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big.bright.minds. 2021
Irvine, CA
Filene's signature event is returning – bigger and brighter – for three days in 2021!
Speakers
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Gord Baizley CEO at JUDI.AI
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Jay Budzik CTO at Zest AI
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Chris Howard SVP at Callahan & Associates Inc
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John Janclaes President at Nymbus CUSO
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Bill Maurer Director at The Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion: University of California - Irvine
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Mai Nguyen Director, The Design Lab; Professor, Urban Studies and Planning at University of California San Diego
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Samantha Paxson EVP, CXO at Co-op Solutions
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Quinetta Roberson Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Management and Psychology at Michigan State University
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Jeffrey Robinson Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at Rutgers University—Newark
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Christopher Sachse CEO, Founder at Think|Stack
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Lisa Servon Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning at University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
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Cheri Speier-Pero E&Y Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
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Andy Stoll Senior Program Officer at Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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Matt Wallaert Head of Behavioral Science at frog (a Capgemini company)
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