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Rajesh Hegde is a Senior Software Engineer at Unisys, working with the Global Innovation Office. He is a 2021 graduate in Information Science & Engineering and currently serves as a member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for the ISE department. He is a full-stack engineer with a strong focus on frontend and backend engineering, AI-powered applications, cloud technologies, DevOps, and modern software development practices.

Rajesh has experience delivering technical sessions and workshops for students and professionals across engineering institutions. He has also been a speaker at Open Source India 2025 and 2026 and actively engages with the academic and developer community through technical talks and workshops.

Outside of technology, Rajesh enjoys photography, travel, hiking, running, drawing and writing.

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Peterson is a Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer with deep experience building scalable platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP. He specializes in automation, observability, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code, helping teams improve reliability and deliver faster. His work focuses on creating efficient, developer-friendly cloud systems and simplifying complex engineering challenges

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Raquel Castro Madureira is an Invited Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and a researcher at GOVCOPP, working at the intersection of telecommunications, smart cities, sustainability, public policy, and digital transformation. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and has more than two decades of experience across academia, industry, entrepreneurship, and local government. A Senior Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association and an active IEEE volunteer, she serves as an IEEE Smart Cities Ambassador and contributes to initiatives related to AgeTech, entrepreneurship, and technology for societal impact. Her work focuses on how engineering and digital technologies can improve quality of life, strengthen public services, and reduce inequalities. This multidisciplinary perspective underpins her session on moving from Smart Cities to Wise Communities, where technology is designed and deployed to serve people, inclusion, resilience, and long-term societal value.

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Marie Dedikova is a Senior Software Engineer at Thoughtworks, entrepreneur, and coach with nine years of experience in the technology industry. She is passionate about building technology that serves people and the planet, with a particular interest in ethical AI, responsible innovation, and sustainable software development. As a self-taught programmer, Marie understands the importance of accessible education. She has taught women programming at FrauenLoop, facilitated workshops, and delivered talks on AI, technology, and personal well-being. Through her work, she advocates for more conscious technology decisions and supports women in building fulfilling careers in tech.

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Currently, I am working as a Staff Engineer at Axa France for the past year and half. I worked as a Technical Leader/Senior Software Engineer at Axa France for 3 and a half years. I started at Axa France 5 years ago.

I am an experienced engineer with a proven track record in IT. I am proficient in Java/JEE/Spring/SpringBoot, Python, PostgreSQL, Webmethods, ODM, SOA concepts, statistical modeling, and Prolog. I hold a solid engineering background with a degree in Computer Engineering and Statistics focused on systems and network engineering, software engineering, and financial engineering from Polytechnique Lille.

Previously, I worked for SNCF for 4 years, and before that, for Capgemini for 2 and a half years.

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Adrian is a software engineer specialising in cloud-native systems, MLOps, data engineering, infrastructure, and observability. With experience at ASML and as a start-up co-founder, they combine strong technical expertise with a pragmatic, product-minded approach. They have also contributed to AI for Good projects, helping develop MLOps pipelines for wildlife monitoring and conservation. They focus on building reliable systems through clear architecture, automation, and effective collaboration.

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Abhishek Ghosh is a Data Scientist and Applied AI practitioner specializing in computer vision, machine learning, insurance risk, infrastructure safety, and production AI systems. With six years of experience building and deploying machine learning solutions, beginning with his wildfire research in 2020, he has worked across insurance, environmental risk detection, infrastructure monitoring, and enterprise technology.
In his current role with a Berkshire Hathaway owned insurance company, Abhishek designs and deploys AI systems that support underwriting, underreporting detection, document intelligence, and risk identification. His work includes production ML pipelines, image classification, automated underwriting workflows, LLM-powered property risk analysis, and computer vision systems that analyze business and property characteristics. He has developed solutions using technologies including Azure Cognitive Vision, EfficientNet, XGBoost, and other machine learning frameworks.
Abhishek also brings significant experience in applied computer vision for public safety. His wildfire detection work focused on identifying smoke from real-time camera imagery and distinguishing smoke from clouds, fog, and environmental noise while minimizing false positives. His contributions to AI-powered wildfire detection were recognized in a published technical article by Roboflow leadership. He has also developed infrastructure risk models using drone imagery to identify vegetation-obscured utility assets and support large-scale inspection workflows.
Earlier in his career, Abhishek worked with Accenture on Duck Creek insurance platform implementations, gaining experience in enterprise insurance systems, underwriting, claims, data analysis, and system integration.
He holds a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University and a bachelor's degree from KIIT University.

