Zico Kolter
Associate Professor and Director of Machine Learning · Carnegie Mellon University
Zico Kolter researches how to make deep learning algorithms more robust, safer, and understand how data impacts how models function.
Elections Large Language Models, Generative AI Neural Networks Deep Learning Machine Learning
Jeff Hoffman
Partner & Co-Founder · ColorJar, LLC
Internationally recognized public speaker on the topics of innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.
Entrepreneurship New Media Leadership Branding Futurist
Charles Araujo
Principal Analyst · Intellyx
Best Selling Author • Expert in Digital Transformation • Principal Analyst, Intellyx • Founder, The Institute for Digital Transformation
Itsm Service Management Organizational Management It Transformation Digital Transformation
Laura Briggs
Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Laura Briggs is an expert on U.S. and international reproductive politics, child welfare policy and transnational and transracial adoption.
Transnational Adoption Reproduction Politics Adoption Child Separation
Dan Waldschmidt
Managing Director · Waldschmidt Partners International
Unconventional Business Insights for Motivated Over-Achievers
Marketing Strategy Sales Straegy Inspiration Business Strategy Unconventional Ideas
Dustin Carnahan
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Dustin Carnahan's research focuses on how citizens engage with the political information environment.
Political Communications Political Science Political Information
Erin Weed
Founder · Girls Fight Back!
Women's Safety + Empowerment Speaker
Women Empowerment Personal Safety Social Entrepreneurship
Jonathan Thon
Founder & CEO · STRM.BIO
Jonathan Thon is an accomplished serial biotech entrepreneur, a recognized leader in human cell culture, and the founder of STRM.BIO.
Clinical Research Life Sciences Education Stem Cell Biology Human Cell Culture
Amilcar Shabazz
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.
Reparations for Slavery Juneteenth African American Educational History and Public Policy Afro-Americans in the Caribbean, Central and South America African American Biography
Howie Choset
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Howie Choset's research reduces complicated high-dimensional problems found in robotics to low-dimensional simpler ones.
Field & Service Robotics Applied Mathematics Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles Computer Science Mechanical Systems
Alona Fyshe
Assistant Professor · University of Victoria, Computer Science Department
Machine Learning and the Neuroscience of Language Understanding
Machine Learning Neuroscience and Language Computational Linguistics Natural Language Processing Data Analysis and Data Mining
Nilanjana Buju Dasgupta
Provost Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Nilanjana "Buju" Dasgupta studies how implicit or unconscious bias influences people’s first impressions and behavior toward others.
Women in STEM Implicit Bias STEM Education Social Identity Stereotypes
Lawrence Wenner
Professor of Communication Studies, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Communication Studies
Film and Television Production Communication and Ethics Media Studies
Monique Mitchell Turner
Chair of the Department of Communication · Michigan State University
Monique Mitchell Turner is trained in persuasion and employs that expertise in health and risk communication.
Risk Perception Persuasion Cognitive Processing Social Influence Emotion
Don Holbrook
The Next America: Moving Beyond a Fragile Economy · Author and Keynote Speaker
Author/Keynote Speaker/Public Policy Business Incentives-Site Location Consultant
Public Speaking Site Location Public Incentive Negotiations
Betty Cheng
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering · Michigan State University
An expert in safety and security of high-assurance computing systems
Dynamically-Adaptive Systems Medical and automotive information systems Computer systems safety Homeland Security Distribution Computing
William Whittaker
Founders University Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.
Multisensor Data Fusion Robotics in Hazerdous Application Industrial Robotics Field & Service Robotics Outdoor Mobile Robots
John Lowe
Owner/Message Coach · Be Compelling Now
Professional Speaker, Presentations Coach and Trainer
Change Management Competing in A Commodity Market
Laurence Ales
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Laurence Ales' research interests include macroeconomics, optimal taxation, and contract theory.
Disruptive Technologies Tax Policy Economics Optimal Taxation Macroeconomics
Rich Milner
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning · Vanderbilt University
Expert on urban education and teacher education, centering on equity and diversity.
Achievement Gap Urban Education Teacher effectiveness in urban schools Social Context of Education Urban Teacher Education