Taylor Banks
Executive Director · Cyber Summit Co
Taylor Banks is a Virtualization, Cloud and Security Architect, Hacker, Pentester, Trainer, Speaker, Mentor, CISSP VCP
Cloud Computing Information Security Social Engineering
Robert J. Sawyer
Science Fiction Writer · SFWRITER.COM Inc.
"Canada's foremost futurist" -- CBC Radio
Mike Rodriguez
Senior Managing Consultant · IBM
Mitigating Risk, Ensuring Compliance and Championing Data Security.
Security Compliance Privacy
Kimberley Pickett
Principal and Creative Director · KIMBO Design
Creative Principal of award-winning design firm, KIMBO Design Inc., based in Vancouver, B.C.
Design Graphic Design Marketing & Advertising Marketing & Branding Online Advertising
Francois Byrne
CEO · Hybrid Power Solutions
Hybrid Power Solutions was founded in 2015 in response to a pressing need for safer, cleaner and more effective portable electric systems
Battery Systems Engineering portable power battery banks generators off grid batteries
Denis Calderone
Senior Managing Director · J.S. Held LLC
Security Expert | Offensive Security Leader | On-Demand CSO | Network Security Specialist
Purple Teaming Black Box Testing Application Penetration Testing Security Policy Development Social Engineering
Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D.
Inez A. Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine
Lung injury Pulmonary regenerative medicine Mechanobiology Tissue Engineering Smooth muscle cell signaling
Anand Rao
Professor of Communication and Department Chair · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Rao specializes in communication and social media issues.
Debate Social Media Public Speaking Communication
Russell Burke
Professor of Biology · Hofstra University
Dr. Burke's current research involves diamondback terrapins at Jamaica Bay, wood turtles in northern NJ and the coyote invasion of LI
Urban Ecosystems Urban Environments Suburban Spaces and Development Ecology Evolution
Andrew Lover
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director, New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrew Lover is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work focuses on malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
Tick-borne Diseases Infectious Disease Vector-Borne Diseases Drug Development Malaria
Robin Feldman
Harry & Lillian Hastings Distinguished Professor of Law ; Director of the Institute for Innovation Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: feldmanr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4661 / Office 372-200
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Intellectual Property Startup & Innovation Law Privacy and Property Law Law & Science
Laurence Ales
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Laurence Ales' research interests include macroeconomics, optimal taxation, and contract theory.
Disruptive Technologies Tax Policy Economics Optimal Taxation Macroeconomics
Changqing Luo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Luo’s research focuses on cybersecurity, big data, and complex networks.
Security and privacy (e.g., mobile networks, cyber-physical systems, distributed systems, Internet of Things) Complex networks (e.g., optimization, resource management, cross-layer design) Big data (e.g., large-scale data computing and analytics, smart health)
Bridget McInnes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. McInnes' research is in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a particular interest in semantics.
Natural Language Processing Biomedical Text Processing Information Retrieval Machine Learning
Kelly Fallis
CEO · RS Muskoka
Founder & CEO of Design, Build, Furnish firm in majestic Muskoka, Canada. Canadian Entrepreneur, Mentor, Advisor & Speaker
Small Business/Entrepreneur Online Retail Bootstrapping Furniture Failing
Jordan Freitas
Assistant Professor of Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University
College of Science and Engineering
Dr Robbie Love
Senior Lecturer, Languages and Applied Linguistics · Aston University
Dr Love's research harnesses technology to better understand how people use language and help people to communicate more effectively.
Linguistics English Language Corpus Linguistics Public Communications Communication
Mimi Ito
Professor in Residence Informatics · UC Irvine
Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist of technology use, focusing on children and youth's changing relationships to media.
Media and Communications Anthropology Children/Video Games Technology
Hong-Sheng Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Hong-Sheng Zhou's main research area is Cryptography, spanning the full spectrum from theory to practice
Cryptography Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Techniques Information Security Distributed Computing
Karl Zelik
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert on exoskeletons, human movement, biomechanics and prosthetic limbs
Assistive Devices Mechanical Engineering Biomechanics Exoskeletons Human movement