Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Laura Dückers

Laura Dückers

Laura Dückers, geboren in Mönchengladbach, studierte Internationales Luftverkehrsmanagement, bevor sie ihren Schwerpunkt auf Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung sowie Strategie. Sie arbeitete im Ausland und sammelte Erfahrungen in einem großen Telekommunikationsunternehmen, bevor sie 2019 zur denkwerk GmbH kam. Geschätzt für ihre zielorientierte, kompetente und empathische Arbeitsweise leitet sie seit dem Jahr 2021 als "Lead Organizational Strategy & Culture" das Talent Management Team der Digitalagentur mit aktuell rund 250 Mitarbeitenden an vier Standorten. Zu ihren Schwerpunktthemen gehören die strategische Ausrichtung und Digitalisierung der internen HR-Prozesse, Mitarbeiter:innenzufriedenheit, -gesundheit & -bindung sowie übergreifende Organisationsstrategie mit Schnittstelle zum Recruiting.

Laura Dückers, geboren in Mönchengladbach, studierte Internationales Luftverkehrsmanagement, bevor sie ihren Schwerpunkt auf Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung sowie Strategie. Sie arbeitete im Ausland und sammelte Erfahrungen in einem großen Tel... Show more

Cherese Mbila

Cherese Mbila

Cherese Mbila is an eclectic or holistic therapist who is passionate about inclusion, Black women’s trauma, and therapeutic approaches that embody the mind and soul of each client. As a graduate of Liberty University she holds a Master of Arts in Human Service Counseling and a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Psychology in Clinical Psychology and certification as an Equine Assisted Therapist. Cherese has over 20 years of experience in the field and served 13 years in the United States Army as a combat medic.

Cherese Mbila is an eclectic or holistic therapist who is passionate about inclusion, Black women’s trauma, and therapeutic approaches that embody the mind and soul of each client. As a graduate of Liberty University she holds a Master of Arts in Hum... Show more

Hannah Schulz-Kümpel

Hannah Schulz-Kümpel

After receiving her Bachelor's in Mathematics from Heidelberg University and Master's in Statistics from LMU Munich, Hannah Schulz-Kümpel is now a PhD student at the ‘Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI’ (relAI) under the supervision of Bernd Bischl.

After receiving her Bachelor's in Mathematics from Heidelberg University and Master's in Statistics from LMU Munich, Hannah Schulz-Kümpel is now a PhD student at the ‘Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI’ (relAI) under the supervision of B... Show more

Benjamin Möbus

Benjamin Möbus

Benjamin Möbus teaches and conducts research as a research assistant in the field of educational sciences at the University of Vechta. His teaching and research focus particularly on the opportunities and challenges of digitalization (in inclusive settings) as well as the instrumentalization of digital games in the context of the digital propaganda strategy of the German New Right.

Benjamin Möbus teaches and conducts research as a research assistant in the field of educational sciences at the University of Vechta. His teaching and research focus particularly on the opportunities and challenges of digitalization (in inclusive se... Show more

Eman Alefishat

Eman Alefishat

Alefishat received her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham-United Kingdom. Before joining the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) at Khalifa University in 2019, she worked as the Assistant Dean for Hospital Affairs and PharmD Program Director at the University of Jordan. Alefishat is a founding faculty at CMHS, where she serves as the Assistant Dean for Medical Education; she has been awarded the Khalifa University Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2021, Faculty Service Excellence Award 2022, and the CMHS Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Alefishat is an active researcher; she serves as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Biotechnology. She has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals; she also is an Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research and a Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Integrative Physiology-Frontiers in Physiology.

Alefishat received her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham-United Kingdom. Before joining the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) at Khalifa University in 2019, she worked as the Assistant Dean for Hospital Affairs and PharmD Program D... Show more

Bryant Avey

Bryant Avey

Bryant Avey is the Chief Geek for internuntius. Bryant has over twenty years of technical and management experience in a wide range of industries and organizations from start-ups to Dow 30 corporations. He has also worked with over 40 state and local government entities. Bryant specializes in data integration and data architecture as well as application and solution architecture. He is the author of the upcoming book, Data at the Enterprise Level: The Next Convergence.

