Physical & Life Sciences

Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems

Sharona Dayan

Sharona Dayan

Dr. Sharona Dayan's lectures focus on the clinical connection between nutrition, airway stability, sleep health, tooth loss and peri-implant disease. Her programs help clinicians understand how metabolic and inflammatory factors influence oral health outcomes and provide practical strategies they can immediately apply in practice.
Dr. Sharona Dayan, DDS, DMSc, is a Harvard-trained, board-certified periodontist, oral medicine specialist, and published author dedicated to redefining how we approach oral and systemic health. Founder of Aurora Periodontal Care in Beverly Hills, Dr. Dayan is a nationally recognized expert in laser dentistry, tissue regeneration, implantology, and the oral-systemic connection.
After completing her undergraduate degree at UCLA, she earned dual specialty degrees in Periodontology and Oral Medicine from Harvard University, along with a Doctor of Medical Sciences in Oral Biology. Her NIH-funded research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital led to the first genetic test for periodontal disease.
Dr. Dayan has been awarded prestigious grants and fellowships, including an NIH Institutional Grant and a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship for her groundbreaking work in oral biology. She has served as a Clinical Instructor at both Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry, shaping the next generation of dental professionals.
With over five years of advanced specialty training beyond dental school - including certifications from the Misch International Implant Institute, the Kois Center, and the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry - Dr. Dayan blends rigorous science with compassionate patient care. She lectures nationally, serves as a consultant for dental professionals seeking to elevate patient outcomes, and is the author of Keep Your Teeth: A Practical Guide for Everyone, available on Amazon.
Through her dynamic presentations, Dr. Dayan empowers dental professionals with integrative strategies for improving implant success, periodontal health, and patient outcomes by addressing the overlooked roles of nutrition, airway health, and sleep. She is a frequent guest on podcasts, a sought-after expert for media outlets, and has led a dental study club focused on integrating oral health with whole-body wellness.
At the heart of her work is a deep respect for the body’s natural healing ability. Her approach weaves modern scientific advocacy with the enduring wisdom of nature and tradition, offering a truly integrative path to oral and systemic healing.

Dr. Sharona Dayan's lectures focus on the clinical connection between nutrition, airway stability, sleep health, tooth loss and peri-implant disease. Her programs help clinicians understand how metabolic and inflammatory factors influence oral health... Show more

Anwar Ahmad

Anwar Ahmad

Anwar Ahmad is a distinguished technology leader and enterprise architect with over 16 years of experience transforming complex financial systems and pioneering AI-driven automation solutions. Currently serving as Vice President of Enterprise Architecture at Newrez LLC, one of America's leading mortgage lenders, Anwar has architected systems that process over 30 million transactions daily and has successfully migrated more than 3 million customer identities to modern platforms.
As a recognized expert in AI and intelligent automation, Anwar has developed groundbreaking solutions that have revolutionized customer service operations. His AI-powered intelligent inquiry routing system processes over 1,25,000 monthly customer communications with 93% reduction in manual processing time, while his knowledge-assist chatbot has transformed customer support across multiple departments. His work in AI-driven email classification has reduced customer response times from 15+ days to less than 24 hours, demonstrating measurable impact on customer experience and operational efficiency.
Anwar's expertise spans the complete spectrum of enterprise modernization, from legacy system transformation to cloud-native AI solutions. He led the modernization of a proprietary loan origination platform that has funded hundreds of billions in loans, implementing microservices architecture that reduced hardware costs by 65% while dramatically improving scalability. His architectural frameworks and internal development platforms have become enterprise standards, enabling rapid development and deployment across multiple business units.
A thought leader in regulated industry automation, Anwar's research on AI-driven process automation and human-AI collaboration has been published in academic journals and industry publications. His work demonstrates how financial institutions can achieve significant cost reductions and efficiency gains while maintaining strict regulatory compliance. His implementations have saved millions in operational costs while improving customer satisfaction and regulatory adherence.
Anwar holds a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology and brings deep expertise in Microsoft technology stack, AI/ML platforms including Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Services, microservices architecture, identity management, and cloud-native solutions. His unique combination of hands-on technical expertise, enterprise architecture vision, and proven business impact makes him a sought-after speaker on digital transformation, AI automation, and modernization strategies in regulated industries.

