Lee Moreau is a principal at global innovation design consultancy Continuum, where he combines a unique capacity for complex systems thinking with a deeply empathic perspective to reimagine the contemporary world. Through research, analysis, and imagination, Lee develops insights and solutions that enable clients to understand their own cultural, material, and economic circumstances and capitalize on opportunities available to them.

At Continuum, Lee has led teams to build holistic systems for massive and complex systems, such as the global retail experience for BBVA, a bank with a presence Europe, Latin America, and the US. Some of his other projects have included service strategy for an international casual dining chain, the envisioning of the future healthcare experience for Medicare patients, and the master planning and design of Procter & Gamble’s innovation center in Guangzhou, China.

Prior to joining Continuum, Lee was the Director of Environments at 2x4, an internationally recognized design firm, where he led projects for clients such as Novartis, Nike, Lincoln Center, and the MoMA Design Store. Previously, Lee also worked as a designer at IDEO and at the Rockwell Group. Lee received his B.A. from Bennington College and a Masters of Architecture from Rice University.

Rosalind Picard, ScD, FIEEE, is the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab; co-founder of Affectiva, Inc.; and co-founder & Chief Scientist of Empatica, Inc., improving lives with clinical-quality wearable sensors and analytics.

Picard was a founding member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Wearable Information Systems, and has two decades of experience creating and wearing computational sensors to learn about real-world emotion and activities.

She is the author of over two hundred peer-reviewed scientific articles but is perhaps best known for her book, Affective Computing, which helped launch a new field by that name.

She is a graduate with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds Masters and Doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Her inventions have been named to top 10 lists, including NY Times Magazine's Best Ideas of 2006 and 2011's Popular Science Top Ten Inventions.