Bryant Avey is the Chief Geek for internuntius. Bryant has over twenty years of technical and management experience in a wide range of industries and organizations from start-ups to Dow 30 corporations. He has also worked with over 40 state and local... Show more

Christopher Li

Christopher Li

Christopher Li is the CEO & co-founder of BioBox Analytics, a software company working at the intersection of biology and computer science. Prior to BioBox, Chris was completing his PhD in laboratory medicine with a research focus on pediatric brain cancer.

Christopher Li is the CEO & co-founder of BioBox Analytics, a software company working at the intersection of biology and computer science. Prior to BioBox, Chris was completing his PhD in laboratory medicine with a research focus on pediatric brain ... Show more

Keren Zhou

Keren Zhou

An Assistant Professor

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Niall Kerr

Niall Kerr

Niall is Head of Heritage and Community Relations at Nerve Centre and recently was Head of Communications for the award winning Our Place in Space. Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland's leading creative arts organisation, with a remit across music, film, creative learning and culture. Niall has extensive experience working across a range of disciplines, including heritage, engagement, marketing, public relations, journalism and digital media projects. From 2018-2021, Niall was Project Manager for Making the Future (www.makingthefuture.eu), a major EU funded cultural heritage engagement programme across Northern Ireland and the border counties.

Niall is Head of Heritage and Community Relations at Nerve Centre and recently was Head of Communications for the award winning Our Place in Space. Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland's leading creative arts organisation, with a remit across music, film... Show more

Thorsten Löw

Thorsten Löw

My expertise is in aligning and organising collaboration to create and deliver value in vibrant environments. I consult on designing, building, and maintaining lean organisations that thrive. I help you from scratch as well as by change and transformation.
I started in Design and Branding in the 1990s, moved on to a Colloboration Expert and became an Organisational Designer. My Emphasis is on theoretically well understood interventions and models. Value Creation is the core Driver of Change – Not the methodologies, frameworks etc.

My expertise is in aligning and organising collaboration to create and deliver value in vibrant environments. I consult on designing, building, and maintaining lean organisations that thrive. I help you from scratch as well as by change and transform... Show more

Andre Shori

Andre Shori

Andre Shori is the APAC Cybersecurity Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Schneider Electric. He is responsible for leading, animating and implementing the Asia Pacific region's IT and OT cybersecurity programs. Andre brings with him over 30 years of cyber experience, a SANS Technology Institute Master of Science in Information Security Management, and 18 major cybersecurity certifications. As Regional CISO for Schneider Electric, Andre’s mission is to continuously advance and mature the cybersecurity posture for his regional ecosystem of customers, partners and employees. He adopts an approach of being constantly risk-informed while implementing defenses-in-depth to ensure that cyber risks to Schneider Electric’s IT and OT systems are deterred, detected, and defused to the maximum extent possible.

Andre advocates for close collaboration and partnerships across Schneider Electric’s ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and authorities to enable trust and raise the cyber resilience of the industry at large. He serves as an Executive Board Member of the (ISC)2 Singapore Chapter and Vice President of the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP), contributing to the development of the cybersecurity profession across the globe and creating a vibrant global cybersecurity ecosystem that enables a safe and secure cyberspace for everyone.

Andre Shori is the APAC Cybersecurity Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Schneider Electric. He is responsible for leading, animating and implementing the Asia Pacific region's IT and OT cybersecurity programs. Andre brings with... Show more

Profe Agus Álamo

Profe Agus Álamo

Profesora de Física y Astronomía en zona sur del AMBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Encargada de contenidos y coordinación de guías en el Complejo Astronómico Municipal de Almirante Brown.
Ayudante de Cátedra de Astronomía I y II en el ISFD N°41 de Adrogué.
Creadora de contenido en instagram bajo la cuenta @astroalmendra
Fan de El Señor de los Anillos, Star Wars y de mirar películas memorables. Corrijo examenes y doy clases usando memes. Amo mirar partidos de fútbol con mi familia. Mamá de Bruno. La pasión y el amor como elección de vida.

