Jeff Eddings
Senior Director, Product Management – Emerging Technologies · Turner Broadcasting and Media Camp
Emerging Technologies at Turner Broadcasting and Director of Media Camp
Product Vision Minimum Viable Product Internet Behavioral Design
Frank Feather
CEO & Chief Futurist · Future Trends
►"FUTURE-PROOF" Business Transformation ►Future of Economy ►Futuristic Leadership ►Future of Tech ►Future of Marketing ►Future of China
Business Transformation Future of Economy to 2030 Innovation & Change Management Future of Marketing Futuristic Leadership
Michael Pranikoff
Global Director, Emerging Media · PR Newswire
Speaks on technology trends shaping the future of media and public relations
Social Media Marketing Multimedia Marketing SEO Search Engine Marketing Multimedia Communications
Hong Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Specializing in solid-liquid interactions, self-assembly of colloidal nano particles, and development of various printing processes
Additive Manufacturing/3d Printing Printed functional devices Transport and self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles Surface science and surface engineering
Alex Frias
Co-Founder and President · Track Marketing Group
VP, Digital @ FILA North America // brand builder
Experiential Marketing Hispanic Marketing Influencer Brand Experience Nightlife Marketing
Avi Savar
Founding Partner · Big Fuel
Founder and Chairman of Big Fuel. Inaugural Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury President. Sought-after industry spokesperson and author.
Branded Content Original Programming for Broadcast & Web Brand Strategy Marketing and Content Creation Social Media & Branding
Micheál Kelly
Board Member, CATAAlliance // Dean, School of Business and Economics · Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Micheál Kelly is Dean of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Economics International Development Strategic Planning Business Strategy Strategy
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)
Patricia Mokhtarian
Professor, Civil Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE
Patricia Mokhtarian has specialized in the application of quantitative methods to the study of travel behavior for more than 30 years.
Commuters' Responses to Congestion or to System Disruptions The Need to Travel for Its Own Sake Impacts of Land Use on Travel Impacts of Telecommunication on Travel Multitasking Attitudes and Behavior During Travel
Amira Elghawaby
Communications Director · The National Council of Canadian Muslims
Amira Elghawaby leads the NCCM’s media relations, public engagement and strategic communications.
Ethnic Media & Diversity Anti-discrimination Civic Engagement Human Rights Civil Rights
Judith Giesberg, PhD
Professor of History; Robert M. Birmingham Chair in the Humanties | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Judith Giesberg, PhD, is an expert on the history of women and gender in the U.S. Civil War.
Caroline LeCount Census Slavery U.S. Civil War Women's History
Trina Isakson
Principal Consultant · 27 Shift
Independent consultant to nonprofit leaders on the future of the nonprofit sector. Additional expertise in introverts/quiet change makers.
introverts introversion nonprofit governance open licensing quiet changemakers
David Rose
CEO · Vitality, MIT MediaLab
Entrepreneur, product designer, MIT Media Lab researcher
Product Innovation Entrepreneurship Internet of Things Glanceable Technology Ambient Design
Arni Rao, PhD
Director and Professor · Augusta University
Director of the Laboratory for Theory and Mathematical Modeling and professor at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
Artifical Intelligence Infectious Disease Mathematical Analyses Complex Dynamics,
Mark AM Kramer
Information Architect · Razorfish Healthware
Nomadic Researcher / Academic / UW Professional
UX Epatient Design
Ken Lingad
CEO · The 1680 Group, LLC
Global Brands Strategist / Management Consultant to Native American Tribes and Enterprises, Entertainment, Oil and Gas, BioPharma, and More
Native American Tribal Enterprises and Gaming Private Business Development Management Consulting Small Business Issues Social Media
Lorrie Faith Cranor
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Lorrie Faith Cranor has authored over 150 research papers on online privacy, usable security, and other topics.
Engineering and Policy Privacy Cybersecurity and Privacy Computer Science Usable Security
Howie Choset
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Howie Choset's research reduces complicated high-dimensional problems found in robotics to low-dimensional simpler ones.
Field & Service Robotics Applied Mathematics Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles Computer Science Mechanical Systems
Betty Farmer
Professor · Western Carolina University
Betty Farmer's specialty areas include gender communication, crisis communication and communication skills training.
Public Speaking Communication Skills Training Gender Communication Crisis Communication Public Relations