Alstyne (@gregvan) is associate professor of design and co-founder of Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada. On the EFO project, he was a member of sLab's team from OCAD U's Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Edie Weiner (moderator) is President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Arnold Brown is chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Jared Weiner is a Vice President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., board member of World Future Society, New York, New York, USA (see also Cultural Shifts Among Global Youth Part Four)

Edie Weiner (moderator) is President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Arnold Brown is chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Jared Weiner is a Vice President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., board member of World Future Society, New York, New York, USA (see also Cultural Shifts Among Global Youth Part Four)

Ken Hunter (moderator) is chair of the World Future Society Board, senior fellow, Maryland China Initiative, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Zhouying Jin is director, Center for Technology Innovation and Strategic Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China (see also: Professional Members Forum)

Eric Meade (respondent) is vice president and senior futurist at the Institute for Alternative Futures and serves on the board of directors of Counterpart International; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Alexandria, Virginia, USA (see also:The Wisdom Web: Global Governance in 2100)
Riel Miller (@RielM)(respondent) currently works for the directorates of economics, OECD; he is a former senior manager of Ontario public service (Ministry of Finance, Universities, and Industry) and is the founder of xperidox, Paris, France, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada (see also: Insider's Guide to Foresight Consulting)

Ken Hunter (moderator) is chair of the World Future Society Board, senior fellow, Maryland China Initiative, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Zhouying Jin is director, Center for Technology Innovation and Strategic Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China (see also: Professional Members Forum)

Eric Meade (respondent) is vice president and senior futurist at the Institute for Alternative Futures and serves on the board of directors of Counterpart International; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Alexandria, Virginia, USA (see also:The Wisdom Web: Global Governance in 2100)
Riel Miller (@RielM)(respondent) currently works for the directorates of economics, OECD; he is a former senior manager of Ontario public service (Ministry of Finance, Universities, and Industry) and is the founder of xperidox, Paris, France, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada (see also: Insider's Guide to Foresight Consulting)

William E. Halal is the founder of TechCast, a Web-based system that pools the knowledge of experts to forecast breakthroughs in all technical fields; professor emeritus of Management, Technology, and Innovation at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

Kenneth Harris is a professional futurist, chairman of Consilience, secretary of the board of directors of the World Future Society, former president and treasurer of the Washington, D.C., World Future Society Chapter; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Ari Palttala is president and CEO of Teamware, Inc., which builds sophisticated Web sites for governments, associations, and businesses, including the design of the Web site for the Finnish Parliament, Potomac, Maryland, USA

Chad J. Davis is executive editor of TechCast, Washington, DC, USA

Marcio de Miranda Santos is the executive director of the Centre for Strategic Management and Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation at CGEE in Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Diana Villiers Negroponte is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution where she works on Mexico and Central America. Her forthcoming book, The End of Nostalgia: Mexico Confronts the Challenges of Global Competition, will be published by the Brookings Press in April 2013, Washington, D.C.,

Esther Franklin (moderator) is executive vice president and Director of Cultural Identities for Starcom MediaVest Group's (SMG) multicultural unit, SMG Multicultural, and a member of World Future Society Global Advisory Council, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Marcio de Miranda Santos is the executive director of the Centre for Strategic Management and Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation at CGEE in Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Diana Villiers Negroponte is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution where she works on Mexico and Central America. Her forthcoming book, The End of Nostalgia: Mexico Confronts the Challenges of Global Competition, will be published by the Brookings Press in April 2013, Washington, D.C.,

Esther Franklin (moderator) is executive vice president and Director of Cultural Identities for Starcom MediaVest Group's (SMG) multicultural unit, SMG Multicultural, and a member of World Future Society Global Advisory Council, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Fabienne Goux-Baudiment (@progective) is a professional futurist, founding head of the consulting firm proGective, international speaker, and associate professor of Foresight and Innovation at the University of Angers (France). She has advised professional, business, and governmental organizations for almost three decades. Former president of the World Futures Studies Federation (2005-2009), she is a member of the World Future Society and Association of Professional Futurists. She is the author of several books, a blogger, referee, and member of various International Scientific Boards. Paris, France

