David Weinberger (born 1950 in New York) is a technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and eventually a book, which has been described as "a primer on Internet marketing"). Weinberger's work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships, communication, and society.

Ethan Zuckerman is an activist and researcher focused on information technology and information development. Based at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, he is the co-founder of Global Voices , an international web-based community of bloggers and citizen journalists dedicated to broadening intercultural understanding and improving global journalism.

Rebecca MacKinnon , co-founder of Global Voices jots down her impressions from the International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age that recently took place in Taipei, Taiwan. Rebecca's post on her blog was pointed out by Subbiah Arunachalam and made for a really interesting read. I wanted this to reach a wider audience and hence figured it would make sense...

Dan Gillmor is a noted American technology writer and former columnist for the "San Jose Mercury News". He was one of the leading chroniclers of the Silicon Valley dot com boom and its subsequent bust. Gillmor is also the author of a popular weblog covering technology news and the Northern California technology business sector, criticizing rigid enforcement of copyrights, and commenting on politics from a frequently left-wing perspective.

She has taught Internet Law, Copyright, and Information Privacy at Brooklyn Law School and was a Visiting Fellow with the Oxford Internet Institute , teaching a joint course with the Said Business School , Media Strategies for a Networked World . Previously, she was a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , specializing in intellectual property and First Amendment issues, and a litigator with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in New York.

Jimmy Wales is an Internet entrepreneur and wiki enthusiast, and founder of the Wikipedia project. Jimmy was born in Huntsville , Alabama in 1966, and is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of Alabama . He worked as Research Director at Chicago Options Associates, a futures and options trading firm then located in Chicago .

Dave Winer , 39, has been a commercial software developer, marketer and software demoer since 1979. Winer pioneered the category of outline processing, shipping ThinkTank for the IBM PC, Apple II and Macintosh in 1983 and 1984; Ready for the IBM PC in 1985 and MORE for Macintosh in 1986. MORE won MacUser's first Product of the Year Eddy in 1986. He founded and was president of Living Videotext, Inc., which merged with Symantec in 1987.

Christopher Lydon (born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1940) is an American media personality and author whose work in radio includes formerly hosting "The Connection" for WBUR. He created the show with his long-time producer Mary McGrath.  He is a former journalist with the New York Times, former WGBH Boston evening news anchor for the 10 o'clock news from 1977 until its cancellation in May of 1991, and a candidate for mayor of Boston in 1993.

John Perry Barlow (born October 3, 1947) is an American poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, political activist and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead.

Zephyr Teachout was the Director of Internet Organizing for Howard Dean 's campaign, the Executive Director of Baobabs College Labs Project, and a consultant to America Coming Together. She was previously the Executive Director of the Fair Trial Initiative.

Dr. James F. Moore is a well-known student of large scale social, economic, and technical systems. Moore pioneered the concepts of "business ecosystems" and the ecological approach as a way to communicate about systems evolution and business strategy. These concepts took root in high technology business, and are used for corporate strategy-making, business development, and investing in many business sectors.