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	Armey, Richard Keith "Dick" Former U.S. House of Representatives & Majority House Leader is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. After his congressional career, he worked as a consultant, advisor, and lobbyist. Armey was born in the farming town of Cando, North Dakota, the son of Marion (née Gutschlag) and Glenn Armey. He grew up in a rural area. He graduated from Jamestown College with a B.A. and then received an M.A. from the University of North Dakota and a PhD in economics from the University of Oklahoma. In 2003, Armey became co-chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy, which in 2004 merged with Empower America to become FreedomWorks. "FreedomWorks" is a common Armey saying and the organization is dedicated to advancing a "Freedom Agenda" of "lower taxes, less government, and more freedom.
	Asser, David Immigration Attorney & Commentator has worked in the field of immigration law for over 12 years. He has helped many clients in complex immigration situations. His case record includes deportation matters, asylum, labor certifications, temporary visas, family based immigration and international mobility. Born in Amsterdam, David lived in The Netherlands until 1986 and traveled to the US that same year. He moved back to The Netherlands in 1990 to pursue a career in the Theatre, Film and Television Industry as a writer, producer, actor and director. He developed several drama series for the Dutch networks, including the first environmental crime story “A trace of blue sand”, produced television shows, had guest appearances in various tv-comedy series, movies and a starring role in the English language production of “Speed-the-Plow”, a David Mamet play that toured Holland in 1995.
	Bates, Lord Michael Walton England (born 26 May 1961, Gateshead) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom serving in the House of Lords since 2008 having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997. At the 1992 general election, he was elected MP for Langbaurgh – defeating Labour's Ashok Kumar who had gained the seat in a by-election in 1991. His constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election, when he stood in the similar seat of Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East, but lost to Ashok Kumar. Bates was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Scott MP, Minister of State, Department of Social Security in October, 1992. In November 1993 he voted against a government proposal to increase MP's salaries at a time when other public sector employees were receiving no increase and as a result was forced to resign his junior post in the government as a ministerial aid. In May 1994 he returned to the government as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Sir John Wheeler MP, Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office and two months later was appointed to his first full ministerial role as an Assistant Government Whip whip from 1994 to 1995, and Government Whip and Lord Commissioner to Her Majesty's Treasury from 1995–1996, appointed Paymaster General in the Cabinet Office from 1996 to 1997 and a Sponsor Minister for the north east of England.
	Beckwith, Bob as Ground Zero reflected a scene of chaos just days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood upon a wrecked fire engine with retired New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith. (FDNY’s Ladder 164 firehouse in Queens in 1994 after 29 years of honorable service) There image became iconic and traveled across the world representing a determination to rebuild following the World Trade Center attacks. Now 79 years old and some 10 years after the attacks during which he joined hundreds of individuals in the rescue attempts, he reflects upon those immediate days following the events in which hundreds of his own were killed.
	Cann, Jefferson Co-Founder Extraordinary Leadership primary aim in coaching, facilitating and speaking is the development of high-performance leadership behaviours, enabling the fulfilment of the individual, their teams and their companies through whole being, 3 Dimensional Leadership. Since 2003, following a successful, senior, international, 23–year career in pharmaceuticals, he has been delivering Leadership Performance Coaching at board level and below across all sectors and has developed high‐level expertise in personal, team and cultural leadership development. Cann believes that professional and personal fulfilment in today’s world requires the integration of the individual’s mental, emotional, spiritual and physical dimensions. This he achieves within the framework of the 3 Dimensional Leadership and ACT models he has co-developed with Nigel Linacre, his co-founder of Extraordinary Leadership and co-author of "An Introduction to 3 Dimensional Leadership". He is married with two adult children and lives in Hampshire.
	Chapman, Don Canadian Citizenship Advocate Vancouver-born Don Chapman lost his Canadian citizenship when, while he was a child, his father moved south of the border and became a U.S. citizen. Mr. Chapman's identity was rooted in his father's citizenship, regardless of his mother's. After years of fighting to have his Canadian citizenship restored, and for the rights of thousands of other so-called Lost Canadians who found themselves jilted by immigration law vagaries, Mr. Chapman won his battle. The government enacted a bill that allowed the majority of Lost Canadians to reclaim citizenship, but suffers still from a reluctance to fully enforce the law across many cases. Don Chapman has spent twenty years devoting his life to supporting the bill and those people still unable to fulfil the dream of returning home to a country where citizenship is denied.
	Chappell, Paul K. Captain (Retired) & Author graduated from West Point in 2002.  He served in the army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad in 2006, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century, The End of War: How Waging Peace Can Save Humanity, Our Planet, and Our Future, and Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity’s Survival (publication date: Feb 2012). He lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he is serving as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (www.wagingpeace.org). He is working on his fourth book, The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World, and he speaks throughout the country to colleges, high schools, veterans groups, churches, and activist organizations.
