Dr. Mike Stankosky obtained his doctorate from George Washington University researching organizational effectiveness, where he went on to serve as Research Professor & Professorial Lecturer of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, creating the theoretical constructs for a graduate certificate, master’s and doctorate in knowledge management – a first in academia. His subsequent research focuses on how to engineer and manage a global enterprise in a knowledge-based economy.  An author/editor of several books, he is Editor Emeritus of VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems – part of Emerald Group Ltd.  He is an Executive-in-Residence at the Kania School of Management, University of Scranton, and a charter member of the New Club of Paris, dedicated to establishing international valuation and accounting standards for intellectual capital/knowledge assets.  His latest book: “21 for 21: Leading the 21st Century Global Enterprise,” shares his wisdom and insights from over 50 years of military, diplomatic, academic, and industry leadership. 

Dr. Art Murray is co-founder of Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc. where he has served as CEO for over 27 years. Since 2005, he’s been IIKI's Director of the Enterprise of the Future Program, the results of which are published in the book: “Building the Enterprise of the Future: Co-creating and delivering extraordinary value in an eight-billion-mind world.”  He’s also the author of: “Deep Learning Manual: the knowledge explorer's guide to self-discovery in education, work, and life.”  For the past 17 years, he has written KMWorld magazine’s popular column: “The Future of the Future.”
He has led Knowledge Management projects for government ministries around the world in Defense, Law Enforcement, Higher Education, Public Health, and whole of government, and for private sector companies in energy, aerospace, finance, agriculture, and many other areas
His current focus is on human and machine knowledge governance, and developing systems in which humans teach machines and machines teach humans, including a system for detecting and responding to weak signals on large, complex projects.

Dr. Vincent Ribiere is an enthusiastic and creative International consultant and professor with a passion for helping organizations solve their organizational knowledge and innovation management challenges.  He is the Founder and Managing Director of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA), a center of Excellence at Bangkok University, where he is also Program Director of the Ph.D. in KM and Innovation Management and the founder and co-program Director of the Master in Business Innovation (MBI).  He has also co-founded various International events in the fields of Business Creativity and Innovation (Creative Bangkok, ASCIM, CreativeMornings Bangkok, G-LINK) and he co-founded various communities of KM and Innovation academics and practitioners nationally (iKlub, Thai KM Network) and Internationally (KM Global Network).
Vincent has a strong entrepreneurial spirit and he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experiences. He delivers keynote speeches and workshops at various International professional and academic conferences and he is the author of more than 80 publications.

Mr. Hassan Syed is CEO of Bir Ventures USA, and founder of IdeaGist, the world's largest virtual business incubator with 250,000+ members spanning all 195 UN recognized countries.  He is founding director of the Institute for Innovators and Entrepreneurs at Hamline University MN, and was recently recognized by Pollen and AARP MN as one of the 50 most inspiring and accomplished leaders across Minnesota. He is advisor to the Minister of Science & Technology Pakistan on the Knowledge Economy, where he is the Focal Person on Emerging Technologies and Innovation, and serves on the national committee on Emerging Technologies under the Digital Pakistan initiative, focusing on emerging technologies development and application through entrepreneurial ventures. Hassan has pledged a large technology investment into the Prime Minister’s Startup Pakistan and emerging technology accelerators programs, with the goal of helping one million students in starting up their own businesses by establishing: 600 incubators in educational institutions; the Science Park of the future, a network of 14 parks focusing on emerging technologies; a network of 1,000 rural incubation centers to develop micro enterprises in rural and underprivileged areas.

Dr. Annie Green is a Digital Thought Leader and Knowledge Strategist/Architect.  She advocates for leadership and management  of organizations to learn what they need to know to improve the overall health and performance of their organization.  She provides the “big picture” that gives a more holistic solution.  Her 30+ years of expertise have resulted in a harmonious blend of theory, practice and continuous learning focused on optimizing business/IT alignment, data management, artificial intelligence, knowledge management, digital transformation, change management, and governance, in commercial, public, and government sectors. 

She is an advisor, professor, lecturer, speaker, journal reviewer,  author, served as the lead faculty member for the KM Global Network’s (KMGN) online course “KM in AI,” currently serves as the KMGN’s liaison to the International Institute for Knowledge and Innovation (IIKI), the current Director of Education Programs and Partnerships for IIKI, the co-founder of the Knowledge Management Education Forum (KMEF), served as the lead organizer of the International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning (ICICKM-2013), and served as a committee member on the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) investigative studies. 

