David McConville is a media artist who designed immersive visualization experiences to provide new perspectives on humanity’s home in the cosmos. He is President of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, a non-profit organization, facilitating convergences across design, art, science, and technology to identify and cultivate whole systems strategies for addressing complex global challenges. He is also co-founder…
David is the initiator, and co-founder with Frank White, of the Overview Institute, and heads the cognitive and media research programs of the Institute. He produced the first five Overview conferences that led to the founding of the Institute in 2008. He drafted the Overview Declaration which has been signed by all 22 leaders of…
Dan Curry is a visionary artist/filmmaker and 7-time Emmy winner. He is best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer for the various reincarnations of Star Trek. His work in visual effects and title design has appeared in over 100 feature films, 40 television productions, special venue projects, and interactive games. Dan is current Governor…
Carter Emmart is the Director of Astrovisualization at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. He was one of the original team members at the NASA funded Digital Galaxy Project that helped redefine how a planetarium theater can present science to the public through immersive data visualization.
Barbara Marx Hubbard has been called the voice for conscious evolution of our time by Deepak Chopra and is the subject of Neale Donald Walsch’s new book The Mother of Invention. A world-renowned visionary futurist, evolutionary educator, and inspiring speaker, Barbara is the author of six acclaimed books that communicate the new worldview of conscious evolution. She is the co-founder and…
On September 18, 2006, Anousheh Ansari captured headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer. Anousheh earned a place in history as the fourth private explorer to visit space and the first astronaut of Iranian descent. Anousheh is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems, a company that will unleash…
Andrew Newberg, M.D., is Director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has pursued neuroimaging research that includes the study of aging and dementia, epilepsy, and…
Alex Howerton is a Business Development Consultant with American Aerospace Advisors Inc. Alex has been researching the commercial space industry for over 16 years. He started publishing “Space Available: The Space Investors’ Report” in 1992, and was its publisher, editor and principal author until 1995, when it was acquired by Countdown Magazine. Alex has written…
Alan Ladwig has had a distinguished 14 year career with NASA as well as an extensive career in the Aerospace industry working with Northrop Grumman Corporation, where he was Manager, NASA and Civil Space Programs promoting Northrop Grumman’s interest to Executive and Legislative branch officials. Alan was also the Chief Operating Officer of Zero G…
Doug is a legendary film-maker and visual effects pioneer. He was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.