Anwar Ahmad is a distinguished technology leader and enterprise architect with over 16 years of experience transforming complex financial systems and pioneering AI-driven automation solutions. Currently serving as Vice President of Enterprise Archite... Show more

Kari Adams

Kari Adams

Kari Adams is a recognized leader in inclusive education, systems change, and equity-focused leadership. As the Inclusive Leadership Center Director at Chapman University’s Thompson Policy Institute, Kari leads the Coalition of Inclusive School Leaders, partnering with school administrators to develop inclusive systems that center students with disabilities, particularly those most marginalized. With nearly two decades of experience, Kari’s work has focused on dismantling barriers, building educator capacity, and improving outcomes for diverse learners. Her previous role as a special education coordinator at Newport-Mesa Unified School District involved district-wide initiatives in inclusion, literacy, and leadership development. Kari’s expertise lies in aligning systems for meaningful change, fostering safe and supportive school environments, and amplifying the voices of students often pushed to the margins. She currently serves as President of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 17, continuing her mission to advance equitable opportunities for all students.

Kari Adams is a recognized leader in inclusive education, systems change, and equity-focused leadership. As the Inclusive Leadership Center Director at Chapman University’s Thompson Policy Institute, Kari leads the Coalition of Inclusive School Leade... Show more

Kjell Petter Myhren

Kjell Petter Myhren

Since 2008 working at Statnett, focusing on system operation and market. Have had several positions within Statnett control rooms and development of IT-systems both for asset monitoring and market control.
Now working in Statnett R&D department. Focusing on development of IT systems and methods for Future System operations and Market.
Holds a Master degree of Science in Energy and Environment from 2007 at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Since 2008 working at Statnett, focusing on system operation and market. Have had several positions within Statnett control rooms and development of IT-systems both for asset monitoring and market control. Now working in Statnett R&D department. Foc... Show more

Anna van Dillen

Anna van Dillen

Anna van Dillen is a freelance consultant, trainer and coach working with tech organisations on agile leadership, product development and ways of working – currently supporting a German industrial tech company in the Black Forest alongside other clients. Previously a travelling consultant at Thoughtworks, a tribe master building a big data organisation, and a people development manager in a cloud-native startup, she brings over a decade of hands-on experience in delivery and organisational change. In recent years she has integrated systemic coaching and breathwork training into her practice, using simple, evidence-informed nervous system tools to help leaders and teams stay clear-headed, collaborative and sustainable in high-pressure environments.

Anna van Dillen is a freelance consultant, trainer and coach working with tech organisations on agile leadership, product development and ways of working – currently supporting a German industrial tech company in the Black Forest alongside other clie... Show more

Jeremiah Landi

Jeremiah Landi

Jeremiah Landi started his career as a “GO’FER” in an architecture firm (98’) and made his way into an animatronics creator for shows like Phantom of the Opera (10’); little did he know that the skills he picked up along his journey would play very synergistically within a highly technical, rigid world and within the Government Bureaucracy, even putting him in front of the US Congress (08’).

Throughout his career, he has traveled the world working in a range of different project environments (Nobel Prize to ESPN) and cultural environments having worked through both the “America's” and all around Europe (with a little Asia).

He enjoys bringing dynamic thought processes and design first problem-solving to many different companies now through his own company deploying products (i.e.military helicopter fuel pumps, basketball medical devices) and Modified Agile Hardware Development (MAHD). The company he started back in 2016 now spans from physical manufacturing (i.e. stamping, welding, 3D printing) to algorithmic software development (i.e. traveling salesman); so it is easy to say the problems he solves aren’t easily fixed in a remote world.

