Nik is Dean of Communication Design at Art Center College of Design, leading the departments Graphic Design, Advertising and Graduate Media Design. With his L.A.-based company UeBERSEE, he recently designed and produced a major architectural exhibition for the Vitra Design Museum in a former supersonic wind tunnel. His large-scale environmental artwork PowerPLANTs for the City of Pasadena was featured in The Design Dozen of NEWSWEEK.

Mr. Noble, as an architect, environmental designer, industrial designer and environmental technology entrepreneur, has been the recipient of numerous awards for his industrial and architectural designs, technology innovations, and business development activities. Mr. Noble’s most recent six year tenure as Partner and CEO of Tucker Sadler Architects of San Diego lead the firm to be generally considered the regional leader in sustainable design and advocacy. Mr. Noble left Tucker Sadler Architects to guide the launch of Envision Solar.

Jason Tselentis has gained prominence during his ten years in the design field as a practitioner, educator, critic and advocate. His print and interactive clients have included: the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum; Henry Art Museum; Intel Labs; the National Park Service; Sony BMG Music; and the U.S. Department of Education. His design and visual culture writings have appeared in Arcade, Emigre, Eye, and How magazines. During the weblog revolution, Tselentis began writing for the award-winning design forum Speak Up.

Robin Chase is founder and CEO of GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. GoLoco helps people quickly arrange to share car trips of all lengths between trusted friends, neighbors, and colleagues, and handles online payments from passengers to drivers for their share of the trip costs. GoLoco’s innovative combination of social networks and online payment systems recasts how we think about car travel, making it a time for socializing and with a new emphasis on trip efficiency, in order to reduce per passenger costs.