Humanities & Social Sciences

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

Michael Buchmiller

Michael Buchmiller

Michael has had artwork in museums, been interviewed about his views on the Smurfs, garnered a cult following for his robot-fronted band, taught college classes, and been taught as the subject of college classes. In the future, he would like to add to that list.

Michael has had artwork in museums, been interviewed about his views on the Smurfs, garnered a cult following for his robot-fronted band, taught college classes, and been taught as the subject of college classes. In the future, he would like to add t... Show more

Rafa Sansores Majul

Rafa Sansores Majul

Rafael is a speaker and content creator with extensive experience in professional development, content marketing and social media, named this 2022 as a LinkedIn Top Voice. Editor-in-Chief at INSPIRAS magazine of lifestyle.

Rafael is a speaker and content creator with extensive experience in professional development, content marketing and social media, named this 2022 as a LinkedIn Top Voice. Editor-in-Chief at INSPIRAS magazine of lifestyle. Show more

Sam Kabert

Sam Kabert

Sam Kabert is a successful serial entrepreneur turned spiritual seeker. He is known for his ability to put together teams to execute the vision. He is the Author of the #1 Bestselling book SOUL/Life Balance, Founder of SwagWorx & Clone Yourself University, and hosts the Soul Seekr Podcast. Despite all of Sam’s ventures and business success and being recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s “40 Under 40” at just age 31 years old and “Rising Star” in the promotional products industry, he soon recognized that something was missing. Sam realized that despite his success, he was unhappy. This understanding catapulted him on his most recent exploration of his life’s purpose.

He is on a mission to bridge the gap between the way we conduct ourselves in business, mindful practices, how we communicate with everyone, especially oneself, all through prioritizing psychological safety and mental health first.

Sam Kabert is a successful serial entrepreneur turned spiritual seeker. He is known for his ability to put together teams to execute the vision. He is the Author of the #1 Bestselling book SOUL/Life Balance, Founder of SwagWorx & Clone Yourself Unive... Show more

Mija Rabemananjara

Mija Rabemananjara

Née à Madagascar, Mija Rabemananjara a grandi à la Réunion, à Bordeaux, en
région parisienne et décide de tenter l’expérience de l’Amérique du Nord en Septembre 2019 en
s’installant au Québec. Avec une forte expérience dans l’IT, elle devient coach agile en 2015 et
construit 2 cursus de formations :
 Devenir coach agile Agilopathe®
 Devenir un manager/gestionnaire agile avec Montessori Extended®

Son ambition est d’accompagner les organisations vers plus d’auto-organisation et au-delà pour
plus d’engagement, plus de performance, plus d’innovation, pour une société plus saine.

Sur son site http://lesagilopathes.com vous retrouverez ses publications, des vidéos de ses
conférences précédentes, la description de ses offres et les événements à venir !

Née à Madagascar, Mija Rabemananjara a grandi à la Réunion, à Bordeaux, en région parisienne et décide de tenter l’expérience de l’Amérique du Nord en Septembre 2019 en s’installant au Québec. Avec une forte expérience dans l’IT, elle devient coa... Show more

Rebecca Bowers

Rebecca Bowers

Rebecca is a dynamic professional with over 18 years of experience across multiple industries and careers. Rebecca's most profound experiences and insights stem from her time at companies like Vail Resorts, Google, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and her most recent role as a new mom. From communications to engineering, from the start-up world to the corporate 9-5, Rebecca inspires new graduates, early-career hires, experienced professionals, and executive leaders by offering unique perspectives on career growth, professional development, and how to break through our society's antiquated understanding of what it means to be "successful."