Jeremiah Landi started his career as a “GO’FER” in an architecture firm (98’) and made his way into an animatronics creator for shows like Phantom of the Opera (10’); little did he know that the skills he picked up along his journey would play very s... Show more

Shelly Hoffman

Shelly Hoffman

Shelly Hoffman is Chief Growth Officer at Luckie, one of the top privately held marketing agencies in the South. Luckie has deep roots in CPG, FinTech, Healthcare, and Travel and Hospitality, partnering with brands and destinations to drive brand awareness, sales and visitation, optimize revenue, and build lasting loyalty.

Shelly leads Luckie's growth practice, identifying and executing growth strategies for clients to expand revenue, working at the intersection of data science and marketing. With 20+ years in marketing, Shelly began her career in digital and account strategy before co-founding Marbury Creative Group. After 14 years of growth, the agency was acquired by Luckie in 2024.

A Georgia native and former D1 tennis player at Mercer University, Shelly earned degrees in Communications and Spanish. That competitive drive has fueled her passion for business development ever since.

Shelly Hoffman is Chief Growth Officer at Luckie, one of the top privately held marketing agencies in the South. Luckie has deep roots in CPG, FinTech, Healthcare, and Travel and Hospitality, partnering with brands and destinations to drive brand awa... Show more

Cynthia Castillo

Cynthia Castillo

Former math olympiad competitor — National Gold Medalist, 2008 — turned STEM content creator and Data Visualization Engineer in my day-to-day work.

I create educational content in Spanish about mathematics, data, AI, and visualization. I don’t sell motivation; I talk about the real process: confusion, intellectual discomfort, and why none of that is the enemy.

Topics: Mathematics, from olympiads to industry applications; data visualization; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data science; women in STEM. Also: what learning difficult things actually looks like.

Former math olympiad competitor — National Gold Medalist, 2008 — turned STEM content creator and Data Visualization Engineer in my day-to-day work. I create educational content in Spanish about mathematics, data, AI, and visualization. I don’t sel... Show more

Abhisak Chulya

Abhisak Chulya

• Visionary, innovator, Open Source Advocate
- Thailand Open Source Pioneer in Cloud Computing
• Senior Rocket Scientist, NASA, USA, 1988 - 1995
• 22 papers published in Referee Journals
• Director, Thailand Science Park, NSTDA, 1999 - 2000
• Executive Committee Office of Science and Technology (NSTDA), 2002 - 2003
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Asia & Pacific Internet
Association (APIA), 2002 - 2006
• Country Code Top Level Domain Director, ICANN

• Visionary, innovator, Open Source Advocate - Thailand Open Source Pioneer in Cloud Computing • Senior Rocket Scientist, NASA, USA, 1988 - 1995 • 22 papers published in Referee Journals • Director, Thailand Science Park, NSTDA, 1999 - 2000 • Ex... Show more

Karen Rätz

Karen Rätz

Karen Rätz hat Sozialwissenschaften studiert und ist seit über 10 Jahren an der TU Darmstadt beschäftigt. Seit 2022 ist sie Studienkoordinatorin am Fachbereich Biologie und beschäftigt sich unter anderem mit der Gestaltung von curricularen Lehr- und Lernangeboten zu überfachlichen Kompetenzentwicklungsprozessen.

Karen Rätz hat Sozialwissenschaften studiert und ist seit über 10 Jahren an der TU Darmstadt beschäftigt. Seit 2022 ist sie Studienkoordinatorin am Fachbereich Biologie und beschäftigt sich unter anderem mit der Gestaltung von curricularen Lehr- und ... Show more

Michiel Toppers

Michiel Toppers

Michiel Toppers is Chief Product Officer at STAEDEAN, where he leads product strategy and innovation across Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions, with a strong focus on data platforms, AI-driven business applications, and enterprise value. He shapes STAEDEAN’s vision for Agentic AI, next-generation data management, and trusted ERP intelligence—connecting product strategy, customer needs, partner insights, and execution. With deep experience in the Microsoft ecosystem, Michiel focuses on making AI practical for real enterprise environments: governed data, scalable architecture, trusted insights, and measurable outcomes. He brings an energetic, direct product-leadership perspective to the future of enterprise ERP.

