Katherine Arnup

Professor, Carleton University (Retired); Keynote & Presentation Speaker · Life Changes Coaching

Katherine Arnup is a writer, life coach, speaker, hospice volunteer, and retired Carleton University professor.

Death and Dying Medical Aid in Dying Hospice Care Aging Parents Caregiving

Eric Feron

Professor, Aerospace Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Eric Feron uses fundamental concepts of control systems, optimization and computer science to address problems in aerospace engineering.

Flight Mechanics & Controls Air Traffic Control Systems Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aerospace Software Systems

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.

Structural Bioinformatics Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Protein-ligand(drug) interactions Computer-aided molecular modeling Big Data Analysis

Meredith Carroll, Ph.D.

Professor | College of Aeronautics · Florida Tech

Dr. Carroll's research focuses on decision-making in complex systems, human-machine teaming, performance assessment and adaptive training.

Training Fidelity Analysis Adaptive Training Individual Differences Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Cybersecurity

Charles Cartin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Director of Makerspaces & Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

Additive Manufacturing Advanced Engineering Mathematics Computer Aided Design (CAD) Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Design Engineering

Christopher Cobb

Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD& T) Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Gary C. Tepper, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Tepper's research focuses on advanced functional materials

Perovskite Solar Cells Aerosols and air filtration Nanoscale materials Electrospinning Supercritical Fluids

Jennifer Kaiser

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Jennifer Kaiser examines the formation of air pollutants, with a focus on the emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds.

Development of Air Quality Monitoring Strategies Interactions of Biogenic and Anthropogenic Emissions Emissions and Chemistry of Air Pollutants Global Chemistry-Transport Modeling

Janet Butler-McPhee

Director of Communications and Advocacy · Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network / Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida

International non-profit communicator and human rights advocate for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.

HIV/AIDS Health Policy and Human Rights Hiv / Aids Non-Profit Advocacy Non-Profit Advocacy and Social Justice

Ronald Stein, P.E.

Author · Energy Literacy Consultant

To educate the public to be more energy literate.

Solar and Wind Energy Fossil Fuels Emissions and Chemistry of Air Pollutants electricity industry Renewable and Sustainable Biofuels

M. Ehsan Hoque

Asaro Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and faculty member in the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence · University of Rochester

M. Ehsan Hoque is designing and implementing new algorithms to sense subtle human nonverbal behavior

Data Science Human Nonverbal Behavior Interactive Machine Learning Human-Computer Interaction Computer Vision

Dr Phil Porter

Reader in Geoscience and Geoscience Education · University Alliance

Phil studies the response of glaciers to a warming world. He’s led expeditions to some of the last true wilderness areas on our planet.

Meltwater Global Warming Geoscience Glaciers Ice Sheets

David Markowitz

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

David Markowitz's research uses language to understand social and psychological processes.

Media Psychology Persuasion Text Analysis Language Deception

Bridgette M. Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN

The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professor in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations · M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing | Villanova University

Dr. Rice is an expert in community-based practice with a focus on gun violence, youth mental health, and health equity.

Adolescent Mental Health Social Justice and Equity HIV & AIDS and Mental Health Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Gun Violence

Samantha Veeder

Associate Dean of College Enrollment; Director of Financial Aid · University of Rochester

An expert on financial aid policies, practices, and regulations.

CSS Profile FAFSA Financial Aid and Scholarships in Higher Education Financial Aid in Higher Education College Affordability

Cindy Pivacic

Speaker & IEC Facilitator HIV/AIDS · AID My Journey - Support

Speaker living positively with HIV/AIDS

Living & Working Positively With Hiv and Aids Hiv/Aids And/Or Stis Preventative Measures Symptoms and Acquired Diseases and More....

Tomasz Arodz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Arodz's research focuses on machine learning and bioinformatics

Biomedical Data Science Foundational Models Bioinformatics Machine Learning & Deep Learning Quantum Machine Learning

Gokila Dorai, PhD

Assistant Professor · Augusta University

Dr. Dorai’s area of expertise is mobile/IoT forensics research and developing a targeted data extraction system for digital forensics.

System Security Artifical Intelligence Digital Crimes Software Development Mobile Computing

Simon DeDeo

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Simon DeDeo conducts empirical investigations, and builds mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena.

Theoretical Physics Social and Decision Sciences Artificial Intelligence Astrophysics Applied Mathematics

Linjie Chou Zanadu

Founder of Global Foundation for Culture and Peace · Linjie Chou Zanadu

Linjie is the founder of Global Foundation for Culture and Peace, focuses on the track II diplomacy for promoting peace.

Intercultural Dialogue Cross-Cultural Issues National Security Great Power Rivalry US-China Rivalry