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