Donald Hoffman

Professor Cognitive Science · UC Irvine

Donald Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology.

Visual Recognition Virtual Reality Philosophy Consciousness and Cognition Machine and Human Vision

Sascha Meinrath

PALMER CHAIR IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecommunications · Pennsylvania State University

Meinrath is a renowned technology policy expert and is internationally recognized for his work as a social entrepreneur and angel investor

Open Technology Public Interest Sector Internet of Things Civil Liberties Distributed Communications

Veronika Ilyuk-Morace

Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business · Hofstra University

Veronika Ilyuk-Morace is a consumer researcher specializing in health and well-being.

Marketing Research and Analytics Food Decision-making Consumer Behavior Consumer Judgments of Health Products

Marcy Ledford

Health & Productivity Director, Workforce Solutions · Unum

Marcy Ledford has over 20 years of rehab, case management and return to work experience.

Absence Management Medical Accommodations Short-Term Disability Human Resources Workforce Issues

Margaret Abraham

Professor of Sociology · Hofstra University

Margaret Abraham's research specializes in domestic violence, gender studies, and the South Asian Diaspora.

Sociology Gender Ethnicity Globalization Migration

Sandi Smith

University Distinguished Professor · Michigan State University

Sandi Smith is an expert in social Influence, and Interpersonal and Health Communication

Health Communications Communication Theory Persuasion Interpersonal Communication

Elaine Westbrooks

Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian · UNC-Chapel Hill

Library leader with expertise in future of academic libraries, scholarly publishing, open access, diversity and inclusion in higher ed.

International librarianship Higher Education Scholarly Communication Diversity & Inclusion Open Access (OA)

Daniel (Dan) Melanson

President · Trend Tec Canada

Over the years Dan has earned a reputation as a leader with a make it happen attitude.

Helicopters Aircraft Maintenance General Aviation Aircraft Safety Commercial Aviation

Mark Deppe

UCI Esports Director · UC Irvine

Mark Deppe's expertise is at the intersection of video games, esports, education, and industry

Public Relations Psychobiology eSports Video Games Operations Management

Solomon Darwin

Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation | Executive Director, Center for Growth Markets · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Hailed as the “Father of the Smart Village Movement”

Open Innovation Smart Villages / Smart Cities Business Models Innovation Strategies for Emerging Economies Business Ecosystems

Trey Malone

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Trey Malone focuses on applying lessons from behavioral economics to increase agricultural productivity and efficiency.

Agribusiness Management Food Policy Consumer and Producer Decision Making Domestic Food Agriculture

Seth Noar

Professor · UNC-Chapel Hill

Noar is a health communication researcher who can discuss vaping prevention in youth and product warning labels.

E-cigarettes Tobacco Control Tobacco Warning label Vaping

Georgeen Theodore

Director, Master of Infrastructure Planning Program · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Theodore focuses on the relationship between strategic planning and local development

Equitable Economic Development Participatory & Dialogic Processes Regional Development Sustainable Building Design Strategic Planning

Daniel Reichman

Associate Professor · University of Rochester

Expert on the cultural responses to economic change, especially the anthropology of trade and globalization in Latin America

Latin American Development Trade and Globalization in Latin America Latin America Politics Latin American Immigration Cultural Anthropology

John Koch

Senior Lecturer and Director of Debate · Vanderbilt University

Expert in debate, including argumentation analysis, persuasive techniques and rhetorical theory.

Policy Debate Presidential Debate Political debate Debate Presidential Rhetoric

Taryn Allen

Associate Professor · Texas Christian University

Taryn Allen researches the educational experiences of traditionally under-represented students, particularly Latino, in higher education.

Qualitative Research Methods Inclusion in Higher Education Diversity in Higher Education Equity in Higher Education Higher Education Leadership

Joel Conte

Professor, Structural Engineering · UC San Diego

Joel Conte specializes in the design of safer and more economic structures, especially regarding earthquakes.

Computer Modeling and Simulation Earthquake Engineering Structural Analysis Earthquake Bridges

Jim Pivarnik

Professor of Kinesiology and Epidemiology · Michigan State University

Expert on physical fitness, special interest in fitness related to women and pregnancy.

Computer applications Exercise and sport physiology Physiological testing

Rebecca Spencer

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rebecca Spencer is one of the nation's leading researchers exploring the relationship between sleep and brain function.

Behavioral Neuroscience Sleep Memory and Learning Cognition Learning and Memory Sleep and Learning

Kathleen Grimes, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Kathleen Grimes, PhD, is an expert on Christian ethics and their bearing on racism, white supremacy, sex, gender, and the environment.

Theology Religion Environmental Ethics Sexual Ethics Racism, White Supremacy and the Catholic Church