Simon Anderson
Applied Foresight Keynote Speaker · Venture Foresight LLC
Keynote Speaker | Applied Foresight Consultant | Award-Winning Author
Keynote Speaking Future of Work Emerging Technology Future Trends Transportation
Chris Martens
Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology · University of Delaware
Prof. Martens's laboratory is interested in understanding mechanisms by which impaired vascular function contributes to cognitive declines.
Alzheimer's Disease Aging Clinical Trials Cerebral Blood Flow Vascular Aging
David Godwin
Director · University of Florida
David Godwin researches fire ecology, from remote sensing assessments of burn severity to prescribed fire and forest carbon dynamics.
Wildfire Fire Science Fire Ecology Prescribed Fire
Ray A. Blackwell, M.D., M.J.
Chief of Cardiac Surgery · ChristianaCare
Ray Blackwell is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and is also the W. Samuel Carpenter, III, Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Adult Cardiac Surgery Surgical Resynchronization Therapy ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Cardiac Surgery Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
Dorinda Carter Andrews
Chairperson and Professor · Michigan State University
Her research is broadly focused on racial justice and educational equity.
Program Development Curriculum Development Higher Education Community Outreach Program Evaluation
Eric Kirby
Assistant Professor of Management and Business Law · Southern Utah University
Specializing in management, leadership, generational nuances (Gen Z), student success strategies, business law, and student retention
Leadership Generation Z Student Success Strategies Management Organizational Behavior
Ruogu Fang
Associate Professor/Associate Director · University of Florida
Ruogu Fang works on artificial intelligence-empowered precision brain health and brain/bio-inspired AI.
Brain Informatics Neuroimaging Precision Intervention Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis
Christopher J. Cormier
Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University
christopher.cormier@lmu.edu
Education Policy Equity in Education History of Education International and Comparative Education Psychchology
Claire Vallotton
Associate Professor of Child Development · Michigan State University
An expert in early childhood education and intervention; parent-child interaction and communication; early development of social skills
Childcare Infant Mental Health Parenting Early Childhood Education Child Development
Martine Hackett
Associate Professor of Population Health · Hofstra University
Dr. Hackett's research focuses on public health and health inequities, particularly in the American suburbs and minority communities.
Public Health Health Communication Research Methods Maternal-Child Health Infant Injury
Joni Hersch
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director, Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics · Vanderbilt University
Expert in employment discrimination, focusing particularly on women, minorities and immigrants.
Employment Law Employment & Labour Law Sex Discrimination Labor Economics Employment Discrimination
Douglas Downey
Professor | Department of Sociology · The Ohio State University
Expert in social stratification, education and family.
Gender, Class, & Race Family
Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.
Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, and Professor, Social Work & Human Rights · University of Connecticut
Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.
U.S. Resettlement of Refugees Asylum Seekers Women's Rights Children's Rights Migrant Children
Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry · University of Connecticut
Professor with expertise in anxiety in children and psychology.
Youth Anxiety in Children Psychiatry Anxiety Mental Health
Abigail Larson
Professor of Kinesiology · Southern Utah University
Specializing in bioenergetics and sports nutrition, advanced exercise prescription, and cardiovascular disease
Sport Rock Climbing Bioactivity Bioenergetics and Sports Nutrition Advanced Exercise Prescription Sports Conditioning
Julie Levy
Distinguished Professor · University of Florida
Julie Levy focuses on shelter animal wellness, feline infectious diseases, spay/neuter and humane cat population control alternatives.
Animal Welfare Feline Infectious Diseases FeLV FIP FIV
George Loewenstein
University Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
George Loewenstein helped to found the fields of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics.
Neuroeconomics Behavioral Economics
Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.
Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and Vaccinology · University of Connecticut
Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)
COVID-19 Mosquito-borne Diseases Tick-borne Diseases Zika Smallpox
Vera Gorbunova
Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Rochester Aging Research Center · University of Rochester
Gorbunova's innovative research on DNA repair and the aging process has been internationally recognized
Lifespan Human Development Longevity Biology of Aging DNA Repair Cancer Resistance
Leanne C. Krawchuk
Partner · Dentons Canada LLP
A securities expert with top-notch advice and insight on mergers, acquisitions and sale transactions.
Corporate Governance Mining Law Construction and Infrastructure Law Energy Law Corporate & Commercial Law