Janet Austin

Chief Executive Officer · YWCA Metro Vancouver

Janet Austin is responsible for one of BC’s largest and most diversified non-profits

Non-Profit Leadership Social Housing Transition Housing Homeless Shelters Group Homes

Ronald Schurin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus · University of Connecticut

Expert in the politics of presidential campaigns

American Politics and Elections Connecticut Politics Electoral Politics American Politics Education Policy

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

Dr Moura Mehravar

Lecturer, Civil Engineering · Aston University

Dr Mehravar has extensive research experience in the field of computational mechanics and experimental modelling.

Smart Infrastructure Energy Geotechnics Offshore Geotechnics Computational Mechanics Numerical Analysis

David Ting

CTO · TingThink

David Ting is an expert in technology for IT infrastructures with experience developing digital identity solutions.

It Infrastructure Technology Entrepeneurship

Marcel Langevoort

Enterpreneur, Founder, Senior IT & Blockchain consultant · Brinie Management & Consultancy

Enterpreneur, Founder, Director and Senior IT - Blockchain Consultant with over 25 years of experience.

HyperLedger Project Management Cloud Mobile It Infrastructure

Yan Wang

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Yan Wang's expertise lies at the intersection of urban resilience and urban analytics.

Spatial Planning Applied AI Climate Adaptation Risk Communication Crisis Informatics

Chris McNulty

SharePoint Strategic Product Manager · Quest Software

Microsoft SharePoint product management, solution architect, speaker, author on Sharepoint, SQL, EPM, with Quest Software

Sharepoint Microsoft Business Intelligence (Sql) Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (Project Server)

Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein

President & CEO · MaRS Innovation

Turning academic ideas into commercial realities

Corporate & Business Strategy Early-Stage Investing Life Sciences and Healthcare Technology Transfer Commercialization of Innovation

Martha Radice

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology · Dalhousie University

An anthropologist who studies the social, spatial and cultural dynamics of cities.

Urban Studies Public Space Études urbaines Espace public Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism

Chibuzo Ukegbu

Assistant Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Chibuzo Ukegbu's research focuses on formal verification and analysis of industrial control systems software.

Software Engineering Cloud Security Computing Cloud Infrastructure Deployment Automation and Configuration Management

Emi Harry

Lecturer of Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Udacity Data Science Machine Learning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Data Science Specialisation

Diane Beckett

sustainability consultant · independent

Diane Beckett has more than three decades of experience addressing the human and environmental dimensions of sustainability

Low Carbon Energy Urban Environments Climate Natural Resource Management Gender Equality

Rhianna Collier

Vice President, Software Division · Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

Stay above the Cloud and on top of new tech trends with strategic market research & analysis from SIIA's voice in the software industry

Program Management Business Intelligence Strategic Business Alliances Mobile Marketing Integrating Enterprise Saas With Mobile

Siobhan Gorman

Partner, Washington, D.C. · Brunswick Group

Siobhan Gorman concentrates on crisis, cybersecurity, public affairs, and media relations.

Cyber Security Cyberattacks National Security Litigation Media Relations

Robert M. DeConto

Provost Professor of and Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences and Director of the School of Earth and Sustainability · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rob DeConto is one of the world's leading experts on modeling polar ice sheets, sea level rise and ocean response to climate change.

Ice Sheets and Sea Level Antarctica Glaciology Climatology Earth System Modeling

A.R. Siders

Director, Climate Change Science & Policy Hub | Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center | Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration & Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences · University of Delaware

Prof. Siders' research focuses on climate change adaptation policies with an emphasis on relocation and fairness in adaptation.

Decision Modeling Environmental Video Games Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Policies Climate-related Hazards

David Woods

Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering | College of Engineering · The Ohio State University

Releasing the adaptive power of human systems & innovating at the intersections of people, technology and work

Critical Care Medicine Human Centered Autonomy Nuclear Power Safety Military Command and Control Space Operations

V. Peter Harder

Senior Policy Advisor · Dentons Canada LLP

Highly engaging speaker with over 30 years at the centre of Canadian law, government decision-making, foreign affairs & international trade.

International Trade Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs Public Policy International Natural Resources and Infrastructure Cleantech

Preetam Ghosh, Ph.D.

Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Ghosh researches complex networks and systems biology, using modeling and simulation, applied-AI and network science.

AI Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing Systems Biology Stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation Mobile ubiquitous and grid computing