Rebecca is a dynamic professional with over 18 years of experience across multiple industries and careers. Rebecca's most profound experiences and insights stem from her time at companies like Vail Resorts, Google, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and her mos... Show more

Sydney Heller

Sydney Heller

Syd started his career as a full stack web developer in the public sector in 2012, after graduating from UCLA with a degree in Russian Language and Literature. As a result of his undergraduate work, as well as his participation in the Russian Language Flagship, Syd is passionate about acquisition and pedagogy of both spoken and coding languages. Syd first learned about in-prison programs after volunteering with the Prison Education Project in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Syd’s first position at The Last Mile involved working with the Web Developers at the TLM Works Development Shop. Syd then transitioned into an administrative role outside the classroom environment and currently serves as TLM’s Executive Director. Syd continually draws on his experience as a language learner, self-taught web developer, and day-to-day work with TLM students and in-facility staff to inform his decisions regarding the TLM program, platform, and vision.

The Last Mile has a "tech for good" approach to disrupting the system of mass incarceration, by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth for justice-impacted individuals through education and technology training. Currently, the Last Mile has programs in Web Development and Audio & Video Production, with a Chromebook Pilot Program underway, first-of-its-kind, providing 24 hour laptops to students in the TLM program.

Syd started his career as a full stack web developer in the public sector in 2012, after graduating from UCLA with a degree in Russian Language and Literature. As a result of his undergraduate work, as well as his participation in the Russian Languag... Show more

Sangeeta Rajan

Sangeeta Rajan

A HR professional with 24+ years of total work experience in Learning and Development. Currently focused on transformation our Learning and Development organization to Agile ways of working.
A Scrum Master Certified, CAL(E)(T)(O) certified, a coach and facilitator

A HR professional with 24+ years of total work experience in Learning and Development. Currently focused on transformation our Learning and Development organization to Agile ways of working. A Scrum Master Certified, CAL(E)(T)(O) certified, a coach ... Show more

Valerie Genzano

Valerie Genzano

Valerie is a software trainer during her work week - but spends her free time reading, cooking, exploring her home city of Philadelphia, and hanging out with her cat (Jane Fonda). She is a home coffee roaster, avid fan of reality television, and knows the lyrics to just about every Paul Simon song there is.

Valerie is a software trainer during her work week - but spends her free time reading, cooking, exploring her home city of Philadelphia, and hanging out with her cat (Jane Fonda). She is a home coffee roaster, avid fan of reality television, and know... Show more

Ariel Griffin

Ariel Griffin

Ariel Griffin taught for seven years in private, charter and public schools in the Dominican Republic, México, Texas and Missouri. While teaching, she served on a district-wide committee for Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) and the school site team for AVID – a national program committed to closing the achievement gap in education. Prior to teaching, she was a Fulbright scholar through the U.S. Department of State and holds two master's degrees - teaching and global policy studies (international development). Now, Griffin works as a Program Officer for Education at Children International in Kansas City which allows her to combine her policy education along with her practical experience in the classroom. For the last year, she has led the organization in a launching their Digital Learning work so that children all over the world have access to quality learning programs, virtually.

Ariel Griffin taught for seven years in private, charter and public schools in the Dominican Republic, México, Texas and Missouri. While teaching, she served on a district-wide committee for Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) and the school site team for... Show more

Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta

Mohit is an accomplished UX leader who is an avid advocate of problem-solving by uncovering user insights. He believes research, empathy, and intention are critical to creating a human-centered experience. He is a thoughtful team leader, manager, expert researcher, designer, and visionary who echoes the sincere voice of the users using mixed methods research. He has been practicing design and user research for more than a decade across three continents and various industry domains.

Mohit is an accomplished UX leader who is an avid advocate of problem-solving by uncovering user insights. He believes research, empathy, and intention are critical to creating a human-centered experience. He is a thoughtful team leader, manager, exp... Show more

Jan van der Spoel

Jan van der Spoel

As a conceptual thinker, Jan van der Spoel is constantly looking for patterns and hidden laws of nature that can contribute to a more pleasant society. As a designer and creative director, he was responsible for various communication studios for over 25 years and worked for clients such as Unilever, the Dutch Football Association, Nutricia (now Danone) and Philips.

