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 Humanities | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Judith Giesberg, PhD, is an expert on women's history and 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

Bob Kasher

Sales Director · Iviago

Managing Director Iviago Inc.

Amanda Cote

Associate Professor and Director of the Serious Games Certificate · Michigan State University

Amanda Cote researches the industry and culture of games, with an emphasis on areas such as gender, identity, and representation.

Media Studies Collegiate E-sports Game Development

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,

David Rose

CEO · Vitality, MIT MediaLab

Entrepreneur, product designer, MIT Media Lab researcher

Product Innovation Entrepreneurship Internet of Things Glanceable Technology Ambient Design

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

Mark AM Kramer

Information Architect · Razorfish Healthware

Nomadic Researcher / Academic / UW Professional

UX Epatient Design

Dustin Haisler

President · e.Republic

President of e.Republic | GovTech GTM & PE-Backed Executive | GovTech M&A Advisor | Former Government CIO/ACM | TEDx Speaker (2x)

Crowdsourcing Innovation Management Local Government Emerging Technology Innovation

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

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

Wolfgang Messner

Clinical Professor of International Business · University of South Carolina

International Business, Marketing, and Management | Management Consulting | Data Analysis

Data Analysis Statistics Marketing Managing Global Teams Selling & Marketing

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

Carol Ritter

Nurse Manager · ChristianaCare

Carol Ritter leads the nurses at arguably the nation’s preeminent intensive care unit.

Nursing

Dimitrios Buhalis

Professor and Leader of eTourism Lab · Bournemouth University

Experienced, dynamic speaker that connects Tourism/Travel - Technology/Social Media and Management and Marketing ss

Etourism Social Media and Strategy Trends Tourism Travel

Andrew Lover

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director, New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Andrew Lover is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work focuses on malaria and other vector-borne diseases.

Tick-borne Diseases Infectious Disease Vector-Borne Diseases Drug Development Malaria

Danny Allan

Chief Technology Officer · Consulate General of Canada (CTA Boston)

Danny Allan is an expert in developing technical and product strategy and bringing them to the market.

Vulnerability Assessment Enterprise Architecture Product Management Web Services Computer Security

Shai Berger

CEO · Fonolo

Serial entrepreneur. Customer service, smart phones, call centers, social media, enterprise sales (from a science & engineering perspective)

Social Media Smartphones Customer Service

Joshua Carl, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Joshua Carl is an expert in the modeling and simulation of cyber-physical systems.

Numerical Integration Parallel Computation Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems Embedded Systems High Performance Computing