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Dr. Sanjay Rout is an experienced professor and business professional with a diverse educational background. He holds a Ph.D in Management from Magadh University, as well as a PGDSCM in Management from the Institute of management technology. In addition, he has also completed a LLB in Law and an MBA in Management. Dr. Rout's expertise lies in the field of Business Analytics, which he studied at The Wharton Business School. He has also gained valuable experience through his various roles in the business world, including serving as the Chancellor at Mahavideha University, CEO at Innovation Solution Lab, and COO at ISL PUBLICATIONS. Dr. Rout is also involved in various organizations and serves on the Board of Directors at Spiritual Data. He has also worked as a consultant for companies such as NISG, Ernst and Young LLP, Pwc and Sutra PMU, and CAEMAS. With his extensive education and experience, Dr. Sanjay Rout is a highly knowledgeable and respected professor in the field of Business Analytics.

Dr. Gamwell is a business and design anthropologist who specializes in ethnographic research (digital and in field) and consulting with businesses and organizations. He has worked as a field researcher in Latin America and Peru and has consulted for businesses across a variety of industries, including food, hospitality, retail, consumer goods and technology. Dr. Gamwell worked in global technology research, studying meaning and cultural change at scale by combining digital tools, Big Data and Anthropology, and served some of the world's largest Fortune 1000 companies to bring a cultural and human centric perspective to innovation, insights, and future forecasting.Dr. Gamwell is the founder of Anthrocurious a collaborative social impact storytelling and design research studio that draws on design thinking, the social sciences, and mindfulness practices to help businesses, change makers and organizations discover, craft and communicate their stories, culture, and relations better.

Cory Young is a professor and chair of the communications department at Ithaca College. She received his PhD in intercultural communication from Bowling Green State University in 2001 and his MS in cultural studies from the University of Birmingham in 1996.

Dr. Ryan Howell is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University. His research interests include the psychology of goals and how people pursue and achieve them. Dr. Howell received his PhD in Social/Personality Psychology from the University of California, Riverside in 2005.

Martin Dietrich Brauch is a Lead Researcher at CCSI. He leads economic and legal research, training, and advisory work, with a focus on legal and policy frameworks and practices for sustainable investment to achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation goals—including through decarbonization and a just transition to net-zero emission energy systems and economies—along with other SDGs.

Melinda Haughey is a PhD student in Human Computer Interaction at the University of Washington. She is also the co-founder and CEO of Proxi, a startup that is developing a new way to interact with technology using proximity sensors. Prior to her work in HCI, she was a chemical engineer, and she holds a BS from Texas A&M University.

James C. Kaufman is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He has written or edited more than 50 books. These include: the recently published *The Creativity Advantage* (Cambridge); the forthcoming *Lessons in Creativity from Musical Theatre Characters* (with Dana P. Rowe; Routledge); two editions of *Cambridge Handbook of Creativity* (with Robert J. Sternberg) and five other Cambridge Handbooks; two editions of *Creativity 101* (Springer); and a book on terrible baseball pitchers with his father and a book on pseudoscience with his wife. James has developed many theories, most notably the Four C’s (with Ron Beghetto). He has developed several self-report measures of creativity and is currently focusing on positive outcomes of creativity. James has won many awards, including Mensa’s research award, the Torrance Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children’s International Creativity Award, and APA’s Berlyne, Arnheim, and Farnsworth awards. He co-founded two major journals, *Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts* and *Psychology of Popular Media Culture* and is the current Senior Associate Editor for *Creativity Research Journal*. He has tested Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s creativity on CNN; written the book and lyrics to the musical *Discovering Magenta* (which played NYC and has a cast album); and appeared onscreen, complete with white lab coat, in the comic book documentary *Independents*.

Beth is an Associate Professor of Advertising at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, author and TEDx speaker. As a 25-year veteran of the advertising media industry she leads the media planning and data & analytics curricula. She is also the author of Media Planning Essentials, the first online, digital-first media planning courseware. Beth’s research interests include applying machine learning techniques to develop predictive models of television audience retention. These models can be used to optimize ad curation and provide television networks with tools to maximize their revenue models. She is also working on employing psychophysiological research techniques to understand how people perceive branded content implicitly. This research can help inform both the creation and placement of branded content.

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