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Virginia Parks

Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Clean Energy TransitionUrban Politics and PolicyRacial InequalityEmploymentLocal Economic Development
Wujie Zhang, Ph.D.

Wujie Zhang, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Wujie Zhang is an expert in biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cell-based medicine, micro/nanotechnology, and drug delivery.

BiomaterialsRegenerative Medicine and Tissue EngineeringMicro/Nano-technologyDrug DeliveryStem Cell Research
Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

This extraordinary CEO and Rhodes Scholar leads an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Canadian growth companies

Venture Capital ManagementAdvanced TechnologiesEmerging TechnologiesEntrepreneurship & InnovationInnovation & Economic Development
Greg Payne

Greg Payne

Vice President, Portfolio ManagementInvesteco Capital Corp.

You thought only Kermit was green? Supporting investments in the environmental economy is a passion for Greenchip's Portfolio Manager

CleantechGreen InvestingSocially Responsible InvestingGreen Economic DevelopmentCities and Sustainable Development
Stephen Hanna

Stephen Hanna

Professor of GeographyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Hanna's research in cultural geography explores how our pasts are represented in monuments and museums.

Cartography and GISSouthern plantation museumsConfederate memorialsCartographyGeographic Information Systems (Gis)
Rayid Ghani

Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani is a reformed computer scientist who wants to increase the use of large-scale Machine Learning in solving large public policy.

Predictive AnalyticsMachine LearningEthicsPublic PolicyInformation Systems
Michael Weiner, PhD

Michael Weiner, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean of FacultySoka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan Japan's MinoritiesEconomic and Social History of Modern Japan
Keith Gary

Keith Gary

Director of Program DevelopmentKansas City Area Life Sciences Institute

Trained neuroscientist that moved from academia to leveraging regional life sciences assets for economic development.

Biotechnology and Economic DevelopmentScience Education and Workforce DevelopmentNeuropeptides
Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson

ProfessorMichigan State University

Expert in urban planning, disruptive technologies (internet, autonomous vehicles) and mega events (Olympics, World Cup)

Disruptive TechnologyIndustrial ParksInternet and CitiesAutonomous VehiclesMega Events (Olympics, World Cup, Expos)
Georgeen Theodore

Georgeen Theodore

Director, Master of Infrastructure Planning ProgramNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Theodore focuses on the relationship between strategic planning and local development

Equitable Economic DevelopmentParticipatory & Dialogic ProcessesRegional DevelopmentSustainable Building DesignStrategic Planning