innovation Experts

Erin Skimson

DirectorCentre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

Responsible for leading the University of Guelph's technology transfer and industrial liaison office.

Pascal van Beek

Managing partnerUC Group

Pascal van Beek is a logistics strategist

Scott Ellis

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Scott Ellis’s research interests center on the study of purchasing and supply management processes and functions

Ramnath K Chellappa

Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management; Academic Director, MS in Business AnalyticsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Michael E. Raynor

DirectorDeloitte Services LLP

Acclaimed author, researcher and consultant who advises businesses on strategic initiatives designed to improve innovation and growth

Kelly Herd, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions

Reuben F. Burch V

Vice Provost of ResearchTexas Christian University

Dr. Burch has extensive experience in fostering collaborations, securing funding, and managing research priorities and infrastructure.

David Wei

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

David Wei's team works to discover novel electronic and optical properties of metallic and semiconductor nanomaterials.

Carolyn Penstein Rosé

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carolyn Rosé's research advances Sociotechnical AI through human-AI collaboration and data-driven inductive biases and representations.

Ron Dizy

Managing Director, Advanced Energy CentreMaRS Cleantech

Leading the Advanced Energy Centre in its mission to deliver higher levels of energy innovation in Ontario