Across 2013, we’ve had some stellar technology influencers guest blog for us on the themes that excited them the most. Here’s a roundup of what 10 of them were fired up about in the year that passed.

Founder of the WorldWideWeb Sir Tim Berners Lee: “The many meanings of Open” (for #TheOpenAgenda) | Read here

MIT data scientist Sandy Pentland: “Why I’m calling for a New Deal on Data” | Read here

The World Economic Forum’s Bill Hoffman: “Why Open Data is Accelerating Economic & Societal Change” | Read here

Chair of the Mozilla Foundation Mitchell Baker: “Human progress can only come through openness” | Read here

Industry leading developer Max Firtman: “An open philosophy can unify the fragmenting web” | Read here

Founder of Onskreen and global speaker on mobility Hansmeet Sethi: “It’s the attack of the disruptors” | Read here

Futurist Ian Pearson: “The Connected Car will be fully personalised in 10 years” | Read here

Author of Macrowikinomics & TED speaker Don Tapscott: “Self-organised civic networks are challenging global agendas” | Read here

Founder of social innovation outfit ‘A Very Good Company‘ Natalie Campbell: The best innovations share these five critical traits | Read here

KPMG’s Global Head of Innovation Adam Bates: Survival can mean getting down and dirty with the start-ups | Read here