Jonathan Adams

Researcher, Nanosurf

Janne-Constantin Albrecht

Research Assistant, Fraunhofer ICT, Germany

Babak Anasori

Associate Professor, Purdue University

Netz Arroyo-Curras

Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill

Jared Ashcroft

Professor, Pasadena City College

Veronica Augustyn

Professor, North Carolina State University

Travis Bailey

Professor, Colorado State

Robert Baldwin

Principal Scientist, National Laboratory of the Rockies

Elif Balkas

CTO, Wolfspeed

Nina Balke

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Amay Bandodkar

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Matthew Becker

Professor, Duke University

Subhashish Bhattacharya

Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University

Jaipreet Bindra

Senior Advisor, University of Ottawa

Crysten Blaby-Haas

Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jonathan Boreyko

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Katie Bornfleth

Marketing Communications Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Pat Brant

Chief Polymer Science Advisor (retired), ExxonMobil

William (Bill) Briggs

Deputy Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Robin Brigmon

Adjunct Professor, Clemson University

Stephen Buchanan

Founder, Bandelier Technologies

Robin Burke (invited)

Program Manager, Special Operations Command

Bob Burton

Director of Defense Technologies, North Carolina Military Business Center

Greg Byrd

Professor, North Carolina State University

Dave Calabro

Scientist, ExxonMobil (retired)

James Caley

Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, US Navy

Maria Fernanda Campa

Staff Scientist (Contractor), National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

Kim Chaffin

Vice President, Medtronic

Julie Champion

Professor, Georgia Tech

Erin Chancellor

General Counsel, Texas Space Commission

Chih-Hao Chang

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Sehoon Chang

Advanced Materials Team Leader, Aramco Americas

Marti Checa Nualart

R&D Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Yongsheng Chen

Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Premith Chilukuri

Senior AI Specialist, ABB

Ravi Chilukuri

Innovation Ecosystem Director, North Carolina State University

Hanna Cho

Associate Professor, Ohio State University

Orlando Coronell

Professor, UNC Chapel Hill

Krista Covey

President, First Flight Venture Center

Clay Cuddington

Product Development Engineer, ExxonMobil

Honggang Cui

Professor, Johns Hopkins

Mahrokh Dadsetan

Principal Research Fellow, Evonik

Preeta Datta

Director of Open Innovation for North America, Evonik Corporation

John David

Chief Technology Officer, BryceTech

Scott Davis

Hub Director – UNCW, NCInnovation

Paige DeBaylo

Director, National Safety Council MSD Solutions Lab

Ali Dhinojwala

Professor, University of Akron

Robert Dilmore

Research Engineer, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Emily Dinu

Founding Partner, Numinous Capital

Mica Dolan

President and CEO, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Grayson Dorr

Senior Project Manager, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Anna Duraj-Thatte

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

Joe Epstein

Strategic Partnership Lead, Lockheed Martin Space

Babak Eslami

Associate Professor, Widener University

Hannah Everett

Senior Program Manager, National Safety Council

Angela Maria Fasnacht

COO, Princeton Critical Minerals

Michelle Fiscus

Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, NCInnovation

Pamela Fisher

Vice President, Business Recruitment, Greenville ENC Alliance

Lynn Foster

Founder and CEO, Z-Field Technologies

Nicole Fox

Army’s Applied Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contested Logistics & Sustainment S&T Transition Broker Team and Army CATALYST Program under ASA(ALT)., Army

Aaron Franklin

Professor, Duke University

Alison Fritz

Research Engineer, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Stephen Furst

Founder, EO, Smart Material Solutions

Chirag Gajjar

Principal Textile R&D Engineer, Medtronic

Christine Galib

Director, Advancing Photonics Technologies, Princeton University

Joshua Gallaway

Associate Professor, Northeastern University

Ricardo Garcia

Keynote Speaker, Professor, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC, Spain

Genevieve Garland

Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Development, North Carolina State University

Anthe George

Senior Manager, Sandia National Laboratories

Shahir Gerges

Director of Business Strategy, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin

