Hyatt Center Building
71 S. Wacker St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606
Venue: Legal & General Group
(PLEASE USE THE FRANKLIN ST. ENTRANCE & BRING A PHOTO ID)

1 E Jackson, 8th floor
Chicago, IL 60604
Venue: DePaul Conference Center Lobby
Venue: Room 8005
Patrick Emmons - Founder, DragonSpears, Inc.
Master of Ceremony
Venue: Room 8005
Lawrence Hamer - Professor and Associate Provost for Academic & Faculty Affairs, DePaul University
Associate Provost
Venue: Room 8005
Don Scheibenreif - Vice President Technology Innovation & CTO Research, Gartner, Inc
Venue: Room 8005
Ram Jambunathan - SVP and Managing Director of SAP.iO
Panel Members:
- Rahul Avasthy - Sr. Manager Digital Transformation & Experience, Abbott Laboratories
- Roman Dumiak - Previous Director of Technology Innovation, Allstate Insurance
- Colette Matthews - Vice President of Innovation and Marketing, Alpha Guardian
- Hugh Jedwill - Managing Director Digital Innovation, Kimberly-Clark
Panel Members:
- Prof. Bamshad Mobasher - Artificial Intelligence, DePaul University
- Khalifeh Al Jadda, Ph.D. - Sr. Manager Data Science - The Home Depot
- Ollie East - Operating Manager for Strategy & Analytics
- Garrett Smith - Founder, Guild AI
- Vasyl Harasymiv - AVP, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Leader, Cognizant
- Aleksandar Velkoski - Data Science at REALTORS®, Adjunct Professor at DePaul University
Venue: Room 8005
Nick Johnson - Co-Author & Producer ‘Modern Monopolies’, and Head of Platform, Applico
Venue: Depaul Center North Cafe
11th Floor
Panel Members:
- Tao Chen - Director, Technology Innovation R&D, Allstate Insurance Company
- Moe Alkhafaji - Chief Information Officer, Discovery Health Partners
- Nicholas Barger - Director of Product Engineering, KeHE Distributors
- Kal Motawi - Practice Area Director, Slalom
- Lauren Rosen - Customer Strategy and Innovation, Salesforce
Panel Members:
- Nick Ionita - Co-Founder & CEO, Flux
- Nick Johnson - Co-Author & Producer ‘Modern Monopolies’, and Head of Platform, Applico
- Patrick Soule - IT Director, Allstate Roadside Services
- Rodney Nelson - Head of Investor Relations, CarGurus
- Lawrence Johnson - Senior VP & Head of Fintech Engagement, Morningstar
Panel Members:
- Michael Hertzig - Blockchain Specialist, IBM
- Oliver Gorman - Principal, Digital Innovation, UL LLC
- Li Weishun - R&D Associate Director, Customer Digital Solutions, Praxair, Inc. & Certificated Blockchain Solution Architect
- Lamont Black - Assistant Professor of Finance at DePaul University
Panel coordinated in partnership with Dell
Venue: Room 8005
Panel Members:
- Ram Jambunathan - Senior Vice President and Managing Director of SAP.iO
- Melissa Quinn - Partner, COO & Innovation Practice Lead, Performance Coaching Inc
- John Reece - CIO, Services and Digital Solutions, GE Transportation
- Nick Ionita - Co-Founder & CEO, Flux
- Dwayne Prosko - Robotic Automation & Cognitive Computing Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting
Venue: Room 8005
Tom Pryzgoda - Director, Business Relationship Management - Global Marketing & External Affairs, Abbott Laboratories
Venue: Room 8005
Panel Members:
- Rommel Taylor – Assistant Lab Manager, Masters Student, DePaul iDLab
- Robert Garcia - Lab Manager, PhD Candidate, DePaul iDLab
Venue: Room 8005
- Dr. Yele Adelakun, iD-Lab Founder
- David Miller, Dean, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University