Henry Chesbrough

Adjunct Professor | Mike and Carol Meyer Fellow | Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Innovation thought leader who launched the "Open Innovation" paradigm

Open Innovation Open Innovation and Business Models Comparative Industry Evolution Innovation Innovation Strategy

David Woods

Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering | College of Engineering · The Ohio State University

Releasing the adaptive power of human systems & innovating at the intersections of people, technology and work

Critical Care Medicine Human Centered Autonomy Nuclear Power Safety Military Command and Control Space Operations

Meera Sitharam

Professor · University of Florida

Meera Sitharam's expertise is in computational geometry with research in algorithms, bioinformatics and machine learning.

Artificial Intelligence Combinatorial and Geometric Rigidity Discrete Geometry Softmatter and Microstructure Mathematical and Computational Modeling

Veronika Sonsev

CEO & Founder · inSparq

An inspirational personality in the mobile and digital technology field who is pioneering new business opportunities for women entrepreneurs

Startups and Investment Management Entrepreneurship Mobile Technology and Wireless Financial Forecasting and Planning Operations Management

Samantha Chapman, PhD

Professor of Biology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Samantha Chapman, PhD is an Associate Professor with expertise in global change in coastal ecosystems and invasive plant species.

Carbon Storage and Sequestration Invasive Species Biodiversity Loss Climate change effects on coastal wetlands

Anjanette Raymond

Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

Anjanette Raymond is an Associate Professor at the Kelley School of Business and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Maurer Law School.

International and Domestic Commercial Arbitration Analytics Cloud Computing International Commercial Law International and Domestic Contracts

Salvatore Iaconesi

President · AOS

Founder at AOS

Augmented Reality Ubiquitous Publishing Citizen Science

Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.

Spintronics and Nanomagnetism Exploratory neuromorphic devices Straintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetism Electric field (VCMA) control of skyrmions Magnetic and multiferroic materials

Lawrence Levy

Vice President, Economic Development and Professional Studies; Executive Dean, National Center for Suburban Studies · Hofstra University

Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study

Suburban Spaces and Development Suburbs Education Taxation Politics of the Suburbs

Kathy D. Geller, Ph.D.

Program Director, Human and Organizational Development | School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University

A Scholar/Practitioner….Learning and Organization Effectiveness: Sustainable Leadership, Adult Development and Transformative Learning

Transformative Learning Transnational Leadership Leadership Development Adaptive Leadership Adult Development

Abbey Stemler

Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

Professor Stemler is a leading scholar on the sharing economy and the regulation of platform-based technologies.

Sharing Economy Internet Regulation Technology Law

Jonas Mureika

Chair and Professor of Physics · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Physics Theoretical Cosmology Particle Physics Theories of Gravitation Teaching

Reid Simmons

Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Toma

Professor · Georgia Southern University

Professor Toma researches regional economics and public choice

Macro & Monetary Economics Regional Economics Public Choice

Swati Gupta

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering · Georgia Tech - College of Engineering

Gupta's research focuses on optimization, machine learning, and bias and fairness within the AI sphere.

Data-driven Decision-making Under Partial Information Online and Machine Learning Combinatorial, Convex and Robust Optimization Fairness and Bias in Decisions

Annalisa Enrile

Clinical Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Professor of social work at USC, training a generation of change makers; storyteller; anti-trafficking warrior; defender of women and girls.

Human Rights Anti-militarization Immigration Policy Sex Trafficking Migrant labor

Dr. Mark Ware

Chief Medical Officer · Canopy Growth

Dr. Ware leads Canopy Growth’s medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics including research towards the development of cannabinoid medicines.

Endocannabinoid System Cannabis Research Cannabinoids Medical Cannabis Clinical Research

Shannon Schmoll

Director, Abrams Planetarium · Michigan State University

Shannon Schmoll is an expert on basic astronomy, naked-eye astronomy, eclipses, constellations, night sky.

Night Sky Eclipses Basic Astronomy Planetariums Science Education

Dave Pearson

Research Director and Team Lead, Infrastructure · International Data Corporation (IDC)

Research Director and Team Lead for IDC Canada's Infrastructure Solutions Research Group

Platform as a Service Enterprise Storage Datacentre Networking Big Data and Analytics Infrastructure

Rob Burbach

Research Manager, Survey and Analysis · International Data Corporation (IDC)

Research Manager, specializing in surveys & analysis for the Canadian ICT sector

Buyer Behaviour Statistical Analysis Survey Development