Krista Jones

Managing Director, Work & Learning · MaRS Discovery District

Bridging the gaps between people, technology and automation.

Product Marketing Technology Commercialization Technology Strategy Development Enterprise Software Future of Work

Dr Virginie Grzelczyk

Reader/Associate Professor in International Relations · Aston University

Dr Grzelczyk's research focuses on security relationships over the Korean Peninsula and especially about North Korea.

Korean Peninsula Northeast Asia Politics Politics of North Korea Foreign Policy Towards North Korea North Korea

Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Vanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

Queer Healthcare Queer vernacular LGBTQ Health HIV Prevention HIV & AIDS

Bryant Keith Alexander

Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts

Race Gender & Sexuality Communication & Culture Performance & Culture Higher Education Speech Communication

William Schmidt

University Distinguished Professor of Education and Statistics · Michigan State University

Professor Schmidt's research focuses on policy issues related to K-12 math education and the effects of curriculum on academic achievement

Opportunity to Learn Mathematics Assessment and Psychometrics International Mathematics Education Studies Statistics Educational Policy

Tim Miller

Director of Engagement, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) · Aston University

Tim has more than 15 years board level experience in technology companies, technical and commercial management and research marketing.

Business Development Business Strategy Program Management Management Consulting Stakeholder Management

Nicole Crowder

Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington

Nicole Crowder's research focuses on reducing carbon dioxide gases.

Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry

Nicholas Mangee

Associate Professor of Finance · Georgia Southern University

Nicholas Mangee is an associate professor of finance in the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University.

History of Thought Textual Analysis Behavioral Finance Financial Time Series Knightian Uncertainty

Charles Tritt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Tritt is a biomedical engineer with additional expertise in chemical, computer, and electrical engineering.

AI Applications Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering

Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.

Executive Director · Florida Atlantic University

Jim Sullivan is an expert in biological and physical mechanisms controlling the spatial-temporal dynamics of plankton populations.

Sampling Instrumentation Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics Spatial-temporal Dynamics of Plankton Bioluminescence in the Ocean

Carla Marcantonio

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Transnational/Global Cinema Film Melodrama and Genre Studies Film Theory and History Cinema and Biopolitics

Julie McCown

Associate Professor of English · Southern Utah University

Specializing in early American natural history, post-humanism, and digital humanities theory

Artifical Intelligence Ecocriticism Race and Nature in Early American Literature Early American Novels Composition

Adam R.T. Smith

C.E.O. / Director of Experience Design · Liquid Reality

Passionate about humanizing topics of mobile, user experience strategy & design

Mobile User Experience Product Strategy & Design User Interface

Aaron M. Bauer, PhD

Professor and Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Aaron Bauer, PhD, is a leading expert on reptiles, with a specialty in geckos, systematics and biogeography.

Reptiles Vertebrate Morphology Systematics Biogeography Natural History Collections

Thomas Dietz

University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy (ESPP) · Michigan State University

Expert in climate change, human driving forces of environmental change, environmental values, environmental decision making

Ecology Environmental Policy Human driving forces of environmental change Climate Change

Muhammad Rabnawaz

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Muhammad Rabnawaz pursues research in the field of polymer science, encompassing sustainable and multifunctional materials.

Sustainable Packaging Recycling Plastics

Robin Feldman

Harry & Lillian Hastings Distinguished Professor of Law ; Director of the Institute for Innovation Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: feldmanr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4661 / Office 372-200

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Intellectual Property Startup & Innovation Law Privacy and Property Law Law & Science

Brian Downes

Leading for High Performance · Performance Cubed

Brian will challenge thinking on tapping the potential gap, building high performing cultures & business growth through people

Strategy Development Strategic & Business Planning Talent Management Culture Organisational Change

Jan Barton

Associate Professor of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Financial Reporting and Disclosure Financial Statement Analysis Equity Valuation Design Thinking Nonprofit Accounting

Amanda Ravenhill

Founder · Syntropy International

Biochar and other Comprehensive Anticipatory Sustainable Solutions for a world in flux

Biochar Biochar Stoves Sustainable Business Buckminster Fuller Design Thinking