Roozbeh Ghaffari

CEO/Co-Founder, Epicore Biosystems

Andrea Giska

Equity Funding Specialist, Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) in North Carolina

Shelby Giza

Director, Business Development - Applications, Space Tango

Jim Greenwood

Founder, Greenwood Consulting Group

Aalo Gupta

Fellow, Phillips 66

Bahareh Haji-saeed

Technology Scouting Director, BAE Systems, FAST Labs

Jan-Willem Handgraaf

Senior Technical Product Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software

John Hardin

Executive Director for the North Carolina Board of Science Technology & Innovation, North Carolina Department of Commerce

Connor Hart

Head of Product, EuQlid

Christy Haynes

Professor, University of Minnesota

Marcus Hays

Founder, CEO, Orbis Electric

Ting He

Senior Principal Textile Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences

Felix Heide

Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Sarah Herschede

Portfolio Manager, Varda Space Industries

Matthew Hetrich

Principal Scientist and Generative AI Lead, ABB

David Hill

Senior Research Scientist, SRI International

Jerry Hollister

Senior Principal Consultant, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

David Horn

Vice President, Operations & Stratetgic Partnerships, Greenville ENC Alliance

Eli Hornstein

Founder, CEO, elysia bio

Eric Hsieh

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Storage, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity

Qingguo (Jack) Huang

Professor, University of Georgia

Matthew Hull

Director, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech

Haroon Inam

CEO & Co-Founder, DG Matrix

Jonathan Jakischa

Principal, Open Innovation, TechConnect Division, ATI

Ed Jameson

Managing Partner, Jameson & Company

Santa Jansone-Popova

R&D Scientist, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jim Johnston

Professor, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Andrew Jones

Assistant Professor, Duke University

Jacob Jones

Professor, North Carolina State University

Rich Julien

Partner, BOKA Ventures

Jesse Jur

Deputy Director, North Carolina Department of Commerce

Nick Kacsandi

Senior Business Development & Sales Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Sabre Kais

Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Quantum Computing, North Carolina State University

Pritish Kamat

Global Engineering & Process Research Manager, Carbon Clean

Fred Kish

Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University

Brian Korgel

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Arun Kota

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Billy Kronenwetter, P.E.

Senior Solution Developer, Duke Energy

Matthew Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Matt Law

Director, Work to Zero, Workplace Safety Programs, National Safety Council

Daeyeon Lee

Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Hansol Lee

Senior Research Engineer, 3M

Cora Leibig

Founder and CEO, Chromatic 3D Materials

Jason Leonard

Power and Energy Systems Division Chief Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane)

Xiaolin Li

Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Craig Lindemann

Textile Innovator, Fabric Thereafter

Yongtao Liu

R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zekun(Zack) Liu

Director of R&D, Claros Technologies Inc.

Daniel Lopez

Professor, Penn State University

Susan MacKay

Senior Program Manager, University of Maine

ML Mackey

CEO and Co-Founder, Beacon Interactive

Rammohan (Ram) Maikala

Technical Program Consultant, MSD Solutions Lab, National Safety Council

Tim Martin

Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of New Ventures and Investments, North Carolina State University

John McCanney (invited)

DoW SBIR/STTR

Chelsea McCollough

Founder, Digi.City

David McGee

Professor, The College of New Jersey

Brittany McGinley

Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Mireya McKee

Interim Director, UNC Innovate Carolina

Will McNamara

Analyst, Sandia National Laboratories

Nick Melillo

Technical Director, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Matt Meyer

Technical Business Development Specialist, Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories

Kevin Mish

Senior Program Manager, Abbott on Call

Veena Misra

Department Head, Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University

Dave Molloy

Director of North American Operations, Promix-Solutions

Andrea Monteza

Makerspace Director, North Carolina State University

Emma Mooney

Outreach and Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Troy Morris

Co-Founder and CEO, Kall Morris Inc (KMI)

Jeffrey Moseley

Researcher, University of California, Berkeley

Greg Mulholland

Founder, Citrine Informatics

Molly Mulligan

President, BioOrbit, Inc.

