Opening Speaker was Professor Clayton Christensen.
Innovation, Technologies, and Business Authority

Clayton M. Christensen is a professor at the Harvard Business School. His research and teachings center on managing innovation and creating new growth markets. A seasoned entrepreneur, Professor Christensen has founded three companies: CPS Corporation, a successful advanced materials manufacturing company; Innosight, a consulting and training business; and Innosight Capital that he launched with the Boston Consulting Group. Clayton has co-authored five books including the New York Times best sellers, "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "The Innovator's Solution". He served as an assistant to the US Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole.
Link to www.claytonchristensen.com/ for more information.

Closing Speaker was Christopher Gardner.
A Rags-to-Riches Story: From Homelessness to Wall Street

This is an amazing story of how Gardner went from being homeless to being on Wall Street, and starting his own institutional brokerage firm which has expanded into Christopher Gardner International Holdings. His rags to riches autobiography "The Pursuit of Happyness" became a New York Times and Washington Post #1 bestseller. It was recently made into a popular major motion picture starring Will Smith. Gardner is also a humanitarian; he's a board member of the National Fatherhood Initiative, and the National Education Foundation, and works with additional groups. He has been featured on TV on “Evening News with Dan Rather,” “20/20,” “Oprah,” “Today Show,” and more, plus he's been profiled in numerous newspapers and magazines.
Link to www.chrisgardnermedia.com for more information.