"The part of the brain that controls decision making has no capacity for language.” This quote by Simon Sinek has put him on the trail of neuro- and behavioural sciences and strengthened his fascination for human behaviour and the topic of 'trust' in particular.

Jan developed several effective models to better understand people, such as the Motivation scan, the Lymbics sentiment dashboard and the Grip on Trust model, an approach to transform ordinary relationships into high-trust relationships.
The Grip on Trust method is a practical approach that can be used to investigate the quality of a relationship, to find out where improvements can be made and what actions can be started.
All this with the aim of being able to have strong trusting relationships with leaders, organisations, brands, corporate culture, customers and much more. In strong relationships of trust, everything runs much more smoothly and with less resistance. It saves energy, time, money and makes life more enjoyable for everyone!

In the fall of 2022, his first book about trust in companies will be published.

Jan van der Spoel is former president (2019-2021) of the Professional Speakers Association Nederland. (PSANL)

As a conceptual thinker, Jan van der Spoel is constantly looking for patterns and hidden laws of nature that can contribute to a more pleasant society. As a designer and creative director, he was responsible for various communication studios for over... Show more

Juliette Chevalier

Juliette Chevalier

Currently leading Developer Advocacy at Aragon, Juliette is the Software Engineer and writer behind the "nerd splash" newsletter. She is also the co-founder and Engineering Lead for Surge Women, an organization focused on securing women’s place within Web3.

Currently leading Developer Advocacy at Aragon, Juliette is the Software Engineer and writer behind the "nerd splash" newsletter. She is also the co-founder and Engineering Lead for Surge Women, an organization focused on securing women’s place withi... Show more

Christophe HERAULT

Christophe HERAULT

Ce qui donne sens à mon engagement est d’aider les personnes, les équipes et les organisations à réussir en développant leurs ressources internes et leur capital humain. Je crois à la nécessité de réinventer le management pour réussir dans un monde toujours plus complexe. Ainsi je forme et j’accompagne les responsables à changer de posture, à apprendre à cultiver l’intelligence collective et à générer motivation et performance.
Je suis coach et formateur en leadership, management et organisation.
Je participe au développement de la Gouvernance Cellulaire pour offrir au monde une démarche qui permettra aux organisations humaines de se développer, d’atteindre leurs objectifs et de fonctionner en harmonie.

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopheherault/
Gouvernance Cellulaire : https://cellulargovernance.org/membres/christophe-herault/
www.coeffy.fr

Ce qui donne sens à mon engagement est d’aider les personnes, les équipes et les organisations à réussir en développant leurs ressources internes et leur capital humain. Je crois à la nécessité de réinventer le management pour réussir dans un monde t... Show more

Ryan Bn. de Ropp

Ryan Bn. de Ropp

Data Engineer by day, Dungeons and Dragons nerd by night. I have a passion for 5th Normal Form, well crafted plots, and playing with my dog, Dovah.

Data Engineer by day, Dungeons and Dragons nerd by night. I have a passion for 5th Normal Form, well crafted plots, and playing with my dog, Dovah. Show more

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo is Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at BI Expertise, a company specialised in artificial intelligence technologies based in Quebec City, Canada.

Hobivola joined BI Expertise in 2018, where he has set up the company’s research and innovation lab. He works on developing the company’s partnerships and managing several innovation projects. Prior to joining BI Expertise, he has worked as analyst and project manager for organisations of all sizes in a variety of industries, ranging from communication to international security to community organisations.
Hobivola has an education in International Studies (Université Laval, Canada) and in Geoeconomics and Strategic Intelligence (IRIS Sup, France). He also sits on the board of directors of several organisations, including CÉGEP de Matane’s college centre for technology transfer, Centre de développement et de recherche en intelligence numérique (CDRIN); as well as on the Advisory board on digital twins of Canada’s Next Generation Manufacturing Supercluster (NGen).

