Transformational leader bend on re-inventing life sciences for the benefits of patients. No patient should wait for innovative drugs due to lack of technology adoption.

Transformational leader bend on re-inventing life sciences for the benefits of patients. No patient should wait for innovative drugs due to lack of technology adoption. Show more

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farmers out of extreme poverty.

Prior to joining One Acre Fund, he served as a Humanitarian Advisor to NetHope, a consortium of 60+ leading non-profit organizations around the world, and as the Chief Technology Officer of Beringer Finance, the largest technology focused investment bank in Europe. Gisli has been active in the IT industry for over 30 year, ever since he sold his first program at the age of 14. He worked for 10 years at Microsoft, where he was involved in product development, sales, technical evangelism, and most recently as a trusted advisor to national governments and international organizations on the effective use of technology in their operations.

Gisli’s deep understanding of technology, his long-time software product development expertise, and his extensive network inside and outside of the technology industry enables him to quickly provide value to technology companies. Gisli has also over the past 15 years worked closely with the startup community and is an advisory board member and member of board of directors of numerous startups and venture funds. Gisli is also a sought after mentor for innovation accelerators.

Prior to joining Beringer Finance in 2015, Gisli served as the Emergency Response Director of NetHope. Gisli is one of the leading experts in the world on the use of technology in disaster response and is a sought after speaker, trainer, and advisor on the role technology can play in enhancing the response to large scale natural and man-made disasters.

Prior to joining NetHope, Gisli has over 20 years of experience in the field of disaster management and was an active member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, a team of experienced disaster managers which are on stand-by to deploy anywhere in the world on a 6 hour notice to coordinate the first response of the international community to disasters on behalf of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Gisli has participated in disaster field missions in connections with floods in Ghana (2007), Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008), Hurricane Ike in Texas (2008), Sichuan Earthquake (2008), Pandemic Outbreak (2009), West Sumatra Earthquake (2009), Haiti Earthquake (2010), Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011), Horn of Africa Famine (2011), Philippine’s Typhoons (2012 and 2013), West Africa Ebola Outbreak (2014-2015), European Refugee Crisis (2015), Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (2017), and Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique (2019). Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti 2010, Gisli led the first international rescue team that arrived in the country.

The combination of Gisli’s extensive field experience in disaster management and technology background provides Gisli a deep understanding how technology can be applied to solve the most challenging collaboration issues faced in austere environments. This has led him to be appointed to various advisory boards and committees, such as the US State Department’s sub-committee on the use of technology in international disasters. Gisli was named a UNICEF Humanitarian Innovation Fellow and a Technology Partner Network Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013.

Gisli’s deep experience in leading transformation efforts around the world, made him a sought after executive coach in the field of digital transformations. Leveraging his own experience in leading digital transformation efforts for large organizations, and in serving as a trusted advisor to governments and international organizations, Gisli focuses his executive coaching on working with transformational leaders and helping them tackle the challenges of leading digital transformation journeys.

In 2014, Gisli published the book The Crisis Leader, about the role of leadership in times of crisis, leveraging examples from his missions around the world to provide readers with an insight into the key aspects of leadership critical during chaotic times like disasters. The book has been translated into two languages and been sold worldwide.

Gisli holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Chemistry from Copenhagen University (Denmark 1993), a Diploma in International Development from University of Iceland (2017), and is endlessly writing his Master’s thesis on the use of technology in humanitarian response. Gisli currently lives in Iceland, along with his wife, five children, two grandchildren, dog, and a cat.

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farm... Show more

In the last 20 years I had researched and innovated in variety of security domains, including web application security, advanced persistent threats, DRM systems, automotive systems, data security and more. While thinking as an attacker is my second nature, my first nature is problem solving and algorithm development - in the past in cryptography and watermarking, and today mostly around harnessing ML/AI technology to solve security-related problems. While I am fascinated with bleeding edge technologies like AI and federated learning and the opportunities these technologies unlock, as a security veteran I am also continuously asking what can go wrong and the answer is never NULL.
I am the inventor of 20 patents in security, cryptography, data science and privacy-preserving computation arenas. I hold an M. Sc. in Applied Math and Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute.