Laura Murphree

Senior Marketing and Program Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Colin Murphy

Co-Director, University of California, Davis

Prathima Nalam

Associate Professor, University of Buffalo

Prakash Nallathamby

Associate Director, Notre Dame University

Chang-Yong Nam

Group Leader, Brookhaven National Laboratory

SungWoo Nam

Professor, University of California, Irvine

Mohammad Naraghi

Professor, Texas A&M

Roger Narayan

Professor, North Carolina State University

Robert Natelson

Technology Manager, Department of Energy

Xiaoyue Ni

Assistant Professor, Duke University

Janhavi Nistane

Scientist, Matmerize, Inc

Alex Norman

Executive Director, Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University

Sherine Obare

Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jan Odegard

Founder, 62X Ventures

Kwang W. Oh

Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Ben Ohler

Senior Product Line Manager, Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.

William Oliver

Professor, MIT

David Ousterout

General Partner, Cape Fear BioCapital

Craig Owens

Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

Sehmus Ozden

Scientist, Aramco Americas

Ed Pagani

Assistant Vice President for External Partnerships, Duke University

Andriy Palasyuk

Research Scientist, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory

Pushpendra Pandey

Director of Architecture, Fidelity Investments

Zehra Parlak

CEO, Qatch Technologies

Jason Patrick

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Abby Phillips

Director, Wolfpack Investor Network, North Carolina State University

Cassandra Phillips

Product Manager, Bruker

Christina Piard

Talent Manager, Wolfspeed

William Polacheck

Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University

Radislav Potyrailo

Senior Principal Scientist, GE Vernova

Anthony Pugliese

Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization and the Chief Commercialization Officer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Chris Puhl

Business Development Manager, Exobiosphere

David Putnam

Director of Economic Development, Town of Chapel Hill

Carlos Quiroz-Arita

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Srinivasa Raghavan

Professor, University of Maryland

Mim Rahimi

Assistant Professor, University of Houston

Nicole Rawling

CEO, Material Innovation Initiative

Kelly Raymond

Principal Scientist, Merck

Paul Reid

Portfolio Director, Army SBIR | STTR Program, U.S. Army FUZE

Nigel Reuel

Associate Professor, Iowa State University

Michael Roberts

Chief Scientist, ISS National Laboratory

Samantha Roberts

Nanofabrication Facility Director, City University of New York

Stefan Roberts

CEO, inSoma Bio, Inc.

Jennifer Rocha

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI

Raphael Roettgen

Founding Partner, E2MC Ventures

Bart Romanowicz

Sr. Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI

Emil Runge

Director, Launch Chapel Hill

Rodney Ruoff

Distinguished Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Chandan Sahu

Research Scientist, ABB

Frank Salomone

Director of Small Business Research Grants, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)

Robert Santiago

Senior Project Manager, CMTC, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Michael Schmidt

Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

Russell Schmitz

R&D Engineer, 374Water

Larissa Shepherd

Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Richard Sheridan

Research Scientist, Duke University

Ken Shields

Senior Director of Business Development, VAST

Brian Shipley

Program Manager, Navy

Maksim Shivokhin

Polymer Innovation & Lightweighting strategist, ExxonMobil

Christopher Sims

Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Regina Sims (invited)

DoW SBIR/STTR

Mari Anne Snow

CEO & Co-Founder, Eascra Biotech

Ryan Sochol

Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Ben Solomon

Founder & CEO, FedTech

Sameer Sonkusale

Professor, Tufts University

Steve Sopher

Executive Vice President, JSP

Heather Splawn

President and Founder, Kyma Technologies

Erik Spoerke

Senior Analytics Advisor for Energy Storage, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity

Vince Sprenkle

Senior Strategic Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Camille Stebbins

Deputy Director and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Kevin Stoll

Chief Technology Officer, Critical Materials Recycling

Amy Stoltzfus

Independent Consultant, Self-employed

Sasha Stolyarov

CEO, AFFOA

Kristian Stout

Director, International Center for Law & Economics

Phillip Strader

RTNN Manager, North Carolina State University

Kristopher Strickland

Process Engineer, L3 Process Development

Anirudha V. Sumant

Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

Sam Swan

Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

Esther Takeuchi

Professor, Stony Brook University

Matt Tamasi

CTO, Plexymer, Inc.

