Victoria Duff

Founder & CEO · a Business Plan

Entertaining & informative. Makes the most complex business and financial subjects simple and inspiring.

Business Start-Up Venture Capital Economic Survival

Klaus Ley, MD

Founding Director · Immunology Center of Georgia

Klaus Ley is exploring the role our immune response plays in atherosclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.

T lymphocytes Immunology Vaccines atherosclerosis Integrins

Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD

Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology| College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, works to find a new unity and synthesis in science and religion.

Theology Neuroscience Artificial Intelligence and Becoming Culture and Religion Catholicity

Lynsey Steinberg

Director of Innovation at the Georgia Cyber Center · Augusta University

Lynsey Steinberg is one of the 300 board-certified medical illustrators and also an expert on virtual reality.

Community and Economic Virtual Reality Medical Illustration Gamification Innovation

Greg Verdino

Founder & CEO · VERDINO LLC

Seasoned marketing advisor to 49 of the Fortune 500. Leading thinker on marketing strategy & innovation.

Marketing Social Media Social Business Digital Marketing Branding

Dorothy Agger-Gupta, Ph.D.

Interim Dean of Academic Affairs · Fielding Graduate University

Working together for a more just and equitable world through education, imagination, technology, and art

Phenomenography & Action Research Organization Studies Online Gaming and Leadership Competencies Social Change & Women's Art Organizational Innovation & Transformative Change

Heidi Tworek

Assistant Professor of History · University of British Columbia

Professor Tworek's current research focuses on communications, international organizations, history, and transatlantic relations.

News and Media International Relations International Organizations Legal History Germany and Europe

Erika V. Hall

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Faculty Advisor, Business & Society Institute · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Hall's research focuses on the influence of race, gender, and class-based stereotypes and implicit biases on workplace interactions.

Race and Gender Stereotyping Social Psychology Implicit Bias

Stacey Ivanchuk

Director, Intellectual Property · MaRS Innovation

Experienced and strategy-minded director with extensive experience managing commercially driven programs

Intellectual Property Strategy Access to Essential Medicines Biotechnology Patent Protection Early Stage Commercialization

Pulkit Grover

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Pulkit Grover is interested in interdisciplinary research directed towards developing a science of information for making computing systems.

Biomedical Systems Neuroengineering Computing Systems Neuroscience Information Theory

Jeff Haymond, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Business Administration/Associate Professor · Cedarville University

Research interests include economics and religion, as well as monetary theory

Financial Markets (General) Federal Trade Reserve Policy Free Trade Minimum Wage / Unemployment Government Regulation

Don Dingee

Chief Story Officer · Left2MyOwnDevices

Explorer on the IoT

Internet of Things Microcontrollers Mems Sensors Embedded Computing Wireless Sensor Networks

Chris Jones

Professor, Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship · Aston University

Professor Jones maintains primary research interests in various areas of international economics and international business.

MNEs Foreign Aid Tax Havens FDI International Trade

David Berri

Department Chair and Professor of Economics · Southern Utah University

Specializing in evaluations of players and coaches in sports, gender issues in sports, and competitive balance in sports

Distrubution of Wealth and Power Unpaid Athletes in the NCAA NBA Salary Caps Sports Economics NCAA

Ayelet Baron

Futirist · Simplifying Work

Futurist. Keynote Speaker and Author.

How Collaboration Can Change the World Social Business: Hype or Leadership The Multi Generational Workplace The Future of Work Leading By Example

Deane Evans

Executive Director, Center for Building Knowledge, Center for Resilient Design · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Deane Evans focuses on creating innovative ways to improve the built environment through better design, better technology and new insights.

LEED AP Building Science Infrastructure Resilient Design and Construction Microgrids Planning, Protection and Control

Martin Kang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Econometrics Empirical Analysis Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Science

Judith Blumstock

Senior Director, Corporate Development · MaRS Innovation

Senior Director, Mars Innovation

Investing in Life Sciences Making Investments and Overseeing Existing Portfolio Companies

Brooks Keel, PhD

President · Augusta University

Dr. Brooks Keel is an expert in the field of reproductive endocrinology and serves as President of Augusta University.

Economic Development Reproductive Medicine and Biology Education Higher Education Administration

Richard Hayes

Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship · Hofstra University

Entrepreneurship and management, particularly in emerging economies; the sharing economy.

Entrepreneurship Strategic Management Management of Innovation Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Economies Family Enterprises