milkencrowd2~20060427milkenintro~Intro to the Milken Institute~Michael L Klowden, President and CEO of the Milken Institute, talks with Andrew about the conference, an exploration of new thinking on a host of current international policy concerns, from energy independence to educating a 21st century work force. This year's theme was "Expanding Opportunities in the Global Marketplace". A record number of speakers, more than 380, filled this year's program, including half a dozen Nobel laureates, more than 100 corporate CEOs, the president of the Czech Republic, an astronaut, a network anchor, the Tour de France winner, a leading futurist, the FDA chief, and a former NATO commander.

bartiroma~20060427bartiroma~Maria Bartiroma~Those eyes make eveything OK! Maria Bartiromo raises the bar as a financial reporter and the anchor of CNBC's Closing Bell. She also sings a lick from the song that Joey Ramone wrote for her.

burnett~20060427burnett~Mark Burnett~Ken Rutkowski, the moderator from KenRadio gives us his thoughts after this standing only room session where Mark Burnett, creator of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" talks about his new fall show, "Gold Rush". He shares the stage with Kevin Conroy, EVP and COO of AOL Media Networks, Blair Westlake, CVP of Media content for Microsoft. Meanwhile, Kevin Corbett, VP of Digital Home Group and Content service for Intel speaks about Intel TV.

sifry~20060427sifry~Technorati~Andrew catches up with David Sifry, founder and CEO of Technorati, a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the world of weblogs.

vistage~20060427vistage~Vistage International Inc.~Andrew speaks with Tony Vignieri, Director of Corporate Communications at Vistage International, the world's largest CEO membership organization where CEOs meet with their peers.

brinker~20060427brinker~Nancy Brinker~Nancy Brinker, former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, is Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the nation's largest funder of research dedicated solely to breast cancer. The recipient of numerous awards, Brinker was named one of the "100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century" by Ladies Home Journal and one of the "25 Most Powerful Women in America" by Biography magazine.

ali~20060427ali~Rafat Ali~Discover the ins and outs of the digital media industry with Rafat Ali, founder, editor and publisher of PaidContent.org, the award-winning digital media business news and analysis site. He discusses the lower entry points for content producers and unexpected innovators, such as comedian Andy Sandberg for connecting online audiences to Saturday Night Live.

sternlicht~20060427sternlicht~Starwood Capital Group~Andrew speaks with Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group (SCG), a private investment firm he formed in 1991. For the past 15 years, he has structured almost 300 separate investment transactions with a cost basis of more than $30 billion. Today his firm manages more than $10 billion of assets and has recently formed Starwood Energy Partners, focusing on power transmission distribution.

nnan~20060427nnan~NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN)~Andrew speaks with Sarah Cooper, Chief Technology Officer of NaturalNano to learn about nanotechnology in paint which blocks cellphone calls.

capella~20060427capella~Infinia Group LLC~Andrew interviews Ron Cappello, the founder and CEO of the consulting firm Infinia Group LLC, and a panelist at the conference on "Media Convergence and the Revolution in Marketing and Brand Building."

rubenstein~20060427rubenstein~The Carlyle Group~Andrew speaks with David Rubenstein, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, which he co-founded in 1987. Since then, he has helped develop Carlyle into a private-equity firm that manages more than $35 billion from 24 offices around the world.

boone~20060427boone~Boone Pickens~Learn about Boone Pickens and his legacy as the founder of Mesa Petroleum in 1956 and BP Capital, one of the nation's most successful energy investment funds. Pickens is also recognized for his philanthropy and support of medical research.

biph~20060427biph~Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH)~Andrew speaks with Michael Weiner, Chief Executive Officer of Biophan Technologies Inc, which he founded in 2000 with Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first successful implantable cardiac pacemaker, which was licensed to Medtronic in 1960. Biophan develops and commercially exploits technologies for providing competitive advantage to biomedical device companies, including technology for enabling biomedical devices to be compatible with MRI diagnostics. The company has recently acquired a majority interest in TE-Bio LLC, which is developing with NASA a patented biothermal battery for powering implantable devices.

mccaughan~20060427mccaughan~Principal Financial Group Inc.~James McCaughan, CEO of Principal Global Investors LLC, spoke to Andrew before he moderated a Roundtable Session entitled, "The Future of Yields: Is there still a Conundrum?" Jim believes that despite an upward cycle in bond yields at the moment, he see a secular down drift in yields. Principal Financial Group is a member of the Fortune 500 and has $195.2 billion in assets under management.