Pedro Antunes

Director, National and Provincial Forecast · The Conference Board of Canada

Bridging the divides! Bringing a wholistic perspective to national and provincial economic relations is the CBoC's forecaster & spokesperson

Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care Productivity Analysis Economic Growth & Development

Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD

The Helen and William O'Toole Dean, Villanova School of Business; Professor of Management · Villanova School of Business | Villanova University

Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, has vast expertise in leadership and management development, negotiation and executive coaching.

Business Women in Business Leadership Psychology Negotiations

Dr. Sima Salahshor

Principal, Shiruy, Inc · Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto

Health Innovation Advisory and Program Design & Management

Program and Project Management Marketing & Corporate Strategy Medical Guideline and Policy Business Development & Partnerships Health Technologies

Kristin Bennett

Professor, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science & Associate Director, Institute for Data Exploration and Application (IDEA) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Extracts information from data using novel predictive or descriptive mathematical models

Bioinformatics Data Visualization Machine Learning Data Mining Health Informatics

Bartosz Krawczyk, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Krawczyk's areas of research are machine learning, data stream mining, and big data.

Machine learning: ensembles, imbalanced data, one-class classification, kernel methods. Data stream mining: concept drift, active learning, online classification and regression. Big data: mining massive datasets, efficient and scalable learning algorithms

Alexandros Tsamis

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Graduate Program Director; Associate Director, Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Architect focused on composite materials, building energy systems and advanced manufacturing technologies for the built environment.

Ecology Composite Materials Manufacturing Technologies for the Built Environment Climate-Adaptive Energy Systems Tectonics

Dr Joseph Downing

Senior Lecturer, Politics, History and International Relations · Aston University

Professor Downing teaches courses on researching politics, security and technology in politics.

Qualitative Methods Sociology Global Security Politics Policy Analysis

Dr. Michael Commito

Director of Applied Research & Innovation · Cambrian College

Mike Commito is the Director of Applied Research at Cambrian College. He has expertise in research, Canadian history, and hockey.

Innovation Canadian History Applied Research Research Analysis History

Dr. Ed Frazelle

Executive Director · RightChain™ Institute

President and CEO at Logistics Resources International

Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Megatrends Inventory Strategy

John Covach

Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of Music · University of Rochester

John Covach is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.

Rock 'n' Roll Music and Culture Progressive Rock in the 1970s The Beatles Popular Music

Dr Joseph Yannielli

Lecturer, History (Research) · Aston University

Joseph Yannielli’s main fields of interest are slavery and abolition, with a special focus on America during the nineteenth century.

Social Movements Slavery in the United States Slavery Abolition Slavery in West Africa

J. Adam Langley, PhD

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

Adam Langley, PhD, focuses his research on how ecosystems respond to, and may determine the severity of, environmental change.

Biology Coastal Wetland Sustainability Carbon Cycling Global Change Ecology

Dr Virginie Grzelczyk

Reader/Associate Professor in International Relations · Aston University

Virginie's research focuses on security relationships over the Korean Peninsula and especially about North Korea.

Korean Peninsula Northeast Asia Politics Politics of North Korea Foreign Policy Towards North Korea North Korea

Prof. Francesco Cappuccio

Professor & Cephalon Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine & Epidemiology, Warwick Medical School · University of Warwick

Francesco Cappuccio is an expert in the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, nutrition, metabolic abnormalities and cardiovascular risk.

Salt Intake Cardiovascular Risk Epidemiology of Cadiovascular Disease Sleep Deprivation Sleep

Salim Hajje

Regional Director · Business Unlimited

An Adviser & Trainer to private and government institutions among which "The Lebanese Parliament", "The Lebanese Franchise Association-LFA",

Strategic Planing Family Business Planning Wholesale & Retail Sales Management Marketing & Media Strategy Franchising

Ginger Grant

Professor (Marketing and Innovation) · Sheridan College

Innovation Management, Leadership Development, Strategy, Corporate Anthropology, Organizational Design, Scenario Planning, Storytelling

Experiential and Archetypal Marketing Scenario Planning Revisioning Retirement Innovation Culture Design Thinking

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

Stan Phelps

Chief Measurement Officer · 9INCH marketing

Makes Brands Remark-able

Customer Service Customer Experience Word of Mouth Marketing Strategy Differentiation

David Dodell-Feder

Assistant Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester

David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.

Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology

Robin Cox

Research Director and Professor · ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University

Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.

Resilience Higher Education Community Resilience Disaster Psychosocial Response Stress and Coping