Asli Bilgin is a Principal Developer Evangelist at Microsoft and she works is responsible for educating developers and architects on Wall Street with Microsoft future vision for software development and engineering. She is the founder of WomenBuild and iGive, two programs focused on US workforce stimulus, specifically geared at developing professional and pre-professional women who posses an aptitude for science and technology . Prior to joining Microsoft, Asli was employed as a senior software architect at Dell and at Xerox. Asli is a recognized presenter at conferences across the globe and she serves as contributing and author to various technical publications. Her latest book is Mastering Database Programming With Visual Basic.NET (Sybex).

Cathy Helgoe develops science, technology and other learning materials for LEGO Education, a global division of the LEGO Group. She has been involved with robotics projects, including LEGO MINDSTORMS, ROBOLAB, Control Lab and LEGO TC logo, and currently, Globot. She has been an active contributor to conferences and workshops over the years and has recently earned her doctorate in Educational Technology focusing her research on science education and constructivist teaching practices.

Kar-Tin Lee is currently Head of the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She has over twenty years of ICT in education and leadership experience. Her research interests focus on pedagogic issues and learner experience in online learning; organizational, strategic and pedagogical issues relating to design and implementation of online learning environments; and, leadership and management issues relating to strategic implementation of ICT policy in education at all levels. She teaches and supervises doctoral students in the area of design and implementation of online learning, and strongly supports her faculty members in advocating the infusion of LEGO robotics in teacher training courses and professional development programs.

Marina Bers is a professor at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and the Computer Science Department at Tufts University. Her research involves the design and study of innovative learning technologies to promote children’s positive development. She received her PhD from the MIT Media Laboratory (http://www.media.mit.edu/) working with Seymour Papert. Bers received the 2005 *Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)*, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early stage investigators and an NSF *Career Award, as well as the AERA’s Jan Hawkins Award*. Her book "Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom (http://www.amazon.com/Blocks-Robots-Technology-Childhood-Classroom/dp/0807748471) has been published by Teacher's College Press in 2008.

Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, develops new technologies to engage people (especially children) in creative learning experiences. His research group has collaborated closely with the LEGO Company on the development of the MINDSTORMS and WeDo robotics kits. Resnick co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of after-school learning centers for youth from low-income communities. Resnick's group recently developed a new programming language, called Scratch, which makes it easier to create your their own interactive stories, games, and animations. Resnick earned a BS in physics from Princeton, and an MS and PhD in computer science from MIT.

Monika Füglister is a Biologist from Baden, Switzerland. She started to teach gifted children immediately after her studies and has experience in the matter for ten years now. She realized children’s interest in technical subjects and started to work with Lego Mindstorms. The children she teaches are from 7 to 12 years old and attend her courses for two hours a week. Lately she is involved in the training of primary school teachers that are interested in teaching with Lego Mindstorms.

Natalie Rusk specializes in developing technology-based programs that build on young people’s interests. She is a lead developer of Scratch software and support materials at the MIT Media Lab. She also contributed to the design of PicoCrickets, programmable devices children can use to create artistic inventions. She served as Project Director of the NSF-funded PIE Network, collaboration between MIT and six museums to create hands-on science activities that integrate art, crafts, and computer programming. In 1993, she founded the Computer Clubhouse, a model after-school learning program that engages young people in creating projects with the support of adult mentors. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Tufts University in Applied Child Development.