Dr. Yong Jing Yi is a renowned expert in business management and development, celebrated for her pioneering research and innovative strategies. Holding a Ph.D. in Business Management, she serves as a professor and mentor, imparting her extensive knowledge to the next generation of business leaders. Dr. Yong's prolific contributions include numerous scholarly papers and influential books, alongside her role as a sought-after speaker at global conferences. Her work in strategic development and organizational behavior has earned her numerous awards and significantly impacted industry practices. As a consultant and advisor, Dr. Yong continues to shape the business landscape with her commitment to excellence, innovation, and adaptability.

Evgenii Dubskii is a strategic leader with a proven track record in guiding organizations towards long-term success. With expertise in strategic planning, defines the vision and direction that propels growth and innovation. Provides strong leadership across the organization, fostering a dynamic management team and making decisive corporate decisions that shape the company's culture and values. In operations management, ensures seamless alignment of operations with strategic goals, while in financial management, oversees planning, risk management, and stakeholder reporting. Evgenii Dubskii serves as the primary spokesperson, maintaining crucial relationships with stakeholders including shareholders, employees, customers, and the public, ensuring transparent and effective communication. Passionate about driving innovation and growth, identity’s and capitaliser’s on new business opportunities and investments to sustain the company's upward trajectory.

Dr. Vadapalli joined IDSC after serving as Program Director for the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing and Senior Director for IT Support at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton. Prior to UNT, Dr. Vadapalli was a Senior Research Scientist at the High-Performance Computing Center at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock. In those roles, he helped secure nearly $3 million dollars in external funding, more than $40 million in grant proposals, and more than $230 million in-kind grants for skilled workforce training. One of Dr. Vadapalli’s priorities is advancing cancer care and research through machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and powerful computer models. At TTU, he partnered with researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University to accelerate the development of patient treatment plans. Dr. Vadapalli is also interested in applying advanced computing tools to develop sophisticated climate models involving ocean and atmospheric conditions. Dr. Vadapalli holds a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics from Andhra University in India, and a Master’s degree in Computational Engineering from Mississippi State. He and his wife have two sons.

Jordan is an education technology entrepreneur.
His passion is building EdTech companies that help students transition from education to work. His method is to integrate real industry partners and mentors into the learning process through hands-on collaborations that expose learners to new industries and job roles by working on real projects with real stakeholders and stakes. CapSource offers technology that empowers academic and industry partners to build and manage high-impact, scalable experiential learning and hiring programs that engage, educate, and train our next-generation workforce. Through their software and added services, CapSource helps educators and industry partners coordinate, manage, and scale high-impact case-based, project-based, and mentoring-based programs designed to help emerging talent learn, network, and get hired. Since 2017, CapSource has helped 2,000+ different industry partners like Caterpillar, DoorDash, Adidas, and the American Cancer Society collaborate with 18,000+ young professionals from over 150 global academic institutions across the world, including Florida State University, New York University, and the University of Notre Dame. With your support, Jordan hopes to bridge the skills gap and ensure students graduate workforce-ready! Jordan started his first education technology company, Real Time Cases (acquired), which raised over $2,000,000 in venture funding while an undergraduate at Lehigh University studying Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship. Outside of work, Jordan is passionate about Landscaping, Gardening, Networking, Travel, Cooking, Mixology, Modern Art, Blogging, Podcasts, Sailing, Tennis, Hiking, Event Planning, Shabbat, Public Speaking, Photography, and Coaching/Connecting fellow entrepreneurs.

