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Richard Berlin

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Dannagal Young

Professor, CommunicationUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Young's research interests include political media effects, media psychology, public opinion and the psychology of misinformation.

Retha van Staden

Social Media Workshop Facilitator & Online Marketing ConsultantSolutionetics

Social Media Facilitator | Online Marketing Consultant | Networking Facilitator | Enneagram Enthusiast | Public Speaker

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Elliott Silverstein

Director, Government Relations, InsuranceCAA Club Group

Elliott manages and executes key elements of CAA’s provincial advocacy role, and overseeing municipal advocacy efforts.

Jeff Hoffman

Partner & Co-FounderColorJar, LLC

Internationally recognized public speaker on the topics of innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.

Karen Lightman

Executive Director, Metro21Carnegie Mellon University

Karen is an internationally recognized leader in building and supporting communities based on emerging technologies.

Sandy Jap

Sarah Beth Brown Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Global expert on partnering relationships, B2B routes-to-market, omnichannel, franchise, and ecommerce management

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

Judy Helm Wright

Author and SpeakerArtichoke Press LLC

Enthusiastic keynote and conference speaker on RESILIENCE and being a Bounce-Back person. Brings scientific study and life examples of the p