Michiel Toppers is Chief Product Officer at STAEDEAN, where he leads product strategy and innovation across Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions, with a strong focus on data platforms, AI-driven business applications, and enterprise value. He shapes STAE... Show more

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton is the Co-Founder and CEO of QualityAssured.ai, a company that builds closed-system, on-premise AI platforms designed specifically for pharmaceutical and life science environments. His work focuses on compliant model architectures, domain-specific training, and the practical application of large language models in GMP, quality, and regulatory workflows. Chris has led the development of AI systems used for deviation authorship, impact assessments, and risk-based decision support; all with a strong emphasis on traceability, reproducibility, and regulatory alignment. He regularly collaborates with industry experts and regulatory professionals to translate emerging expectations into operational, inspection-ready AI solutions for global pharma and biotech organizations.

Chris Dayton is the Co-Founder and CEO of QualityAssured.ai, a company that builds closed-system, on-premise AI platforms designed specifically for pharmaceutical and life science environments. His work focuses on compliant model architectures, domai... Show more

Sagal Ugas

Sagal Ugas

Growth Analytics Engineer at Heidi, with experience at leading startups (i.e. Fyxer AI)

Growth Analytics Engineer at Heidi, with experience at leading startups (i.e. Fyxer AI) Show more

Sainan Zhang

Sainan Zhang

Sainan Zhang is a Programme Specialist on Megatrends in the Programme Division at UNFPA Headquarters. Her work focuses on exploring the linkages between population dynamics, megatrends, and broader sustainable development issues. She has worked on projects including geospatial analysis for climate change and population vulnerability mapping, degree of urbanization, demographic dividend, small area estimation, and mapping access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health services. She also supports countries in building national capacity for census data analysis.

Her technical expertise includes geospatial analysis, statistics, demographic analysis, and data visualization. Previously, she worked with the Chinese central government and international organizations on UN- and EC-funded sustainable development projects. She holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability and an M.Sc. in Urban Environmental Management.

Sainan Zhang is a Programme Specialist on Megatrends in the Programme Division at UNFPA Headquarters. Her work focuses on exploring the linkages between population dynamics, megatrends, and broader sustainable development issues. She has worked on pr... Show more

Ankush Agarwal

Ankush Agarwal

Ankush Agarwal is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, specializing in building and scaling cutting-edge AI systems. With over a decade of experience across top-tier tech organizations, he has consistently designed infrastructure at the intersection of emerging technologies and massive scale. Prior to OpenAI, Ankush was a Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Co:Create, where he led engineering teams in architecting secure, scalable Web3 and blockchain infrastructure. He also served as a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Facebook for the Libra Blockchain Project, driving core performance framework metrics to 1000 TPS, and was an early core maintainer of the Kubeflow open-source project at Google, focusing on distributed machine learning platforms on Kubernetes. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and Stanford University, Ankush is passionate about AI, distributed systems, and open-source infrastructure.

Ankush Agarwal is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, specializing in building and scaling cutting-edge AI systems. With over a decade of experience across top-tier tech organizations, he has consistently designed infrastructure at the intersectio... Show more

Owen Yan

Owen Yan

Medical and Business Student at Cornell University

Medical and Business Student at Cornell University Show more

Markus Schmotz

Markus Schmotz

From Physics to People

Forget the stereotype of the physicist in corduroys; I thrive on working with people. Physics taught me systems thinking, and humans are the most complex systems of all.