	Cousteau, Jean-Michel Explorer Environmentalist. Educator. Film Producer. For more than four decades, Jean-Michel Cousteau has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet. Since first being “thrown overboard” by his father at the age of seven with newly invented SCUBA gear on his back, Jean-Michel has been exploring the ocean realm. The son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel has investigated the world’s oceans aboard Calypso and Alcyone for much of his life. Honoring his heritage, Jean-Michel founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 to carry on this pioneering work. He has produced over 80 films, received the Emmy, the Peabody Award, the Sept d’Or, and the Cable Ace Award. In 1989, he became a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times where his articles appeared in over sixty newspapers worldwide.  Reaching millions of people globally through Ocean Futures Society, Jean-Michel continues to produce environmentally oriented adventure programs and television specials, public service announcements, multi-media programs for schools, web-based marine content, books, articles for magazines, newspaper columns, and public lectures.
	Crane, Ian Geo-Political Commentator & Researcher an ex-oilfield executive, now lectures and writes on the geo-political webs that are being spun; with particular focus on US Hegemony and the NWO agenda for control of global resources. Since 2007 Ian has focused his efforts on raising public awareness of the pernicious attack on the global population in the name of corporate globalisation and harmonisation; with particular focus on the excesses of Codex Alimentarius. Ian is an independent researcher; he is completely self-funded. The views expressed in his talks and DVD's are based entirely upon his personal knowledge and research. Prior to his retirement from the corporate arena, Ian enjoyed a career of 25 years in telecommunications and international oilfield services, a career that provided the opportunity to live & work in the U.K., Continental Europe, the Middle East & Houston, Texas.
	Cross, Timothy Major General British Army CBE (born 19 April 1951) is a retired British Army officer and military logistics expert. He was commissioned in 1971 into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and went on to serve in Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus, interspersed with staff duties and further education. He was posted to Paris in 1984, where he was involved in the development of the MILAN anti-tank weapon, before returning to his regiment as a company commander. He took command of 1 Ordnance Battalion in 1990 and was tasked with running logistics for 1st Armoured Division during the Gulf War. He went on to serve as Commander, Logistic Support for 3rd Infantry Division in 1992.
	Dahlke, Lesli Moore Author & Advocate is a Southern Californian native. She was raised in the San Fernando Valley, one of the original vast booming post-World War II suburbs of Los Angeles. She grew up in the shadows of tinsel-town’s glamour, its glitter and the glory days of Hollywood. Her father, Del Moore, was a noted and successful television and movie actor.  She was diagnosed with three virulent cancers caused by exposure to the carcinogenic Agent Orange while traveling with the USO, as an innocent 18-year old girl, in a war-torn Vietnam. As of this date, she lives daily with two rare and active cancers attributed to Agent Orange exposure. She has self-published a book "The best is yet to come!" charting her life as inspiration to others battling similar conditions in the wake of this terrible and needless conflict.
	Danto, Elizo Human Rights Attorney known as Ezili Dantò, is founder and President of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network ("HLLN"), a network of lawyers, scholars, journalists, concerned individuals and grassroots organizations and activists, dedicated to institutionalizing the rule of law and protecting the civil and cultural rights of Haitians at home and abroad. Attorney Laurent/Ezili Dantò is the most prolific international writer and advocate for Haiti and is internationally known as the foremost legal analyst and commentator/writer of the untold counter-colonial-narrative on Haiti. Zili wrote a judicial reform agenda for Haiti, advised and supervised on numerous judicial reform projects while working as legal advisor and international foreign consultant to Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide between 1993-1995.
	Dardik, Irving Dr. Visionary is a true maverick and a thinker of vast proportions. His background includes an illustrious career as a vascular surgeon, almost a decade of work with the U.S. Olympic  Committee’s Sports Medicine Council (which he founded), an award-winning career as an amateur sprinter, and the culmination of all of this – Dardik’s formulation of SuperWave Theory. A competitive sprinter throughout high school and college, Dardik decided to forgo ambitions of becoming an Olympic sprinter and instead attended Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, following his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania – where he had been Captain of the track team. Dr. Dardik spent four years as a surgical resident at the Montifiore Medical Center in New York City.
	Demartini, John Author/Speaker is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development. His trademarked methodologies, the Demartini Method and the Demartini Value Determination, are the culmination of 38 years of cross-disciplinary research and study. His work has been  incorporated into  human development industries across the world. Dr Demartini travels 360 days a year to countries all over the globe,  sharing his research and findings in all markets and sectors. He is the author of 40 books published in 28 different languages. He has produced over 50 CDs and DVDs covering subjects such as development in relationships, wealth, education and business. Each program is designed to assist people to activate leadership and empower themselves in all seven areas of their lives: Financial, physical, mental, vocational, spiritual, family and social.