Dr. Steven Hausman is a talented public speaker, recognized futurist and widely-quoted technology authority. He had a 31 year career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a scientist and senior executive and is currently a technology consultant and professional speaker on emerging technologies that include cybersecurity, AI, 3D printing, climate change, robotics, and medical topics. Dr. Hausman received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in the field of immunogenetics and transplantation biology. He joined the NIH as a Staff Fellow in the National Institute on Aging, and later was appointed as the first Deputy Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.  In 2007 he founded Hausman Technology Presentations. He is a recipient of the NIH Director’s Award (NIH’s highest award), the Public Health Service Exceptional Achievement Award, and the NIH Equal Employment Opportunity Award. Because of his interest in advocating for individuals with disabilities Dr. Hausman was appointed to membership on, and elected Chair of, the NIH Diversity Council. He led the effort to convert all incoming paper grant applications to electronic format, developed the first paperless ethics system for the NIH, organized the NIH Advanced Technologies Scientific Interest Group and was a member of the trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force.

Dr. Dan Holtshouse was the Chief Knowledge Strategist and Corporate Strategy Director for the Xerox Corporation. There he led a corporate-wide initiative encompassing research centers, business divisions, corporate branding, and European and Japanese partners, aimed at accelerating innovation and growth of the firm’s knowledge-intensive assets. During this period, Xerox received over a dozen global awards and benchmarks for knowledge management programs.
Dan has also served as head of advanced systems development for Xerox printing systems, involving research scientists, programmers, and engineers located in three California locations. Responsibilities also included corporate level technology spinouts, the acquisition of electronic publishing software, and the development of advanced digital imaging technologies.
Prior to Xerox, he has led programs for the design of advanced automotive electronics at GM and holds early patents for vehicle Air Bag Systems. He was also a computer systems engineer and manager on inertial navigation systems for NASA manned spacecraft.
Dan has been a keynote speaker at industry conferences in the US, Japan, and Europe, co-chaired two industry-wide KM conferences, authored numerous journal and KM publications including  a book: The Knowledge Advantage.

Cynthia M. Gayton, JD, is a member of the State Bar of Virginia and the District of Columbia Bar.  She is the owner of Gayton Law in Arlington, Virginia which concentrates on small business formation, intellectual property, information technology, and business transactions/contracts.  She is a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and has worked as an attorney for the federal government, in the private sector, and for non-profit organizations.
She is the author of “Legal Aspects of Engineering, Design & Innovation,” and “Guide to Copyrights & Trademarks for CryptoCreatives.”  She writes and advises on matters regarding smart contracts, IP and blockchain, especially as relates to artists, focusing on crypto assets and NFTs, social media cryptocurrencies such as AttributionCoin, branding, digital assets and taxes.  A frequent participant in crypto-art-related panel discussions, presentations and workshops, she co-hosted a podcast Art on the Blockchain (2017-2019), and in May 2021, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts cooperated with her for a two-part course “Introduction to NFTs for Artists and Artist Advocates.”  In March 2021, the WERA 96.7 radio show, ArtBox, interviewed her about NFTs – its history and its future.

Dr. Vittal Anantatmula, PMP CCP is Professor of Project Management in the College of Business, Western Carolina University, where he has won numerous awards including University Scholar, Excellence in Research, and the Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. He holds visiting professorships at Keio University, Yokohama, Japan, and the Skema Business School, Lille, France. From 2016-2021, he has served as Director and Member of the Board, Global Accreditation Center of the Project Management Institute. He has authored/ co-authored nine books, has been an invited speaker at over three dozen conferences, and his many journal articles have been cited over 3,500 times. The book Contemporary Project Management which he co-authored has been adopted by more than 180 university degree programs in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. His many consulting clients include The World Bank, Arthur Anderson, LLP, and the International Development Institute.  His current research is focused on project management teams, integrating knowledge management and project management, knowledge management effectiveness, project management performance, project success, and leadership.

