Natasha Vita-More is Executive Director of Humanity+, Inc., the largest transhumanist organization that researches humanity and the future. Natasha received international recognition for innovating the first whole body prototype. She produced a scientific breakthrough as lead researcher on the C. elegans memory project/ Having appeared in over 25 televised documentaries Natasha is known as "an early adopter" of 21st Century technological (Wired) a ""role model for superlongevity" (Village Voice), and "the first female philosopher of transhumanism" (The New York Times).

Max More is CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Max's 1990 essay "Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy" established the global movement. As a strategist, inventor Ray Kurzweil claimed that "Max More's ideas are very influential among other big thinkers, who in turn are influence leaders themselves." Marvin Minsky, Father of AI, said of Max: "We have a dreadful shortage of people who know so much, can both think so boldly and clearly, and can express themselves so articulately. Carl Sagan was another such one-and managed to capture the public eye. But Sagan is gone and has not been replaced. I see Max as my candidate for that post."

Seth Blaustein is Co-Founder of Voice & Exit Festival in Austin. Seth aims to bring together thought leaders and community builders from diverse backgrounds who share a common goal: to maximize human flourishing. Seth believes that we live in a world limited by outdated institutions and social models. In a reference to genius Buckminster Fuller: "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." Seth is also Executive Producer at Radicle Media, which is a boutique creative storytelling agency based in Austin and specializes in video campaigns for organizations with a positive mission.

Tim Urban is one of the Internet's most popular writers. Fast Company claims that Tim has "captured a level of reader engagement that even the new-media giants would be envious of." Tesla's Elon Musk asked Tim to write about his companies, and Tim spent six months writing a thorough blog series that Vox called "the meatiest, most fascinating, most satisfying posts I've read in ages." Tim's blog Wait But Why receives over 1.5 million readers monthly. His TED talk was the most-watched talk of 2016 and the first TED talk to ever reach 10 million views in its first year.