Christopher (Chris) Hansen, M.F.A.
Chairman and Professor for Film & Digital Media · Baylor University
Digital media expert and filmmaker, working on new feature and short projects
Mass Communication Screenwriting Postproduction Film & Video Directing Field Production
Leni Schwendinger
Owner/Principal · Leni Schwendinger Light Projects, NightSeeing™
"Fun, moving, exciting! Is how I would describe Leni's Talk and LightWalk."
Urban Nights Lighting Nighttime Environment Cities Design
Jason Matzke
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Jason Matzke is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary Washington.
Ethics Philosophy
Anthony Rollett
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony Rollett’s research focuses on microstructural evolution and microstructure-property relationships in 3D.
3D Printing Materials Science Microstructural Evolution Manufacturing & Materials Microstructure Computational Materials Science
Manasvi Lingam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences · Florida Tech
Dr. Lingam's research interests are primarily within the transdisciplinary areas of astrobiology.
Planetary Science Plasma Physics Astrobiology Astrophysics
Alexis Black
Assistant Professor of Acting Movement · Michigan State University
Alexis Black is an educator, fight, movement and intimacy director, performer, and director.
Fight Choreography Intimacy Direction Theatre Performance Pedagogy Movement
Lynette Young
Founder · Purple Stripe Productions
Social & Marketing Technology ★ Business Entrepreneur Empowerment
Social Media & Branding Marketing Technologies Smb Technology Trends Women and Entrepreneurship Women in Business
Robert Taylor, Ph.D.
Dean | College of Psychology and Liberal Arts · Florida Tech
Dr. Taylor's research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century America, the American South, U.S. military history, and 20th-century Europe.
History of the Space Age Florida's Governors D-Day American Military Leadership Civil War
Peter Platzer
CEO · Nanosatisfi
CEO at Nanosatisfi, a visionary space exploration company
The Coming Revolution in the Satellite Industry Entrepreneurship in Europe and the Us Disruptive Innovation On the Example of the Space Industry
Sarah Jane Pell, Ph.D.
Co-Chair ETTAS · Aquabatics Research Team initiative ARTi
Topical Team: Arts & Science at European Space Agency
Live Art Life Support Commercial Diving
Vince Rozario
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Vince Rozario is an curator focusing on issues of decolonizing the canon, multiple modernities, queer diasporas, and transnational futures.
Canadian Art History Community Organization Writing Curation Art History
Philip La Duke
Safety Iconoclast & Culture Transformation Architect · ERM
One of the most informative, entertaining, and engaging speakers you're likely to ever find
Talent & Gamification Talent Management Cross generational training and management Planning Corporate Culture
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Black Representation in Film and Television afrofuturism SciFi Film Prince comics
Elisabeth Barton
Professor/Associate Dean · University of Florida
Elisabeth Barton is a molecular physiologist with a primary interest in skeletal muscle repair.
Space Viral Gene Therapy Optimization of IGF-I for Muscle Therapeutics Mechanical Signal Transduction Skeletal Muscle Repair
Jeremy Quastel
Professor · University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics
Jeremy Quastel researches probability, stochastic processes, and partial differential equations.
Probability Stochastic Processes Partial Differantial Equations
Yuan-Jen Chiang
Professor of Mathematics · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Chiang is an expert in harmonic maps and analysis.
Harmonic Maps Differential Geometry Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds Differential Equations Topology and Mathematical Physics
Jessica M. Hayden
Assistant Professor · Western Carolina University
Jessica M. Hayden's teaching and research interests include Congress, representation, gender and political communication.
Congressional Communication Women's Representation Gender and Politics Political Participation Political Communication
Jennifer L. Eich
Professor of Latin American Literatures, Emerita- Modern Languages and Literature - Spanish · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Colonial Spanish-American Conventual Writings 19th-Century and Contemporary Mexican Narratives and Poetry Latin American and Latina/O Women Writers
Joseph Hellige
Professor Emeritus | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Research Methods for Consumers Left- and Right-Handedness Human Cognition Brain Asymmetry Cognitive Neuroscience
Anne Wilson
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology · Wilfrid Laurier University
Expert in identity, time, memory, goals, inequality, and cultural norms
Social Psychology Self/Identity Well-Being Psychology of change and stability Psychology of time and space