Dr. Mona Mohamed is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business and Economics, Department of Business Analytics and Technology Management at Towson University.  She completed her D.Sc. work at Towson University under the supervision of Professor Joyram Chakraborty.  She has conducted and published research in Cloud Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Knowledge Management, and Information security.  Her extensive background and experience also includes data analysis, law, advocacy, and anthropology, with experience in international and multicultural programs, including the use of knowledge exchange as a means of conflict resolution and promoting personal growth.  She has led numerous advocacy groups for women and children, especially in developing countries, and has an established track record in assisting immigrants in gaining access to education, health care, social opportunities and other resources.

Dr. Philip W. Sisson discovered and verified the Unified Theory of Knowledge Management and its integrated KM activities, competencies, and roles. He applied over 35 years of diverse education and experience—developing, integrating, transitioning, operating, and maintaining large and small information technology and support systems—with systems engineering, business development, and program management to perform the systems analysis, methodology development (including organic functions), and verification testing approaches to prove the theory.

His dissertation concentrates on showing “that the seven functions are sufficient and necessary to describe KM in differentiating it from its implementing and supporting disciplines, such as management, engineering, IT, asset management…” Other findings include: 1) a knowledge concept map; 2) an integrated organizational learning model and eight ways to learn; 3) taxonomy of educational competency objectives; 4) identifying KM's risk management role; 5) a template for primary KM education and STEM; and 6) the essence of KM.

His kinetic-oriented ballroom dance training helped him understand Bloom’s implied three kinds of knowledge: cognitive, psychomotor (kinetic), and affective.

Mr. Bill Kaplan is the Founder of Working Knowledge^CSP, an internationally recognized KM consulting company helping organizations develop and implement sustainable KM strategies. He is an author, keynote speaker, and coach on the topics of KM, Organizational Learning, and Knowledge Leadership and a prior Adjunct Professor of KM at the University of Maryland Global Campus.  Among his many articles and papers is a 2010 book on knowledge loss and workforce attrition, “Losing Your Minds: Capturing, Retaining and Leveraging Organizational Knowledge.”
Prior to founding Working KnowledgeCSP in 2009, Bill was the CKO of a mid-cap Washington DC consulting company serving the US federal government, where he was also the practice lead for KM, focusing on the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
Prior to beginning his second career in KM, Bill served his country in the United States Air Force for 25 years retiring as a Colonel. His awards and decorations include The Legion of Merit and the Defense Superior Service Medal.
Ever since 1998 when Bill began his career as a KM practitioner, he’s maintained the belief that Knowledge Management is fundamentally about helping organizations to continuously improve their performance through an ability to “create value from their knowledge.”

Mr. Brian “Bo” Newman is the founder of KM-Forum.org, the first internationally-recognized online community of practice for the KM community

A senior corporate management advisor, project management mentor, author, and researcher into the dynamics of knowledge flows and multi-perspective semantics, Bo was a co-developer of the first KM graduate-level course at the George Washington University

A Knowledge Systems Architect and developer of business processes and techniques for program management, professional services, and KM Service frameworks, he specializes in integrating business process design, knowledge engineering, and existing processes within the context of the Federal Enterprise Architecture

His current focus is on tools for implementing his knowledge flow modeling methodology (KFAM) and developing a Knowledge Calculus (spCalc) for expressing and exploring multiple perspectives as applied to ontology and collaborative competencies.

Dr. Saleh Osman has 20 years field experience in public policy reform research and long–term planning in developing and developed countries

He specializes in statistical analysis-based strategic policy and decision-making supported by predictive data modeling, data mining, econometric and macroeconomic modeling and system dynamics

He has served as strategic advisor to governments making the transition to knowledge-based economies

His main area of research focuses on long-term economic growth through R&D, intellectual capital development and knowledge generation

He holds the Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Howard University, and will lead IIKI's certification program in AI/ML and data analytics.

Dr. Mohamed Hassan has over 20 years of hands-on data science experience in strategy development, fraud analysis, optimization, A/B testing, sampling and simulation for customer acquisition and retention

His career spans multiple industries including retail, finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and telecom

His areas of specialty include customer insight analytics, management, decision science, economics, segmentation, econometrics, data mining, analytics, forecasting, and project management

His current research focus is on applying AI/Machine Learning and neural networks to uncover hidden patterns, additional profit/revenue opportunities, and enhanced productivity in large datasets

He holds the Ph.D. in Economics from Howard University