Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Rebecca Alexander

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement

Wake Forest University

Phil Baty

Chief Global Affairs Officer

Times Higher Education

Deepika Bhatia

Associate Vice-President for Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs

Emory University

Jonathan Breeze

Executive Vice-President – Academic Markets

Digital Science

Yonique Campbell

Associate Professor of Public Policy

The University of the West Indies

Cayelan Carey

Professor and Co-Director, Center for Ecosystem Forecasting

Virginia Tech

Alejandra Castro

Vice-President, International Affairs and Sustainability Strategy

Bayer

Madhu Chitkara

Pro Chancellor

Chitkara University

David Chun

Vice-President and Chief Information Officer

Montclair State University

Cyril Clarke

Executive Vice President and Provost

Virginia Tech

Mr Nicolas Cletz

Commercial director

Times Higher Education

Lance Collins

Vice President, Greater Washington DC

Virginia Tech

Luiz Da Silva

Executive Director, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

Cole Donovan

Associate Director, Science and Technology Ecosystem Development

Federation of American Scientists

Colin Dunn

Vice President of Products

OPSWAT

Steven Ellis

Program Officer

National Science Foundation

Mario Ferruzzi

Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Virginia Tech

Kevin Gamache

Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Research Security Officer

Texas A&M University System

Arindam Gan Chowdhury

Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Florida International University

Juan Garcia

Managing Director

Deloitte

Susan Greenberg

Managing Editor

Inside Higher Ed

Sunil Gulati

Vice President of Global Sustainability and Digital Transformation

The Coca-Cola Company

Ehren Hill

Director, Education & Outreach

Virginia Tech National Security Institute

Amanda Humphrey

Chief Research Operations Officer

Northeastern University

Nimmi Kannankutty

Vice President of Academic Relations

Elsevier

David Kirkwood

Program Manager, FutureG

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Jun Liu

Rector

City University of Macau

Lingjia Liu

Director, Wireless@Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech

Laurie Locascio

President and Chief Executive Officer

American National Standards Institute

David Luzzi

Senior Vice Provost for Research

Northeastern University

Chris Overcash

Director, Program Manager and Faculty Member

John Hopkins University

Eric Paterson

Executive Director, National Security Institute

Virginia Tech

Jason Payne

Chief Technology Officer, Federal

Microsoft

Jack Puleo

Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

University of Delaware

Montasir Qasymeh

Associate Provost for Research, Innovation and Academic Development

Abu Dhabi University

Thomas Rondeau

Principal Director for FutureG

US Department of Defense

Brandy Salmon

Vice President

Virginia Tech

Tim Sands

President

Virginia Tech

Sachin Shetty

Executive Director, Center for Secure and Intelligent Critical System

Old Dominion University

Greg Simer

Chief Technology Officer

Northrop Grumman

Akshay Singh

Director of Research Security

The University of British Columbia

Gregory Smith

Director

Huron Consulting Group

Sang Kee Song

Vice President for International Affairs

Korea University

Karl Steiner

Vice President for Research and Creative Achievement

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Fredericke Stewart

Global Quality Director

AstraZeneca

John Stuart

Professor

Florida International University

Daniel Sui

Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation

Virginia Tech

John Talerico

Assistant Vice President for Research Security and Chief Research Security Officer

Virginia Tech

Jennifer Taylor

President and Chief Executive Officer

Northern Virginia Technology Council

Quinn Thomas

Professor and Co-Director, Center for Ecosystem Forecasting

Virginia Tech

Amanda Toman

Director, Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund

US Department of Commerce

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