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Karen Lightman

Executive Director, Metro21Carnegie Mellon University

Karen is an internationally recognized leader in building and supporting communities based on emerging technologies.

LeadershipSemiconductorsEmerging TechnologiesSmart CitiesStrategic Planning
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Jim Fruchterman

CEOBenetech

Top social entrepreneur and exciting, experienced keynoter

Socially Beneficial Applications of TechnologyTechnology for People With DisabilitiesGeeks Serving Human Rights ActivistsRocket Scientist to Entrepreneur to Social Entrepreneur
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Leslie A. Hahner, Ph.D.

Professor of CommunicationBaylor University

Expert scholar and speaker with a wealth of knowledge on the role of images in public culture

Visual RhetoricCritical TheoryReactionary GroupsFeminist CriticismGender and Women's Studies
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Michelle Zabel, MSS

Executive Director of Innovations InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.

Care CoordinationCrisis Response SystemsImplementation ScienceSustainable FinancingContinuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
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Richard Fox

Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science (On Leave)Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Media and PoliticsIntroduction to American GovernmentCourts, Law, and Society
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Andrew Pearson

PresidentIntelligencia Limited

President at Intelligencia Limited

eSportsprescriptive analyticsSocial MediaHealthcare AnalyticsCaisno Marketing
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Torrey Trust

Professor of Learning Technology, College of EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Torrey Trust is one of the world's leading scholars addressing the use of generative AI, including ChatGPT, in education.

GeminiEdtechOpen Educational Resources (OERs)Teaching and Learning with TechnologyEducational Technology
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M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor Emeritx of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

M. V. Lee Badgett is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of same-sex marriage.

Economics of Sexual Orientation and Same-Sex MarriageGay MarriageLGBT InclusionLabor EconomicsSame-sex Couples
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Richard Hayes

Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Institute Innovation & EntrepreneurshipHofstra University

Entrepreneurship and management, particularly in emerging economies; the sharing economy.

EntrepreneurshipStrategic ManagementManagement of InnovationEntrepreneurship in Developed and Developing EconomiesFamily Enterprises
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Greg Tolley, Ph.D.

Expert in marine ecologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

Greg Tolley studies estuaries, including the ecology of oyster reefs and the impact of freshwater inflow on estuarine ecosystems.

Science EducationWater QualityPhysiology of Estuarine OrganismsFreshwater InflowEstuaries and Estuarine Ecosystems