	Douyon, Jhon Evenst Dr. works at Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). He Studied at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM-Cuba) and lives in Cayes, Sud, Haiti.
	Elworthy, Scilla Dr. founded the Oxford Research Group (ORG) in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics. In 2003 she founded Peace Direct to fund, promote and learn from peace-builders in conflict areas; Peace Direct was named ‘Best New Charity’ at the Charity Awards in 2005. Since 2005 she has been an adviser to The Elders initiative and was appointed a member of the International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy in 2007. Dr. Elworthy was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003 and nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with ORG.
	Gaston, Figaro was born in the winter of 1969 in Kenscof, the Quest region of Haiti. His Mother was a nanny and Father building contractor. Kenscof is located in a mountainous area of Haiti some ten kilometers to the south east of Port-au-Prince at an elevation of 1500 meters. Gaston was a child whose life was based in the countryside immersed in nature and the regions trees and plantations. He graduated as a carpenter technician a trade of which he holds great passion to this day. Gaston is father to four children three of which reside in Haiti. His fourth child was born and lives in the United States. Gaston has been concerned for his country and has spent his life as an advocat for change and development. In this he promotes open minds and hearts towards a once again independent Haiti. He founded with friends the association of DEVANM which in creole translates into "developing hand to hand." Between 2004 and 2007 he became vice-mayor in the town of Petition Ville in greater Port-au-Prince. During that time in 2007 while on a trip to the United States, he lost a cousin who was killed prompting his family to advise that his return to Haiti would be ill advised. As a Haitian leader and strong advocate for change he now intends on returning to Haiti. Until then he asks all Haitians in and away from their home country and those supporting the future of this country, to fund business in the country. He himself has devoted his life to doing the same for a strong and viable nation.
	Gilkes, Rachael a former member of the Royal household has been crowned National Student Entrepreneur of the Year by student TV programme, ‘The Grad Factor’. University Centre at Blackburn College student Rachel Gilkes, 37, who is currently studying BA (Hons) Social Science at the College’s University Centre which is validated by Lancaster University, scooped the prestigious award at the Google campus in London for her social enterprise idea ‘Chutney for Change.’ The project involves engaging disadvantaged people from the community to create chutneys, jams and preserves from the surplus fruit and vegetables donated by growers, markets and national retailers.  The company has already had interest from a national supermarket chain, which is keen to sell the chutneys in its stores.
	Hoagland, Alice today a respected authority on airline safety, is the mother of 9/11 victim Mark Bingham, who it is believed along with the other passengers of United Flight 93, stormed the cockpit and fought with terrorists for control of the hijacked aircraft. Although Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, PA, killing all aboard, the efforts of Mark and others heroically prevented the terrorists from striking intended targets in Washington DC. Bingham is believed by to be among the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit of Flight 93 to try to prevent members of Al Qaeda, a terrorist organization, from using the plane to kill hundreds or thousands of additional victims as a part of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. He made a brief airphone call to his mother, Alice Hoagland, shortly before the plane went down. Hoagland, a former flight attendant with United Airlines, later left a voice mail message on his cell phone, instructing Bingham to reclaim the aircraft after it became apparent that Flight 93 was to be used in a suicide mission.
	Hubbard, Barbara Marx Futurist in 1945, when she was 15 years old, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. This terrible act prompted Barbara to ask the fundamental question:  “What is the meaning of our new power that can be used for the good?  And “What are positive images of the future equal to these new powers?” This defining moment propelled her on her life’s quest to find answers to these questions. The insights she has gained has led to her definitive message of hope that “Our crisis is a birth” of a more universal human and universal humanity. Buckminster Fuller has called Barbara Marx Hubbard “the best informed human now alive regarding futurism and the foresights it has produced.” Widely regarded as his philosophical heir, Barbara is a social innovator, speaker, author, educator and leader in the new worldview of conscious evolution.
	Icke, David (pronounced "Ike") is a former Professional Soccer player, journalist, network anchorman with the BBC, spokesman in the 1980's for the British Green Party, and since 1990 a full time investigator into who and what is really controlling the world. Many have dubbed Icke as the "most controversial speaker" on the planet. They used to laugh at him, but now they come in the thousands to hear him speak all over the world. He is the author of 16 books and among them are: And the Truth Shall Set You Free, The Biggest Secret, Children of the Matrix, Alice in Wonderland and The World Trade Center Disaster ~ why the official story of 9/11 is a monumental lie, and his latest book, Tales from the Time Loop - The most comprehensive exposé of the global conspiracy ever written and all you need to know to be truly free. David's words are designed to inspire all of us to be who we really are, to fling open the door of the mental prison we build for ourselves and to walk into the light of freedom.