In the last 20 years I had researched and innovated in variety of security domains, including web application security, advanced persistent threats, DRM systems, automotive systems, data security and more. While thinking as an attacker is my second n... Show more

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a user interface prototype for TranSMART. Following this, he completed a Master’s in computer science at McGill University by developing a machine learning algorithm based on phylogenetic networks that has significant advantages over commonly used genetic assignment methods. Jeremy joined The Hyve in 2018 to pursue a PhD within the context of the AiPBAND project and, more generally, his passion for multidisciplinary science.

The aim of this ESR project is to develop a big-data powered diagnostic infrastructure for brain cancer prediction. The platform will be deployed and run on cloud services . The platform will include a data warehouse for integrating clinical and omics data. This includes data generated by innovative biosensors, developed by WP2. The components of the platform will be designed as flexible microservices. Separation of concerns will facilitate high performance, security and scalability. One of these services will be the prediction algorithms, developed in close collaboration with ESR-11 at IC. Patients, clinician and potential industrial client will gain access via any device to their results on an intuitive user interface.

To achieve these goals, large quantities of health data is required at every step. For both simpy software testing or improving machine learning accuracy, quality data remains hard to get. The scientific opportunities locked-in the massive amounts of health data collected are inestimable. The growing concerns towards data privacy will only only complicate the issue.

Anonymization is generally employed to prevent misuse of private data. Anonymization trades data utility for privacy, but does not fully prevent reidentification. This means accessing data requires eminent academic credentials and resources. If real data is lacking for developments, delays and errors can have consequences on critical health informatics. The alternative is to produce synthetic data, thereby avoiding the privacy issues. Rigid and error prone statistical models have long been the only generative algorithms for this purpose.

Recently, generative adversarial networks have demonstrated their ability to produce indistinguishable synthetic data. Synthetic data has been gaining traction rapidly in medical imaging applications. However, due to certain complexities of observational health, the idea is only starting to gain interest. This project will explore GAN methods to produce synthetic health data that address these complexities. In addition to evaluating they gains provided to the development of the diagnostic platform.

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a... Show more

Sushil is Cloud Solution Architect with Microsoft with specialisation in Data and AI. He specialise in Information Architecture and Data Governance having worked extensively in Financial Services and Life Science Industry.

Sushil is Cloud Solution Architect with Microsoft with specialisation in Data and AI. He specialise in Information Architecture and Data Governance having worked extensively in Financial Services and Life Science Industry. Show more

Software engineer with a passion for start-ups and information management.

Bjørn Erling Fløtten designs system with efficient use of development resources and simplified architecture facilitating multiple areas of use for every component.

Founder and cofounder of in total six companies, five of them within the area of Information technology. One successful exit (so far).

Currently working with Sikom Connect AS (Remote heating, alarm systems, IoT).

Bjørn consulted for Telenor (a telecommunications company) for 17 years, working with reporting and surveillance systems. Bjørn also has experience with other big organizations in the field of data analysis and reporting.

Software engineer with a passion for start-ups and information management. Bjørn Erling Fløtten designs system with efficient use of development resources and simplified architecture facilitating multiple areas of use for every component. Found... Show more

Ramalinga Reddy Kotapati is a seasoned VLSI ASIC Physical Design Engineer with over 15 years of experience specializing in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Graphics Processing Units (GPU) across advanced semiconductor technology nodes. With a proven track record of delivering over 30 successful tape-outs, he has contributed to cutting-edge projects at process nodes ranging from Intel 14A/18A to TSMC 7nm and 16FF.
Currently a Technical Lead at Intel Corporation, Ramalinga Reddy spearheads physical design implementations for advanced semiconductor technologies, including FinFET architectures and high-performance designs for CPUs, GPUs, and data center applications. His expertise includes synthesis, place and route (P&R), static timing analysis (STA), engineering change orders (ECO), and advanced EDA tools like INNOVUS and Fusion Compiler.
Previously, he held pivotal roles at Cypress Semiconductor (Infineon Technologies), AMD, and Aricent Technologies, leading complex chip design processes. At Cypress, he played a key role in achieving consistent Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) improvements, completing full chip design closures for PSoC projects and advancing production timelines significantly.
Ramalinga Reddy has extensive experience in low-power design methodologies, floor planning, clock tree synthesis, IR drop mitigation, and package ARC cleanup. He has mentored numerous engineering teams, fostering innovation and collaboration while ensuring adherence to stringent project deadlines.
A Master's graduate in VLSI Design from JNTU Hyderabad, Ramalinga Reddy continues to drive advancements in semiconductor technology, focusing on achieving optimal PPA metrics and streamlining physical design workflows for next-generation chips.