Profesora de Física y Astronomía en zona sur del AMBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Encargada de contenidos y coordinación de guías en el Complejo Astronómico Municipal de Almirante Brown. Ayudante de Cátedra de Astronomía I y II en el ISFD N°41 de Adr... Show more

Carsten Lund Meilbak

Carsten Lund Meilbak

Carsten has done Microsoft communication for more than 10 years – before that many years in the telco industry. Working with meeting rooms has become his new passion.
Carsten is Microsoft MVP in Teams

Carsten has done Microsoft communication for more than 10 years – before that many years in the telco industry. Working with meeting rooms has become his new passion. Carsten is Microsoft MVP in Teams Show more

Katrin Greiner

Katrin Greiner

I'm a 27 year old Master Media Culture and English Linguistics student who has spent the last 8 years being organized in student councils, general student committees, examination and internship committees, student parliaments and the university senate. Now I represent the needs of German students across the country as part of the executive committee of the Free Association of Student Unions (fzs) with a focus on good learning and working conditions at universities.

I'm a 27 year old Master Media Culture and English Linguistics student who has spent the last 8 years being organized in student councils, general student committees, examination and internship committees, student parliaments and the university senat... Show more

Jörg Hafer

Jörg Hafer

Joerg Hafer studied education, philosophy and sociology in Frankfurt a.M., Karlsruhe (GER) and Leiden (NL), graduating with a Magister Artium (M.A.) in Education. Since 1999 he has been professionally active in the e-learning sector.
He has been at the University of Potsdam since 2007, where he has headed the "Teaching and Media" department at the Center for Quality Development in Studies and Teaching since 2014. At the ZfQ, in addition to heading the department, he was primarily involved in consulting, conception and project management of projects in e-learning, innovative teaching and internationalisation. He is board member of the German Society for Media in Science (GMW) e.V. since 2016.

Jörg Hafer has been on leave from the University of Potsdam since September 2022 to take the opportunity to redesign his professional interests in New Delhi.

Joerg Hafer studied education, philosophy and sociology in Frankfurt a.M., Karlsruhe (GER) and Leiden (NL), graduating with a Magister Artium (M.A.) in Education. Since 1999 he has been professionally active in the e-learning sector. He has been at ... Show more

Mauro Parra

Mauro Parra

Ingeniero que desentraña la intrincada red del comportamiento humano. Armado con experiencia técnica y una curiosidad insaciable, exploro el oscuro reino de la psicología. Mis charlas analizan las sutiles complejidades de la manipulación, combinando conocimientos analíticos con una comprensión de la cognición humana.

Ingeniero que desentraña la intrincada red del comportamiento humano. Armado con experiencia técnica y una curiosidad insaciable, exploro el oscuro reino de la psicología. Mis charlas analizan las sutiles complejidades de la manipulación, combinando ... Show more

Levente Juhász

Levente Juhász

I like maps and data. That is all.

I like maps and data. That is all. Show more

Magdalena Kucharska

Magdalena Kucharska

I am a Professional Scrum Trainer from Scrum.org , and Agile Coach and a Scrum Master, with more than 10+ years of experience in various business fields, such as: engineering, aviation, banking, gambling, MLM.

My main focus is the quality of Product and responding to the needs of clients. I love to facilitate Scrum trainings, as it is my way of showing its worth. I do it with easiness and humor, including multiple real-life stories, to help students understand the empiricism behind Scrum.

Privately a TV-series nerd, with over 310 show watched, with currently 70 in production. Proud mom of one and passionate fantasy and sci-fi reader.

I am a Professional Scrum Trainer from Scrum.org , and Agile Coach and a Scrum Master, with more than 10+ years of experience in various business fields, such as: engineering, aviation, banking, gambling, MLM. My main focus is the quality of Produ... Show more

Adebanjo Olajide

Adebanjo Olajide

My name is Adebanjo Olajide, a recent Computer Science graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo University, is passionate about learning and eager to explore artificial intelligence.