Dr. Abd Rahman is an Associate Professor of Data Science at Department of Physics Universiti Putra Malaysia. During his PhD studies, he worked on developing new algorithms for multi-floor indoor localization system and also proposing new approach in indoor localization system based on WLAN. He has also joined Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs (now Nokia Bell Labs), Dublin, Ireland as a post-graduate research intern to carried out research and working with research team on co-localization and tracking algorithm for WLAN networks. He has also served as an invited researcher in Bell Labs Antwerp, Belgium to apply the localization system for Bell-Labs Future-X day. In 2019, he has been attached to the Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, India, as a Postdoctoral Fellow working on peer-to-peer networks. He has also served multiple positions in Ministry of Education and Higher education, Malaysia such as technical committee for Smart Data Project and technical workforce for Big Data Project between 2019 to 2021. I am also a Fellow of CEO@Faculty at the ministry of Higher Education where he has been placed in National Instruments Penang, Malaysia in 2018. He is currently the Head of Data Science research group in UPM. His current research interest is within the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence where I have published more than 40 high impact articles in the area. My other research interests includes signal processing, pattern recognition/ matching/ prediction, machine learning algorithms, electromagnetics-related computation and modelling and RF and microwave based sensor system.

Bio: Prof J. Mark Bishop is now an Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London where he has been a Director of the TCIDA (The Centre for Intelligent Data Analytics). In that context, he has led a group that has successfully developed commercial state-of-art analytic systems for fraud detection and business-to-business e-procurement. Over his career Mark’s research has spanned the theory and application of Artificial Intelligence and its underlying philosophy; in this context he is regularly invited to advise on policy at the UN (Geneva/Turin/Birmingham), the EC (Brussels) and the UK (Parliament/Whitehall). In 2010 Mark was elected to Chair the AISB. The AISB (the UK Society for Artificial Intelligence & the Simulation of Behaviour) is the world’s oldest society for the study of AI and Mark served a four-year term as Chair [2010-2014] during which he was co-opted onto the Organising Committee of ICRAC (International Committee for Robot Arms Control). He has served as associate Editor of seven academic journals in the field of AI and Cognitive Science and as a Business Consultant on both AI & AI/Data ethics. Mark enjoys a high media profile and is regularly asked for comment in both national and international media; most notably critiquing the doomsday predictions of Prof Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk et al. (concerning the threat posed by AI). In this context, an invited piece for the New Scientist magazine became the most downloaded article of the issue. In 2016 Mark was invited to discuss AI with Prof Murray Shanahan across an episode of Radio 4’s “Agree to Differ”.

Director of Sales & Marketing | Broker/Owner, Save Max Bulls Realty, Canada Founder of The Realty Bulls Exclusive Team Partner with Danube Properties, Dubai Mohsin truly believes that every challenge can be converted into an opportunity. Migrating to Canada with just a little more than an MD Doctorate Degree from back home and an extremely solid mindset with a positive attitude, he leveraged his leadership experience as a Medical Chief in Saudi Arabia to transition into a leadership role in Competitive Canadian Market. Mohsin Shaikh is a distinguished figure in Canadian Real Estate Market, known for his visionary leadership and innovative approach. As a Director and Owner at Save Max Bulls Realty in Canada, he has transformed the landscape of real estate marketing and sales, driving significant growth and success for his company. In addition to his pivotal role in Bulls Realty, he is the founder of The Realty Bulls, a premier real estate platform for all preconstruction real estate needs in Canada. Under his guidance, The Realty Bulls has become a trusted name in the industry, with over $3 Billion+ in Real Estate Volume Sold & 3800+ Sold Transactions till date in Ontario and Alberta Mainly. His strategic partnership with Canada’s leading financial institutions to create exceptional value for his clients including National Bank, RBC, TD and Scotia Bank along with strong relations with reputed builders of Canada including Daniels Corporation, Camrost FelCorp, Madison Homes, Empire Homes, Lanterra Developments, Tribute communities, Emblem Developments, Greenpark Homes, Fernbrook Homes, Urban Capital, Lindvest, Centrecourt etc., has grown his team become one of the Top Producers in GTA pre-construction real estate.Expanding his influence beyond Canada, Mohsin serves as an exclusive team partner with Danube Properties in Dubai along with multiple builders actively engaged in Dubai real estate market in recent times. A relationship-oriented person, Mohsin believes in building long-term associations with his clients, fellow professionals, builders, and other brokerages. Team Realty Bulls upholds his belief and adds Honesty, Integrity, and Trust to its corporate values and work culture. Beyond his professional success, Mohsin works hard to give back to the community and regularly engages in fundraising activities, whether it’s a successful running charity hospital back home or having a regular food donation drive for the needy in Toronto Region as well as early settlement services for students studying in Ontario. He is looking forward to creating more success stories and believes the world is full of opportunities for positive people.

