Agenda Setters: Just days away...

Who are the driving forces in the tech industry? You'll find out on Monday, when silicon.com launches its fifth annual Agenda Setters poll.

In it, we reveal the 50 most influential individuals in the tech industry, along with analysis on what types of people won and why.

In the meantime, take a walk down memory lane and see what last year's top 10 have been up to - and what their chances are of making the list again. Read on.

Last year's No. 1:
Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple
Can he make it two years at number one?

Last year's No. 2:
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft
A fiver says he's on the list again this year

Last year's No. 3:
Greg Dyke, director general, BBC
What a year it's been for him

Last year's No. 4:
Hu Jintao, Chinese Premier
This country's technological wells still overfloweth

Last year's No. 5:
Linus Torvalds, father of Linux
Always a popular choice

Last year's No. 6:
Roger Cole, chairman, Risk Management Group of the Basel II Committee on Banking Supervision
Could be overshadowed by two US legislators

Last year's No. 7:
Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM
A good bet but nothing's for certain

Last year's No. 8:
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister, India
Power moving from politicians to corporations?

Last year's No. 9:
Sir Peter Gershon, former head of the UK Office of Government Commerce
Not so sure this time around

Last year's No. 10:
Carly Fiorina, CEO, HP
Still very much around but the jury's out