Jeff Vankooten

Motivational Keynote Speaker · Jeff Vankooten.com

Re-imagining a hope-filled world

Resilience Leadership Management Change Communication

Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA

Associate Professor, Communication/Public Relations · Curry College

Public Relations Society of America Fellow. Curry College Communication Professor; Veteran PR Professional; PRSA Director (2011-2012)

Social Media Job Search Career Development

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner, North America · Acton Capital

Hannes Blum is Venture Partner North America for Acton Capital, a Munich based VC fund focused on consumer internet

Steven Forth

Co-Founder · TeamFit

Steven Forth is a serial entrepreneur (current company TeamFit), marketing strategy and pricing consultant and an angel investor

Matthew Rubino, M.D., FACS

Chair of Surgery and Physician Executive for Surgical Services · ChristianaCare

Dr. Matthew Rubino is the Chair of Surgery and Physician Executive for Surgical Services

Minimally Invasive Surgery General Surgery Hernia Surgery Robotic Surgery Resident Education

Boris Mann

Managing Partner · Full Stack

Boris Mann is founder and managing partner of Full Stack, an angel investment firm that works with early stage technology companies.

Mike Brcic

Communications Director · Centre for Social Innovation

President/Owner at Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Holidays

Tourism Social Media Marketing International Partnerships Online Marketing Digital Marketing

Lisa Helps

Mayor · City of Victoria

Mayor of Victoria

Randy Kun

Director Marketing and Communications · InventionShare

Randy Kun is a seasoned professional in product management, marketing, strategy and execution.

Product and Marketing Strategy Product Management Market Positioning and Messaging

Guy Timberlake

Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer · The American Small Business Coalition, LLC

Advisor, on-point speaker, writer and industry expert on finding and winning contracts with U.S. Government agencies and their contractors.

About Federal Contracting Finding Business Opportunities Strategy Development

Bijan Zakeri

Global Technical Marketing Manager · BASF

Bijan Zakeri is a pharmaceutical industry professional with a strong business acumen, scientific expertise and technical marketing.

Drug Discovery Pharmaceutical Industry Biochemistry Protein Chemistry Biotechnology

Lauren Robinson

Chief Operating Officer · Highline BETA

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

Sandi Gilbert

Founder & CEO · SeedUps Canada

Sandi has been active in the startup ecosystem for over a decade

Professor Christopher Cooper

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Chris Cooper has more than forty years experience in tourism and has worked as a researcher and teacher in every region of the world.

Travel Tourism

Rupert Bourne

Professor of Ophthalmology · Anglia Ruskin University

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

Glaucoma Treatments Glaucoma Ophthalmology Vision Health Eyes

Angela Bradbery

Chair · University of Florida

Angela Bradbery has over 30 years experience practicing and studying activism and public interest communications.

Public Interest Communications Activism Nonprofits

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

Christian Houle

Assistant Professor of Political Science · Michigan State University

An expert on comparative politics of developing countries

Social Mobility Inequality Civil Wars Democracy Regime Change

Craig Conlee

Former B2B SaaS Co-Founder · Looking for Board positions

• 19yrs Enterprise Software • $100m Revenue • 2x Rookie of the Year • 5x Presidents Club • Top 5% Ranked • UC Berkeley 97 • SaaS •

SaaS Business Models B2B product led growth Advising Account Strategies

Michael S. Rogers

Senior Advisor, Washington, D.C. · Brunswick Group

Michael Rogers advises in the areas of cyber security, privacy, geopolitics, technology and intelligence as well as crisis management.

National Security Crisis Management Telecommuncations Cyber Security Intelligence and Counter Intelligence