Allyson Hewitt
Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social Entrepreneurship · MaRS Discovery District
Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves
Social Innovation Social Finance Nonprofit Management Fundraising Social Enterprise
Bahram Javidi, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor · University of Connecticut
A professor of electrical and computer engineering, Javidi also leads the Multidimensional Optical Sensing and Imaging Systems (MOSIS) Lab.
Optics and Photonics Biomedical optics/photonics for imaging Nanotechnology in optical sensing, imaging, visualization, and display 3D Imaging
Robert McCann
Professor · University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics
Professor McCann's research focuses on optimal transportation and its applications within and outside mathematics.
Mathematical Physics Mathematical Economics Convex Analysis Geometry Optimization
Richard Appelbaum, Ph.D.
Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Globalization; social and ecological sustainability; world-systems theory; the globalization of business and workers' rights
Global Political Economy World Systems Labor Markets and Global Production East Asia and the Global Economy Technology and Development
Yongsun Paik, Ph.D.
Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University
Director, Center for International Business Education and Center for Asian Business
Regional Economic Integration Global Trade International Joint Ventures International Human Resource Management Business Ethics
Andrew Noymer
Associate Professor of Public Health · UC Irvine
Andrew Noymer is an epidemiologist and demographer with an expertise in pandemics and post-pandemic social recovery.
Mathematical Sociology 1918 Influenza Pandemic Pandemic response Health and Mortality Demography
Massimo Faggioli, PhD
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.
Pope Francis Religion Catholicism and World/European Politics Historical Theology and Ecclesiology American Catholicism
Ravi Roy
Associate Professor of Political Science · Southern Utah University
Specializing in neoliberalism, political education programs, and the Deming system of profound knowledge
Political Associations Political Education Pograms Deming System of Profound Knowledge Leadership Public Policy
Andrea Phillips
Transmedia Writer & Game Designer
A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling. Expert transmedia designer Andrea Phillips shows you the future of digital marketing
Transmedia Storytelling Experience Design Interactive Design Game Design Digital Culture
Lee McKnight
Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation · Syracuse University
Visionary Inventor of Cloud to Edge Software Applications - Edgeware Wiglets and Gridlets
Virtual Markets and Wireless Grids Social Radio Social Emergency Response Edgeware Creative Destruction
Lisa de Wilde
CEO · TVO
CEO of Ontario's public educational media organization believes in the power of media to engage, to inform and to serve the public good
Telecommunications in Canada Public Broadcasting Education and the Media Mulit-Platform Educational Content Public Television and the Media Landscape
Chris Foss
Professor of English · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Foss specializes in 19th-century British literature, with a secondary expertise in disability studies.
British Victorian Novel Oscar Wilde British Literature Since 1800 British Romantic Literature British Romantic Women Poets
Michael Prietula
Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Human decision making Theatre, Performance & Leadership Public Health & Technology Computational Modeling of Individuals and Groups UX Design
Pankaj Karande
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Focuses on engineering peptides as novel drugs, drug carriers, affinity agents, and biomaterials for medical applications
Diagnostics Vaccine Design Drug Delivery Drug Discovery Peptide Engineering
Michael Pagano, PhD
The Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, Professor, Finance & Real Estate | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
Michael Pagano, PhD, is an expert on financial institutions, financial markets, risk management, investments, and international finance.
Business Financial Markets Valuation Risk Management Mutual Funds
M. Ehsan Hoque
Asaro Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and Interim Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science · University of Rochester
M. Ehsan Hoque is designing and implementing new algorithms to sense subtle human nonverbal behavior
Data Science Human Nonverbal Behavior Interactive Machine Learning Human-Computer Interaction Computer Vision
Ken Greenberg
Principal · Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Can you see what I see? Engage your imagination and improve your community with Greenberg Consultants award-winning urban designer
Urban Planning Green Development Sustainable Development Green Architecture Transforming Cities
Xiaobo Tan
MSU Research Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering · Michigan State University
Expert in robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments
Soft Robotics Underwater Robotics Underwater Sensing
Joseph F. Coughlin
Director, MIT AgeLab · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You're not getting older, you're getting better! MIT's AgeLab Director explains how changing demographics will impact business & government
Aging Social Innovation Gerontology New Technology Understanding the Impact of Place On Well-Being
Curt Breneman
Dean of the School of Science; Professor; Director, Rensselaer Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research (RECCR) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Specializes in the development of new molecular property descriptors and machine learning methods for physical and biochemical problems
Science Machine Learning Methods Chemical Biology Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry Chemistry