I second that motion.
Warrick is an all around great guy. I’d love to hear him speak.
"I, personally, would like to see President Bush speak. I know that it might be incredibly hard to arrange, but I know that he has a deep involvement in the education of America, and FIRST really shows our generations potential.
But I’ll bet that has been suggested before, so one more person I would like to see speak would be Bill Nye: The Science Guy."
I think President Bush would be a speaker that is way too controversial. I know I personally am not too fond of him and I would probably even find it a bit insulting to have him speak at robotics championship. Although I do agree with wanting to hear Bill Nye: The Science Guy speak. I also remember watching him as a kid and that’s what really got me into science. I think he would be an awesome speaker. Or the guys from Mythbusters would be cool. I think a great speaker would need to be from the mainstream or else us students won’t be incredibly excited about it. 
I think that you idea of having the Mythbusters would be amazing. I am a huge fan of the show and I am sure many others are and they would definately be very cool people to have on
Mythbusters are awsome. So is Bill Nye. And Burt Rutan (which may not be that hard to organize, I think Scaled Composites sponsors a team). How about Sebastian Thrun or “Red” Whittaker? Or maybe Larry Page and/or Sergey Brin?
I know its late…but I really wish Kirby Puckett could’ve spoken…He overcame so much adversity to get to where he was…too bad he passed away so young 
I’d love to See Rutan Speak. If there is an on the edge, leading developer in Engineering who is also an entrepreneur, its Rutan.
Also: Franklin Olin Professors.
EDIT: ok, I got one: Burt Rutan !
Chuck Yeager (just for the he!! of it)
They already had him speak, and after wanting to strap bombs to the robot, i doubt they would invite him back to speak 
Gotta go with Jesse James from Monster Garage. Can’t think of a cooler hands-on engineer on the planet, and he could sign all my West Coast Choppers stuff.
I have seen Bill Nye speak, and he is pretty incredible, too.
vic
My vote is with Bill Nye, personally.
Also, Red Whittaker and a few others early in this thread were great suggestions.
2006, lets hope for some stellar speakers!
Bill Nye would make a nice speaker I think.
I wonder who the speakers are going to be… oh, the anticipation!
Andy B.
Why do I have the feeling you know who it is already. 
Bill Nye is touring now, but it seems has has other intentions…
http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2006/04/bill_nye_vs_int.html
I would like to see former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) speak at a FIRST event.
(No partisan discussion or replies please, I would simply like him to see a FIRST event and speak because he was such an advocate of NASA and our nation’s space program.)
I’m not sure if anybody said this, but Grant Ihamara from Mythbusters did give a short speech in between QF matches at the Davis/Sacramento regional this year. It’s on the regoinal webcasts if you would like to take a look at it.
Admiral Janeway or Captain Picard would be great…
Call me ole fashioned but what about having a “local” hero speak. Maybe one who has dedicated her life to the future of America such as a fireman or a soldier … or maybe the Chairman’s Winner! What better people to speak “with” us than those who we respect and yearn to know more about. Here’s how I envision it. Between the final rounds, the FIRST Chairman would announce a Chairman’s Award finalist (some background on what the team has done and then announce the team); let’s say five would be announced for discussion sake. The Chairman’s Award representatives (those who presented to the judges) of these five teams would then proceed to the floor and be on standby to give their presentation to the entire audience. Yes, they, along with their team, would be very, very nervous but would also be VERY well prepared to give their 5 minute presentation. At the end of the awards ceremony, the Chairman would announce the Chairman’s Award winner from the five finalists then the team would do their presentation to the entire audience from the center of Einstein (this would be a nice ending - the last team “standing” on Einstein is the ultimate winner) followed by the National Anthem. Another FIRST year would come to a close and the last thing that would be on our minds is how the best team in FIRST does it … very relevant and inspiring.
If this crazy idea doesn’t work for you then I’d still stick with a “local” hero such as Dave, Andy Baker, or any other WFA winner.
If I had to go outside of the FIRST family, I think Charlie Bolden would be an excellent choice. Hero and passion are synonymous with Charlie.
Two weeks left in the crazy house,
Lucien
He gave a presentation last year in Atlanta on the work that he’s done with the Star Wars movies and different commercials (like the energizer bunny). It was really good.
I asked him the other day if he was coming again this year, but he said no.
I think that Bill Ford Jr would be very interesting to hear