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Kelley Versocki serves as the Director of the Office of Sustainability at Lehigh University, where she leads the strategic direction of campus-wide sustainability initiatives. She oversees the Office’s professional staff and a team of student change-makers who champion sustainability across campus through data, communications, and outreach.

She oversees Lehigh’s sustainability assessment frameworks, translating complex metrics into actionable insights for senior leadership to guide strategic decision-making. Partnering with university leadership, faculty, and operational teams, Kelley aligns sustainability goals with Lehigh’s broader strategic vision to drive meaningful institutional progress.

Blending a background in sociology with 15 years of experience in public relations, marketing, and communications, Kelley brings a unique, human-centered approach to institutional strategy. Through this dual focus on strategy and storytelling, Kelley ensures that campus sustainability initiatives are high-impact, measurable, inclusive, and deeply embedded in the fabric of the university community.

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Mauxi Adriana Ornelas-Kobayashi is a biomedical engineer with 18+ years of experience in medical devices and diagnostic imaging across Mexico, Latin America, and the United States. Her career includes regional sales and market-development leadership for FUJIFILM Medical Systems and Chison, as well as more than a decade working with multi-brand medical-equipment distributors. She has managed ultrasound and imaging portfolios, distributor networks, public procurement, strategic accounts, and after-sales relationships across Latin America. Her professional experience with multiple ultrasound brands informs her current research on medical-device value chains, technical circularity, operational resilience, public procurement, and local industrial capabilities. She bridges industry practice with research to examine how medical technologies can be managed more sustainably throughout their life cycle.

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Suresh Kumar Ganapathy is a Director of Software Engineering and Security Architect with 25+ years of experience at the intersection of identity, security, and AI. He specializes in CIAM, identity governance, and secure API-driven architectures. Suresh designs platforms that apply AI and machine learning to adaptive authentication and identity intelligence, with a strong focus on MCP security, RAG model protection, and secure AI pipelines. His work emphasizes privacy-aware, scalable, and standards-based identity systems.

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I am a software engineer focused on building and scaling production-grade digital systems. My work spans designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance applications with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and real-world impact.

I have hands-on experience implementing AI-driven solutions and architecting backend systems that move from prototype to production. I’m particularly interested in building intelligent systems that deliver measurable business value while remaining cost-efficient and resilient.

Beyond my core engineering work, I actively share insights on practical AI implementation, system design, and emerging technologies, contributing to conversations around building production-ready solutions in fast-growing markets.

Outside of technology, I am passionate about physical wellness and discipline, which I believe directly translates into consistency and high-performance in engineering practice.

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Claude Ndanda (internationally known as TrixX) is a full-stack software engineer and offensive security researcher based in Cameroon. He currently serves as the Solutions & Security Team Lead at Zen Africa, where he architects web and mobile systems using frameworks like Angular, Kotlin, and Laravel.

Balancing defense and offense, Claude spends his nights as an active Bug Hunter on HackerOne, auditing systems and testing AI/LLM applications for critical vulnerabilities. Driven by regional tech innovation, he is also the creator of project Baobab a localized Small Language Model built for Cameroonian administrative contexts.

Claude is a frequent technical speaker, having presented on appsec, AI, and secure coding practices at DevFest Douala, TEDxNdokoti, and IndabaX. He is dedicated to teaching builders how to deploy fast without leaving their applications wide open to attacks.

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Passionate about opensource fields, active fedora contributor, written few article for fedora and Red Hat , Active Docker community leader, Trying to promote Opensource by arranging AWS / Google Events as I am AWS UG , GDG UG and AWS CB. In Dec 2022 GDG Devfest we had taken a session for around 550+ attendees. Currently delivering training for Kubernertes / Docker and GKE

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Dr. Allison Alimayu is a public interest futurist, keynote speaker, and founder of Alimayu Studio. Her work sits where decisions about children and families are actually made: in how health care is paid for, in the votes of public boards, and in the evidence that funders and regulators accept.

