We've lined up our 2012 Big Thinkers Speaker Series with some of the most prominent and distinguished individuals in academia. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy four influential speakers who will offer profound insights and lively discussions. Please check our Web site for details on these talks under the "Events" section. More information, including talk abstracts, will be published closer to the talk dates. March 15 Anil Jain, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Michigan State University May 15 Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering August 21 Hal Varian, Emeritus Professor in the School of Information, the Haas School of Business, and the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley October 25 Stefan Savage, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, San Diego