Aaron Rosa is a PhD candidate in the Futures Studies program at the University of Hawaii – Manoa. His dissertation focuses on the ability for mobile communications to serve as tools for educating people about futures studies, and helping organizations deploy these technologies for sharing and building alternative futures. His work with the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies has included the co-production of experiential scenarios for Hawaii 2050, the Hawaii Food Policy Council, UH Manoa College of Nursing, and the East West Center, Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Co-researchers from the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies include:

John Sweeney (@aloha_futures) is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Mānoa, Hawaii, USA

Aubrey Yee is pursuing a PhD in Futures Studies at the Political Science Department, UH Manoa, Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Jim Dator is Professor and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, Department of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor in the Program in Public Administration, the College of Architecture, and the Center for Japanese Studies, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Co-Chair, Space and Society Division, International Space University, Strasbourg, France; former President, World Futures Studies Federation, Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Eric Meade is vice president and senior futurist at the Institute for Alternative Futures and serves on the board of directors of Counterpart International; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Read: Slums: A Catalyst Bed for Poverty Eradication

(see also What Kind of Future Do We Need: Reflections From China)

Bob Reuschlein is president of Reuschlein Peace Institute, has taught “Weather, Wealth, and Wars,” and has written on the temperature cycle, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Nancy Donovan (moderator) is with GAO and is founder of the Public Sector Foresight Network, Washington, D.C., USA

David J. Kaufman was appointed director of FEMA's Office of Policy and Program Analysis (OPPA) in September 2009, Washington, D.C., USA

David Bengston is with the U.S. Forest Service and an inaugural member of the Public Sector Foresight Group. He is at the Northern Research Station, which is playing a key role in the new foresight initiative. He has published on environmental futures and foresight issues, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (see also The Future of Woodland Fire)

Christopher Stone is CEO of Constellation Software Engineering (CSE); member, Association of Professional Futurists, Lanham, Maryland, USA

Jalal Mapar is the division director at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division (IDD) within its Advanced Research Projects Agency, Washington, D.C., USA

Justin Legary is the section chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Exercise and Simulation Center (NESC), Washington, D.C., USA

Jo Ann Oravec is an associate professor in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. She taught computer information systems and public policy at Baruch College of the City University of New York and also taught in the School of Business and the Computer Sciences Department at UW-Madison, as well as at Ball State University. In the 1990s, she chaired the Privacy Council of the State of Wisconsin, the nation's first state-level council dealing with information technology and privacy issues. She has written books (including Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking, Cambridge University Press) and dozens of articles on computing, emerging technologies, and public-policy issues, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA (see also: Education Summit)

Marci Segal (@marcisegal @worldcreativity) holds an MS in Creativity and Change Leadership, is president of creativityland inc and founder of World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, which frees people’s thinking so they can create new futures. She is a creativity expert and speaker and leads executive team building retreats and innovation programs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Megan Mitchell is an innovation catalyst, creativity muse, and leadership consultant at Megan Mitchell Consulting. She is also the program director at Schulich School of Business’s Centre of Excellence in Innovation, York University. Megan advocates soaking up every opportunity to grow and believes we are all creative; her passion is helping people discover their unique ways of contributing for greater business success and personal fulfillment, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (see also C-8 Balancing Logic and Imagination to Foresee the Future)

Josh Lindenger is a futurist, analyst, computer scientist, and licensed Professional Engineer; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Catonsville, Maryland, USA

Jason Swanson is a foresight professional and market-research analyst, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Rick Smyre is president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Nicole Garzino is executive director, of the Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California. As a consultant, Ms. Garzino leads transformative planning and program management for nonprofits, with a special emphasis in cultural organizations, creative projects, and grassroots start-ups, Salinas, California, USA

Barbara Weathers has over 15 years of experience in higher education as both an administrator and professor at private, public, for-profit, and nonprofit institutions. While at Graceland University, she created the Institute for Professional Development, which worked on innovative models for curriculum development. She is vice president, Education and Community Development at B2i Ventures; director, National Young Professionals Network at Center for Communities of the Future, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

John D. Enamait has more than ten years of experience in the North Carolina Community College System. Starting his community college career as a faculty member in information systems, he now serves as dean of the School of Business, Industry, and Technology at Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, North Carolina, Hudson, North Carolina, USA

