Virginia Heffernan provides an original perspective on the most influential and least understood medium of our time. She treats the Internet not merely as a new technology or as a business tool, but as a cultural object—a collaborative work of art that has "its own rules, conventions, implications."

The Executive Director of Wikimedia (which runs Wikipedia), Sue Gardner is one of a few women heading up a top ten website. A formidable speaker on new media, she looks to the future of collaboration on the web. How will the new knowledge economy—where content is free, and everyone's a contributor—affect our...

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is a leading figure in the fight to make digital technology less overwhelming, and less distracting, for the average user. He calls his approach "contemplative computing." That sounds like an oxymoron, but it's profoundly simple: it's about using technologies—including social media—to become...

Amber MacArthur talks about relentless adaptation and the accelerating pace of corporate culture in the digital economy. At the forefront of the digital revolution, she helps companies adapt to, anticipate, and capitalize on lightning-quick changes—from leadership to social media marketing to customer service and...

Alexandra Samuel has been involved in social media long before it had a name. And from her unique perspective as an educator, an entrepreneur, and a blogger she continues to chart social media's potential for political, social, personal and business change better than almost anyone else.

Dan Lyons enthralled the worlds of business, media, and Silicon Valley with his wildly popular, lovingly hilarious and insightful blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Writing in the voice of Apple's genius CEO, Lyons pioneered a vivid, entertaining new form of journalism that blended fiction, comedy, and news...

Jennifer Corriero is the co-founder of TakingITGlobal—one of the world's first social networks—which engages hundreds of thousands of youths around the world to make a difference in their communities. On stage, she looks at the impact of new technologies on classrooms and workplaces. Corriero knows what...

Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Technology for TakingITGlobal.org, a global online community engaging hundreds of thousands of youth in over 200 countries and territories. With the ability to speak accessibly about new technologies, he underscores the importance of continued investment in new technology...

Lev Grossman is a senior writer at Time Magazine as both the book critic and lead technology writer. He's also a bestselling author himself. Drawing on his own expertise and extensive conversations with major cultural figures, Grossman brings a uniquely qualified, humanistic eye to...