Humanities & Social Sciences
Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development
Aakanksha Chowdhery is a Research Leader at Reflection AI pushing the frontier of reasoning for coding agents. She is also an adjunct faculty at Stanford. Before her startup journey, she was the technical Lead of 540B PaLM model and lead researcher a... Show more
Barry Burd is a Mathematics and Computer Science Professor at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, US. He's the author of several books, including "Java For Dummies", "Quantum Computing Algorithms", and with Michael McCarthy, "Concise Guide to the... Show more
Damien Douani accompagne les organisations dans leurs mutations numériques depuis 25 ans. Il est le confondateur du cabinet topos, dont la promesse est de "Pratice the Future". Pédagogue des technologies, creative avant-gardiste, il interroge not... Show more
Tyler Ross recently relocated from Manhattan to San Francisco, California, with his wife and daughter after living in New York City for over 10 years. The family is now adjusting to their new life on the West Coast. In his free time, when he’s not sp... Show more
Justin Paluku is an IT Specialist and currently taking the MIT MacroMasters Data science course. Justin was born in May 1991, in Butembo, eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo where he was forced to flee to Uganda in 2012 looking for safet... Show more
I'm a result-driven Community Strategist with a background in building and scaling communities. I started my journey as a Community Manager from the four walls of my university, where I headed the first women-focused community on campus, She Code Afr... Show more
Kris Manche (Dr BC) is a seasoned BC expert with 25 years of continuous experience. Starting in tech support at Navision HQ, Kris became a leading authority in recovering failed implementations at AU’s largest partners. He later founded, grew, and so... Show more
Currently, Pirita Maarit Johnsen is working as an Agile coach in Eviny, one of Norway’s largest green energy and technology company. With extensive experience in Agile coaching, she has guided many teams through transformations, fostering continuous... Show more
With over seven years of experience in employee engagement, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), social impact, and event management, I have dedicated my career to fostering inclusive and supportive workplace environments. I graduated from San Jos... Show more
Thomas Scola, founder and CEO of The Bluefly Collective (Bluefly.io), brings over 20 years of industry expertise to digital solutions in Drupal and AI technologies. A former Acquia leader and pioneer of the Collaborative Impact Model, Thomas merges t... Show more
Awoke Dagnew is a dedicated and collaborative project management professional with over 13 years of experience in the non-profit sector. He has strong expertise and skills in project design and execution, having successfully managed a diverse range o... Show more
Xuanyi is a data scientist by day, explorer of various notions of intelligences and entropy by night. Feel free to nerdsnipe him in his areas of interests: ranging from programming language theory to artificial intelligence in the computer sciences; ... Show more
Enthusiastic leader of Customer Experience and Success teams. Engaged and responsive Customer Success Manager. Creative marketing professional. Certified success and accountability coach. I am committed to inspiring others to succeed through effectiv... Show more
I like to describe my career to people as making the world a better place for all people, no matter their needs. I truly believe our work makes a difference in people's lives. That is why accessibility is as much a passion as a profession. My aim in ... Show more
I love building and talking about applications that interface with the Web, Cloud and Bitcoin Protocol Show more
Works at TUKE.SK, where he (un)successfully tries to deploy containers directly into the process of automated testing of student assignments and into teaching in the field of the Internet of Things. He also regularly trains new DevOps engineers, whom... Show more
Currently, as a Platform Engineer, I contribute to the construction of Magalu Cloud, the Brazilian public cloud. I am a CNCF Ambassador and contribute to Kubernetes and other open source software. I have extensive experience in migrating applicati... Show more
Amy has been telling stories since she could draw on the backs of paper placemats. She reads slush for The Masters Review and has published several book reviews with them. She also hosts a fiction-focused open mic called Stories Live! Show more
Pachi works as a Developer Relations & Community Manager. After nannying for years, she started learning to code while building meaningful connections within the dev community. She is passionate about creating newbie-friendly content and believes a... Show more
Recognised as one of the Top 10 Rising Women in Crypto 2023, Lianna is architecting the future at the convergence of art, technology, and social impact. Her thought leadership has graced global stages including the World Economic Forum at Davos 2024,... Show more
Tina Basner works at the CHE Centre for Higher Education Development as project manager of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD). Since 2021, she has headed various InnovationHub think tanks on topics such as "equality & diversity", "hybrid teachi... Show more
Devin Sarno, founder and CEO of Parlay Communicators, is a two-time US national champion public speaking coach. With over 15 years of experience, she blends her love for live performance, improv, and comedy to help others find their unique voice. Dev... Show more
A visionary Data Scientist whose passion and expertise in AI have contributed to groundbreaking projects. With a diverse background in mathematics and machine learning, Thanos excels at navigating the complexities of AI to deliver groundbreaking solu... Show more

Dana Blume
Project manager, lecturer and researcher (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art HSLU)
Teacher and researcher on systemic approaches to reflection in education. Show more
Sarah Reichert (S.E. Reichert) is a writer, novelist, poet and blogger. She is the author of the Sweet Valley Series (nominated for the Colorado Book Awards in 2024) and is the Director and the Youth Coordinator of the Writing Heights Writers Associa... Show more
Physics teacher turned lover of JavaScript turned TypeScript enthusiast. Show more
Frank Köhne is co-head of viadee's Data Science division. He has a research background and has spent the last 15 years coordinating the company's collaborations with universities in the region, but he has also spent a lot of time on software developm... Show more
Amy Quale (she/her) is a seasoned professional in publishing and media, bringing nearly two decades of experience to her work. In 2012, Amy co-founded Wise Ink Media, a publisher dedicated to supporting authors to write, publish, and market books t... Show more
A Lean-agile and product thought leader with more than 20 years experince. SAFe SPC, certified in Scrum@Scale, IDEO Design thinking, experience with LESS and part of Product Operating Model center of excellence at Slalom. Clients include the biggest ... Show more
Faire grandir les potentiels individuels et collectifs, pour des organisations plus humaines, inclusives et performantes. Je suis convaincue que le bien-être au travail est un levier essentiel pour l’épanouissement, tant professionnel que personne... Show more
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