Presently, working as a Professor in the department of Information Science and Engineering, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore. I worked as Dean(Research) JSSATEB ,Professor and Head, Department of CSE/ISE in various reputed Engineering colleges of Karnataka, India. My research area includes: Knowledge Engineering, Operating System Virtualization, Requirement Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering and Architecture Number of PhD awarded/completed under my supervision : 5 Number of PhD scholars guiding : 6 Chairman Board of Examiners, VTU, Belagam, Member Board of Studies, Board of Examiner, Local Inspection Committee member of Various autonomous Engineering colleges and universities in India. Editorial Board member, Review committee member of Various National and International Journals. Member -Technical Program committees/session Chair/organizing committee member for various National and International conferences. National Award winner "Rashtriya Ekta Samman-2013". All India National Unity Conference-Aug 2013 •Dr. DV Ashoka is one of the National Award winners "Rashtriya Ekta Samman-2013". The Award was presented to Dr. DV Ashoka, by Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh (Former Governor) in a Special function organized on the eve of 70th Birth Anniversary of Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi On 19th August, 2013 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. All India National Unity Conference gives Awards & Recognition to Men & Women at national level who matter, from various fields for their outstanding services, achievements and contributions.This award is presented to mark the Birth Anniversary of Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi every year as Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Ekta Samman.

With over 30 years of experience in developing and leading global enterprises and fundraising across diverse sectors, I am passionate about creating a positive impact on the planet and society through sustainability causes. As the founding partner and Executive Director of Asia Venture Fund, a climate and sustainability fund that we are developing that seeks to commercialize sustainability technology and projects for the Asia-Pacific region, I enjoy working with businesses, projects, and technology, that can make a major impact on human well-being and the biodiversity of the planet, through reducing its carbon intensity and waste impact using "real" sustainable solutions, not just greenwashing. I am also a university lecturer who specialises in the field of startups, entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and sustainability, having lectured for some of Australia’s leading universities and institutions, whilst also developing courses and programs in entrepreneurship and startups for some of the universities that I have lectured at. I have also built bespoke courses and programs in entrepreneurship for my online institute, The Global Business Academy. These days I spend my time building "spin-off" ventures and global communities and educating and coaching globally scalable, sustainability startups through my business, The Global Business Group which is an incubator and lab, whilst also running my Asia Venture Fund. One of my pet projects for 2023 was to develop wellness retreats for entrepreneurs and business owners in Bali, aptly named "The Entrepreneur's Escape". In 2023, my team and I successfully ran two such retreats and are looking at running two more. in 2024. I am continually looking for authentic connections and co-creators who believe in shared values and how to keep making our planet great, so let's have a chat about how we can make a difference.

With over 16 years of experience in IT, I am a highly skilled Cloud Architect and Lead Site Reliability Engineer, bringing extensive expertise across diverse sectors such as retail, insurance, IT and software services, banking and finance, and video communications. My career encompasses a broad range of disciplines including cloud engineering, enterprise architecture, cloud migrations, DevOps, site reliability engineering, container orchestration, code deployment automation, and software development. I specialize in designing and implementing both cloud and on-premises infrastructure architectures, with a focus on enhancing infrastructure robustness, application availability, and data security. My role involves refining cloud security architectures, developing hybrid cloud disaster recovery strategies, evaluating the reliability of live environments, automating patch and release management, and leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance product features and evaluate failover solutions for automatic recovery. My proven track record includes establishing secure DevOps pipelines, managing data center consolidations and migrations, and optimizing network performance—all while achieving notable cost savings and operational efficiencies. I am proficient in cloud architecture and engineering, development operations, enterprise architecture, vulnerability management, incident management, and compliance. I excel at leading multi-regional teams and overseeing large-scale cloud SRE projects, aligning automation initiatives with business objectives, reducing vulnerabilities, implementing cost- saving measures, and ensuring reliable infrastructure for millions of active users. In addition to my technical role, I am an active contributor to the community as an author, speaker, judge, and reviewer in cloud computing, security, AI, and machine learning. I have written 8 international articles, which have garnered 165 citations to date. As a senior IEEE member, I review conference papers and articles and mentor university students.

