Bissan Ghaddar is an Associate Professor of Management Science at the Ivey Business School working on problems at the intersection of smart cities, machine learning, and optimization models. Prior to joining Ivey Business School, she was as an Assistant Professor in Data Analytics at the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She […]
Chris Lemieux is a conservation social scientist specializing in parks and protected areas policy, planning and management. Within this, his research focuses on biodiversity and conservation effectiveness, national and international conservation targets (such as those under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity), climate change adaptation, and the human health and well-being benefits associated with contact
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Karim S Karim (PhD, PEng, MBA) is the Executive Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology and a Professor in Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has raised more than $15M in research grant funding, trained over 40 PhD and MASc students, has co-authored 250+ publications and 50+ patents. He is also a
John Hancock works at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he has served as senior policy advisor to the Director-General, representative to the IMF and World Bank, and head of policy development. He spearheaded the launch of the WTO’s Aid-for-Trade Initiative, as well as the recent ‘Joint Initiatives’ on investment facilitation and
Fahkri Karray is a Research Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Loblaws Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence. He is the Co-Director of the University of Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute (waterloo.ai). Professor Karray’s research interests are in the areas of operational artificial intelligence, cognitive machines, natural human-machine interaction, autonomous
Florian Kerschbaum is an associate professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo (since 2017) and Director of the Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (since 2018). He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2010) and a master’s degree from Purdue University (2001).
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Dr. Choyon Saha is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Toronto. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), his postdoctoral research focuses on the fundamental decision-making and regulatory processes related to offshore oil exploratory drilling in or proximate to marine protected areas in
Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh is the Chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She was a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from 2005-2024. She is a fellow with the STEM for Global Resilience
Jill Sinclair has been a member of Canada’s defence, international security and foreign policy community for most of her professional career. As part of the Strategic Joint Staff at the Dept of National Defence, she was appointed by the Chief of Defence Staff and Deputy Minister as Canada’s representative to the Ukraine Defence Reform Advisory
John Abraham is a political economist who has a background in environmental policy, social entrepreneurship and South Asian studies. His research and teaching interests include the relationship between economic policy and identity politics, international experiential learning and community based development. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Community Conservation Research Network and the Waterloo
Manuel Riemer is a professor of community psychology and sustainability science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the director of the Viessmann Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS) and the Community, Environment, and Justice Research Group (CEJRG). Dr. Riemer applies community psychology principles, theories, and tools to address issues related to sustainability, including
Randy Sa’d is the Executive Director of REFOCUS, a ground-breaking, not-for-profit co-operative. With REFOCUS, Randy collaboratively developed the proprietary Enterprise Evolution approach and applied learning program which enables senior leaders to leverage the lens of sustainability to develop improved strategy and evolve management practices in response to accelerating global change. Randy also serves as the
