Ignacio Cirac
Ignacio Cirac is a theoretical physicist and one of the world’s leading pioneers in quantum information science and quantum computing. He is Director of the Theory Division at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany. Cirac’s groundbreaking work on quantum entanglement, trapped ions, and quantum simulation has laid key foundations for modern quantum […]
Mary Kaldor
Mary Kaldor is Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at the London School of Economics. She has pioneered the concepts of new wars and global civil society. Her elaboration of the real-world implementation of human security has directly influenced European and national governments. She is the author […]
Richard Marko
Richard Marko has been ESET’sCEO since 2011. Under his leadership, ESET has become one of the leading cybersecurity vendors with its headquarters in the EU and an impressive list of clients including MS, Google, Tesla, Dell, etc. Richard is a board member of the ESET Foundation devoted to the support of education, technology, innovation and […]
Jim Bagian
Jim Bagian James Bagian, MD, PE (born 22 February 1952), is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. Bagian became a NASA astronaut in July 1980. He took part in both the planning and provision of emergency medical and rescue support for the first six Shuttle flights. He served […]
Nagin Cox
Nagin Cox is a Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is currently a Tactical Mission Manager on both the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and the Mars Curiosity Rover. Nagin has held leadership and system engineering positions on interplanetary robotic missions including the Galileo mission to Jupiter, the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity), […]
John Logsdon
Dr. Logsdon is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to his leaving active faculty status in June 2008, he was on the faculty of the George Washington University for 38 years; before that he taught at the Catholic University of America for four […]
Paul Franklin
Paul Franklin has been creating spectacular visual effects for over 25 years. Co-founder of Double Negative Visual Effects – one of the world’s leading digital visual effects studios – Paul is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. Paul’s work has featured in more than thirty films including “Inception” , “Interstellar”, […]
Alexandra Witze
Alexandra Witze is an award-winning science journalist and correspondent for the journal Nature. Her reporting has taken her from the North Pole (to report on climate change) to the jungles of Guatemala (to cover Maya archaeology) to China’s quake-ravaged Sichuan province. Island on Fire is her first book. Alex has freelanced for such publications as The […]
Adam Smith
Adam SMITH is Chief Scientific Officer of the Nobel Foundation’s media company, Nobel Media AB. After Fellowships in molecular biology, neuroscience and physiology in Oxford, Harvard and Heidelberg he pursued research in developmental neuroscience at Oxford University before moving into science publishing. At Nature Publishing Group he launched Nature Reviews Drug Discovery as Chief Editor and then, as […]
Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz is Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning for Salesforce.com. In this role he directs policy and politics throughout the world and manages the organization’s ongoing strategic conversation. Prior to joining Salesforce he was cofounder and chairman of Global Business Network, a Monitor Group company, and a partner of the Monitor Group, a family […]