Fifteen years ago in Japan, my mentor taught me the concept of "Paying Forward"—passing value to the next person rather than paying it back. After a career spanning global leadership roles, deep dives into Agile and Lean, and managing the transformation of 30+ production sites, it is time to pay it forward.

I see a disconnect: firms stuck in Agile/Lean transformations because production lacks flexibility, or efficient factories slowed down by sluggish R&D. Above all, I see leaders struggling with growing complexity.

My expertise sits in the "magic triangle" of Agile, Lean, and Leadership. Trusted by industry leaders like SBB or SAP, I help leaders and organizations navigate their specific growth journeys.

Offline: I’m a tennis club chairman, athlete, Heavy Metal enthusiast, father and reader of epic fantasy.

From Physics to People Forget the stereotype of the physicist in corduroys; I thrive on working with people. Physics taught me systems thinking, and humans are the most complex systems of all. Fifteen years ago in Japan, my mentor taught me the... Show more

Qing Zhang

Qing Zhang

Qing is Managing Director at LDV Partners, where she leads investment, firm strategy, and ecosystem development. She backs and partners with founders building category-defining companies across AI infrastructure, robotics, and frontier technologies shaping the next industrial era.

She serves on the boards of both public and private companies and has held CXO roles as a venture builder, scaling companies from breakthrough research and patented innovation into market-leading platforms.

Qing is a member of the Global Future Council on Generative Biology at the World Economic Forum and a guest speaker at Columbia Business School. Earlier in her career, she was a physician at Singapore General Hospital and a research scholar of computational biology at the Broad Institute. She holds a BS in Biology and an MD from Tsinghua University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Qing is Managing Director at LDV Partners, where she leads investment, firm strategy, and ecosystem development. She backs and partners with founders building category-defining companies across AI infrastructure, robotics, and frontier technologies s... Show more

Daisuke Hayashi

Daisuke Hayashi

1. Doctor of Science (Theretical nuclear physics)
2. Doctor of Engineering (Optical measurements)

1. Doctor of Science (Theretical nuclear physics) 2. Doctor of Engineering (Optical measurements) Show more

Isabella Ganas

Isabella Ganas

Isabella Ganas is a media strategy and business development specialist with experience in advertising, consumer packaged goods marketing, and technology-focused solution consulting. Raised in New Jersey, she was introduced early to an entrepreneurial mindset through her family’s retail and installation business. That environment provided early lessons in customer relationships, operational discipline, and long-term planning that later became foundational to her professional path.

She grew up in a multicultural environment that encouraged adaptability and cross-cultural awareness. As a first-generation college graduate, she developed a strong commitment to education and continuous professional development. These early influences shaped a practical, relationship-focused approach that continues to guide her work in complex, evolving business environments.

Isabella also benefited from early exposure to structured operations, which reinforced the importance of accountability, consistency, and trust. Those principles remain central to her professional conduct, especially in collaborative settings that require clear communication and dependable execution. She approaches challenges with patience, curiosity, and a steady focus on long-term improvement.

Isabella Ganas established a strong academic foundation centered on communication and strategic thinking. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Alabama, majoring in Public Relations with a minor in Communication Studies, and graduated with a 3.89 GPA. Her education emphasized strategic messaging, media awareness, and collaborative project development.

Her university coursework strengthened skills in analytical reasoning, presentation development, and structured writing. These areas of focus supported effective communication across varied audiences and prepared her for agency- and client-facing responsibilities that require clarity and organization.

Isabella also studied in Rome for a short period, an experience that broadened cultural awareness and reinforced adaptability. Exposure to different communication styles and perspectives fostered a global outlook that continues to inform professional interactions and thoughtful decision-making.

Isabella Ganas began gaining hands-on industry experience during her junior year through an internship at AdMarketplace. This opportunity provided practical exposure to digital advertising platforms, media strategy fundamentals, and agency workflows, allowing academic knowledge to be applied in real-world campaign environments.