With over 23 years of IT experience, I am a seasoned Lead Security Architect with deep expertise across multiple industries, including oil and gas, IT and software services, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, banking and finance. My background spans security architecture, network design, software development, project management and leadership in large-scale security and cloud initiatives. I lead the design and implementation of comprehensive security architectures, driving strategic collaborations that fortify infrastructure and enhance security posture. My responsibilities include refining cloud security architecture, developing hybrid cloud disaster recovery strategies, conducting vendor security evaluations, and integrating AI and machine learning for proactive threat detection. My work in establishing secure DevSecOps pipelines, managing datacenter consolidations and migrations, and optimizing network performance consistently delivers significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. Proficient in cybersecurity architecture and engineering, cloud engineering, enterprise architecture, vulnerability management, threat management, and compliance, I excel at leading multi-region teams and overseeing large-scale security projects. My career is characterized by a strong commitment to aligning security initiatives with business objectives, reducing vulnerabilities and threats, and safeguarding digital assets. Beyond my primary role, I contribute to the community as an author, speaker, judge, and reviewer in cloud computing, cybersecurity, AI, and machine learning. As a senior member of IEEE, I review conference papers and have recently been nominated to serve on the technical advisory board for a leading security product development company in the USA. I hold a Masters degree in Computer Science and MBA in Systems

Dr. Hadagali Ashoka is an accomplished academic and researcher with over 16 years of experience in biotechnology, systems biology, and metabolic engineering. He holds a Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), where his research focused on Modeling the Effect of Natural Ingredients and Drugs on Blood Glucose Dynamics. He is currently an assistant professor at B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, where he teaches and conducts research in Biotechnology. Dr. Ashoka’s research spans multiple disciplines, including diabetes management, obesity dynamics, and microbial stress survival, and he has published widely in reputable journals. He has received several awards, including the State Award from the Government of Karnataka for community service and the Best NSS Programme Officer Award from Visvesvaraya Technological University. He is actively involved in the scientific community, serving as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Heliyon-Cell Press and Elsevier. Dr. Ashoka is also a life member of various professional societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the Indian Science Congress Association.

Suchit Ahuja received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Information Technology from Purdue University, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in Management Information Systems from the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada in 2018. He joined the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada as an Assistant Professor in Business Technology Management in 2018. He is the Director of the M.Sc. program in Business Analytics and Technology Management since 2021. Suchit’s research focuses on digital strategy and innovation, digital platforms and ecosystems, frugal digital innovation, societal impacts of digital innovation, and community-based innovation. Suchit has obtained funding for his research from federal and provincial funding agencies such as SSHRC, FRQ, and Mitacs. His research has been published in academic and practitioner outlets including Information Systems Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Information Technology for Development, Journal of Community Informatics, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Forbes, and The Conversation. His research has also appeared in top international conferences including AoM, ICIS, AMCIS, HICSS, IEEE, and ACM. Suchit has won the 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching award and the 2023 Excellence in Academic Service award at the John Molson School of Business. In 2022, he won the President’s Excellence in Teaching award at Concordia University. He has served on prestigious committees such as the Standards Council of Canada and was a member of the board of advisors of BizSkills Academy, an EdTech startup in Ontario. He serves on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Markets, and Complexity and is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Technology and Society journal.