My name is Adebanjo Olajide, a recent Computer Science graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo University, is passionate about learning and eager to explore artificial intelligence. Show more

Oryan Fuchs

Oryan Fuchs

Oryan is a passionate Software Developer Team Leader at Riskified, in a team that develops core services for fraud detection.

In the last year, she was working as a software developer on designing and developing an automation platform that applies ML recommendations in a critical system. She is especially passionate about system design, teaching, and mentoring. She is a great team player, with great communication skills.

She has a BSc degree in Computer Science & Economics from Tel Aviv University and she has vast experience as a Fullstack Developer in various systems.
In her spare time, she likes doing yoga and traveling around the world.

Oryan is a passionate Software Developer Team Leader at Riskified, in a team that develops core services for fraud detection. In the last year, she was working as a software developer on designing and developing an automation platform that applies... Show more

Karolina Zapal

Karolina Zapal

Karolina Zapal is an avid reader and also a writer. She serves as the Program Coordinator for Massachusetts Center for the Book, where she runs the year-long Reading Challenge, Letters About Literature, the Mass Book Awards, and other programs.

Karolina Zapal is an avid reader and also a writer. She serves as the Program Coordinator for Massachusetts Center for the Book, where she runs the year-long Reading Challenge, Letters About Literature, the Mass Book Awards, and other programs. Show more

James Carlson

James Carlson

Math professor for most of my professional live, now having great fun with functional programming.

Math professor for most of my professional live, now having great fun with functional programming. Show more

Catherine Pamphile

Catherine Pamphile

Les problématiques de transformation et de changement organisationnel ont rythmé le parcours de Catherine depuis 20 ans. L’agilité a été une rencontre évidente dans un parcours de missions de changement organisationnel dans diverses industries, en Amérique du nord, en France,
Catherine est aussi passionnée d’anthropologie, de sciences cognitives, de sciences du leadership.
Considérant la difficulté des organisations à réussir comme organisations
Parce que les transformations achoppent pour l'essentiel sur la culture en place, Catherine accompagne la transformation managériale en paralèlle pour permettre l'adoption organisationnelle de l'agilité.

Les problématiques de transformation et de changement organisationnel ont rythmé le parcours de Catherine depuis 20 ans. L’agilité a été une rencontre évidente dans un parcours de missions de changement organisationnel dans diverses industries, en Am... Show more

Christina-Maria Androna

Christina-Maria Androna

Androna Christina-Maria is a Ph.D. candidate at the National Technical University of Athens, in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, affiliated with the Network Management and Optimal Design Lab. Her main research focus is on Knowledge Graphs, Algorithms and Machine Learning. Through her work she develops combined model-based and data-driven frameworks, aiming to support data management, advanced reasoning, knowledge discovery and decision-making processes.

Androna Christina-Maria is a Ph.D. candidate at the National Technical University of Athens, in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, affiliated with the Network Management and Optimal Design Lab. Her main research focus is on Knowledge... Show more

Jitka Pilar

Jitka Pilar

Development & Membership Manager

Development & Membership Manager Show more

Rosemary Candelario

Rosemary Candelario

Rosemary Candelario writes about and makes dances engaged with Asian and Asian American dance, butoh, ecology, and site-related performance. She was awarded the 2018 Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research for her book Flowers Cracking Concrete: Eiko & Koma's Asian/American Choreographies (Wesleyan University Press 2016) and received the 2022 Mid-Career Award from the Dance Studies Association. Rosemary is the co-editor with Bruce Baird of The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance (2018) and with Matthew Henley of Dance Research Methodologies: Ethics, Orientations, Practices (Routledge 2023), and has published articles in journals such as Dance Research Journal, Choreographic Practices, The Scholar & Feminist Online, and Post45: Contemporaries. Rosemary is Associate Professor of Performance as Public Practice at the University of Texas at Austin with an appointment in the Expanding Approaches to American Arts cluster. She serves as the Dance Studies Association Vice President for Publications and Research and holds a PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA. www.rosemarycandelario.net