Rick Smyre is president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Nicole Garzino is executive director, of the Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California. As a consultant, Ms. Garzino leads transformative planning and program management for nonprofits, with a special emphasis in cultural organizations, creative projects, and grassroots start-ups, Salinas, California, USA

Barbara Weathers has over 15 years of experience in higher education as both an administrator and professor at private, public, for-profit, and nonprofit institutions. While at Graceland University, she created the Institute for Professional Development, which worked on innovative models for curriculum development. She is vice president, Education and Community Development at B2i Ventures; director, National Young Professionals Network at Center for Communities of the Future, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

John D. Enamait has more than ten years of experience in the North Carolina Community College System. Starting his community college career as a faculty member in information systems, he now serves as dean of the School of Business, Industry, and Technology at Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, North Carolina, Hudson, North Carolina, USA

Catherine Shane McVey is a certified “Master Teacher.” She has been teaching lower socioeconomic, minority, and immigrant middle- and high-school children for over twenty years in urban Chicago schools. A Fulbright Scholar, she develops curriculum to meet the needs of a very specific type of lower socioeconomic, urban, and immigrant children.

Student participants:
Ana Cisneros is a pre-law major at University of Illinois. Her goal is to work within the Latino community to mentor young Latinos, with a focus on women. She feels strongly that she must stay true to her roots and share her personal struggles to encourage a younger generation, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Antonio Mendoza is a former Marine who graduated from ITI Technology. He was wounded in combat and returned home. He has two younger brothers, currently on active duty with the United States Marine Corps, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Sameerah Haque is a student at Northside College Preparatory High School. She has no idea what the future holds for her but believes she is capable of whatever she decides to do, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Anjali Dhimar is a student in the Von Steuben Honors Scholars Program. She has a talent and interest in science, but remains open to wherever the future will take her, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Stephanie Smith attends Brooks College Preparatory High School. She is a talented athlete, and plans to study law, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Catherine Shane McVey is a certified “Master Teacher.” She has been teaching lower socioeconomic, minority, and immigrant middle- and high-school children for over twenty years in urban Chicago schools. A Fulbright Scholar, she develops curriculum to meet the needs of a very specific type of lower socioeconomic, urban, and immigrant children.

Student participants:
Ana Cisneros is a pre-law major at University of Illinois. Her goal is to work within the Latino community to mentor young Latinos, with a focus on women. She feels strongly that she must stay true to her roots and share her personal struggles to encourage a younger generation, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Antonio Mendoza is a former Marine who graduated from ITI Technology. He was wounded in combat and returned home. He has two younger brothers, currently on active duty with the United States Marine Corps, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Sameerah Haque is a student at Northside College Preparatory High School. She has no idea what the future holds for her but believes she is capable of whatever she decides to do, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Anjali Dhimar is a student in the Von Steuben Honors Scholars Program. She has a talent and interest in science, but remains open to wherever the future will take her, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Stephanie Smith attends Brooks College Preparatory High School. She is a talented athlete, and plans to study law, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mark Waser is an ethical systems architect and co-founder of Digital Wisdom Institute, Vienna, Virginia, USA

James Giordano is professor of Integrative Physiology and chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Clark Fellow in Neurosciences and Ethics, Human Science Center, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; and Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Wendell Wallach chairs the technology and ethics study group at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and is co-author (with Colin Allen) of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Ramona Pringle (@ramonapringle) is a new media professor at Ryerson University and a multiplatform producer currently working on Avatar Secrets and Rdigitalife.com, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Erica Orange (@ErOrange) and Jared Weiner (@JWeinerWEB) are both vice presidents of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. Erica and Jared sit on several boards, strategically advising groups about the importance of future trends, New York, New York, USA (see also Dark Future/Bright Future: Either, Neither, or Both? and Speed Futuring)

