Richard Platt

Senior Managing Partner · The Strategy + Innovation Group LLC

Senior Managing Partner | Innovation Manager | Intellectual Property Strategist

Strategy and Innovation Corporate Innovation Management Systematic Innovation

Sunil Murthy, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Academic Program Director, M.S. in Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Innovation

Consensus Based Leadership Value Based Pricing Brand Strategy Business Strategy Competitive Intelligence

Don Dingee

Chief Story Officer · Left2MyOwnDevices

Explorer on the IoT

Internet of Things Microcontrollers Mems Sensors Embedded Computing Wireless Sensor Networks

Peter Adams

Technology Commercialization and Strategy · Consultant

Senior executive manager with consistent track record of high achievement in Europe, USA and Canada.

Neurological Technology Healthcare Efficiency and Technology Life Sciences Healthcare Funding International Market Development Strategy

Daren Chen, Ph.D.

Floyd D Gottwald Sr. Chair Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor D. Chen researches particle sceinece and technology with emphasis on aerosol particles.

Particle instrumentation and characterization Nanoparticles and nanotechnology Particle processing (i.g. classification charging dispersion...) Drug target delivery and release control Air pollution and indoor air quality control

Dmitry Pestov, Ph.D.

Senior NCC Scientist · VCU College of Engineering

Chemical engineering expert, with a focus on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Electron beam-assisted polymerization Electron beam lithography for graphene electronics Molecularly imprinted polymers for sensor applications Chemical and biological miniature sensors Polymer nanomaterials developed by supercritical fluids and solid-state photopolymerization

George Szekely

Founder and Principal · Evinco Consulting, LLC

George Szekely has run businesses world-wide and worked with people from over 30 nations and lived on three continents.

Transformational Consulting and Coaching Organizational Development in Cross-Cultural Setting Team Building in Cross-Cultural Setting Strategic Thinking and Business Development Employment Networks

Wesley Longhofer

Goizueta Foundation Term Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Executive Academic Director, Business & Society Institute · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Organizational Sociology Business and Society Social Enterprise Philanthropy and Non-Profits Climate Change

Simon Morris

Corporate Advisory Board · InventionShare

High technology business leader with extensive global experience commercializing technology

Branding Strategies Business Strategy Commercializing Technology

Domenic Forte

Professor · University of Florida

Domenic Forte is an expert in the fields of hardware security and assurance, electronic design automation, and microelectronics.

Counterfeit Electronics National Security Hardware Security Electronic Design Automation Artificial Intelligence

Xiaodong Sun

Instructor of Mechanical Engineering · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Andrew Ritenour

Assistant Professor · Western Carolina University

Andrew Ritenour has spent a decade in industry managing and developing innovative technologies across a broad spectrum of applications.

Dr Auro Michele Perego

RAEng Research Fellow, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT) · Aston University

Dr Perego is a researcher in nonlinear optics, laser physics, and photonic technologies.

Optical Sensing Nonlinear optics Optical Communications‎ Photonics Laser Physics

Nibir K. Dhar, Ph.D.

Professor and CCI Eminent Scholar, SPIE Fellow, OPTICA (OSA) Fellow · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Dhar researches semiconductor heterostructures, devices and systems applications in Electro-Optic and Infrared (EOIR)

Shane Long

CEO · deverus

CEO at deverus

Background Screening Technology Technology Standards in Hr Compliance & Efficiency in Background Screening

Gary Bishop

Vice President, Business Development · Optikos Corporation

Gary Bishop is an expert in business development, including acquisition identification, growth marketing, product marketing and operations.

Mergers & Acquisitions Product Development Manufacturing P&L Responsibility Strategic Planning

Sam Angus

Partner, Corporate Group · Fenwick & West LLP

Entrepreneurship and venture financing for start-ups have been long-standing specialties for this lawyer and conference panel moderator

Start-Up/Venture-Backed Companies Equity and Debt Financings Mergers and Acquisitions Securities Matters Intellectual Property Licensing

Lance Laking

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Advisory Services · MaRS Cleantech

Entrepreneur, Advisor, Angel Investor, Board Director in technology-based businesses