She spent more than a decade in managed care at UnitedHealthcare and DaVita Integrated Care, where she designed a five-state value-based reimbursement program that averaged $8.5 million in monthly savings. She was elected to the Nevada Board of Regents in 2012, served a six-year term including as vice chair, and later ran for US Congress. The US Secretary of Health and Human Services appointed her to the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee, and in 2026 she joined the North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission.

She holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Rutgers University, taught at Tufts University School of Medicine, and was a 2025 to 2026 Fulbright US Scholar at Research Ireland. She has delivered more than 200 keynotes, panels, trainings, and media appearances, including TEDx Carlow College, Fox News, and the CNN post-debate spin room. She published earlier work as Allison Stephens.

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I am Alessandro Miliucci, a developer, author and speaker. Although I have many interests, software development is what I devote most of my time to and what I am best known for. I have also written a few books on software development.

My interests range over all aspects of software: from user interfaces to databases, including network protocols.

I am a co-organizer of RomaJS meetup and the leader of MongoDB User Group in Rome.

During my career I have spent a lot of time working on start-ups such as Hype, the first Italian neo-bank, and Vidra, an e-commerce SaaS that I co-Founded.
Nowadays I work as a Solution Architect for Fabrick S.p.a. one of the leading Italian Fintech companies.

I am Alessandro Miliucci, a developer, author and speaker. Although I have many interests, software development is what I devote most of my time to and what I am best known for. I have also written a few books on software development. My interests... Show more

Senior Deep Learning compiler engineer at Nvidia, ISO:C++ standardization member; Author

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Oluwasegun Adeniyi Adedigba is a cloud software engineer with a strong background in building and managing secure, scalable cloud infrastructures. With extensive experience in AWS, he has implemented solutions involving networking, virtualization, containerization, and serverless architectures. His interests span serverless, event-driven architecture, CAD, CAM, CAE, and robotics. He is 5x AWS Certified and 1x Hashicorp Certified. He is an AWS Community Builder in the AWS Serverless Category. Oluwasegun Adedigba is also a Mechanical Engineer. His hobbies include playing football and basketball.

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Dr. Mohamed Ali Saeed is a senior educational leader with over 25 years of experience in Arabic language education, curriculum development, educational leadership, and school improvement. He currently serves as Senior Leader for Ministry of Education subjects at Safa British School, Dubai, leading whole-school strategy to strengthen teaching quality, improve student outcomes, and advance curriculum innovation.

Holding a PhD in Educational Leadership, Dr. Mohamed is also an experienced bilingual school inspector, with extensive expertise in evaluating teaching, curriculum implementation, assessment, and school performance against national and international quality standards. Throughout his career, he has led educational improvement projects, developed Arabic curricula aligned with UAE and international frameworks, and coached educators to translate research into effective classroom practice.

His educational philosophy centres on ambitious expectations, inclusive teaching, and meaningful learning. He believes that every learner should experience both appropriate challenge and the support needed to succeed. For him, language education develops more than linguistic competence: it strengthens identity, critical thinking, creativity, and the confidence to communicate with purpose. He views assessment as a tool for understanding learners’ starting points, guiding teaching, and making progress visible.

His leadership philosophy combines a clear shared vision with trust, collaboration, and accountability. He believes sustainable school improvement grows through investing in people, listening to their perspectives, and creating a culture in which educators can reflect, question, and refine their practice. He advocates leadership that builds collective expertise and evaluates success through its impact on students’ learning and well-being.

A passionate advocate for excellence in Arabic education, Dr. Mohamed delivers professional learning on curriculum design, assessment, Arabic phonics in Early Years, AI in education, and effective classroom practice. His work connects educational research with practical implementation, helping teachers strengthen their practice and improve outcomes for learners.

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Passionate and dedicated to achieving great solutions in Dynamics 365

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Farees Fathima is a Global Responsible AI Leader and AI Governance Strategist at Carlsberg Group, where she drives the practical operationalisation of Responsible AI, AI risk management, assurance, and literacy across the global enterprise. With over 13 years of experience across Carlsberg, HSBC, Boston Scientific, and Accenture, she bridges the gap between high-level AI principles and high-velocity business execution.

