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.

Jay Rosen (born May 5, 1956 in Buffalo, New York) is a press critic, a writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University. He is a strong supporter of citizen journalism, encouraging the press to take a more active interest in citizenship, improving public debate, and enhancing life. His book about the subject, "What Are Journalists For?" was published in 1999. Rosen writes frequently about issues in journalism and developments the media.

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...

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.

Vincent John Maher (born January 28, 1975) is the strategist at the Mail & Guardian Online, in Johannesburg South Africa. After obtaining a B. Journ degree from Rhodes, Maher started his career in 1997 at VWV Interactive, the then leading South African web development company. He pioneered use of several technologies on the South African web, including early versions of Macromedia Flash (then Coolsplash). During his tenure at VWV, Maher was a co-founder of Slime.co.za, …

Jonathan Dube is an award-winning print and online journalist and a pioneer in the online journalism world. He's been described as a "a web reporting pioneer" by The Poynter Institute, "a major figure in the online-news business" by Editor & Publisher and "one of the first journalists to use an online (blog) journal" by The New York Times. He currently serves as the editorial director for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning website, CBC.ca, …

Leonard Brody is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, business advisor and author. He has helped in raising millions of dollars for startup companies, been through one of the largest internet IPOs in history and has been involved in the building, financing and/or sale of five companies to date. He was born in Calgary, Alberta. He was part of the initial executive at Onvia Canada.

Nicholas Lemann , now a staff writer for The New Yorker, was born in New Orleans 46 years ago to a lawyer father and a psychologist mother. After graduating from Harvard in 1976, he worked as a reporter and editor for The Washington Monthly and Texas Monthly and as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly .

Idan Gafni is an award winning mobile expert and entrepreneur. Using a creativity technique he created named “Object Pairing”, Idan harnesses innovation to create mobile value added services. Services are based on mobile interaction, contextual awareness, user-generated content, and dynamic content, using the advantages of technologies such as SMS, MMS, IVVR, and WEB technologies. In the past, Idan served as the innovation manager of Orange Israel, part of the Hutchison 3 telecom group.

Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born January 2, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, and teacher. He is a World Fantasy Award winner, has been nominated for the Hugo Award eight times, and is a Senior Editor and the Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books. The former Patrick Hayden changed his last name to "Nielsen Hayden" on his marriage to Teresa Nielsen (now Teresa Nielsen Hayden) in 1979.

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born March 21, 1956) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and teacher. Born Teresa Nielsen, she grew up in a Mormon household in Mesa, Arizona, but was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1980. In her youth, she served as a page in the Arizona House of Representatives.

Yuen-ying Chan (陳婉瑩) often Ying Chan is currently director and professor of Journalism and Media Studies Centre at Hong Kong university

Naoki Monna One of leading Japanese scholars: professor of sociology of Mass Communication, Journalism, risk management and citizen journalism at Rikkyo University (St. Paul university) in Tokyo. Current research field: The current mass communication education, political journalism in Japan, comparative study for mass communication, British media and citizen journalism.

Communications Satellite Engineer working in the International Telecommunications Satellite Field for over 25 years. Former Microsoft Windows CE MVP. Avid sailor of my 34 ft Bob Perry design Nordic sailboat "Phoenix" thru the San Juans. Computer Geek since the days of the Ohio Scientific and Osbourne days (yikes CPM..) now settled down in the great Northwest area enjoying life in the Redmond, WA area

With a missionary spirit and a background in comparative media studies, Michael has led numerous startups into success. for twelve years He has enjoyed working with world class teams at Sony, 3Com and Apple to create breakthrough product experiences that we have grown to know and love such as the iTunes Music Store, .Mac and the iLife suite.