Garth Holloway

Director · Sixfootfour

Leading edge speaker in business management

Improving Business Performance Understanding the Business Architecture Practical Business Process Reengineering Business Transformation Change Management

Justin D. Hilliard

M.D./Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Dr. Justin Hilliard performs deep brain stimulation surgery for treatment of medically refractory movement disorders.

Spine Surgery Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Tumors Movement Disorders

Amy Coupal

CEO · Learnography | Curriculum Services Canada

Not-for-profit leader, passionate educator, life long learner

Adult Education Staff Development Instructional Design Workshop Facilitation Curriculum Development

Ayalla Ruvio

Associate Professor of Marketing · Michigan State University

Expert on consumer behavior and consumer psychology

Shopping Behavior Identity and Consumption Experiential Consumption Materialism Luxury Consumption

Kevin Stein

Director MAPC Program/Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University

Specializing in the rhetoric of attack, apology, and responses to apology as well as political campaign communication.

Antapologia Strategies Political Campaign Messages Film Rhetoric of Defense Apologia

Tammy Clifford

Chief Scientist and Vice President, Evidence Standards · Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

Supporting evidence-informed decisions in Canadian health care as CADTH's Chief Scientist and Vice President, Evidence Standards.

Epidemiology Evidence-Based Medicine Health Health & Healthcare Law and Policy health technology assessment

Peter Smith Ring, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Networks and Strategic Alliances Public Sector-Private Sector Collaboration Inter-organizational Relationships Strategic Management

Reid Simmons

Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Reid Simmons has been developing robot systems that can work reliably in unstructured, unknown environments.

Robotics Robot Navigation Artificial Intelligence Multi-Robot Systems Human-Robot Interaction

Monica Escaleras, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of the Business and Economics Polling Initiative · Florida Atlantic University

Monica Escaleras is an expert in natural disasters and political economy.

Decentralization Business Administration Business and Economics Polling Natural Disasters Political Economy

Jon Peha

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Jon Peha's research addresses social and policy issues around the evolution of computer and telecommunications networks.

Security and Privacy Economics Technical Innovation Network Security Connected Vehicles Internet of Things (IoT)

Jennifer Johannesen

Author, speaker, blogger · Patient Advocate

My talks are frank and unsentimental, yet lighthearted and engaging. No lecturing! Authentic patient experience illuminated through stories.

Disability Advocacy Ethics Parenting Children With Special Needs Patient Advocacy

Al Etmanski

President and Co-Founder – Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) · Social Innovation Generation

No money will change hands, but you are sure to profit from the social innovation wisdom of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network's Co-Founder

Social Finance Social Entrepreneurship Human Rights

James Brickley

Gleason Professor of Business Administration at the Simon Business School · University of Rochester

Jim Brickley consults with manufacturing and service organizations on operations management and data analysis issues.

Ceo Compensation Banking Corporate Finance Economics of Organizations Compensation Policy

Jeffrey Lefstin

Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: lefstinj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4682 / Office 355-200

Patent Law Patent Litigation Biotechnology Contract Law Intellectual Property Law

Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed Chair · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Aquatic Ecosystems‎ Animal Disease Ecology Animal Behavior Evolution Ecology

Amy Coupal

Chief Executive Officer · My Class Needs Foundation/Learnography/Curriculum Services Canada

Not-for-profit leader, passionate educator, life long learner

Adult Education Teacher Training Public Speaking Teaching Educational Technology

Eric Yttri

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Eric Yttri's research goal is to establish how neural circuits lead to these action selection decisions.

Motor Coordination Cognitive Brain Function Neural Circuits Neuroscience

Kyle Davis

Assistant Professor, Geography and Spacial Sciences · University of Delaware

Prof. Davis' work focuses on food systems, water sustainability, and global environmental change.

Human Migration Nutrition Global Environmental Change Food Systems Sustainability

Dr Lucy Bastin

Reader, Computer Science · Aston University

Dr. Bastin specializes in spatio-temporal environmental analysis and semantic interoperability for data, models & metadata

Data Analytics Software Engineering Engineering Applied Sciences

Yael Aronoff

Associate Professor of International Relations, Director of Jewish Studies, & Serling Chair in Israel Studies · Michigan State University

Expert in Israeli-Palestinian relations and Jewish studies

Israel Studies Jewish Studies Israeli Politics Israeli Foreign Policy Israeli Society and Culture