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo is Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at BI Expertise, a company specialised in artificial intelligence technologies based in Quebec City, Canada. Hobivola joined BI Expertise in 2018, where he has set up the company’s r... Show more

Elizabeth Rajchart

Elizabeth Rajchart

Elizabeth Rajchart is a disability rights and accessibility advocate, performance photographer, and disability portraiture photographer from St. Louis, Missouri. Elizabeth has been an educator on disability rights since childhood, first leading lessons disability etiquette in elementary school, later giving school-wide lectures to her middle school teachers, and eventually becoming a Crisis Intervention Team speaker and trainer for the St. Louis City and County police. Her experience with having to advocate for herself and her mental and physical illnesses since childhood have given her decades of experience and a unique perspective on the importance of self advocacy. As a disabled photographer, Elizabeth's passion of art accessibility and arts representation led her to her latest specialization of disability portraiture, her goal to reach other people in her community and capture their inner beauty, strength, and uniqueness. Elizabeth has covered a range of productions, including local bands, pole dancing showcases, professional dance teams, major stadium tours, and local and international drag shows. Most recently, Elizabeth's work was featured in an anthology of art and writing about disability and love.

Elizabeth Rajchart is a disability rights and accessibility advocate, performance photographer, and disability portraiture photographer from St. Louis, Missouri. Elizabeth has been an educator on disability rights since childhood, first leading lesso... Show more

Hiten Parmar

Hiten Parmar

Hiten stands as a lead executive, thought leader and industry expert extending over 15 years in profession. As Director of South Africa’s national electric mobility programme, he delivers to the mandate of enabling the electric mobility ecosystem across both the public and private sectors. He also serves as liaison for multiple sector related forums within South Africa, as well as internationally on advancing electric mobility.
Encompassed with a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Honours in Business Administration, Hiten’s passion extends across contributing to technological advancements within the industry globally through the deployment of interventions to solve major economic, competitiveness and societal challenges.

Hiten stands as a lead executive, thought leader and industry expert extending over 15 years in profession. As Director of South Africa’s national electric mobility programme, he delivers to the mandate of enabling the electric mobility ecosystem acr... Show more

Juergen Handke

Juergen Handke

Jürgen Handke ist einer der Hauptvertreter des Inverted Classroom Models, mit dem er in der Mastery-Variante2013 Preisträger des Hessischen Hochschulpreises für Exzellenz in der Lehre 2013 geworden ist. 2015 erhielt er den Ars legendi-Preis für „Digitales Lehren und Lernen“ vom Deutschen Stifterverband und der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz. Seit Juni 2017 leitet er das BMBF-Projekt H.E.A.R.T., das den Einsatz humanoider Roboter in der Hochschullehre erprobt und evaluiert. Mit dem Projekt RoboPraX konnte er 2019 ein weiteres BMBF-gefördertes Projekt einwerben, das Roboter im schulischen Einsatz erprobt und an die jeweiligen Zielgruppen anpasst. Seit 2020 ist er Moderator/Fachexperte für das Thema „Digitaler Campus" im Rahmen der Strukturplanung für die geplante Technische Universität Nürnberg. In mittlerweile mehr als 50 Workshops hat er zahlreiche Institutionen (Hochschulen, Schulen, freie Wirtschaft) bei der Umsetzung der digitalen asynchronen Wissensvermittlung beraten.

Jürgen Handke ist einer der Hauptvertreter des Inverted Classroom Models, mit dem er in der Mastery-Variante2013 Preisträger des Hessischen Hochschulpreises für Exzellenz in der Lehre 2013 geworden ist. 2015 erhielt er den Ars legendi-Preis für „Digi... Show more

Wen-Min Ji

Wen-Min Ji

Wenmin is a decade-long interdisciplinary student, researcher, and teacher in philosophy and gender studies at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. Having experienced the ineffectiveness of written knowledge communication in academia, as a self-taught illustrator, she started using illustration in her research and teaching, gathering very positive feedback from peers and students.

