Infrastructure Experts

President and CEO – The J.W. McConnell Family FoundationSocial Innovation Generation

Best job in the world! Improving the present and renewing the future of all our communities with empowering social innovation initiatives

Social InnovationNon-Profit and LeadershipSocial FinanceSocial Innovation and Resilience

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Deva Ramanan's research interests span computer vision and machine learning, with a focus on visual recognition.

Human-Centered RoboticsHuman-Robot CollaborationMachine Learning Embedded in SystemsNeurorobotics3-D Vision and Recognition

Associate Professor of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Laurent Michel is an expert in the areas of constraint programming, voting technology and cybersecurity

Computer ScienceVoting Technology & SecurityCybersecurity

Partner, Pensions & BenefitsOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Partner at Osler in Toronto with extensive knowledge and experience with shared risk, target benefit and other innovative plan designs.

Pension and BenefitsPension Plan Shared Risk and Target Benefit PlansPension Plan StructurePension Plan GovernancePension Plan Compliance

Partner, Advisory Services, Management ConsultingKPMG

Information Technology specialist with a proven reputation for assisting clients across multiple industries improve their IT organization

It Cost OptimizationIt Due Diligence and Integration/SeparationIt StrategyGreen ITIt-Enabled Business Transformation

Professor and Vice Chair; Associate Director, VCU Cybersecurity CenterVCU College of Engineering

Wireless networks, edge/cloud systems, generative AI, cybersecurity, trustworthy AI, AI-enabled health, cyber-physical systems, and cobots.

Cybersecurity and PrivacyWireless NetworksEdge/Cloud ComputingGenerative AITrustworthy AI

Research Professor at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic InstituteFlorida Atlantic University

Brian Lapointe’s research interests include algal physiology and biochemistry, marine bioinvasions and marine conservation.

Marine BioinvasionsCoral Reef EcologyAlgal PhysiologyBiochemistrySeagrass Ecology

Co-founder & CEOgyft

Silicon Valley based Technology Entrepreneur

EntrepreneurshipSmall BusinessStartupsFreemiumMobile

Director of the TCU Counseling & Mental Health CenterTexas Christian University

Dr. Wood is the director of one of the leading institutions in the field of college counseling,

Sports Betting Among College StudentsUnderstanding PerfectionismCollege Mental HealthCollege Roommate DynamicsStudent Mental Health

Associate Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Bethany Lacina is an expert in civil and ethnic conflict.

NativismImmigrationMigrationInternational RelationsTerritorial Autonomy

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