At Carlsberg, Farees established and operationalised a lightweight AI Risk Management Framework that reduced assessment friction by 70% and accelerated safe AI adoption across eight global business units. She leads end-to-end lifecycle governance from ideation and experimentation to deployment and continuous monitoring with a strong focus on Generative AI, Agentic AI, and human oversight in increasingly autonomous systems.

An ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer and EXIN AI Certified Professional (AICP), Farees advises CIOs, CTOs, Legal, Privacy, and Risk leaders on translating emerging global regulations including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001 into actionable enterprise frameworks. As an active industry speaker and mentor, she empowers organizations and founders to build trustworthy, scalable AI systems that deliver tangible business value.

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Industrial engineer with experience in the logistics sector using machine learning technologies, specializing in project management and AI. Committed to best practices in industries utilizing new technologies and the implementation of the SDGs.

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Sailakshmi "Sai" Santhanakrishnan is Founder and Principal Advisor of Periculum LLC, a boutique AI governance, cybersecurity and integrated-risk advisory, and creator of the 6A Compass™ methodology. She has spent 20+ years building risk programs at SIFI and enterprise-platform scale, including senior roles at Amazon (AWS, Alexa), BNY Mellon and The Hartford. She holds ISO 42001, CISM, CRISC and CDPSE credentials, is a Fulbright Specialist Scholar, and co-authored The CISO Mentor. She is co-founder of WeInspire.Guru, a Board Member of Empowering Women as Leaders, and has mentored 25+ emerging leaders in AI and cyber risk.

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Joshua Johnson is an American technology executive who serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of TREE Industries, a company founded in September 2017 and headquartered in Washington, Missouri, specializing in sustainable AI innovation to address environmental challenges through ethical, eco-friendly artificial intelligence solutions focused on accessibility, privacy, and open-source technologies. As CTO since the company's inception, Johnson architects next-generation emerging technologies and AI solutions, leading TREE Industries' efforts to integrate sustainability first principles into AI development for global problem-solving, including advancements in voice-powered tools, 3D avatars with open-source AI assistants, and collaborative virtual beings. His notable public contributions, documented since 2017, include spearheading the release of TREE's first video game, Ultimate Disc Golf, in December 2019; developing a voice-powered virtual production tool using Unreal Engine and open-source AI in February 2020; creating the first 3D avatars integrated with the Mycroft AI assistant in March 2021; launching a desktop control skill for Mycroft AI in June 2021; and developing BlenderGPT, an AI tool for generative 3D modeling, which was featured in NVIDIA's 2023 SIGGRAPH keynote, all emphasizing ethical and environmentally conscious tech innovation. Johnson is further distinguished in the field by his role in collaborations, such as TREE Industries' partnership with Fable on AI-driven projects, and his co-founding of Geppetto AI to advance real-time AI applications.

Joshua Johnson's early career in the technology sector began with roles focused on web development and software engineering, laying the foundation for his later work in AI and sustainable technologies. Alongside his role at TREE Industries, he founded and continues to lead eClarity Web Solutions, where he serves as CEO, assisting businesses and individuals in developing modern content management system (CMS)-powered websites. In this position, Johnson specialized in technologies such as Joomla!, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Flash AS3, and HTML5, gaining expertise in web design and development over several years.These early experiences honed his skills in programming and digital solutions, enabling him to tackle more complex technical challenges in subsequent roles. Although specific timelines for his initial positions are not widely documented, his work at eClarity represented a key period of skill development in software engineering and client-facing tech services before transitioning to executive leadership in AI innovation.

Leadership at TREE Industries

Joshua Johnson was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of TREE Industries upon its founding in September 2017, where he has led the technical direction since inception. In this executive role, Johnson has focused on initial team-building efforts and aligning the company's technological vision with sustainable AI goals aimed at addressing environmental challenges through ethical and eco-friendly solutions. Key leadership milestones under Johnson's tenure include overseeing the expansion of research and development (R&D) activities from 2018 onward, such as the company's joining of the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce in February 2018 to foster industry collaborations and the development of innovative AI tools, including a voice-powered virtual production tool using Unreal Engine and open-source AI in February 2020. By 2021, his strategic guidance contributed to further R&D growth, exemplified by the creation of 3D avatars integrated with Mycroft AI in March 2021, the release of a desktop control skill for Mycroft AI in June 2021, and the prototyping of an AI virtual being capable of real-time 3D art generation in August 2021 as part of TREE Industries' entry into The Culture DAO. These efforts highlight Johnson's role in hiring key engineers and forming partnerships with environmental and tech organizations to scale sustainable AI initiatives. Johnson's strategic initiatives have emphasized eco-friendly practices, including the implementation of sustainable operations in data centers and AI development processes, though specific budgets remain undisclosed in public records. His leadership has driven organizational growth, positioning TREE Industries as a leader in green AI technologies headquartered in Washington, Missouri.