Inheriting both the idealistic spirit of academics and the open-mindedness of interdisciplinary learners, Wen-Min committed herself to find a solution that would allow everyone to easily use visuals to communicate knowledge.

With a clear vision and understanding of the audience, Wen-Min is now at the forefront of a movement to rethink knowledge communication with technology and illustration.

Wenmin is a decade-long interdisciplinary student, researcher, and teacher in philosophy and gender studies at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. Having experienced the ineffectiveness of written knowledge communication in academia, as a self-taught ill... Show more

Sebastian Dennerlein

Sebastian Dennerlein

Sebastian is interested Technology-Enhanced Learning and Workplace Learning in distributed and collaborative contexts. For this purpose, he studies responsible and systemic design-based research methodologies as well that can go alongside practices and processes of professionals in the field.

Sebastian is interested Technology-Enhanced Learning and Workplace Learning in distributed and collaborative contexts. For this purpose, he studies responsible and systemic design-based research methodologies as well that can go alongside practices a... Show more

Lynn Catalano

Lynn Catalano

My path here has been winding and my experiences have led me to this point. I had an a-ha moment last year when I realized that my favorite part of my job is speaking to groups. One of my colleagues recommended pursuing this career as my focus. Sharing stories and building relationships make me smile! I have had many experiences with narcissists and as a result, I have learned to cope. I have great insight to share. This insight can only help people to better navigate the workforce.

My path here has been winding and my experiences have led me to this point. I had an a-ha moment last year when I realized that my favorite part of my job is speaking to groups. One of my colleagues recommended pursuing this career as my focus. Shari... Show more

ANTOINE HOUDANT

ANTOINE HOUDANT

Coach professionnel individuel et collectif et coach agile, je favorise l'identification des leviers pour générer une dynamique d'amélioration continue. Je cherche, mobilise et accompagne les talents non développés pour faire émerger de nouvelles dynamiques collectives

Coach professionnel individuel et collectif et coach agile, je favorise l'identification des leviers pour générer une dynamique d'amélioration continue. Je cherche, mobilise et accompagne les talents non développés pour faire émerger de nouvelles dyn... Show more

Kenn Kelly

Kenn Kelly

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, and believer that love always wins.

Also, all of these are from over 3 years ago when working on some Ted stuff for anti-trafficking and believe I've grown a ton since then but are available if needed https://neversettle.it/tedxmilehigh/

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, an... Show more

Orlando Ramirez

Orlando Ramirez

Orlando Manuel Ramirez. I hold a doctoral degree in organizational leadership and organizational development from Grand Canyon University. I have 12+ years of experience working with agile teams and 15+ years of experience working with IT teams. I am passionate about bringing agile to non-IT teams and building great organizational cultures so companies can achieve organizational agility.

Orlando Manuel Ramirez. I hold a doctoral degree in organizational leadership and organizational development from Grand Canyon University. I have 12+ years of experience working with agile teams and 15+ years of experience working with IT teams. I am... Show more

Anas AlChalabi

Anas AlChalabi

Anas Alchalabi, or “That Entrepreneurship guy” as he’s known in the streets of the Middle East, has enabled hundreds of Refugee founders to create small empires that solve major challenges in industries like Finance, Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Retail. For the past 4 years, Anas has contributed to initiatives with Governments, UN, World Bank, Venture Capitalists, Google, Facebook, and many more to bring investment and opportunities to Young founders in the Middle East.

Anas Alchalabi, or “That Entrepreneurship guy” as he’s known in the streets of the Middle East, has enabled hundreds of Refugee founders to create small empires that solve major challenges in industries like Finance, Education, Healthcare, Manufactur... Show more

Ronald Woerner

Ronald Woerner

Ron Woerner, CISSP, CISM, has over 20 years of IT and security experience and is a noted consultant, keynote speaker, teacher, blogger, and podcaster. As President and Chief Security Evangelist of Cyber-AAA, LLC, he delivers awareness, risk assessments, and advising to small, medium, and large organizations. Woerner also teaches at Bellevue University, a USA Center of Academic Excellence. Woerner has been speaking at the RSA Conference since 2005 and is a member of the RSAC Program Committee. His crowning achievement was being selected as the US Air Force Association CyberPatriot 2014 Mentor of the Year for his work coaching high school cybersecurity students. Woerner has multiple technology degrees and is passionate about building the next generation of cyber professionals.

