People Experts

Katherine Wikoff, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Katherine Wikoff focuses her work on user experience, technical communication, humanities and literature.

Marcus Crews, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Rupert Bourne

Professor of OphthalmologyAnglia Ruskin University

Rupert Bourne is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals and Director of Cambridge Eye Research Centre.

Zachary Lipton

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Zachary Lipton's research spans machine learning methods and their applications in healthcare and natural language processing.

Yasser Payne

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.

James McGrath

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied SciencesUniversity of Rochester

James McGrath and his team focus on the basic science of ultrathin membranes, including studies of transport and mechanics.

Simon Anderson

Applied Foresight Keynote SpeakerVenture Foresight LLC

Keynote Speaker | Applied Foresight Consultant | Award-Winning Author

Victoria Duff

Founder & CEOa Business Plan

Entertaining & informative. Makes the most complex business and financial subjects simple and inspiring.

Stephanie Limoncelli

Professor of SociologyLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Edda L. Fields-Black

Professor of History and Director of The Humanities CenterCarnegie Mellon University

Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.