Mark Abkowitz

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.

Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment

Qinghua Yang

Assistant Professor · Texas Christian University

Qinghua Yang's expertise lies at the intersections of health, cross-cultural and computer-mediated communication.

Quantitative Research Methods New Media Health Communication Intercultural Communication

Cedric de Leon

Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Cedric de Leon's research focuses on labor, race, and party politics in the United States, India and Turkey.

Race and Ethnicity Political Sociology Comparative Historical Sociology Race and Race Relations Labor Unions

Dr Neha Prashar

Research Fellow · Aston University

Dr Prashar has worked in the areas of development, entrepreneurship, SMEs and productivity since joining the ERC in 2017.

Job Destruction Labour SMEs Productivity Development

Irving Rappaport

Corporate Advisory Board · InventionShare

Entrepreneur, patent attorney, licensing executive and inventor. Irving headed Intellectual Property (IP) for 5 Fortune 500 companies.

Entrepreneur Patent Attorney Internet Telephony Plasma and LCD TVs Software

Wolfgang Banzhaf

Entomologist and Osteopathic Medical Specialist · Michigan State University

Expert in genetic programming and evolutionary computation

Computer Science Evolutionary Computation Machine Learning Algorithms Theoretical Physics

Lauren Stewart

Associate Professor, Director of Structural Engineering/Materials Laboratory, Civil Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Lauren Stewart is considered by many to be among the top blast researchers in the US.

Computational Mechanics Mechanical Shock/Impact Blast Engineering Hazard Engineering

Thomas Stringer

M.D./Associate Chairman · University of Florida

Dr. Thomas Stringer is passionate about sharing his knowledge with residents studying urology.

Fusion Biopsy Prostate Cancer Screening General Urology Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Yi Chen

Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and Associate Professor · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Chen focuses on cutting-edge database, data mining and machine learning techniques with applications in business and health care

Information Integration Big Data Machine Learning Management Healthcare

Ruomeng Cui

Goizueta Foundation Term Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Cui's research focuses on how operations strategies create and deliver value in companies' digital transformation

Digital Retail Platform Markets Operations Strategy Supply Chain Data-driven Decision

Romy RW

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Computer-mediated communication Media Research Health Disparities Intercultural and Intergroup Communication Social Identity

Zhonghao Liao

Assistant Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Zhonghao Liao has expertise in the areas of cybersecurity and distributed systems.

Verifiable Computing Blockchain Hardware-assisted Security Applied Cryptography and Zero-knowledge Proofs

Kjell Rudestam, Ph.D., ABPP, DSC

Faculty Emeritus - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Doctoral Faculty in the School of Psychology

Couples Therapy Psychopathology Research in Psychotherapy Family Therapy Research Methods

Mark Read

President · Sequence Advisors, Inc.

Speaker who brings the power of project and change management to companies worldwide.

30 Best Practices for Project Management Implementing Project Server 2010 Project 2007 and Revision Control

Rory Kramer, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Rory Kramer, PhD, is an expert on racial inequality, race and education, police use of force and segregation and the physical environment.

Criminology Urban neighborhoods Urban Sociology Education and inequality Racial identity

Todd Powell-Williams, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology · Augusta University

Professor Powell-Williams is an expert in social movements, social control, religion, police science and symbolic interactionism.

Social Control Police Science Religion Symbolic Interactionism

David J. Hardy

Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Cognitive Neuropsychology Information Processing Hiv/Aids Aging

Richard J. Radke

Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Studies computer vision problems related to human-scale, occupant-aware environments

Radiotherapy Smart Lighting Social Signal Processing Video Processing Computer Vision

Dwayne Desaulniers

Regional Director · Associated Press

Dwayne Desaulniers has served in a variety of editorial and business roles in the news industry in Canada and the US.

Technical Product Development Print Media Product Management Business Development

Meredith Rausch, PhD

Associate Professor · College of Education

A leading expert in counselor education with research focusing on underserved populations, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and women.

Counselor Education Veterans and Military Families LGBTQ+ Mentorship