Speakers at the Innovators Summit

Safi Bahcall
Author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

Sara Irvani
CEO
Okabashi Brands

Nabil Nasr
Associate provost for academic affairs and founding director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS).

Tom Kurfess
Professor and HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control,
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Institute

Sarah Eckersley
VP R&D, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure,
Dow Chemical

Alex Goranin
Trial Lawyer Specializing in High-Stakes Intellectual Property and Technology-Driven Cases in the Software, Web, and Life Sciences Industries, Duane Morris

Kyle Kent
Director of R&D, Technical Solutions,
Campbell’s

Gracy Wingkono
Global R&D – Principal Scientist
Beverage Industry

Joe Mazzeo
Vice President of Business Development, Crossfire Consulting

Felix Patricio
Scientist,
Colgate-Palmolive

Jamie Pero Parker
Sustainability Sector Lead, RTI

Estelle Chaussard
Senior Research Scientist,
FM Global

Vas Veeramasuneni
Chief Technology Officer

Jaap de Vries
FM Global

Michelle Drabik
Chief Knowledge Officer
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Carlton Gibbs
Senior Manager
Mars-Wrigley Snacking

Yumiko Garcia
Global
Home Care PD Director,
Colgate-Palmolive

Darin Latimer
Vice President, Strategic Development
Danaher Corporation

James Blank
Engineering Library Manager, Catepillar

Brandon Farris
Chief Economist,
National Association of Manufacturers

Chad Moutray
Chief Economist,
National Association of Manufacturers

Karen Martin

Jim Euchner
Editor in Chief, Research-Technology Management