Drue Kataoka is a renowned artist-cum-technologist known for her splendid artwork that integrates technology and traditional Japanese ink painting techniques. Born in Tokyo and a graduate of Stanford University, she has pioneered cross-disciplinary techniques by blending digital image processing, brainwaves, mirrors, and mobile technologies to make awe-inspiring installations that have garnered critical acclaim from media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and CNBC, among others. She has also made history by exhibiting at the first-ever zero gravity art exhibit in space at the International Space Station. Kataoka has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as both a Cultural Leader and a Young Global Leader and was a speaker at WEF meetings in Dalian, Geneva, Ulaanbaatar, and Davos for four consecutive years. She was a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Global Leadership & Public Policy Program and Yale University's Foundations for Leadership Program at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Kataoka sits on the board of the Djerassi Residents Artist Program, the biggest artist residency on the West Coast, and serves as a judge for the Varkey Foundation's $1M Global Teacher's Prize.