Ramalinga Reddy Kotapati is a seasoned VLSI ASIC Physical Design Engineer with over 15 years of experience specializing in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Graphics Processing Units (GPU) across advanced semiconductor technology nodes. With a pro... Show more

Father of two daughters and husband to one beautiful wife.
Very active in sports (Crossfit) and data tech junkie :)

20+ years of experience in working with data. Started as a classic BI consultant which evolved to data engineering (with the introduction of different cloud-based technologies and DevOps) on to a data solution architect and team competence lead.

As data solution architect I am technologically responsible for the success of multiple data platforms (Synapse, Databricks and Fabric).

As a team competence lead I am responsible for helping my team to focus on the right technology skills. My main goals are; envisioning and coaching.

Father of two daughters and husband to one beautiful wife. Very active in sports (Crossfit) and data tech junkie :) 20+ years of experience in working with data. Started as a classic BI consultant which evolved to data engineering (with the intro... Show more

Field Service Architect and Lead Consultant

Field Service Architect and Lead Consultant Show more

1999年群馬県生まれ。群馬高専の専攻科を修了後に筑波大学の修士課程に進学、修了。現在、同学の博士後期課程　２年に在籍。豚の健康管理システムの構築に関する研究、イベント運営や歴史や口伝のデジタルアーカイブ活動を行う。

1999年群馬県生まれ。群馬高専の専攻科を修了後に筑波大学の修士課程に進学、修了。現在、同学の博士後期課程　２年に在籍。豚の健康管理システムの構築に関する研究、イベント運営や歴史や口伝のデジタルアーカイブ活動を行う。 Show more

Federico Holik es Doctor en Física. Defendió su Tesis de Doctorado en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Realizó estancias postdoctorales en el Instituto de Física La Plata (Argentina) y en la Université Paris Diderot (Francia). Actualmente es Investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas de Argentina y Director del Grupo Lógica Cuántica + Probabilidad. Sus investigaciones se centran en los fundamentos de la mecánica cuántica, la teoría de la información cuántica, y el estudio de los aspectos lógicos, algebraicos y geométricos del formalismo cuántico.
Sitios web:
www.holik.com.ar
www.quantumlogic.com.ar

Federico Holik es Doctor en Física. Defendió su Tesis de Doctorado en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Realizó estancias postdoctorales en el Instituto de Física La Plata (Argentina) y en la Université Paris Diderot (Francia). Actualmente ... Show more

Peng is the Assistant Director of Innovative Data Sciences Department at CIMS Global in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers School of Public Health with Ph.D. in Biostatistics with research interest in adaptive design and statistical monitoring of clinical trials. He and his team are contributing open-source solutions through R package, R Shiny, Quarto, GenAI. He served as independent statistician for multiple DSMB meetings for ongoing clinical trials from phase 2 to phase 3 for different therapeutical areas.

Peng is the Assistant Director of Innovative Data Sciences Department at CIMS Global in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers School of Public Health with Ph.D. in Biostatistics with research interest in adaptive design and statistical monitoring of ... Show more

2016-2019 Bachelor Molecular Biology University of Vienna
2020-2022 Major programme Computer Science University of Innsbruck
2019-2023 Master Molecular Medicine Medical University of Innsbruck
2024 - ongoing PhD at the Insitute of Genetic Epidemiology

2016-2019 Bachelor Molecular Biology University of Vienna 2020-2022 Major programme Computer Science University of Innsbruck 2019-2023 Master Molecular Medicine Medical University of Innsbruck 2024 - ongoing PhD at the Insitute of Genetic Epidemio... Show more

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Joel Verezhak is a Systems Engineer in the Observability team at Open Systems, responsible for ensuring that telemetry data from over 10'000 edge devices across the globe continues to flow, and empowering teams to use that data effectively.

