Speakers
Experts around different topics will share their insight into the technologies impacting companies in New York State.
Keynotes
Mojdeh
Bahar
Associate Director for Innovation
& Industry Services
NIST
Hope
Knight
President, CEO, and Commissioner
Empire State Development
Elizabeth
Lusskin
Executive Vice President
Empire State Development, Division of Small Business & Technology Development
Niel
Sandfort
Chief Innovation Officer
Chobani
Matt
Watson
Senior Vice President, ESD and Executive Director, NYSTAR
Speakers
Mahiuddin Ahmed, Ph.D.
President & CSO
VITRUVIAE
Andrea Ashford-Hicks
CEO
Cayuga Biotech
Brad Banikowski
Entrepreneurship Navigator
Empire State Development, Division of Science Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR)
Lauren
Baynes
Vice President of Operations
Bounce Imaging
Nicki
Brugler
National Sales Manager, EndoGlow
Bobby
Carlton
XR / VR Content Manager
Business Development
FS Studio
John
Cerveny
Director of Resource Development
NY-BEST
Stephen
Chambers, Ph.D.
General Partner
IndieBio NY
Catherine
Forrest
Founder
Secwins, LLC
Julian
Fraize
Program Manager
National Offshore Research and Development Consortium
David
Gottfried
Deputy Director
Alfred University's Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology
Reg
Harnish
CEO
OrbitalFire Cybersecurity
Colleen
Heidinger
President
43North
Dr. Everton
H. Henriques
NY MEP Solutions Director
FuzeHub
Deepak
Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Jacob
Kumpon
COO
KLAW Industries
Paul
LaPorte
Cyber Security Coordinator
Advanced Institute for Manufacturing
Wendy
Lin, Ph.D.
Consulting Engineer
GE Renewable Energy
John
Mackowiak
Vice President, Public Relations
The Martin Group
Kate
McClellan-Press
Senior Project Manager, Environmental Research
NYSERDA
Carol
Miller
Executive Director
AMT
Alex
Oscilowski
President
TEL Technology Center America (TTCA)
Cully "Monk"
Patch
Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity and Intelligence
Quanterion Solutions, Inc.
Jacob
Perry
Technical Sales Representative
Neff Automation
Efrat
Petel
General Manager
Soos Technology
Amber
Rangel
VP and Director, Workforce Development
Empire State Development
David
Rooney
Principal
DMR Group
Casey
Rowland
Network Development
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Charles
Ruffing
Director
New York State Pollution Prevention Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology
Michelle
Schlafer
Chief Operating Officer
REMADE Institute
Devon
Shipp
Director
Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) at Clarkson University
Emily
Shumchenia
Offshore Wind Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative
Michael
Sieffert
Chief Engineer
AIS
Artemas
Steere
Ceramic Materials Engineering Senior
Lockheed Martin
Balaji
Suresh
VP Operations
L3Harris
Melissa
Tallman
Community Curator, Executive Leadership Team
Griffiss Institute
Jennifer
Tegan
Managing Director, NY Ventures
Empire State Development
Harvey
Tian
CEO and Founder
Inso Biosciences Inc
Shambhu
Upadhyaya
Strategic Lead, Cybersecurity Research and Education
University at Buffalo
Olivier
Vatel
Senior Advisor
IBM Research
Cathy
Young
Executive Director
Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture Innovation at Cornell AgriTech
Harvey
Tian
CEO and Founder
Inso Biosciences Inc
Harvey
Tian
CEO and Founder
Inso Biosciences Inc
Competition Judges
Eric
Fasser
Solutions Program Manager
FuzeHub
Richard E.
Honen
Partner, Venture Capital & Technology Practice Team Leader
Phillips Lytle LLP
Heidi Knoblauch, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Entrepreneurship Development
Empire State Development
Marcia
Mitchell
Director, New York Ventures
Empire State Development
