Speaker Experts

Amilcar Shabazz

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.

Howie Choset

Kavcic-Moura Professor of Computer Science in RoboticsCarnegie Mellon University

Howie Choset's groups builds & deploys robots where they matter: from operating rooms and factories to disaster zones & space.

Erin Weed

FounderGirls Fight Back!

Women's Safety + Empowerment Speaker

Lawrence Wenner

Professor of Communication Studies, College of Communication and Fine ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Professor of Communication Studies

Ryan Vogel, J.D., LL.M.

Director, Center for National Security StudiesUtah Valley University

Vogel is an expert in national security, intelligence, law of war, and international relations

Larry Bartels

May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and LawVanderbilt University

Expert in public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation.

William Whittaker

Founders University Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.

Don Holbrook

The Next America: Moving Beyond a Fragile EconomyAuthor and Keynote Speaker

Author/Keynote Speaker/Public Policy Business Incentives-Site Location Consultant

Rich Milner

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and LearningVanderbilt University

Expert on urban education and teacher education, centering on equity and diversity.

Zeynep Temel

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University