Marcus Anthony is an intuitive analyst and author who coaches individuals and organisations how to use intuitive intelligence to create ideal futures. He gives public talks, conducts personal consultations and holds group workshops focusing on topics such as integrated intelligence, integrated inquiry, future studies and education/teaching of intuitive and spiritual ways of knowing. His published books include "Integrated Intelligence" and "Sage of Synchronicity", with two more due to be released in this year; "The Professor's Other Brain" and "Beyond the Frontiers of Intelligence".

Dr. Goertzel is a leader in the AI field, with a dozen academic books and 100+ papers published; and the chief individual behind the Artificial General Intelligence conference series, which has played a key role in the overall advent of AGI technology in the past few years. He is Vice Chair of nonprofit organization Humanity+; chief founder of AI consulting firm Novamente LLC and bioinformatics consulting firm Biomind LLC; and co-founder and chief cognitive architect of the OpenCog open-source AGI project. He has also pioneered the application of advanced AI to life extension genomics. Currently he is focusing efforts on his role as Chief Scientist at Hong Kong financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings.

Dr. Mark Greene received his Ph.D. in mythological studies and depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA in 1999. An assistant professor in the Department of Counselling and Psychology at Hong Kong Shue Yan University, he is also the OECD Project Coordinator and Senior Researcher at the Economic and Wellbeing Project and an adjunct faculty member in the Clinical Doctor of Psychology programme, Alliant International/City University of Hong Kong where he teaches a range of subjects including the psychology of consciousness, analytical psychology, positive psychology, abnormal psychology and how to use mythology and psychology to better understand the archetypes present in our personal narratives and the stories that populate the media and arts around us.

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Dr. Po-Jang (Brown) Hsieh received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Dartmouth College, USA in 2008, and was a research scientist at MIT until 2011. He is now an assistant professor at Duke-NUS Singapore and the director of the Brain & Consciousness Laboratory. He is interested in understanding how the human brain is able to perceive and experience the world. He studies the human neural bases of perception, attention, and consciousness with functional brain imaging (fMRI), neural decoding methods, and psychological techniques.

Kelly is the director of the Center for the Study of Yoga and Health, owner of Breathe into Balance, and founder of the Power Yin Yoga tradition. A highly experienced transformational consultant, Yoga and meditation instructor, speaker, author, and scholar, she is regarded as one of the world’s top private Yoga instructors. She integrates Yoga teachings from many master teachers around the globe, and offers Yoga retreats, workshops, and private sessions internationally. In addition to Yoga, she is internationally renowned as a transformational consultant and supports her clientele to make effective and positive life changes that last.

Jeffery is a Harvard trained social scientist who researches personal transformation. He specializes in bringing rigorous empirical research and testing to transformational techniques and theories that have previously been supported anecdotally. Jeffery is a leading expert on intentionality and non-symbolic consciousness (enlightenment, nonduality, mystical experience, union with God/nature, etc.). He holds several graduate degrees and specializes academically in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. A bestselling author and award winning educator, Jeffery has co-edited, authored, or co-authored over 20 books and numerous other publications; appeared in a wide variety of media; and lectured broadly in both academic and public forums. He is currently the director of the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness (www.nonsymbolic.org), and the Center for the Study of Intent (www.centerforintent.org). Portions of his research on Power of Thought and Non-Symbolic consciousness are also available in the popular novel, The Fourth Awakening (www.fourthawakening.com).

Dr Stephen is an international expert of Higher Tantric Yoga, Metaphysics, Qiqong, Meditation, Intuitives, Communications, Psychologic and Natural Therapies practices, as well as an Executive Couching Consultant, Senior Executive/Advisor for various high-tech MNC on maximising Human/Technology Potentials and minimising Uncertainties and Risks Management; converge and transforming Modern/Ancient Mind-Matter Sciences/Technologies onto an understandable and adaptable modern daily practices for Wholistic Health & Prosperous, Collective Consciousness Enlightening Developments.

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Dr. Seiden is a Hong Kong-based clinical psychologist, licensed in New York and New Jersey. He received his Ph.D. and Masters from the Hofstra University Doctoral Program in Combined Clinical and School Psychology (APA Accredited), and interned at the South Nassau Communities Hospital Mental Health Clinic. He received specialized training in cognitive behavior therapy as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and as a Professional Associate of Psychology in Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and completed training in hypnotherapy at the New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.

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Venerable Dr. Guang Xing received his Ph.D. from School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London in 2003. He is an assistant professor at the Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong and Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation visiting professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society at the University of British Columbia. His publications include The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory (Routledge 2005) and The Historical Buddha (Beijing Religious Culture Publication 2005) together with many academic papers. He is currently working on the issue of filial piety in Chinese Buddhism and has already published several papers on the topic.

Gino Yu is an Associate Professor and Director of Digital Entertainment and Game Development at the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research spans design automation, computer animation, video games, creativity and consciousness with over 60 publications. Recently, he has focused his attention on using media technologies to cultivate creativity and promote enlightened consciousness (meaningful media). Gino is also co-founder of PolyU MERECL; a commercially oriented digital entertainment lab, and helped establish academic programs at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Southern California.