Angela Chao
Chair and CEO · Foremost Group
Angela Chao is an international executive, public speaker, mentor and philanthropist.
Shipping Maritime
Caroline Sauvage
Associate Professor of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Classics Archaeology International Trade Social Identity Through Archaeological Objects Late Bronze Age
Bland Simpson
Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of English & Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Bland Simpson is an award-winning author, musician, playwright and songwriter and an expert on N.C.'s coast and waterways.
Creative Writing North Carolina's coast and waterways Writing on the Natural World Coastal Studies Playwriting
Kevin P. McDonald
Associate Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
History Atlantic World Piracy Indian Ocean World Maritime History
Yuichi Motai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.
System Safety Intelligent Systems with Adaptive Tracking Online Classification Methodologies Medical Imaging Pattern Recognition
Professor Ed Galea
Director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group · University of Greenwich
His research and software tools inform disaster management and crowd safety, and the design of safe buildings, aircraft and ships, globally
Fire and Evacuation Evacuation Computational Fire Engineering Fire Safety Civil Defence
Alana Pindar
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences · University of Guelph
Wild bee expert who studies the impact of environmental stressors such as climate change and habitat loss on bee communities
Biodiversity Pollination Biology Pollination Ecological Analysis Ecological disturbance
Dr Tommaso Jucker
NERC Independent Research Fellow · University of Bristol
Examining the interplay between humans and forests
Deforestation Ecosystems Climate Change Woodlands Trees
David Bader
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Interests lie at the intersection of data science & high-performance computing, with applications in cybersecurity
Computational Genomics Applications in Cybersecurity Data Science High-Performance Computing Massive-Scale Analytics
James Reichard
Chair and Professor · Georgia Southern University
Professor Reichard focuses on applied hydrologic research on the Georgia coastal plain
Coastal Ecology Modelling Environmental Geology Geology Hydrogeology
Steven Melnyk
Professor of Supply Chain Management · Michigan State University
Expert on supply chain implementation and impact, risk and resilience, strategic supply chain management and behavioral research.
Supply Chain Management Metrics Process Management and Improvement Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Certified Management Standards
Robin Miskolcze
Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
American Romanticism American Realism and Naturalism 19th Century American Women Writers Early American Culture English Literature
Elizabeth Larus
Professor, Political Science · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Larus is an expert in the politics of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
Political Science University Teaching Public Policy International Relations Foreign Policy
Xiaobo Tan
Foundation Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Michigan State University
Expert in robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments
Soft Robotics Underwater Robotics Underwater Sensing
Hans Paerl, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Hans W. Paerl is Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences.
Hurricanes Tropical Cyclones Estuaries Harmful Algal Blooms Nutrient Pollution
Bohdan W. Oppenheim
Graduate Program Director of Healthcare Systems Engineering and Professor of Systems Engineering · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Healthcare Systems Engineering Lean Healthcare Lean Systems Engineering Lean Product Development and Project Management Lean Banking
Stephen Payne
Principal Consultant · PFJ-Maritime Consulting Ltd
Experienced, professional speaker with an engaging relaxed style
Cruise Industry Motivation Engineering Careers
Sara Harris
Professor of Teaching, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences · University of British Columbia
Sara Harris's current research explores how people learn climate science.
Science Education Climate Change Energy Systems and Public Policy University Teaching Public Speaking
FRANCOISE BAYLIS
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy · Dalhousie University
Dr. Baylis researches matters related to ethics, health law and policy of assisted human reproduction and novel genetic technologies.
Bioethics Assisted Human Reproduction Genetic Technologies & Ethics Genetics and the Law Policy & Regulation Identity
Phil Sampson
Partner · Sampson Hall Ltd
An experienced and dynamic speaker, I specialise in Business Strategy, Empowerment and Talent Management all of which are key in today's dy
Devising Strategy Ethical Business Leadership