Hessie Jones

CEO · ARCOMPANY

Author, Digital Strategist: Generational insights, Big Data Strategy and Performance, Customer Centricity

Generational Differences Generation Y Generation X Marketing Advertising

Simon Placks

Senior Managing Director · J.S. Held LLC

EMEA Lead for Digital Investigations & Discovery | Expert in Global Digital Investigations | Global Expert in eDiscovery

Digital Transformation Cyber Risk Advisory Financial Crime Technology Contract Lifecycle Management & Analytics Surveillance

Eric Weaver

CEO · Transparent Path

Bringing IoT, blockchain and AI together to reduce risk, loss and waste in the food supply.

Social Business Consumer Behavior Social Media Social Media Analytics Big Data Analytics

Sara Jansen Perry, Ph.D.

The Ben Williams Professor in Management; Professor of Management · Baylor University

Nationally recognized expert on employee stress & well-being, including the role of remote/hybrid work & leadership

Work Life Balance Hybrid Work Remote Work Employee Stress and Health Data Analytics

Molly Jacobs

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Molly Jacobs conducts research on health outcomes, healthcare utilization, and treatment/intervention efficacy.

Data Analytics Econometrics Health Economics Multilevel Analysis Cost Effectiveness

James De Vellis

Partner · Foley & Lardner LLP

James De Vellis is an expert in comprehensive and thoughtful patent application drafting and portfolio development.

Trademarks Sustainable Patent Portfolios Multinational Corporations Patent Applications Patents

Hiba Baroud

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.

Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics

Paul Philp

Co-Founder & CEO · Amity

Paul Philp is a Co-Founder and CEO of Amity

SaaS Start-Ups Product Management Strategy Cloud Computing

Nikos Tziolas

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Nikos Tziolas develops interpretable AI techniques and integrated sensing systems to support informed decision-making in agriculture.

Soil Science Deep Learning Spectroscopy AI Artificial Intelligence

Ivan Lee

Associate Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ivan Lee develops mobile and personalized health solutions.

Mobile and Personalized Health Wearable Health Sensing Embedded Systems Sensor Data Analytics

Basil Latif

Lecturer in Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Databases Python Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics

Dr Haris Alexakis

Lecturer, Civil Engineering · Aston University

Dr Alexakis conducts research on smart/digital infrastructure for sustainable civil engineering systems.

Ageing Infrastructure Smart Bridges Structural Health Monitoring Structural Analysis of Masonry/Historic Structures Signal Processing and Data Analytics

Eric Eskey

Managing Director · Strategyn

Eric Eskey is a Principal of Strategyn and a Practitioner of Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI).

Entrepreneurship Developing Strategy Leading Change Business Model Innovation Innovation Strategy

Emi Harry

Lecturer of Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Udacity Data Science Machine Learning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Data Science Specialisation

Saloni Firasta Vastani

Associate Professor in the Practice of Marketing · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Pricing Strategy, Marketing, and Analytics

Monetization Models International Marketing Customer Segmentation Predictive Analytics Market Research

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.

Structural Bioinformatics Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Protein-ligand(drug) interactions Computer-aided molecular modeling Big Data Analysis

Anand Rao

Distinguished Service Professor and Program Head · Carnegie Mellon University

Anand Rao focuses on research, innovation, applications, business and societal adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

Systems Dynamics for Policy Evaluation Knowledge Graphs & Large Language Models Operationalizing AI Responsible AI Agent-based Modeling

Ramayya Krishnan

Dean, Heinz College · Carnegie Mellon University

Ramayya Krishnan is well known for his work in e-commerce and information risk management.

Measurement and Analysis Risk Analysis Management Science Operations Research Risk Management

Miriam Capretz

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Western University

Professor of Software Engineering at Western University who conducts research in energy management, smart buildings and online advertising.

Software Engineering – Architecture & Design Methodologies. Software Development Lifecycle. Software Research Graduate Education Teaching in Software Engineering Software Development

Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia

President & CEO · Digital Nova Scotia

Multilingual senior level ICT executive with over 20 years in the private, public and academic sectors, spanning five geographic regions.

ICT/Digtal Startups, SMEs & Multinational Corporations Diversity, Inclusion, Immigration & Global Talent Public Speaking & Presentation STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math) Education Stakeholder & Government Relations