Senior Editor of Asia and the Foreign Correspondent for Forbes Magazine, Robyn Meredith is a NYT bestselling author of The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. She is a weekly globalization and geopolitics columnist for Forbes.com's "Off Shore" column.

The charismatic Jeff DeGraff is a highly sought after speaker and advisor for companies that include 3M, Apple, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota. He is the Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he co-created the Competing Values school of thought that is taught in leading universities, colleges and business schools throughout the world; the Executive Director of the Innovatrium Institute for Innovation, an idea lab; and the Managing Partner of the Competing Values Company, a top innovation consulting firm.

Mark Thompson is co-author of the international bestseller, Success Built to Last. As an executive coach and visiting scholar at Stanford University, Mark has lead senior teams and organizations through Vision-Values-Strategy initiatives. Much of his coaching, strategic counseling and research springs from his experience as an insider in boardrooms and management committees, along with his passion for unlocking the unique skills of hundreds of remarkable people around the world.

Ted Fishman is an expert on China's impact on the global economy and the rapid emergence of China as a world power. Fishman's bestselling book, China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World has helped describe for the world the effects of China as a world power. His talks reflect the intelligence and wit readers find in his writing and has most recently focused on the emergence of China and its impact of the lives of Americans as consumers, workers, managers and citizens.

As an internationally acclaimed expert on customer service, Doug motivates and challenges audiences around the world as a consultant and speaker. As a veteran of the Walt Disney corporation, Doug was the head of training. Doug is a captivating speaker and will take you on an entertaining and insightful journey behind the scenes to discover both the secret of Disney's success and how it has overcome spectacular challenges.

Former Federal Reserve Chief Economist (the only Chief Economist the Federal Reserve System has ever had) and author of the widely acclaimed book Myths of Rich and Poor (nominated for a Pulitzer Prize), W. Michael Cox is an economist with an impressive background and depth of knowledge, yet a knack for communication. The media rely on Dr. Cox's ability to make plain sense out of difficult economic issues, as evidenced by his extensive roster of media coverage and appearances.

Few speakers know the global world as well as Tom Faranda. His clients include CEFCO China, Siemens Germany, IBM Europe, GE on five continents, Thermo-King Japan and Ford Canada. He has clients in India, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, South ...

Writer, lawyer, and entrepreneur, Andrew Shapiro is author of The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know, an Amazon bestseller which Industry Standard magazine called one of 1999's "Ten Books that Matter."

CEO of Tomorrow, Hong Kong based digital advisory group, Mike Walsh has been a leading expert in the online world for over a decade. His soon to be released book, Futuretainment, has been called one of the top ten design books of the year by Wallpaper Magazine.

Founder and CEO of Environmental Market Solutions, Inc. (EMSI), an international consulting firm that specializes in the design of green buildings and sustainable communities. EMSI is under contract for the 2010 National Expo in Shanghai and was contracted for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games. Ken is Vice Chair of the National Capital Region Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.