global Experts

Lorraine Wiseman

Senior Director Global Marketing and Business Development, NuclearIMI Nuclear

Leadership, Making it Count

Eric Rignot

Distinguished Professor and Chair, Earth System ScienceUC Irvine

Dr. Rignot works to understand the interactions of glaciers and climate and what effects they will have on global sea levels.

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Tiffany Muller Myrdahl

Urbanist and Feminist GeographerSimon Fraser University

Specializes in equity and inclusion. Uses policy analysis and collaborative research with women and LGBTQ people to examine urban change.

Tom Rand

Managing Director at MaRS Cleantech Fund I, L.P.MaRS Cleantech

Experienced, bare-knucked approach to cleantech, finance, policy, climate science and associated global economic opportunities and risks.

Tom Flick

PresidentTom Flick Communications

Authority on Leadership, Leading Change and Increasing Performance

Michael Pagano, PhD

The Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, Professor, Finance & Real Estate | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Michael Pagano, PhD, is an expert on financial institutions, financial markets, risk management, investments, and international finance.

Salvatore Iaconesi

PresidentAOS

Founder at AOS

Ryan McManamay, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Spatial ecologist that studies human-environmental systems in order to balance ecosystem and societal needs.

Connor Makowski

Research AssociateMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Connor Makowski specializes in algorithms and coding for simulation, optimization, AI, and visualization.