TV Host and Producer - STEAM Advocate - Author
Summit Kickoff Banquet Keynote – Friday, March 4, 6pm – President's Hall (inside Franklin Hall): For almost two decades Kari Byron has been a strong presence in the world of reality-based science and adventure television. She is best known as a presenter on Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters but has gone on to host and produce many shows spanning several networks.
Internet Studies Scholar - UCLA Professor - Author
Faculty Plenary Luncheon – Friday, March 4, 12pm – Alumni Hall (IMU): Dr. Safiya U. Noble is an internet studies scholar and Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.
Inclusion Strategist - Author - Speaker
Closing Plenary Luncheon –Monday, March 28, 12pm –Frangipani Room (IMU): Ruchika Tulshyan is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. As a keynote speaker, Ruchika has addressed audiences at organizations like NASA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and U.S. Congress.
Executive Director of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)
CACR Speaker Series – Thursday, March 31, 12pm – Virtual via Whova: As the Executive Director of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), Lynn Dohm brings more than 25 years of organizational and leadership experience to the WiCyS team. She has successfully collaborated with businesses, nonprofits and NSF-funded grants and helped produce outcomes that aligned with their cybersecurity business goals. As a solution-oriented strategist, Lynn focuses on nonprofits, facilitating process improvements, coordinating project management and using resourceful operations to achieve strategic objectives.
