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

Allison Sekuler

Associate Vice President and Dean, Graduate Studies · McMaster University

Dr. Sekuler is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour with expertise is in vision, aging, higher education, & diversity issues.

Aging Face and Object Recognition Perceptual Organization Pattern Vision Motion Perception

Lynda Gratton

Founder & CEO · Hot Spots Movement

One of 2011's top 50 business thinkers and internationally recognized global authority on the people implications of human resource strategy

Human Resources High-Performing Virtual Teams Flexible Working Valuable Cross-Business Networks and Relationships Corporate Culture

Richie Hecker

Chief Catalyst · Traction + Scale

Entrepreneur and company turnaround magician with particular competence in digital media and direct marketing business investment strategies

E-Commerce Business Development Direct Marketing Investment Management Brand Management

Mark Claypool

President and Chief Executive Officer · Educational Service of America

Mark Claypool, President and CEO of Educational Services of America

Alternative Education Special Education Social Entrepreneurism Corporate Leadership Dropout Prevention

Vitaliy Avrutin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Avrutin specializes in the growth and characterization of oxide materials (ZnO, perovskite oxides)

III-Nitride expitaxial structures for light emitters and high-power devices including semipolar and nonpolar material on silicon and sapphire substrates

Jeannie Walters

CEO, Speaker, Chief Customer Experience Investigator · 360Connext Customer Experience Investigation

Veteran Customer Experience Consultant, Speaker and Chief Customer Experience Investigator

Social Media Employee Engagement Customer Experience Company Culture Customer Service

Jacob Tsimerman

Assistant Professor · University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics

Jacob Tsimerman is a Canadian mathematician at University of Toronto specialising in number theory and related areas.

Number Theory Arithmetic Geometry

Vanessa Libertad Garcia

Author, Filmmaker & Consultant / Speaker · The Fiat Libertad Co.

Expertise: Filmmaking, Self-Publishing, and Communities -- Gay & Lesbian, Latinos in the U.S., & Alcoholism

Latinos Within the Glbtq Community Gay / Lesbians & Latinos Within the Alcoholic Community Indie Filmmaking & Self-Publishing On Queer Latina/O Perspectives The Glbtq Community & Alcoholism Independent Filmmaking & Self-Publishing

Harvey Simmons

Dean of Marketing Affairs · EverTrue

Haven't we met? Turn any audience into loyal alumni of your events when EverTrue's Dean of Marketing Affairs graduates them with honors!

Advertising Branding and Marketing Strategies Customer Engagement

Dr Muntasir Shami

Research Associate · Aston University

Dr Shami joined the Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship (EFE) department at Aston Business School in September 2018.

Business Improvement Institutions Entrepreneurship Development Economics Gender and Entrepreneurship

Fredric Govedich

Professor of Biology / Department Chair · Southern Utah University

Specializing in predator prey interactions, evolution of reproductive strategies, and leech systematics

Evolutionary Biology Population Biology Predator Prey Interactions Leech Systematics Animal Behavior

Jill Miller Zimon

Project Director · The Civic Commons

Walking the talk! Blogger and award-winning Elected Council Member who speaks regularly on the intersection of women, politics & journalism

Journalism & Blogging New Media Politics and Political Analysis Women in Politics Politics and Social Media

Paul Langridge, PhD

Assistant Professor · Augusta University

An acclaimed scientist specializing in morphogenesis, CRISPR, synthetic biology, signal transduction, and cell and molecular biology.

Molecular Mechanisms of Notch Activation‎ Signal Transduction Endocytosis Synthetic Biology Cellular Biology

Bonnie Gross

President · SpeechScience International Inc.

Power and Leadership Through Voice

Dave Kusek

Senior Partner · Digital Cowboys

Ed Tech and Business Consultant - Future of Education and Digital Media

Future of Media Future of Education Digital Music

Caroline Kealey

Founder and Principal · Ingenium Communications

An internationally-recognized expert speaker and trainer in strategic communications and evaluation. Fluently bilingual in English & French

Communications Strategy Strategic Planning Change Management Internal Communications Training Social Media Communications

Joelle Pineau

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science; Co-director, Reasoning and Learning Lab · McGill University

Machine Learning Researcher; Professor of Computer Science and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University; Senior Fellow at CIFAR

Reinforcement learning and probabilistic inference Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Robotics Adaptive treatment design

Bernardo Javalquinto

Economist · Humanizing the Economy

Humanizing The Economy, The new global industrial revolution and the role of social business

Bioceanic Corridors Asia-Eu Latin America Integration Latin America Business Economic Polititics Social Business

Andrew (Drew) Marshall

CEO/Principal · Primed Associates LLC

Innovation-capable culture creation and performance

Business Strategy Organizational Development Change Management Innovation Performance Innovation Culture