Ron Woerner, CISSP, CISM, has over 20 years of IT and security experience and is a noted consultant, keynote speaker, teacher, blogger, and podcaster. As President and Chief Security Evangelist of Cyber-AAA, LLC, he delivers awareness, risk assessmen... Show more

Heather Hetchler

Heather Hetchler

Heather Hetchler, M.A. is an author, speaker, certified life coach and family communication consultant. Heather founded Blended Innovations in 2009 to serve co-parents and blended families and evolved her organization in 2017 into the tech-wellness company Learning2Step. Learning2Step offers E-Learning courses that educate, equip and encourage those in non-traditional families. Heather consults with corporations, non-profits and Universities to provide training workshops on work/life balance, soft skills and more. She is an adjunct professor at Cuyahoga Community College where she teaches Public Speaking. She can be heard on various radio and TV programs speaking on the topics of divorce recovery, co-parenting, stepfamily dynamics and work-life balance. She resides in Cleveland, OH with her husband, Andy, and their six children. Contact: heather@learning2step.com.

Heather Hetchler, M.A. is an author, speaker, certified life coach and family communication consultant. Heather founded Blended Innovations in 2009 to serve co-parents and blended families and evolved her organization in 2017 into the tech-wellness c... Show more

Kenzie Woodbridge

Kenzie Woodbridge

Kenzie Woodbridge is a Web Developer, Community Manager, and Knowledge Base Administrator at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Kenzie also recently completed a MA in Professional Communication at Royal Roads University and their thesis focused on prosocial community in online Minecraft. Kenzie is awesome and you totally want to be their friend (offer of friendship void where local laws do not permit, not guaranteed in all circumstances, skill-testing questions required).

Kenzie Woodbridge is a Web Developer, Community Manager, and Knowledge Base Administrator at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Kenzie also recently completed a MA in Professional Communication at Royal Roads University and their thesis fo... Show more

Diego Pino

Diego Pino

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Intersecting OSS technologies and initiatives & many times release manager of Islandora 7 and a committer. His current main areas of interest are Digital Object Repositories, Semantic Web, IIIF, JSON, OS Communities, Teaching and his many Dogs.

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Interse... Show more

Alexis Russell

Alexis Russell

Alexis Russell is a passionate story enthusiast, mother, artist, and writer who authentically leads with her words. She gained extensive experience in storytelling, writing, and leading with empathy from her 6+ years working with more than 30 local, national, and global nonprofit organizations and causes.

Today, she is the Founder and CEO of Inspiring Experiences, LLC — a company focused on helping people to elevate their voices, uncover their most authentic stories, and value themselves. From a background in marketing to her experience in public relations to her passion for teaching individuals — nationally and internationally — how to best capture, focus, and share their stories, Alexis builds empathy and creates genuine connections with her community and beyond.

Believing that the ultimate keys to life are authenticity, connection, and valuing yourself and others, Alexis creates meaningful and thought-provoking experiences, fosters human connection, and positively inspires our community and the world around us.

Alexis holds a Women in Entrepreneurship Certificate from Cornell University, studied sociology, anthropology, and psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology for 4 years, and has served as a national and global conference speaker and panelist.

When she is not cranking out amazing words of inspiration, she is enjoying time with her family and hearing others tell their stories.

Alexis Russell is a passionate story enthusiast, mother, artist, and writer who authentically leads with her words. She gained extensive experience in storytelling, writing, and leading with empathy from her 6+ years working with more than 30 local, ... Show more

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