Charis Kubrin

Professor · UC Irvine

Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime Crime Trends Crime Immigration and Crime Rap Music and Media

Bill Balderaz

President, Fathom Columbus · Fathom

Bill Balderaz, President Fathom Columbus

Marketing Advertising Healthcare Marketing Social Media Healthcare Social Media

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

Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D.

Professor · Florida Atlantic University

Sameer Hinduja is recognized internationally for his work on the subjects of cyberbullying, safe social media use, and youth well-being.

Safe Social Media Use Cyberbullying

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

Dan Waldschmidt

Managing Director · Waldschmidt Partners International

Unconventional Business Insights for Motivated Over-Achievers

Marketing Strategy Sales Straegy Inspiration Business Strategy Unconventional Ideas

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

Eric Termuende

Founder · Now Innovations

Author, speaker, and entrepreneur focused on people and work

People and Culture Millennials Generation Y Talent Attraction

Erin Weed

Founder · Girls Fight Back!

Women's Safety + Empowerment Speaker

Women Empowerment Personal Safety Social Entrepreneurship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Larry Bartels

May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law · Vanderbilt University

Expert in public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation.

Campaigns and Elections Public Policy Public Opinion Electoral Politics Political Representation

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