Xiaoqi (Suki) Tang

Materials Engineer, Independent

Halil Tekinalp

R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jennifer Thabet

Office Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

Zeke Topolosky

Deputy, Army SBIR|STTR

Chuck Turick

Consultant, ElectrioBioDyne

Tzuen-Rong (Jeremy) Tzeng

Professor, Clemson University

Raymond Unocic

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Sonia Vohnout

President & CEO, OppsSpot, LLC

Nicole Wagner

President and CEO, LambdaVision

Lu Wang

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee

Meng Wang

Associate Professor, University of Houston

Yichun Wang

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

Taku Watanabe

Principal researcher, Matlantis

Michael Webb

Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Patrick Wellenius

Research Scholar, North Carolina State University

Sarah Wenning

Executive Director, Event Operations, TechConnect Division, ATI

Lesley Wilhelm

Action Officer - Wargaming, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RDT&E), U.S. Navy

Gary Wilkes

Senior Technology Advisor, Amylum Systems

John Williams

Executive Director, Small Business Innovation Research Consortium (SBIRC)

Tim Willis

Managing Director, Med1 Ventures

Bill Wisotsky

Principal Quantum Systems Architect, SAS

Christopher Wohl

Assistant Branch Head, NASA Langley Research Center

Joanne Wong

General Partner, REDDS Capital

Michael Worley

Economic Development Director, Alexander County Economic Development Corporation

Thaiesha Wright

Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Candace Wright (invited)

SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA

Xiaoji Xu

Professor, Stony Brook University (SUNY)

Dalia Yablon

Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World Innovation Conference

Yalcin Yamaner

CEO/Co-founder, Clearsens Inc.

Justin Yang

Co-Founder, DMV Bio

Lingchong You

Distinguished Professor, Duke University

Michelle Young

Renewables Program Manager, Chevron

Jeff Youngblood

Professor, Purdue University

Helen Zha

Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sen Zhang

Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Fellow, University of Washington

Earl Armstrong

Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, US Navy

Jeff Bowers

Procurement Specialist, Lockheed Martin

Robert Brooke

Director, SBIR Support Programs, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)

Orysia Buchan

Small Business Programs Program Manager, SBIR Co-Lead Commercialization, Lockheed Martin

Teresa Clement

Lead for University & Small Business Partnerships Sr. Manager, Engineering Technologies, Raytheon, an RTX Business

Lesia Crumpton-Young

Section Head for Small Business Section within the Technology, Innovation, and Partnership Directorate Program Director, National Science Foundation

Alison Evans

Innovation Ecosystem Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration

Elie Gahl

President, Shadow Ridge Analytics LLC

Quinn Holyfield

Program Manager, Sea Air Space Division, ATI

Andrew Kluesner

Expeditionary Warfare Weapons & Energy Systems (JX), Deputy Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Wiley Larson

Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Commerce Authority

Genevieve Lind

Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Mireya McKee

Interim Director New Ventures and Partnerships, University of North Carolina

Rikki O'Reilly Jones

Senior Advisor for Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

Harriet Opoku

Lead Enterprise Liaison Engineer Boeing Defense Space & Security, Boeing

Vinny Pande

Material Leader, SpaceWERX

Jess Resig

Vice President of Solutions Innovation, Applied Research Institute

William Reynolds

Founder, Onda Vision Technologies

Kelley Rogers

Deputy Director for the Office of Advanced Manufacturing, NIST

Brenda Roush

EMC2 Program Manager, Special Warfare and Expeditionary Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane Division

Scott Scarneo

CSO, Eydis Bio Inc

Jennifer Shieh

Chief Scientist & Program Manager, Innovation, US Small Business Administration

Sharon Soucek

Director of the Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Lynn Torres

Commercialization and Tech Transition, NASA

John Waller

Program Manager, Arrowhead Center

Mary Yamada

Director of Innovative Partnership, US Department of Energy