Joel Verezhak is a Systems Engineer in the Observability team at Open Systems, responsible for ensuring that telemetry data from over 10'000 edge devices across the globe continues to flow, and empowering teams to use that data effectively. Show more

David Ecklund is a licensed professional engineer in Burns & McDonnell’s Water Group. David graduated from Kansas State University and has 6 years of experience on projects including collection system modeling, stormwater collection and design, and water distribution system modeling.

David Ecklund is a licensed professional engineer in Burns & McDonnell’s Water Group. David graduated from Kansas State University and has 6 years of experience on projects including collection system modeling, stormwater collection and design, and w... Show more

Lorenzo Cremonese works as Expert of Power-to-X Technologies at the PtX Lab Lausitz in Cottbus (Germany) since January 2023. He owns a MSc in Earth Sciences and a PhD in geochemistry from the UCL London. He has more than ten years of experience in the field of environmental protection and energy, in particular on carbon dioxide utilization and storage, sustainable hydrogen production and PtX technologies. He is currently engaged with resource demand for the production of synthetic kerosene and carbon cycle in PtX applications. Besides this, he is investigating the sustainability principles and criteria for the synthetic kerosene demonstration plant that the PtX Lab is building in the Lusatia Region.
Before joining the PtX Lab Lausitz, Lorenzo worked as Senior Research Associate at the RIFS Potsdam.

Lorenzo Cremonese works as Expert of Power-to-X Technologies at the PtX Lab Lausitz in Cottbus (Germany) since January 2023. He owns a MSc in Earth Sciences and a PhD in geochemistry from the UCL London. He has more than ten years of experience in th... Show more

Leslie Corcelli is a Physical Scientist with US EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. She is the team lead for the Office of Water’s domestic preference implementation. She spends most of her time tightening up the nuts and bolts of AIS and BABA. In her free time, Leslie loves to travel. When at home, she can be found in her pollinator garden or hunting the invasive Snakehead up and down the Potomac River.

Leslie Corcelli is a Physical Scientist with US EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. She is the team lead for the Office of Water’s domestic preference implementation. She spends most of her time tightening up the nuts and bolts of AIS an... Show more

Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant with related certifications in financial forensics and information technology. He has worked with ERP systems for more than 20 years with last 6 years focused exclusively on system security. Mark is the author or co-author of 20 books related to ERP systems and ERP security and he speaks regularly on security-related issues.

Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant with related certifications in financial forensics and information technology. He has worked with ERP systems for more than 20 years with last 6 years focused exclusively on system security. Mark is the a... Show more

Tony Smurlo has over 23 years of experience with municipal and industrial water and wastewater transmission, conveyance, pumping and treatment facilities. His specialty is working with subject matter experts and equipment representatives to develop a basis of design; lead a multi-disciplined engineering team to create construction documents and specifications; and provide construction oversight / administration. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio he believes the Browns will one day win a Super Bowl.

Tony Smurlo has over 23 years of experience with municipal and industrial water and wastewater transmission, conveyance, pumping and treatment facilities. His specialty is working with subject matter experts and equipment representatives to develop a... Show more

Professor de ciência da computação e sistemas por 15 anos. Bacharel e mestre em Física com o desenvolvimento de uma solução utilizando algoritmo genérico e regressao linear para pesquisa de fármacos. Hoje, coordenador do Centro de Controle Ambiental da Vale.

Professor de ciência da computação e sistemas por 15 anos. Bacharel e mestre em Física com o desenvolvimento de uma solução utilizando algoritmo genérico e regressao linear para pesquisa de fármacos. Hoje, coordenador do Centro de Controle Ambiental ... Show more

È un ingegnere del software freelance con l'ambizione di poter lavorare su grandi progetti open source. Da anni lavora su diversi CRM open source, molti dei suoi contributi sono rimasti nell'oblio di codebase storiche come VtigerCRM e SugarCRM. Oggi si occupa esclusivamente di CI/CD e Quality Assurance, ma occasionalmente produce codice PHP e JavaScript che rilascia pubblicamente.

