Nishant Dass

Associate Professor of Finance | Scheller College of Business at Georgia Institute of Technology

Professor Nishant Dass is passionate about entrepreneurship, believing startups are the biggest drivers of job-creation and economic growth.

Blockchain Financial Intermediation CEO-Compensation Corporate Governance Role of CEOs

Daniel Silke

Director | Political Futures Consultancy

Acclaimed presenter of outstanding keynotes on Global Future Trends for corporates, conferences & conventions around the world.

Global Future Trends Consumer of the Future Emerging Brics Economies Africa South Africa

Jayanti Tamm

Assistant Professor of English | Movable Type Management

Author of Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult will inspire you to overcome adversities and create your own destiny.

Cults Cult Leadership Creative Writing Overcoming Adversity Memoir

Niam Yaraghi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Business | University of Connecticut

Niam Yaraghi, Ph.D., is an expert in health information technology.

Business Models Business Health Information Technology Policy Structures

Suzanne Smeltzer, EdD, RN

Professor; Director of the Office of Nursing Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing | Villanova University

Dr. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN is committed to improving care for individuals with disabilities.

Healthcare for the Disabled Disability Advocacy Nursing Research Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations Nursing Education

Katie Lebel

Assistant Professor | Ted Rogers School of Management

Katie Lebel is an expert in Brand Management, Digital Marketing, Gender Equality in Sport, Social Impact of Sport, and Social Media.

Sport Marketing Gender Equality in Sports Brand Management Digital Marketing Social Media

Kitty Kelly Epstein, PhD

Faculty Trustee + Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies | Fielding Graduate University

Activist, organizing for power

Action Orientated Research Leadership & Change Structural Inequality and Diversity Research and Action On the Racial Wealth Gap Resident Engagement in Urban Policy

David Levin, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer | Cleveland Clinic

Challenging audiences to discover how analysis of “big data” can be used to transform healthcare, from practice redesign to new markets

Healthcare Information Technology Clinical Decision Support: From Alerts to Watson Emr and Related Clinical Systems-Strategy Selection and Physician Adoption Analytics: Data Strategies

Esther Lim

CEO and Chief Experience Architect | The Estuary, LLC

Passionately exploring the convergence of social media, storytelling, big data and emerging tech in marketing and digital entertainment

Transmedia Storytelling Digital Narratives: Co-Created Storyworld Communities Social Media Analytics Big Data Narrative Gamification

Hugh Williams-Preece

Managing Director | Running Events

Using the achievement of running 50 Marathons in 50 Days, inspires audiences to set audacious goals in both work & play.

Inspirational Speaking Endurance Challenges

John Wihbey

Assistant Professor, Faculty Graduate Programs Advisor, School of Journalism, Northeastern University | Faculty Affiliate, Global Resilience Institute

Professor Wihbey focuses on media coverage of climate change, news coverage of scientists & scientific research among others.

Climate Change and the Environment Technology Social and Community Research Communications Media and Access to Knowledge

Sarah Hooper

Executive Director of UCSF / UC Hastings Consortium and Adjunct Professor | UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: hoopers@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4831 / Office 377-200

Health Equity Health Law Comprehensive and Coordinated Care Health and Access to Civil Justice Elder Financial Abuse

Prof. Chris Poulos

Head of Research & Aged Care Clinical Services | University of New South Wales

Associate Professor Chris Poulos is the Foundation Hammond Chair of Positive Ageing and Care with the University of New South Wales

Rehabilitation Medicine Health Policy Aged Care Service Delivery Arts and health Restorative care and reablement

Eve Rosenzweig

Goizueta Foundation Term Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management | Goizueta Business School

Technology-enabled Business to Business (B2B) Operations Performance Measurement Empirical Operations Management Operations Strategy Learning

Aidin Namin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration | Loyola Marymount University

Marketing Analytics Data Analytics Modeling Econometrics Retailing

Robert Bryce

Senior Fellow | The Manhattan Institute

One of America’s most prominent energy journalists, a dynamic public speaker, and a regular commentator on national television.

Energy Green Energy Technology Oil and Gas

Winnie Sun, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences | University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Innovating ways for older adults to manage therapeutic self care safely, and stay connected while living at home

Aging Adverse Events Assistive Technologies Community Health Community Health Nursing

Wendy Taylor

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy | York University

I search for exotic particles with the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Particle Physics Physics Magnetic monopoles Stable massive particles Antimatter

Lisa Koonce

Professor, Department of Accounting | The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

Understanding the decision-making implications of financial reporting

Financial Accounting Financial Reporting Auditing Judgment and Decision Making

Daniel Hoornweg, PhD

Associate Professor and Richard Marceau Chair, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science | University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and Chief Safety and Risk Officer, Province of Ontario

International expert in developing sustainable cities through the flow of natural resources

Energy Systems and Public Policy Material Flows in Cities (Energy and Solid Waste) Sustainable Communities Natural Gas as A Transportation Fuel