Presenters | Media Coverage | Testimonials | Agenda

The full list of presenters from June 2000.

Judy Anderson,
Muscle cell biologist, University of Manitoba

Keith Bellows,
Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Traveler

Dennis Bennie,
Principal, XDL Capital Corp.

Bill Buxton,
Chief Scientist, Alias Wavefront Inc.

Joeffer Caoc,
Fashion Designer, President of the Misura label

Douglas Cardinal,
Architect

Bruce Cockburn,
Musician

Naida Cole,
Classical Pianist

Stanley Coren,
Psychologist UBC and Author, How To Speak Dog

David Crombie,
Former Mayor of Toronto, Chair, Waterfront Regeneration Trust

George Cope,
Entrepreneur, CEO Clearnet Communications Inc.

Douglas Coupland

Ron Dembo,
CEO Algorithmics, Risk and Reward

Christopher Dewdney,
Futurist, Author of Last Flesh: Life in the Transhuman Era

Garth Drabinsky,
Theatre Impresario

Atom Egoyan,
Director, Felicia's Journey, The Sweet Hereafter

John Dubinski

Biruté Galdikas,
Leading world expert on orangutans

Alex Garden,
CEO Relic Entertainment, creator of Homeworld

Frank O. Gehry,
Architect

William Gibson,
Science Fiction Author, coined the term 'cyberspace'

Anne Golden,
President, The United Way of Greater Toronto

Barbara Gowdy,
Author, The White Bone

Austin Hill,
President Zero-Knowledge Systems, Creators of Freedom 1.1

Paul Hoffert,
Executive Director, CulTech Research Centre

Isabel Hoffmann,
Entrepreneur, CEO Nikolai.com, expert on the internet & education

Robert Hunter,
Co-founder of Greenpeace, Journalist & Author

Norman Jewison,
Film Director

Randy Jorgensen,
Founder and President, Adults Only Video

Arthur Kent,
Director and Executive Producer of Fast Forward Films, former SCUD-Stud for NBC TV News.

Arthur Kroker,
Media Theorist, Author (Data Trash), Writer & Editor (C-THEORY)

Peter Lansdorp,
Scientist and Researcher, BC Cancer Agency

Joseph MacInnis,
Deep Sea Explorer, Author

Steve Mann,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto (inventor of the EyeTap camera)

Bruce Mau,
Designer, conceived the award-winning S,M,L,XL

Art McDonald,
Director, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Don McKellar,
Actor, Writer, Director,The Red Violin, Last Night

Natalie MacMaster,
Musician

Barth Netterfield

Kevin Newman,
Correspondent for ABC TV News' Nightline, former host of Good Morning America

Charles Pachter,
Canadian contemporary artist; painter, printmaker, designer, historian

Julie Payette,
Canadian Space Agency Astronaut

Robert Young Pelton,
Author, The World's Most Dangerous Places

Karim Rashid,
Industrial Designer.

Firoz Rasul,
Chairman and CEO, Ballard Power Systems Inc., world leaders in zero-emission fuel cell development.

Heather Reisman,
CEO of superstore chain Indigo Books & Music

Moshe Safdie,
Architect

Jukka-Pekka Saraste,
Musical Director and Conductor, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra

John Ralston Saul,
Historian, Novelist; Voltaire's Bastards, Reflections of a Siamese Twin

Floria Sigismondi,
Director, Photographer, Artist

Vaclav Smil,
Scientist, expert on global energy & the environment, author of Energies

Jack Soul

Don Tapscott,
Chair, Alliance for Converging Technologies, Author, Growing Up Digital

Lionel Tiger,
Darwin Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University

Dr. Sandra F. Witelson,
Albert Einstein/Irving Zucker Chair in Neuroscience, McMaster University