The Amazing Lineup of TEDxVolcano

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2010-04-18 08:53:00 UTC
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In the shadow of Iceland's big E, we're celebrating our misfortune by gathering some of the most amazing folks around. There may be some special guests, but the confirmed lineup for tonight's TEDxVolcano includes:

Matthew Bishop & Michael Green - Authors of "Philanthrocapitalism" and "The Road from Ruin." Matthew is also the New York Bureau Chief for the Economist.

Larry Brilliant - Former Director, Google.org / President of Skoll Global Threats Fund

Sally Osberg - CEO of the Skoll Foundation

Susheela Raman, musician

Chris Fralic - Managing Partner at First Round Capital

Cara Mertes - Head of Documentaries for Sundance

Jim Berk - CEO of Participant Media

Jim Hornthal - CMEA Ventures

Jim Fruchterman - CEO of Benetech and MacArthur "Genius" Felow

Rita King - CEO of Dancing Ink Productions

Nathaniel Whittemore - uh, me / Founder of Assetmap

Peter Greenberg - CBS Travel Correspondent

Jeff Skoll - Chairman, Skoll Foundation

Photo credit: TED

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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