Christine Schmidt

Distinguished Professor · University of Florida

Christine Schmidt has spent over 25 years in neural tissue engineering & wound healing, with emphasis on peripheral nerve and spinal cord.

Spinal Cord Injury Nerve Repair Tissue Engineering Biomaterials Natural Biomaterials

Sriram Narayanan

Eli Broad Professor in Supply Chain Management · Michigan State University

Sriram Narayanan's research has focused on understanding how supply chain ideas can be applied to facilitate inclusion.

Managing Services Diversity & Inclusion Equity

Ron Laurie

Board Member · InventionShare

Ron Laurie has worked in Silicon Valley since before it had that name.

Patent Infringement M&A Intellectual Property (IP) Patent Law IP Strategy

Vandana (Ana) Mangal, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics · College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University

Academic Co-Director, MSBA

Project Management and Databases Business Continuity Business impacts with emerging technology deployment Disruption in sector value chains Women in Technology

Tim Hynes

Head of IT, Microsoft EMEA · Microsoft

Senior IT Director, Microsoft EMEA at Microsoft

Vendor Management Outsourcing It Service Management Leadership Development Strategic Planning

Tod Maffin

Private Investor · engageQ digital

Digital and Social Marketing Guru

Digital Marketing Viral Marketing Keynote Speaking

Patrick Tighe

M.D. | Associate Professor | Co-Director · University of Florida

Dr. Patrick Tighe’s research examines how AI can improve acute postoperative pain and patient safety.

Tools to Reduce Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes Perioperative Medicine Biomedical Informatics Anesthesiology Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Auton

Director · Aseptika Ltd

Product design, innovation, development, production, marketing and sales of technologies for health and wellness.

Noor Ashikin Aziz

Digital General Manager · Taking Digital Forward

Executive Creative Director & Digital Business Management

Creative Thinking Creative Strategy Digital Strategy

Gene Wright

Assistant Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Serial entrepreneur, innovator, and educator with experience in the classroom and beyond and worked with hundreds of small business owners.

Kai Roer

Founder & CEO · The Roer Group

Inspiring leaders worldwide!

Leadership Information Security Communication Internationalization Entrepreneurship

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

Florent Letronne

Director of Laboratory Operations · Carnegie Mellon University

Florent Letronne is a scientific leader with expertise in designing and managing state-of-the-art laboratories.

Laboratory Management Molecular Biology Cell Biology Clinical Operations Neurodegenerative Diseases

Scott Annan

Founder · Accel.io

Founder at Accel.io

Startups Self-Promotion Self-Publishing

Ben Foster

Adjunct Faculty - College of Communication · Ketchum, DePaul University

SVP Digital Strategy at Ketchum and Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University

Social Media Integrated Marketing and Social Media Online Reputation and Crisis Management Content and Media - the Future of Personalization

Elif Akçali

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Elif Akçali's research interests are inventory and supply chain systems, lean production systems, sustainability and creativity.

Creativity Lean Production Systems Supply Chain Inventory Systems Sustainability

Simon Holt

Global Head of Public Policy · Novartis

Market Access in Pharmaceuticals. Change and large scale transformation projects.

Market Access Activities to Improve Development Productivity Actions to Improve Chances of Reimburse-Ability of A Drug Market Access in Marketing and Commercial Strategy

Kraig Short

Manager · Western Economic Diversification Canada

Kraig Short manages the Innovation Unit of the BC Regional Office of Western Economic Diversification Canada

Lauren Robinson

Chief Operating Officer · Highline BETA

Lauren is Chief Operating Officer at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation company.

David Quam

Director and Clinical Professor of Healthcare Systems Engineering · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering