Ben Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the areas of networking, distributed systems, simulation and modeling.
Doc Searls is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, Senior Editor of Linux Journal, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and one of the world's best-known bloggers.
Katy Pearce a graduate student in Communication speaks about her experiences in the Former Soviet regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus with respect to technology and internet use.