Designed by famed technology futurist, George Gilder, COSM will feature many of the great minds of our day. Our nationally recognized speakers include Peter Thiel, Steve Forbes, Ken Fisher, Ray Kurzweil, Tim Draper, Carver Mead, and other luminaries. The conference is targeted toward anyone seeking to peer into the future of technology, including corporate senior executives (CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs), investors, researchers, and technologists.
George Gilder
Author, Technology Futurist, Venture Capitalist, Co-founder of Discovery Institute
Peter Thiel
Technology Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist
Steve Forbes
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media
Ken Fisher
Founder and Chairman, Fisher Investments
Ray Kurzweil
Director of Engineering at Google
Tom Alberg
Founder, Madrona Venture Group
Babak Parviz
Vice President, Amazon
Lindy Fishburne
Managing Partner of Breakout Ventures and the Founder of Breakout Labs
Dr. Carver Mead
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology
Hope Cochran
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Ed Moy
Former Director of U.S. Mint
Tim Draper
Founding partner of Draper Associates and DFJ.
Wendy Liu
Managing Director – Head of China Strategy, UBS Investment Research
Dr. Bill Dembski
Mathematician and Philosopher
Laurie Self
Senior Vice President & Counsel, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Bob Kelly
Managing Partner, Ignition
Nick Tredennick
Electrical Engineer, Author, Inventor
Gary Rieschel
Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners
Daniel Berninger
Independent Communication Architect
Jules Urbach
Founder and CEO, OTOY
Matt McIlwain
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Dr. Robert J. Marks
Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Baylor University, Director, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Discovery Institute
Bryan Mistele
Co-founder, President & CEO of INRIX
Oren Etzioni
CEO, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Matt Scholz
Founder and CEO, Oisín Biotechnologies
George Montañez
Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College
Eben Frankenberg
Co-founder & CEO, Echodyne
Gilad Garon
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, ASOCS
Andre Fuetsch
President, AT&T Labs and Chief Technology Officer
Andy Kessler
Inside View, Wall Street Journal
Charles Giancarlo
Chief Executive Officer, Pure Storage
Michael Kratsios
Chief Technology Officer of the United States