After graduation, she continued working full-time in roles supporting campaign execution, performance analysis, and cross-functional coordination. These responsibilities strengthened an interest in data-informed marketing and deepened understanding of how scalable advertising programs operate within fast-paced organizations.

Isabella later advanced her career through roles at Carat USA and Wavemaker US, supporting multiple Procter & Gamble accounts and progressing into leadership in commerce strategy. Beginning in September 2024, she served as Manager of Commerce Strategy, overseeing multi-million-dollar investments, supporting more than a dozen Church & Dwight brands, and translating advanced analytics into actionable guidance. Outside of her professional responsibilities, she maintains interests in cooking, baking, and interior design, reflecting a balanced commitment to creativity, continuous learning, and strong relationship-building.

Isabella Ganas is a media strategy and business development specialist with experience in advertising, consumer packaged goods marketing, and technology-focused solution consulting. Raised in New Jersey, she was introduced early to an entrepreneurial... Show more

Lisa Tee

Lisa Tee

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

Shardul Vaidya

Shardul Vaidya

Shardul Vaidya is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he focuses on generative AI and developer experience. As the former worldwide architect for Next-Generation Developer Experience, he's spent years at the frontier of how AI is reshaping software engineering — evaluating and building developer tools that actually ship. Today he leads initiatives around agentic governance and AI agent infrastructure at AWS, tackling the exact verification and trust problems at the heart of this talk: how do you prove an autonomous system is doing the right thing? His background spans cloud-native architecture, open-source contributions, and research in optical communications at Georgia State University. He's based in Atlanta and self-hosts everything he can get away with.

Shardul Vaidya is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he focuses on generative AI and developer experience. As the former worldwide architect for Next-Generation Developer Experience, he's spent years at the frontier of how AI... Show more

Assal Halima

Assal Halima

Bonjour, moi c’est Halima. Je suis experte en données spatiales et systèmes d’information géographique (SIG), avec plusieurs années d’expérience dans le développement et l’analyse de données.

Au cours de mon parcours, j’ai travaillé comme développeuse et analyste data, ce qui m’a permis de concevoir des solutions SIG concrètes, de l’architecture des bases de données à la visualisation interactive et aux pipelines de traitement des données.

Je suis passionnée par le potentiel des données spatiales pour comprendre, simuler et modéliser le monde réel, et j’aime partager cette expertise avec la communauté afin d’inspirer de nouvelles approches et solutions.

Bonjour, moi c’est Halima. Je suis experte en données spatiales et systèmes d’information géographique (SIG), avec plusieurs années d’expérience dans le développement et l’analyse de données. Au cours de mon parcours, j’ai travaillé comme développ... Show more

Jonathan Castillo

Jonathan Castillo

Profesional enfocado en nube, datos e Inteligencia Artificial, con interés en democratizar la tecnología y generar impacto a través del aprendizaje colaborativo. Ayuda a las organizaciones a transformar la información en soluciones estratégicas basadas en tecnologías cloud y analítica avanzada, impulsando la innovación y el crecimiento.

Profesional enfocado en nube, datos e Inteligencia Artificial, con interés en democratizar la tecnología y generar impacto a través del aprendizaje colaborativo. Ayuda a las organizaciones a transformar la información en soluciones estratégicas basad... Show more

Shekh Emran

Shekh Emran

I work as a Validation Specialist and Business Development Manager at Feicon Oy in Finland. My primary responsibility is equipment validation, supporting pharmaceutical and life science companies in ensuring that critical equipment is installed, tested, and documented in compliance with GMP requirements. This includes planning and executing qualification activities, reviewing documentation, and working with project teams to ensure systems are ready for routine operation.

In addition to technical validation work, I am involved in business development activities, particularly identifying new project opportunities, supporting client relationships, and contributing to our company’s expansion into new markets and services.

