[Jessica Boucher]

Who would you like to see speak at a FIRST event and why?

We've had a lot of cool people - the most recent being Google's Larry Page - and after digging through the forums, I'm surprised that this has not been discussed yet.

Would you choose someone more non-technical mainstream (like Will Smith's video message from somewhere around the 2001 season: "Build more robots so I can play with my kids!"), or someone in the technical mainstream (either on the corporate side like Larry Page, or on the entertainment side such as Mythbusters' Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman)? Or, would you rather have it be someone that's not mainstream at all (something along the lines of having an engineer who worked on an exciting project speak)?


My brainstorm for this thread came last night while watching Good Eats, when I decided that Alton Brown would be a fabulous speaker. Not only is he an Atlanta native (and would probably be pretty entertaining), but he's using a love for science to create a different type of cooking show. But, that's just me.