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, Andy Kessler, Ray Kurzweil, 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.

Tom Alberg
Founder, Madrona Venture Group

Susie M. Armstrong
Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Inc.

Daniel Berninger
Independent Communication Architect

Dr. Bill Dembski
Mathematician and Philosopher

Lindy Fishburne
Managing Partner of Breakout Ventures and the Founder of Breakout Labs

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

Dr. Oren Etzioni
CEO, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Gilad Garon
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, ASOCS

Eben Frankenberg
Co-founder & CEO, Echodyne

Andre Fuetsch
President, AT&T Labs and Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Bob Kelly
Managing Partner, Ignition Partners

Ray Kurzweil
Director of Engineering at Google

Wendy Liu
Managing Director – Head of China Strategy, UBS Investment Research

Ed Moy
Former Director of U.S. Mint

Dr. Carver Mead
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Giuseppe Gori
CEO, Gorbyte Inc.

Michael Kratsios
Chief Technology Officer of the United States

Andy Kessler
Inside View, Wall Street Journal

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

Bryan Mistele
Co-founder, President & CEO of INRIX

Dr. George Montañez
Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College

Craig Mundie
PRESIDENT OF MUNDIE & ASSOCIATES, FORMER MICROSOFT CHIEF RESEARCH & STRATEGY OFFICER

Dr. Babak Parviz
Vice President, Amazon

Dr. Gale Pooley
Professor of Economics, BYU-Hawaii

Gary Rieschel
Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners

Spencer Reiss
Contributing Editor, Wired

Yorke Rhodes III
Cofounder of Blockchain at Microsoft and Principal Program Manager Azure Blockchain Engineering

Matt Scholz
Founder and CEO, Oisín Biotechnologies

Dr. Jay Richards
Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute

Dr. Nick Tredennick
Electrical Engineer, Author, Inventor

Jules Urbach
Founder and CEO, OTOY

Dr. John West
Vice President, Discovery Institute