Frank W. Maletz is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon and a former United States Naval military surgeon with Gulf War and hospital ship experience. He has 35 years of patient service as a physician, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh has a master’s degree in museum studies from Harvard University Extension School, a BA in fine arts from Montserrat College of Art, and is currently taking graduate courses through the University of Houston Futures Studies program. Her present work includes working with strategy, research, and predictive analytics firm Reach Advisors, facilitating learning about the future of museums as a teaching assistant in the Harvard Museum Studies Program, and facilitating creative mash-ups at historic sites through her company, Revitalizing Historic Sites. Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Ulrich Schmitt is establishing an enterprise for Educational Services and Personal Knowledge Management Solutions in Southern Africa. His professional background covers eight years as IT and management consultant in London and Basel, eight years as professor and vice president at two independent universities in Germany, and the recent eight years as vice rector at the Polytechnic of Namibia and dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Botswana. Gabarone, Botswana

Diana Muir is CEO of the World Virtual School, a pioneer in online education of more than 17 years, and a former student in future studies at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, East Moline, Illinois, USA

Linda Groff is a professor, Political Science and Future Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills; and director of Global Options and Evolutionary Futures Consulting, Dominguez Hills, California, USA

Jose Cordeiro is founder, World Future Society Venezuela Chapter; chair, The Millennium Project Venezuela Node; faculty member of Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Frank Catanzaro is chair of Cyber Futures at The Millennium Project and virtual world and Internet consultant, Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

Ben Goertzel (@bengoertzel) is chief scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation; vice chairman of futurist nonprofit Humanity+; scientific advisor of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; advisor to the Singularity University and Singularity Institute, Hong Kong

Kel Smith is a speaker, author, and practitioner on digital accessibility and technological innovation. He is the author of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind (2013), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA

Carey King, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

Michael Dale is a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project. His research focuses on the energetic requirements and environmental impacts of energy production. Dr. Dale has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with the Advanced Energy and Material Systems (AEMS) Laboratory at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is a member of the International Society of Transition Engineers, Stanford, California, USA

Susan Krumdieck (participating online) has worked to develop the analysis and design methods of transition engineering for more than 15 years. She is currently working with other academic and professional engineers to establish the International Society of Transition Engineers, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Carey King, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

Michael Dale is a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project. His research focuses on the energetic requirements and environmental impacts of energy production. Dr. Dale has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with the Advanced Energy and Material Systems (AEMS) Laboratory at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is a member of the International Society of Transition Engineers, Stanford, California, USA

Susan Krumdieck (participating online) has worked to develop the analysis and design methods of transition engineering for more than 15 years. She is currently working with other academic and professional engineers to establish the International Society of Transition Engineers, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Stephen Thaler is president and founder of Imagination Engines, a company that has harnessed its self-aware, creative artificial intelligence to conceptualize myriad products, services, and strategies over the last two decades. Dr. Thaler’s CAI has been utilized by major defense companies such as Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney, all in the context of world-changing events, St. Charles, Missouri, USA

José Luis Cordeiro, (moderator) is founder, World Future Society (Venezuela Chapter); Chair, Millennium Project (Venezuela Node); faculty member of Singularity University, NASA Ames, Caracas, Venezuela

Julielynn Wong is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Marco Mascorro is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Melissa McCoy is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Eric Chiang is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

José Luis Cordeiro, (moderator) is founder, World Future Society (Venezuela Chapter); Chair, Millennium Project (Venezuela Node); faculty member of Singularity University, NASA Ames, Caracas, Venezuela

Julielynn Wong is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Marco Mascorro is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Melissa McCoy is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Eric Chiang is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

José Luis Cordeiro, (moderator) is founder, World Future Society (Venezuela Chapter); Chair, Millennium Project (Venezuela Node); faculty member of Singularity University, NASA Ames, Caracas, Venezuela

Julielynn Wong is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Marco Mascorro is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Melissa McCoy is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Eric Chiang is a graduate student; Singularity University, NASA Ames, California, USA

Rodney Hill is a professor in the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in creativity and future studies and in global ethics and culture, College Station, Texas, USA

Jorge Vanegas is dean of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He is a technology innovation and integration champion for planning, architecture, engineering, and construction, College Station, Texas, USA

Maria H. Andersen (@busynessgirl) is the director of Learning and Research for Instructure, where she acts as a translator and anthropologist to help bridge the gap between the technologists who build canvas and the educators who use it. Prior to this position, she served as faculty at a community college, teaching traditional and online courses; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Sandy, Utah, USA