Dan Waldschmidt
Managing Director · Waldschmidt Partners International
Unconventional Business Insights for Motivated Over-Achievers
Marketing Strategy Sales Straegy Inspiration Business Strategy Unconventional Ideas
Teal Benevides, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor & Director of Faculty Development, Institute of Public and Preventive Health · Augusta University
Teal Benevides has a passion for addressing disparities among those on the autism spectrum, including racial and ethnic minorities.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Autism Services Autism Research and Treatment Mental Health Research Services and Support Adults With Autism
Mohammed Zawaideh
CEO · OneTEAM Consultants
Keynote Speaker in Corporate Development & Leadership
Balanced Scorecard Strategy Leadership Development
Jayanta Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.
Expert in epidemiology · Florida Gulf Coast University
Jayanta Gupta explores the genetic and environmental risk factors behind chronic health conditions, including allergic and kidney diseases.
Molecular Epidemiology Allergic Diseases Atopic Dermatitis Asthma Chronic Kidney Disease
Jennifer Trivedi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research Center · University of Delaware
Prof. Trivedi's research explores disaster vulnerability, response, recovery, resilience and decision-making.
Disaster Resilience Disaster Response Disaster Vulnerability Disaster Recovery Hurricanes
Tricia Wachtendorf
Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice · University of Delaware
Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.
evacuations Multi-organizational coordination and responses in disasters Transnational crises Improvisation and adaptation Community-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
Jon Smith
Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University
Specializing in public land issues, television news, and documentary film production
Communication Professional Communication in Mass Media Digital Photojournalism Documentary Film Making Television News
Nazanin Hosseinkhah, PhD
Director of Special Projects · VieLight
Dr. Hosseinkhah joined Vielight to discover how light energy could be used to positively impact the brain and the body.
Medical Device Development Healthcare System Start-Up Market Research Ultrasound Imaging
Johnathan O'Neill
Chair, History · Georgia Southern University
Johnathan O'Neill researches constitutionalism and American conservatism in the twentieth century, with emphasis on legal history.
U.S. Constitutional History American Constitutional and Legal History American Political Thought Legal History of the U.S.
Klaus Ley, MD
Founding Director · Immunology Center of Georgia
Klaus Ley is exploring the role our immune response plays in atherosclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
T lymphocytes Immunology Vaccines atherosclerosis Integrins
Rod McCowan
Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Leading Strategic Organizational Change
Robert Pennock
University Distinguished Professor · Michigan State University
Robert Pennock studies organism intelligence by combining evolutionary biology with computer science.
Philosophy of Science Evolutionary Biology Computer Science
Norman Garrick, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department · University of Connecticut
Professor with a focus on civil engineering, transportation behaviors, parking, public transit, and bicycle lanes.
Shared Spaces Transit Planning Urban Planning Civil Engineering Urban Street Networks
Eric Yttri
Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Eric Yttri's research goal is to establish how neural circuits lead to these action selection decisions.
Motor Coordination Cognitive Brain Function Neural Circuits Neuroscience
Jonathan Hiskey
Associate Chair of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.
Honduras Guatemala Migration Crime in Latin America Immigration
JennieV. Sorrells
Project Director · Western Carolina University
Leadership Development Community Engagement Career Coaching Program Development Community Partnership Development
Joanne Hammond
Archaeologist · Pacific Heritage Research
Heritage expert connected to BC's archaeology and Indigenous heritage communities, dedicated to public outreach on BC's past.
Archaeology Archaeological Research Archaeological Survey land use studies Heritage
Clare Beer
Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Green Infrastructure Environmental Justice Politics of Environmental Philanthropy Conservation & Development Capitalist State Theory
Kent Messer
Professor, Applied Economics · University of Delaware
Prof. Messer specializes in topics in the nexus of agriculture and the environment and the economics of stigma.
Agri-Environmental Policy Food Labeling Stigma Water Recycling Behavioral Economics
Bruce Burke
President & Founder · Gulf Bay Consulting
Exploring the convergence of social media, mobile connectivity and payments technology.
Social Media Marketing Brand Development Mobile Technologies Mobile Connectivity Technologies Marketing Communications & Content Development