Rosemary Candelario writes about and makes dances engaged with Asian and Asian American dance, butoh, ecology, and site-related performance. She was awarded the 2018 Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research for her book Flowers Cracking Concre... Show more

Jennifer Bonenfant

Jennifer Bonenfant

Jennifer is a CPA with significant audit and financial management experience. She was an early adopter of Navision, the precursor to Business Central. She leveraged Microsoft's investment and development of Business Central to support and grow a significant financial operation in a complex environment.

Seeing the growth and opportunities in the Microsoft Partner Channel, Jennifer transitioned to a Business Central Senior Consultant in 2015. She is the current Product Manager for Sylogist Mission where she continues to leverage her experience to extend the value of Microsoft Business Central to the not-for-profit market.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferbonenfant/

Jennifer is a CPA with significant audit and financial management experience. She was an early adopter of Navision, the precursor to Business Central. She leveraged Microsoft's investment and development of Business Central to support and grow a si... Show more

Beatrice Bottini

Beatrice Bottini

Interessata alla ricerca e all'innovazione di approcci e metodi per lo sviluppo delle persone e delle organizzazioni, dopo diversi anni di esperienza gestionale nell’ambito del marketing e del project management ha deciso di dedicarsi al Coaching individuale, di team e organizzazioni.

Grazie alla sua conoscenza diretta dei meccanismi di funzionamento delle organizzazioni, Beatrice lavora con professionisti aiutandoli a rafforzare la loro consapevolezza organizzativa, a sviluppare sinergie tra bisogni e obiettivi organizzativi e personali.

È Certified Practitioner Coach (EIA), Certified Agile Coach (IC-Agile), membro dell’Associazione Italiana Coach Professionisti e di EMCC Global. Come Coach e trainer affianca gruppi e individui facilitando fasi di transizione e supportando cambiamenti nella gestione di sé, dei team e dell’organizzazione.

Nei suoi interventi adotta approcci sperimentali per lo sviluppo delle competenze relazionali e della leadership, utilizza strumenti di facilitazione esperta, serious play, training frontale ed esperienziale.
Oltre al coaching si dedica alla ricerca sul Coaching Organizzativo, in collaborazione con il gruppo di ricerca AICP.

Interessata alla ricerca e all'innovazione di approcci e metodi per lo sviluppo delle persone e delle organizzazioni, dopo diversi anni di esperienza gestionale nell’ambito del marketing e del project management ha deciso di dedicarsi al Coaching ind... Show more

Stephanie Kirmer

Stephanie Kirmer

Stephanie Kirmer is a senior machine learning engineer at DataGrail, a company committed to helping businesses protect customer data and minimize risk. She has almost a decade of experience building machine learning solutions in industry, and before going into data science she was an adjunct professor of sociology and higher education administrator. She brings a unique mix of social science perspective and deep technical and business experience to writing and speaking about the challenges facing the machine learning and AI industry today. Learn more at www.stephaniekirmer.com.

Stephanie Kirmer is a senior machine learning engineer at DataGrail, a company committed to helping businesses protect customer data and minimize risk. She has almost a decade of experience building machine learning solutions in industry, and before ... Show more

Barbara Pineda

Barbara Pineda

Since 2014 I have accompanied organizations and teams through specialist consulting, designing and deploying organizational development and change management projects for organizational transformation processes, advising companies and institutions in the public and private sectors. Teacher, speaker, mentor and facilitator oriented to the development of change capabilities at the individual, group and organizational level, based on applied methodologies. Organizational Psychologist, graduate in Change Management and Innovation, Certified in agile project methodology, Scrum Master. Master in Social Communication and Education.

Since 2014 I have accompanied organizations and teams through specialist consulting, designing and deploying organizational development and change management projects for organizational transformation processes, advising companies and institutions in... Show more

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