I hold a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Eastern Finland. My professional focus is on practical, compliant validation of pharmaceutical equipment and supporting organizations in maintaining reliable and inspection-ready operations.

I work as a Validation Specialist and Business Development Manager at Feicon Oy in Finland. My primary responsibility is equipment validation, supporting pharmaceutical and life science companies in ensuring that critical equipment is installed, test... Show more

Greer Dolby

Greer Dolby

Greer Dolby is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research centers on how wild plants and animals evolve and adapt to their environments, using large multi‑omic datasets and integrative statistical approaches to solve complex biological questions. With a background spanning earth processes and evolutionary biology, she earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and completed postdoctoral training at Arizona State University.

Greer Dolby is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research centers on how wild plants and animals evolve and adapt to their environments, using large multi‑omic datasets and integrative statistical approaches to so... Show more

Alexander Kmoch

Alexander Kmoch

Alex is a Distributed Spatial Systems DevOps Tinkerer with many years of experience in geospatial data management and web- and cloud-based geoprocessing with a particular focus on land use, soils, hydrology, and water quality. His interests include open geospatial standards and web-services for location-based data sharing, modelling workflows, machine learning, and interactive geo-visualisation. Alex has been involved with web-based spatial data infrastructures for a long time as a developer, researcher and project leader. He is based at the Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography at the Department of Geography of the University of Tartu.

Alex is a Distributed Spatial Systems DevOps Tinkerer with many years of experience in geospatial data management and web- and cloud-based geoprocessing with a particular focus on land use, soils, hydrology, and water quality. His interests include o... Show more

Valeshka Huamaní

Valeshka Huamaní

Valeshka Huamaní es estudiante de Ingeniería Biomédica apasionada por la tecnología aplicada a la salud y el impacto social. Obtuvo el 1.er puesto en Innovación y 3.er puesto general en una iniciativa del 8M junto a IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) y fue semifinalista de PASKA 2026 con el proyecto Yuyay, enfocado en el desarrollo de una solución tecnológica para el apoyo y detección de crisis epilépticas. En 2025 formó parte del Parlamento Escolar, fortaleciendo su liderazgo juvenil. Actualmente impulsa proyectos de inteligencia artificial y tecnología biomédica con el objetivo de generar soluciones accesibles e inspirar a más mujeres a ingresar a STEM.

Valeshka Huamaní es estudiante de Ingeniería Biomédica apasionada por la tecnología aplicada a la salud y el impacto social. Obtuvo el 1.er puesto en Innovación y 3.er puesto general en una iniciativa del 8M junto a IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) y ... Show more

Seth Honda

Seth Honda

Seth Honda was born and raised on the west side of O'ahu, where he worked on computational biology research with NASA and Los Alamos National Lab before pivoting into education. He now teaches computer science to high schoolers in Colorado Springs while building privacy and security tooling on the side.

Seth Honda was born and raised on the west side of O'ahu, where he worked on computational biology research with NASA and Los Alamos National Lab before pivoting into education. He now teaches computer science to high schoolers in Colorado Springs wh... Show more

Phil Choo

Phil Choo

Phil Choo is a Professor of Graphic Design at Penn State University and a recognized leader in the integration of service design with ecological literacy. With over 10 years of advanced experience in higher education, Professor Choo specializes in developing interdisciplinary curricula that frame design as a vital tool for civic engagement and environmental stewardship. He successfully spearheaded the collaboration between the Penn State Graphic Design program and the Frost Museum of Entomology, leading students through a rigorous, four-phased workflow (Discovery, Definition, Development, and Delivery) to visualize complex biological data. His pedagogical models focus on creating high-impact public exhibitions that combine visual communication with curated biological specimens, establishing a replicable standard for multi-sensory sustainability education in higher education.

Phil Choo is a Professor of Graphic Design at Penn State University and a recognized leader in the integration of service design with ecological literacy. With over 10 years of advanced experience in higher education, Professor Choo specializes in de... Show more

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