Moisés Naím

Senior Associate, International Economics Program · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Internationally Syndicated Columnist, Best-selling Author and Host and Producer of Efecto Naim

Economics

Scott Annan

Founder · Accel.io

Founder at Accel.io

Startups Self-Promotion Self-Publishing

Claudia Angelica Reyes-Hull, M.Arch., CMI, CHI

Manager of Cultural and Linguistic Programs · ChristianaCare

Claudia Angelica Reyes-Hull is the manager of Operations, Cultural Competence and Language Services at ChristianaCare.

Community Relations Interpretation and Translation Multilingual Communications Education Management

Cher Jones

Social Media Trainer & Entrepreneur · Socially Active

Valuable up-to-the minute information, actionable next steps, tons of passion and a few laughs.

Social Media Entrepreneurs Procrastination Personal Branding Job Hunting

Christopher Long

Potato Specialist · Michigan State University

The main objective of the Potato Specialist is to apply research to real world agriculture.

Plant Physiology Post Harvest Plant Production Potato Variety Commercialization

Karla MacDonald

Vice President, Communication and Patient Advocacy · Ipsen

Karla MacDonald is an expert in strategy, leading communications and building talent for companies ranging from biotechs to large pharma.

Corporate Communications Pharmaceutical Industry Strategic Communications Patient Advocacy Drug Development

James Sbrolla

Chairman · Environmental Business Consultants

James Sbrolla: Cleantech Bridge to the Investment Industry

Clean Tech Land Use Development Environmental Technologies Recycling Waste Management and Remediation

Lara Killian

Evidence Synthesis Research Coordinator · Nova Scotia Cochrane Resource Centre

Podcast Host for commandN.tv and Librarian Educator at Capital District Health Authority

Communication Strategy Health Research Social Networking

Selwa Sweidan

Clinical Assistant Professor of Multimedia Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Clinical Assistant Professor of Multimedia Arts

Embodied Prototyping Pluriversal Design Media Arts Critical Design Human Computer Interaction

Ben Casnocha

Entrepreneur & Author

Award-Winning Entrepreneur and #1 NYT Bestselling Author

Small Business Entrepreneurship Careers

Greg Coakley

Consultant / Analyst Music Industry · The Coakley Group, LLC

Music Industry Strategist

The Future of Music Indie Music Music 2.0

Sunil Tatkar

Founder and Managing Partner · Valurevolution

Multi-Skilled Entrepreneur ♫ Skills Educator Trainer ♫ Versatile Content Writer ♫ Business & Team Leader ♫ Techno Savvy Engineer ♫ Gritty ♫

Training & Development Writing & Editing

Joel Levesque, APR, FCPRS

Principal · Public Affairs Counsel

Independent public-affairs counsellor specializing in strategic communications and government-relations management

Strategic Communications Communications Training Crisis Communications Media Relations Government Relations

Ryan Schram

Board Member · IZEA, Inc.

Chief Operating Officer, Board Member, & Advisor

Native Advertising Influencer Marketing Culture & Creativity

Lauren Robinson

Chief Operating Officer · Highline BETA

Lauren is Chief Operating Officer at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation company.

Ron Duncan

Management Senior Lecturer, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Project Management Economic Development

Ken Holstein

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Ken Holstein's research focuses broadly on AI-augmented work and improving how we design and evaluate AI systems for real-world use.

Worker-Centered Design Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence Applied Machine Learning Intelligence Augmentation

Michael Brodsky

Professor of Multimedia Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Multimedia Arts

Art & Design Electronic Media Digital Media Digital Imaging Photographic Education

Ben Foster

Adjunct Faculty - College of Communication · Ketchum, DePaul University

SVP Digital Strategy at Ketchum and Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University

Social Media Integrated Marketing and Social Media Online Reputation and Crisis Management Content and Media - the Future of Personalization

Thomas Eskridge, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Computer Engineering and Sciences · Florida Tech

Dr. Eskridge works to develop tools and techniques to support the capture, organization and retrieval of knowledge.

User Interfaces Artificial Intelligence Philosophy Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction