Below you’ll find a list of all of the speakers currently scheduled to speak at the event and the times they are scheduled to speak:
First Keynote
8:15 AM
Dr. Jason Eichenholz
Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer, Luminar Technologies
Topic: Leveraging the Magic of the Region – How we grew a high tech company in Orlando
Time: 8:15 AM
Student Experience
9:00 AM
Phil Dumas
Builder, Creator, & Founder, UniKey Technologies
Topic: Student Panel
Time: 9:00 AM
Research Experience
10:00 AM
Dr. Reza Abdolvand
Associate Professor and the Director of the Dynamic Microsystems Laboratory, UCF
Topic: Non-Reciprocal Acoustoelectric RF Devices
Time: 10:00 AM
Renato Pichilingue
CEO, IntegSense Inc.
Topic: Non-Reciprocal Acoustoelectric RF Devices (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Kareem Ahmed
Assistant Professor, UCF
Topic: COVID-19 Transmission Reduction Through Saliva-Modifying Products (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Michael Kinzel
Assistant Professor, UCF
Topic: COVID-19 Transmission Reduction Through Saliva-Modifying Products (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Lisa Dieker
Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholars, UCF
Topic: Project RAISE (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Anton Hopen
Managing Partner, Smith & Hopen
Topic: Project RAISE (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Charles Hughes
Pegasus Professor of Computer Science, UCF
Topic: Project RAISE (co-presenter)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Leonid Glebov
Research Professor, UCF
Topic: Volume holographic elements – from new phenomenon to successful enterprise
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Joshua J. Kaufman
Multi-Material Fiber Device (MOFD) team, CREOL, UCF
Topic: User-Controlled Color-Changing Textiles (co-presented)
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Guifang Li
Professor of Optics and Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCF; Co-found of Optium
Topic: A Photonic Tensor Accelerator for AI/ML
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghasemi
Founder and CEO, FleetZoo
Topic: Solving the last mile problem for the 21st century enterprise
Time: 10:00 AM
Alumni Experience
11:15 AM
Dr. Pooyan Balouchian
Founder, MaPoo Solutions LLC
Topic: Smart Hotel Ranker towards a better Look-to-Book Ratio
Time: 11:15 AM
Dr. Christina Drake
Founder and Manager, Kismet Technologies
Topic: Harnessing the Disinfecting Power of Nanoceria for Safe Consumer Use
Time: 11:15 AM
Dr. David Reid
CEO, Helicon Chemical Company
Topic: Helicon Chemical Company’s development and commercialization of advanced rocket fuels for for the defense and commercial space industries
Time: 11:15 AM
Joe Sleppy
Co-Founder, Capacitech
Topic: Build the Future You Want to Live In
Time: 11:15 AM
Investor Experience
12:10 PM
Sydney Rossman-Reich
Managing Partner, PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd
Topic: Investor Panel
Time: 12:10 PM
Second Keynote
1:10 PM
Kevin DiMarzio
Vice President of Business Development, Made In Space
Topic: Living and Working in Space: The Made In Space Journey
Time: 1:10 PM
Track A – I-Corps, Blackstone Launchpad
1:50 PM
Dr. Thomas P. O’Neal
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Founder of the UCF Business Incubation Program
Topic: I-Corps
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Issa Batarseh
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Founder and Director of the Florida Power Electronics Center (FPEC)
Topic: The NSF I-Corps Program
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Cameron Ford
William and Susan Crouse Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship, Founding Director of UCF’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL), and Director of the Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars Entrepreneurship Network
Topic: Blackstone Launchpad
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Michael Pape
Professor of Practice, Department of Management, College of Business, UCF
Topic: Blackstone Launchpad
Time: 1:50 PM
Track B – Innovation in Focus: Data Analytics (six speakers)
1:50 PM
Dr. Ivan Garibay
Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Initiative, the Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL) and the Master of Science in Data Analytics (MSDA), Assistant Professor, UCF
Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Initiative at UCF: Research, Education and Innovation
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty
Pegasus Professor & Chair, Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction Eng., UCF
Topic: Addressing Traffic Safety Challenges using Active Traffic Management Technology
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Roger Azevedo
Professor, Department of Learning Sciences and Educational Research; Lead Scientist for the Learning Sciences FCI Cluster, UCF
Topic: Augmenting Human-Machine Intelligence with Data Analytics
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. David Mohaisen
Associate Professor and Director of Security and Analytics Lab (SEAL), UCF
Topic: Malware Analysis and Detection Using Machine Learning
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Yogesh Rawat
Assistant Professor with CRCV, UCF
Topic: Real-Time Activity Detection in Untrimmed Security Videos
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Qun Zhou
Director and Assistant Professor, Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Lab, UCF
Topic: Data Analytics in Smart Energy Systems
Time: 1:50 PM
Track B – How To License at UCF
1:50 PM
Dr. Svetlana Shtrom
Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, UCF
Topic: Off the Lab Bench and into the Marketplace: Technology Commercialization at UCF
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Alicja Copik
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Central Florida
Topic: Off the Lab Bench and into the Marketplace: Technology Commercialization at UCF (co-presenter)
Time: 1:50 PM
Dr. Rob Igarashi
VP of Discovery and Pre-clinical Development, Kiadis Pharma
Topic: Off the Lab Bench and into the Marketplace: Technology Commercialization at UCF (co-presenter)
Time: 1:50 PM
Track A – SBIR/STTR, How to Pitch Your Idea
2:50 PM
Dr. Thomas P. O’Neal
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Founder of the UCF Business Incubation Program
Topic: SBIR/STTR
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Benjamin Pearman
Co-Founder, COO and Lead Scientist, SynMatter LLC
Topic: SBIR/STTR – SynMatter (co-presenter)
Time: 2:50 PM
Benjamin Patz
Founding Partner and Managing Director, DeepWork Capital
Topic: How to Pitch Your Idea
Time: 2:50 PM
Suneera Madhani
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fattmerchant
Topic: How to Pitch Your Idea
Time: 2:50 PM
Track B – Innovation in Focus: Optics (five speakers)
2:50 PM
Dr. David Hagan
Interim Dean, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
Topic: Introduction to Optics and Photonics research at CREOL
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Rodrigo Amezcua Correa
Associate Professor of Optics and Photonics, UCF
Topic: Powering future optical networks with light shaping fiber optics
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Kathleen Richardson
Pegasus Professor of Optics and Materials Science and Engineering and Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE) Professor at CREOL/College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
Topic: Advanced Functional Optical Materials
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Martin Richardson
University Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor, Northrop Grumman Professor, Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, UCF
Topic: High power lasers and their applications
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Shin-Tson Wu
Pegasus Professor at CREOL: The College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
Topic: New optics and materials for AR/VR displays and photodynamic therapy
Time: 2:50 PM
Track B – UCF Incubator/Tech Grove
2:50 PM
Carol Ann Dykes Logue
Director of Programs and Operations, Innovation Districts and Incubation Program, UCF
Topic: UCF Incubation Program: Growing Innovative Companies in Central Florida
Time: 2:50 PM
Captain Timothy Hill
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division and Naval Support Activity Orlando, U.S. Navy
Topic: Central FL Tech Grove- an opportunity to collaborate and accelerate our tech ecosystem
Time: 2:50 PM
Dr. Marcy Muldrow Sanders
University Program Director, Florida A&M University, National Security Innovation Network
Topic: National Security Innovation Network
Time: 2:50 PM
Trent Smith
Manager of the Technology Transfer Office, NASA-KSC
Topic: NASA Technology Transfer Program
Time: 2:50 PM
Track C – Start-Up Pitches
3:50 PM
Dr. Kareem Ahmed
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida
Topic: Next Generation Hypersonic Reactors (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Jonathan Reyes
Founder, Synergy Research, LLC
Topic: Next Generation Hypersonic Reactors (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Eduardo Castillo
CTO & Co-founder, FLUIX LLC
Topic: FLUIX LLC (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Necati Catbas
Co-Founder at Transtek International , Professor at UCF
Topic: Artificial Intelligence Assisted Infrastructure Assessment Using Mixed Reality Systems
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Tolga Ercan
Co-founder, Connected Wise
Topic: Smart Traffic Signs for Automated Driving Systems
Time: 3:50 PM
Kowsik Kumar
PhD Student, University of Central Florida
Topic: Energized Composites (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Deepak Pandey
PhD Student, University of Central Florida
Topic: Energized Composites (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Jayan Thomas
Professor, NanoScience Technology Center
Topic: Energized Composites (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Adriana Restrepo
Chief Marketing Officer, QLEDCures, LLC
Topic: QLED Cures (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Anthony Terracciano
Research Engineer, MAE/CATER
Topic: Terahertz Sensing & Concealment Technologies (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM
Dr. Subith Vasu
Associate Professor, Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research, University of Central Florida
Topic: Terahertz Sensing & Concealment Technologies (co-presenter)
Time: 3:50 PM