it Experts

Shana Poplack

Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair (I) in LinguisticsUniversity of Ottawa

Pioneering sociolinguist changing how we understand bilingual speech, code-switching & language variation.

Jess Joss

Executive DirectorYork Angel Investors

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Alexandros Tsamis

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Graduate Program Director; Associate Director, Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Architect focused on composite materials, building energy systems and advanced manufacturing technologies for the built environment.

April Lindgren

Associate Professor, School of Journalism Ryerson University

Local News Research Project, Principal Researcher

Sandra Weiss, M.D., FACC

Interventional Cardiologist, Medical Director CardiacIntensive Care UnitChristianaCare

Sandra Weiss is an interventional cardiologist, with a special interest in both coronary and peripheral interventions.

Daniel Romo, Ph.D., FRSC

Schotts Professor of Chemistry | Co-Director, Baylor Synthesis & Drug Lead Discovery Lab | Chair of OrganicLinksBaylor University

Researches the chemistry and biology of natural products, enduring leads for basic cell biology studies and drug development.

Brent Beshore

Founder & CEOAdVentures

Forward-thinking visionary possessing the tools to create, enable, or acquire companies that offer transformative communications solutions.

Michael Prietula

Professor Emeritus in Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Martha Radice

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social AnthropologyDalhousie University

An anthropologist who studies the social, spatial and cultural dynamics of cities.

Heidi Hardt

Associate Professor of Political ScienceUC Irvine

Hardt is an expert on NATO, international organizations, defense, security, military ops and gender. www.heidihardt.com