Simon Anderson

Applied Foresight Keynote Speaker · Venture Foresight LLC

Keynote Speaker | Applied Foresight Consultant | Award-Winning Author

Keynote Speaking Future of Work Emerging Technology Future Trends Transportation

John Powell, M.D., FACEP, MHCDS

Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine · ChristianaCare

Dr. Powell is an expert in ED operations, risk management, and emergency bedside ultrasound. He has prior experience with undersea medicine.

Risk Management Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Emergency and Disaster Medicine Medicine Radiation Health

Lissa Leege

Professor & Center for Sustainability Director · Georgia Southern University

Lissa Leege's research focuses on plant conservation ecology, plant population and community ecology and threats to biodiversity.

Biology of Plants Principles of Biology Environmental Biology Issues in Sustainability

Charles Cartin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Director of Makerspaces & Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

Additive Manufacturing Advanced Engineering Mathematics Computer Aided Design (CAD) Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Design Engineering

Peter Moore

President · Wild Oak Enterprises, LLC

President at Wild Oak Enterprises, LLC

Business Growth Strategies Enterprise It Organizational Design & Development

Karin Pfeiffer

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Expert in exercise physiology, with an interest in population-based research

Obesity Physical Activity Childhood Health

Dave Kusek

Senior Partner · Digital Cowboys

Ed Tech and Business Consultant - Future of Education and Digital Media

Future of Media Future of Education Digital Music

Matt Weeg

Associate Professor of Biology · Southern Utah University

Specializing in neuroethology, brain behavior, and neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience Human Pathophysiology Fish Audiology Communication & Behaviour Audition

Lynn Lewis

Professor, Biology · University of Mary Washington

Lynn Lewis is a professor of biology at the University of Mary Washington.

Biology Microbiology Virology University Teaching Academic Advising

Deborah Francis

CoFounder, COO · Built To Prosper Companies

Business & Financial Expert

Leadership Development Business Growth Successful Financial Habits

David Weintraub

Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & Technology · Vanderbilt University

Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.

Space colonization Extraterrestrial life Mars colonization Mars Space travel

Dr William Martin Sloane FRSA

Arbitrator | Attorney | Clergyman | Counsellor | Educator · Maryland & Pennsylvania

Proferring provocative polymathic perspectives on Life in the Matrix

Medical Qigong Spirituality Counseling Forensic Science Integrative Healthcare

Satish Udpa

University Distinguished Professor · Michigan State University

Satish Udpa's research interests span the broad area of materials characterization and nondestructive evaluation (NDE).

Non-destructive Testing Materials

Aman Yadav

Lappan-Phillips Professor of Computing Education · Michigan State University

An expert in STEM education, with a specific focus on computer science and engineering education

Teacher Professional Development Case-based Instruction Computer Science Education STEM Education Engineering Education

Wolfgang Banzhaf

Entomologist and Osteopathic Medical Specialist · Michigan State University

Expert in genetic programming and evolutionary computation

Computer Science Evolutionary Computation Machine Learning Algorithms Theoretical Physics

Chris Saffron

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Christopher Saffron’s research investigates the use of thermochemical technologies for converting plant biomass into fuel.

Biofuels

Venkatesh Kodur

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Michigan State University

An internationally renowned expert in the evaluation of fire resistance of structural systems through large-scale fire experiments

Building Collapse Investigation Fire Resistance of Structural Systems Concrete and Steel Structural Systems

Harshila Kakkilaya, M.D.

Primary Care Pediatrician at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Woodstown, NJ · ChristianaCare

Dr. Harshila Kakkilaya is a family medicine physician at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Woodstown.

Pediatric Obesity General Pediatrics

Naoko Wake

Professor · Michigan State University

Naoko Wake is a historian of gender, sexuality, and medicine in the Pacific region.

Gender, Sexuality, and Medicine in the Pacific Region Scientific Approaches to Sexual Diversity

Peter G. Klein, Ph.D.

Professor of Entrepreneurship · Baylor University

Peter G. Klein is an economist who studies managerial and organizational issues, with a special interest in entrepreneurship and innovation

Entrepreneurship Innovation Diversification Vertical Coordination Public Policy