Sean C. Rush is General Manager of IBM's Global Education Industry. Based in Boston, he has responsibility for all of IBM's business with schools, colleges and universities throughout the world.

Mr. Lee Suan Hiang is currently Chief Executive Officer of the National Arts Council and Chairman of PSB Corporation.

Ellen D. Wagner is the Senior Director of Worldwide Education Solutions with Macromedia, Inc. where she sets the strategic direction of the company's global postsecondary education business.

Milko Van Duijl became the General Manager of the new Lenovo, Lenovo group Ltd. in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) on May 1st 2005. Lenovo Group Limited is an innovative, international technology company formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of IBM's Personal Computing Division. Lenovo develops, manufactures, and markets quality, innovative, secure and easy-to-use technology products.

As General Manager EMEA Marketing, Oscar Koenders is responsible for overseeing and implementing marketing strategies to increase European market share with a continued commitment to providing Toshiba customers with innovative and quality products and solutions. In addition, Koenders helps develop and implement customer driven product strategies that set the pace for Toshiba's global PC divisions.

Rt. Hon. Mike Moore, former Director General of the World Trade Organisation (1999-2002) and former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990), is one of the leading advocates of a globalised world that will spread prosperity and lift millions out of poverty.

Dr. Edward Guiliano is President of New York Institute of Technology. He is credited with leading the transformation of NYIT from a local college into a regional institution with a recognizable national, global and digital brand.

Dr. Sam Pitroda is an internationally respected development thinker, telecom inventor and entrepreneur who has spent 40 years in Information and Communications Technology and related human and national developments. His experiences include private and public sectors and governments around the world.

Jay Cross (Chair), a veteran of the software industry and the training business, he coined the term "e-Learning" in 1998.

Dr. Richard Straub has the role of Director of Learning Solutions IBM Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

Martin Curley is Director of IT Innovation at Intel Corporation driving development and adoption of emerging technology for new business solutions.

Dr. Bernard Luskin has had distinguished careers in the corporate world, education, entertainment and psychology.

Fabrizio Cardinali is the CEO of Giunti Interactive Labs, Europe's leading Company in e-Learning R&D and standardisation activities with more than 30 active R&D Projects in the field of e-Learning future, Content Management and 3rd generation publishing devices and networks.

Clark Quinn is a passionate advocate of cognitive design, applying what we know about how people think to the design of systems. His primary focus is on the design of technology-mediated learning experiences, particularly using the potential of engagement.

Jerry Michalski is the founder and president of Sociate ("so-see-8"), a consultancy. Through Sociate, Jerry offers advice, speaks, writes and invests, taking a more hands-on role in developing the products and services he has written about for a dozen years.

Dr. Michelle Selinger has been a classroom teacher, a teacher educator and then the director of a research centre for new technology in education at the University of Warwick, UK. She moved to Cisco in 2001 where she works as the education strategist for CSR as well as advising on technology in education across the world with a strong focus on emerging and developing countries.

Dr. Diem Ho is Manager of University Relations for IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). His mission is to build and manage relationships of mutual value for IBM and the academic community.

Celia Moore is Manager of Corporate Community Relations IBM Europe, Middle East, Africa. Celia joined IBM in 1995 to implement a new pan-European strategy for Community Involvement. She currently manages programmes across more than 25 countries which focus on how Information Technology innovations can help solve social issues, particularly in education.

Dave Gray is the founder and CEO of XPLANE, the visual thinking company. The company's vision was formed and continues to be driven by Dave's passion for rich, clear and engaging communication. He believes that pictures have the power to transform the world, because they can convey rich information to anyone, regardless of culture, language or educational background.

Dr. Stanley B. Knight (B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph D) provides organization development and program design services to a number of organizations and universities. He serves on the University of British Columbia Senate and is a member of the B.C College of Teachers. He has designed and taught graduate level online courses for the U of South Queensland that focus on e-Learning, globalization and international development and feature interaction and collaborative learning.

Dr. Vincenzo Gullà is Vertical Applications Market Manager at Aethra. Vincenzo Gullà joined Aethra in 2001, taking responsibility of the Telecoms Marketing Department. After two years he took the role of Application Market Director, focused on video communication applications such as Telemedicine, e-learning and video surveillance.

Peter Hamilton is the Head of Education Development with Intel IT Innovation. Peter has a total of over 20 years experience in the IT Industry and has been with Intel since 1991 where he has worked in a in a variety of manufacturing, quality management, and technology development roles in both Ireland and the US.

Professor Geoffrey Durden has extensive teaching experience at the postgraduate and post experience levels, including MBA and Masters of Management. His major teaching interests are in International Marketing and Services Marketing.