È un ingegnere del software freelance con l'ambizione di poter lavorare su grandi progetti open source. Da anni lavora su diversi CRM open source, molti dei suoi contributi sono rimasti nell'oblio di codebase storiche come VtigerCRM e SugarCRM. Oggi ... Show more

Past experience
- Over 230+ NAV/BC Implementations in Manufacturers, Supply Chain (WMS), Food and Beverage, Retail, Service, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Industrial Equip., Rental/Service, and Home Goods
- Over 16 years as an Accountant in a variety of positions (VP of Finance, Director of Finance, Audit Manager, Controller, and Director Operations)
- Extensive knowledge and implementation over 30 NAV/BC ISV APPs
Awards
- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
- NAVUG/BC All-Star
- 4-time NAVUG/BC Granite Award recipient
- DUG Guardian Award recipient
Professional
- IMA/CMA – Member 1988
- AICPA – Member 1985
- APICS – Member 2004
- DCI Summit – Programming Committee (2012 – Present, Chair (2016-2018), Board of Advisor (2013-2015 and 2021-Present)
- Dynamics User Group (DUG) – NAV/BC Forum Moderator, Dynamicscon LIVE Content Committee
- Directions NA – Content Committee (2018-Present)
Certifications
- MCP – MB-800
- Dynamics Credentialed Professional
- Microsoft Certified Professional

Past experience - Over 230+ NAV/BC Implementations in Manufacturers, Supply Chain (WMS), Food and Beverage, Retail, Service, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Industrial Equip., Rental/Service, and Home Goods - Over 16 years as an Accountant in a variety of p... Show more

I did my Doctorate in the field computer vision for medical images. I have been working with images and textual data within medical domain. Currently, I have been involved in several projects related to bioinformatics, ML and multi-omics in veterinary science and evolutionary hologenomics. Apart from the main projects, I am working with other computer vision projects related to medical, infrastructure and other smaller projects. My future projects will include multi-modal models within health science.

I did my Doctorate in the field computer vision for medical images. I have been working with images and textual data within medical domain. Currently, I have been involved in several projects related to bioinformatics, ML and multi-omics in veterinar... Show more

Lisa is a pharmacist dedicated to empowering patients to take care of their own health with ever advancing technology.

Lisa is a pharmacist dedicated to empowering patients to take care of their own health with ever advancing technology. Show more

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Physics Degree and Master in Applied Physics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, PhD in Accelerator Physics at EPFL Lausanne and CERN. Expert in Data Science and Machine Learning at Avolta.

Physics Degree and Master in Applied Physics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, PhD in Accelerator Physics at EPFL Lausanne and CERN. Expert in Data Science and Machine Learning at Avolta. Show more

Hilary Brennan is the Director of DevOps at Bluelabs Analytics, headquartered in Washington, DC. She is a CI/CD enthusiast whose dearest dream is to automate herself right out of a job. In her free time she enjoys cooking and sewing, and has been known to play a PC game or two. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two large dogs.

Hilary Brennan is the Director of DevOps at Bluelabs Analytics, headquartered in Washington, DC. She is a CI/CD enthusiast whose dearest dream is to automate herself right out of a job. In her free time she enjoys cooking and sewing, and has been kno... Show more

Stacy Chamberlain is a respected leader and advocate for social justice, neurodiversity, and leadership. She experienced a late ADHD and autism diagnosis and left her career after experiencing burnout. She now empowers women navigating perimenopause, ADHD, and burnout, inspiring others with her resilience, curiosity, and unique perspective. Stacy's advocacy for inclusivity and leadership is a source of inspiration, emphasizing the transformative power of embracing neurodiversity.

Stacy Chamberlain is a respected leader and advocate for social justice, neurodiversity, and leadership. She experienced a late ADHD and autism diagnosis and left her career after experiencing burnout. She now empowers women navigating perimenopause,... Show more

A Flutter Developer with 3 years of Experience

A Flutter Developer with 3 years of Experience Show more