David Zambuka
David Zambuka astonished the audience at Starmus III with his presentation of Dimensional, Inter-phased, Cognitive, Knowledge in his tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking and revealed the Equation of Everything. After many requests he’s back again. Starmus IV sees his return to present his thoughts (and yours) on intelligent life. David Zambuka is a the worlds […]
Sebu
Sebu Simonian grew up in Los Angeles County. His family is involved in the Armenian community, while Simonian himself was an editorial assistant at the English Section of the Armenian daily Asbarez in the late 1990s. He graduated from Glendale High School. He is an alumnus of the California State University, Northridge, where he studied […]
Chris Hadfield
Colonel Chris Hadfield is an astronaut, business leader, hi-tech entrepreneur, 5-time best-selling author and global speaker on leadership, change and managing life. Having commanded the International Space Station and directed companies, he has deep experience with best practices and tactics on guiding teams through extreme circumstances of complexity and change, while also recognizing the importance […]
John Mather
John Cromwell Mather (USA) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE) with George Smoot, measuring the cosmic microwave background radiation, showing it came from the early universe, and discovering that it has hot and cold spots that […]
Lia Halloran
Lia is an artist who integrates science and nature into her work, drawing from scientific materials and historical influences. She has collaborated with scientists and architects, including Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is part of collections like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Halloran has received numerous awards, including an […]
INSTYTUT B61
Instytut B61 is an international art & science collective founded in Torun, Poland by an artist, astronomer and art curator Jan Świerkowski, with an ambitious goal to push the boundaries of understanding of the Universe through art and science storytelling. The group consists of scientists and artists, who create immersive, site-specific performances combining art, science […]
Scott Hubbard
Dr. Scott Hubbard has been a leader in space exploration for almost 50 years. His career includes a National Lab, a start-up venture, NASA, and Stanford. At NASA, Dr. Hubbard is best known as Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the first Mars Program Director (aka the “Mars Czar”), and the founder of NASA’s Astrobiology […]
Leon Stok
Leon Stok is Vice President of IBM’s Electronic Design Automation group. His team delivers world-class design and verification flows and tools being used to design the world’s largest supercomputers, and IBM Z and Power systems. Prior to this he held positions as director of EDA and executive assistant to IBM's Senior Vice President of Technology […]
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal
Ronald Jay Blumenthal better known by his stage name Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal or just simply as Bumblefoot, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He adopted his nickname from the bacterial infection of the same name, which he learned about while helping his wife study for her veterinary exams. The name went from being just […]
Nosound
Nosound is an Italian alternative rock band started in 2002 by Giancarlo Erra. The group plays music in several different genres, including alternative rock, post rock, electronic, and ambient. All their early recordings were composed, performed, produced, engineered, and released by Erra, who subsequently formed Nosound in 2006. Started as a one-man studio project in […]