John Leshy
Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: leshyj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4726 / Office 382-200
Real Property Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Natural Resources Law Public Land Law Water Law
Lucy Stocker
Director · www.diversityminer.com
Passionate advocate for diversity. Mentor, mother, leader of large and smart teams. Director at www.diversityminer.com
Mining Diversity Career Women
Don Duval
Chief Executive Officer · NORCAT
Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
Turnaround Strategies Entrepreneurship Academic Research Commercialization
Pang-Ning Tan
Professor · Michigan State University
Pang-Ning Tan is an expert in Knowledge discovery from data
Spatio-temporal Analysis Data Science Data Mining Machine Learning Network Analysis
Krzysztof “Krys” Cios, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.B.A.
Professor and Chair · VCU College of Engineering
Research in data mining, machine learning and biomedical informatics.
Data Science Data Mining Machine Learning Computational Neuroscience Biomedical Informatics
Penelope Simons
Professor, Faculty of Law · University of Ottawa
Penelope Simons has been engaged in research on corporate human rights accountability for over a decade.
Business and Human Rights Corporate Social Responsibility International Human Rights Law Transnational Corporations Human Rights and International Economic Law
Ed Toivonen
Mining Engineering professor and program coordinator · Cambrian College
Ed has almost 30 years experience in the fields of mining, engineering, mine geology and mining technologies.
Geology Mining and Water Mining Engineering Ventilation Prospecting
Ryan S. King, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology · Baylor University
Dr. King is a Professor of Biology and Directory of the Graduate Program in Biology at Baylor University.
Freshwater science to inform policy Community and ecosystem ecology Numeric water-quality criteria Ecological thresholds Streams and rivers
Katherine (Kate) Bruce
Professor/Program Coordinator – Mining Engineering Technician Program · Cambrian College
With over 25 years experience working in mining across Canada. Katherine's expertise focuses on mining and geology.
Mining Geology Mineral Resources Mine Software Mining Technology
Alan J. Hutchison
Partner · Dentons Canada LLP
A leading, one-to-watch Canadian lawyer in mining, energy, securities and corporate/commercial law.
Corporate Governance Mining Energy Law Securities & Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions
David Evans
Principal Hydrogeologist and GWX Managing Director · MWH Global
Hydrogeologist based in Lima, Peru with over 25 years of groundwater and business management experience (17 years in Peru and 8 in Canada)
Hydrogeology Karst Hydrogeology Mining Hydrogeology Mining and Water Geology
Stephen J. Taylor, P.E.
Principal Civil Engineer · Global Water Experts
Heavy Civil Design and Management Including Heap Leach and Tailings Facilities Analysis, Design and Construction
Engineered Systems Risk Assessments Closure Design & Construction for Leach Pads and Tailing Facilities Large Dam Projects Large Water Conveyance Projects Heap Leach and Tailings Facility Analyses Design and Construction
Annette Bergeron, P.Eng., MBA, FEC
Corporate Director · Electrical Safety Authority, Engineers Canada / Ingénieurs Canada
Experience in speaking & media on topics of women in STEM, women on boards, engineering regulation, advocacy, governance, policy, education
Governance, Not-For-Profit Regulation of Engineering, Regulation of Electrical Safety Advocacy for Engineering Engineering Education, post-secondary and professional development
Alberto Cano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Cano specializes in machine learning, data mining, classification, big data, data streams, and high-performance computing.
High Performance Computing Machine Learning Data Mining Big Data Classification
Dr. Prakash Tyagi
Executive Director of GRAVIS and Founder-Director of GRAVIS Hospital · GRAVIS
In his academics, he has studied Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and International Public Health.
Reproductive Health Disaster Risk Reduction Geriatric Medicine Medicine Public Health
Ali Emrouznejad
Professor and Chair in Business Analytics · Aston University
Ali Emrouznejad's areas of research interest include performance measurement and management, efficiency and productivity analysis.
Data Mining Performance Management Performance Measurement Efficiency Analysis Productivity Analysis
Tom Tresser
Co-Founder · The CivicLab
Creativity champion. Civic educator. Public defender.
Non-Profits Research Public Speaking Social Change Creativity
Gregg Murray
Professor of Political Science | Department of Social Sciences · Augusta University
Murray's research focuses on political behavior and psychology with specific interests in voter mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politics Political Behavior and Research Voter Mobilization Terrorism Social Science Research
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
Bartosz Krawczyk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Krawczyk's areas of research are machine learning, data stream mining, and big data.
Machine learning: ensembles, imbalanced data, one-class classification, kernel methods. Data stream mining: concept drift, active learning, online classification and regression. Big data: mining massive datasets, efficient and scalable learning algorithms