future Experts

Mark Hanna

ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Professor Hanna is a proponent of quality management, business excellence, six-sigma, and lean

Arthur Gross-Schaefer, J.D.

Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Business Law, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Rebecca Hanson

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rebecca Hanson conducts research on participatory democratic neighborhood experiments and police militarization.

Scott Thorp

Chair and AVP for Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Art and DesignAugusta University

Scott Thorp is an artist, writer, and educator focused on creativity.

Professor Sue Backhouse

Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural NutritionLeeds Beckett University

Her particular expertise is in athlete welfare, drug use in sport, why athletes dope, what makes athletes vulnerable to doping and more.

Isaac Larsen

Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.

Prakash Bhoi

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Southern University

Prakash Bhoi is an expert in hydrocarbon, jet fuels, advanced biofuels, and biopower.

Linjie Chou Zanadu

Founder of Global Foundation for Culture and PeaceLinjie Chou Zanadu

Linjie is the founder of Global Foundation for Culture and Peace, focuses on the track II diplomacy for promoting peace.

David Levin, MD

Chief Medical Information OfficerCleveland Clinic

Challenging audiences to discover how analysis of “big data” can be used to transform healthcare, from practice redesign to new markets

Mark C. Alexander, JD

Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law | Charles Widger School of LawVillanova University

Mark Alexander, JD, is an expert on constitutional law, election law and the First Amendment.