art Experts

Robert Karlicek

Director, Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) & Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applications of LEDs in Lighting, sensing, disinfection, displays and control systems

Todd Akira Morikawa

Chief Financial OfficerAkira Morikawa, L.L.C.

Chief Financial Officer @akiramorikawa

Joshua W. Walker, PhD

President & CEOJapan Society

Walker leads Japan Society to create deep bonds between the US & Japan through programs in culture, education, business, policy & technology

Samir Shah

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Samir Shah is a clinically active vascular surgeon and researcher focused on vascular disease outcomes and decision-making.

Scott Huffman

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Jason Pitts, Ph.D.

Director of the Biology of Global Health 4+1 Program | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Investigates the sensory neuronal basis for behaviors in arthropod disease vectors such as mosquitoes carrying Dengue or Zika viruses.

Suki John

ProfessorTexas Christian University

Suki John is an expert in diversity, social justice, classical modern dance, dance history and art activism.

Rajiv Garg

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Expert on AI, Digital Strategy, and the Economics of Human–Machine Interaction

Taryn Vander Hoop

Assistant Professor of DanceLoyola Marymount University

Professor of Dance

Martha Terris, MD

Witherington Distinguished Chair, UrologyGeorgia Cancer Center at Augusta University

Dr. Terris specializes in urologic cancers, including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, adrenal masses, bladder cancer and testicular cancer.