	Laszlo, Ervin Dr. is a systems philosopher, integral theorist, and classical pianist. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has authored more than 70 books, which have been translated into nineteen languages, and has published in excess of four hundred articles and research papers, including six volumes of piano recordings. Dr. Laszlo is generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, and serves as the founder-director of the General Evolution Research Group and as past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. He is also the recipient of the highest degree in philosophy and human sciences from the Sorbonne, the University of Paris, as well as of the coveted Artist Diploma of the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest. Additional prizes and awards include four honorary doctorates.
	Manning, Jeane when she was born – in Cordova, on Alaska’s pristine Prince William Sound – Jeane’s father was a lawman. Later he moved the family to a farm in northern Idaho, where she continued contemplating nature – and human nature. She earned her way through the University of Idaho and an honors B.A. in Sociology. In 1981 had encountered an electrician who invented a potentially revolutionary magnetic motor/generator. Through him and his wife she met others in the “free-energy underground” from Germany to South Africa, and discovered books about Nikola Tesla and other unsung pioneer inventors. The implications of their inventions included two of her concerns – ecology and social justice. During the 1980′s, she began researching for a book about this fascinating movement and its people.
	Nyahuye, Chiyedza is a graduate of Li Po Chun United World College, Hong Kong China, where she experienced a priceless international baccalaureate program that brought students from 80+ countries to engage in promoting cultural exchange and international understanding.  Having then gone on to Macalester College ( BA in International Development Studies) and Hubert Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota ( MA in Public Policy, Public Health) in the United States, she returned home in 2004 with a mission to contribute to rebuilding her country.  Chiyedza is now focusing on promoting entrepreneurial ventures as a means of creating eco-friendly businesses and employment opportunities that will harness the dynamic, powerful, creative energies of the youth of Zimbabwe let alone the continent of Africa.
	Rogers, Bradley D. Sheriff Elkhart County Indiana United States elected by a resounding margin in November 2010, Sheriff Bradley Rogers has committed himself to reducing the rate of repeat offenders by changing hearts and minds. Community corrections initiatives, including faith-based counseling and educational opportunities for inmates, are at the forefront as he takes office. Sheriff Rogers' interest in law enforcement began early in life, and he entered public service soon after graduating from college. He joined the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department in 1987, and worked his way through the ranks to become a division commander in 2004.
	Stone, Sacha an established authority on the psychology of leadership and the technology of leadership and organizational transformation, Cleve Stevens, Ph.D. has been formally engaged in the field of leadership development for more than 20 years. He has served as an advisor and leadership development consultant to top business leaders and Fortune 500 companies in North America, Europe and Asia.Dr. Stevens has taught leadership and business leadership at the graduate and undergraduate level at the University of Southern California, Beijing University and North Eastern University (China). established Humanitad in 1999, is a non sectarian organization dedicated to uniting people and nations of the world beyond the artifice of religious, cultural and socio-economic divides. The organisation serves as architect and facilitator of global initiatives impacting sustainability, social & economic reform and human and planetary welfare and betterment. It fosters arts and cultural exposition, education programs and coherent and progressive exchange amongst international leadership. It is a dedicated platform for experts in socio-economics, media, education, science & technology, research and advocacy, arts & culture, diplomacy & conflict-resolution. He iis Executive Producer of the Millennium Development Goals Awards which launched at the UN General Assembly in New York. The prestigious event exemplifies nations, organisations and individuals most impacting the critical issues facing humanity and our planet from poverty eradication through to environmental sustainablity.
	Tips, Scott JD received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976, studied at the Sorbonne (Paris I) from 1976-1977, and obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1980, where he was the Managing Editor of the California Law Review. A California-licensed attorney, he was admitted to the California Bar in 1980 and has specialized in food-and-drug law and trademark law, but also engages in business litigation, general business law, and nonprofit organizations, with an international clientele. Since 1989, Mr. Tips has been the General Counsel for the National Health Federation, the World's oldest health-freedom organization for consumers. In 2007, Mr. Tips became NHF President, and has been a speaker for the organization on several continents.
	Xia, Frank Tian Dr. is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Prior to his appointment at USC Aiken, Dr. Xie was on the faculty of business at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Professor Xie obtained his Ph.D. in marketing and MBA in finance from Georgia State University in Atlanta, and B.S. in science from Peking University in Beijing, China. A native of China and an expert on Chinese business & economy, Dr. Xie is a columnist on business for New Epoch Weekly, a global Chinese language magazine. His research interest includes marketing strategy, business-to-business marketing, international marketing, and research methodology. Dr. Xie has spoken in many seminar and panel discussions at the Unites Nations in New York City and Geneva, Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, Trinity College, University of Toronto, and in countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile.