Ric Dragon
CEO · DragonSearch Marketing
Exhibiting artist, jazz drummer, speaker, writer, and a search marketing strategist.
Marketing Branding Social Media SEO
Ernest Barbaric
Social Media Strategist
Instigator. Minimalist. Digital Communications Strategist.
Minimalist Marketing Strategy Marketing Innovation Digital Leadership
Jonathan Ozeran
VP, Product & Mobile · RECSOLU
Mobile Product Designer, Fortune-1000 Client Engagement Leader & Enterprise Mobile Apps Evangelist
Startups Mobile Product Design Mobile Ux Product Management
Gary Vaynerchuk
Co-Founder and Owner · VaynerMedia
Find your social media voice and build your digital brands with New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author
Social Media Brand Management Customer Engagement & Retention Word of Mouth Marketing Ecommerce
Xiaobo Tan
MSU Research Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering · Michigan State University
Expert in robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments
Soft Robotics Underwater Robotics Underwater Sensing
Greg Verdino
Founder & CEO · VERDINO LLC
Seasoned marketing advisor to 49 of the Fortune 500. Leading thinker on marketing strategy & innovation.
Marketing Social Media Social Business Digital Marketing Branding
Karen Sedatole
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Executive Compensation Performance Evaluation Reward Systems Performance Measures Interorganizational Collaboration
Barry Adams
SEO Consultant · Polemic Digital
Founder at Polemic Digital, Co-Chief Editor at State of Digital
SEO Digital Marketing Google Adwords Digital Marketing Strategy Ecommerce
Tai Goodwin
Owner and Collaborative Catalyst · Launchology 101
Purpose, Passion and Practical Action!
Entrepreneurship Social Media Women Small Business Social Networking
Peter Blacklow
President, WorldWinner and Executive Vice President, GSN Digital · GSN
Don't roll the dice with your conference speakers! Cash in with this digital gaming industry expert and mentor to internet-enabled startups
Online Gaming
Scott Stratten
President & CEO · UnMarketing
Best-selling author and Forbes.com Top 5 Media Influencer with expertise in Viral, Social, and Authentic Marketing.
Engagement 2.0 Social Currency Viral Marketing 2.0 Brand Marketing Unmarketing - Stop Marketing. Start Engaging
Heather McCauley
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Heather McCauley is an expert in the prevention of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and reproductive coercion.
Sexual Violence Gender and Sexuality Intimate Partner Violence LGBTQ Studies Public Health
Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, I-SENSE Fellow, Founder of PQSecure · Florida Atlantic University
Reza Azarderakhsh's primary research interests are in cryptography and security.
Side-channel and Physical Attacks on Cryptography Blockchain Security Quantum-Safe Cryptography Cyber Security Cryptographic Engineering
William Bridges
Assistant Professor of Japanese · University of Rochester
Bridges researches the intersection of modern Japanese literature, African-American literature, and comparative literature.
anime African American Culture African American Literature Japanese Literature Japanese Culture
Carly Alyssa Thorne
CEO - Collaborative Empowerment Implementer & Muse · Linked Local Network
Multi-Sensory, Multi-Media Conscious Business Transformations - Link Locally - Connect Globally
We Leadership Social We Media Paying It Forward the Ripple Effect Conscious Business Collaborations Compassionate Passionate Communications
Carl Elks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Elks' career focuses on maturing and advancing the state of the art in the areas of safety assessment and fault tolerance.
Runtime Verification and Monitoring Fault Injection for Cyber Physical Systems Complexity Aware Design for Critical Systems Assessment Methods for Dependable and High Integrity Systems Cyber Physical Systems
Stacey Steinberg
Director/Professor · University of Florida
Stacey Steinberg's research explores the intersection of a parent's right to share online and a child's interest in privacy.
Family Law Child Welfare Online Safety Sharenting Children's Privacy
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
Jonathan Thon
Founder & CEO · STRM.BIO
Jonathan Thon is an accomplished serial biotech entrepreneur, a recognized leader in human cell culture, and the founder of STRM.BIO.
Clinical Research Life Sciences Education Stem Cell Biology Human Cell Culture
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