Innovations in AI Sustainability

As CTO of TREE Industries, Joshua Johnson leads efforts to integrate sustainability principles into AI development, focusing on ethical and eco-friendly artificial intelligence solutions.

Key Projects and Initiatives:

Joshua Johnson has led several AI-driven projects at TREE Industries since joining as CTO in 2017, aligning with the company's vision for sustainable AI innovation to address environmental challenges through ethical and eco-friendly solutions. One notable initiative is the development of Ultimate Disc Golf, a video game incorporating AI and machine learning elements, launched in December 2019. This project aimed to advance accessible gaming technologies while exploring AI applications in simulation and real-time environments, with Johnson discussing its integration of AI for enhanced user experiences during a 2020 podcast interview. The effort contributed to TREE Industries' broader portfolio in ethical AI for entertainment, though specific environmental impact metrics were not publicly detailed. In 2021, Johnson oversaw the creation of DeepSpeech-based automatic speech systems for games, focusing on open-source AI to enable voice interactions in virtual environments. This initiative sought to promote affordable and privacy-focused AI tools, developed as part of TREE's commitment to socially responsible technology, with outcomes including prototypes for real-time 3D art creation. The project underscored ethical considerations in AI deployment for gaming industries.[More recently, in 2024, Johnson collaborated with Fable on an AI project bringing the Sam Altman saga to life through advanced chatbots, emphasizing innovative storytelling via eco-friendly AI practices. According to a Forbes article, these chatbots represented non-traditional applications, highlighting TREE Industries' role in sustainable AI collaborations that minimize computational waste. The partnership demonstrated measurable advancements in ethical AI for narrative simulations. Additionally, under Johnson's leadership, TREE Industries advanced the Unreal Agent plugin in 2025, an open-source AI copilot for Unreal Engine 5 that automates tasks like level design and content generation to optimize development workflows. This tool aims to reduce energy-intensive manual processes, supporting green AI goals through efficient, real-time integrations, with its GitHub release fostering community-driven sustainable innovations.

Industry Influence:

Joshua Johnson has exerted influence in the sustainable AI sector through his thought leadership and participation in high-profile industry events. As CTO of TREE Industries, he spoke at the AI Film and Games Festival in San Francisco in 2023 and GatherVerse Summit 2025.This engagement underscores his role in promoting ethical AI practices that align with environmental goals, as TREE Industries emphasizes "Sustainability First" in its operations. In advisory capacities, Johnson serves as the Interoperability Committee Lead at The Culture DAO since April 2022, contributing to standards development in emerging technologies, including AI interoperability that supports sustainable applications. Johnson's contributions extend to open-source initiatives that advance sustainable AI tools. Under his technical guidance at TREE Industries, the company developed and released open-source projects such as 3D avatars integrated with Mycroft AI, a voice-powered virtual production tool using Unreal Engine and open-source AI, and a desktop control skill for Mycroft, all launched between 2020 and 2021 to make advanced technologies more accessible and environmentally responsible. These efforts have been adopted in communities focused on conversational AI, promoting energy-efficient offline processing solutions that reduce computational waste. Additionally, TREE's early involvement in open-source speech systems like DeepSpeech has influenced game development and AI applications with lower environmental footprints.Through these activities, Johnson has shaped industry discussions on sustainable AI, as evidenced by his commentary in media outlets like Forbes, where he highlighted innovative AI collaborations that prioritize ethical and eco-friendly advancements. His work has contributed to TREE Industries' promotion of AI adoption among local businesses via chamber of commerce memberships, fostering wider sectoral shifts toward sustainability.

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