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  Agents of Influence: Gaming for Truth in an AI World

  Anahita Dalmia, CEO, Alterea Inc.

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  In today’s digital landscape, truth has become harder than ever to pin down. Artificial intelligence generates flawless fakes, while social media echo chambers amplify only what we already believe. The result is a world where misinformation spreads faster than fact, and trust feels increasingly fragile. This session explores how gaming can be more than play—it can be a powerful tool for navigating this reality. MORE >

  Through the lens of Agents of Influence, a spy-themed educational game, we will look at how interactive storytelling and game mechanics can break through cognitive blind spots, disrupt the echo chamber effect, and train players to think critically about the information they consume.

  Audience members will leave with practical insights into how the design principles behind gaming can be applied to education, communication, and leadership. They will discover strategies for helping digital natives—and themselves—recognize manipulation, question assumptions, and make more informed choices in an era shaped by AI and algorithmic feeds. Above all, participants will come away with a renewed sense of possibility: that the very technologies fueling misinformation can also be reimagined as tools for truth, resilience, and agency.

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  Leading Like a Woman in a Man’s World

  Gretchen Hydo, Master Certified Coach, Gretchen Hydo International

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  The issue of gender equality and supporting women in the workplace is more important than ever before. Along with the subtle gender biases there are a few self-imposed barriers holding women back. This talk offers practical tips to create working environments that foster the innate gifts and abilities of both sexes, while debunking the myths about them. MORE >

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  The Healthiest way to Lose Weight Permanently / Diets Don’t Work

  Sarah Mirkin, RD, Registered Dietitian , Kitchen Coach by Sarah Mirkin

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  People think that they need to follow a strict, deprivation diet and exercise excessively to lose weight. This will almost always backfire and result in weight gain. Today I’d like to talk to you about my practical approach to healthy, long term, weight loss.

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  Exercises to Fight Fatigue

  Ryan Krane, Fitness Entrepreneur, Ryan Krane, Inc.

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  Nowadays, people who are overworked and moving less and the key is to focus on simple changes that one can accomplish with little time and equipment. In this presentation one will learn simple and effective exercises that they can do with limited equipment either at the office, hotel, or local gym.

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  From Overwhelm to Alignment: Finding Balance in a Busy Life

  Melinar Sardar, M.A., CPLC, CEO / Founder, Heal with Zeal, LLC and Sardar Coaching and Training

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  "From Overwhelm to Alignment: Finding Balance in a Busy Life” is an empowering and insightful talk that helps audiences finally understand the true roots of their stress and overwhelm. Melina Sardar, M.A., CPLC, guides participants through the science of stress, how the nervous system responds to pressure, and why certain triggers keep repeating in daily life. She offers practical strategies for identifying personal stress patterns, calming emotional reactivity, and creating healthier internal boundaries. MORE >

  With a blend of psychology, emotional intelligence, and grounded self-awareness tools, Melina shows how to shift from constant “doing” into intentional, aligned “being.” This session helps people reconnect with clarity, restore balance, and build a lifestyle that supports their well-being without guilt, burnout, or losing themselves in the busyness of life.

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  Will Technology Kill Your Commoditized Practice?

  Vic Clement, Principal, Financial Essentials 4 Life

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  Technologies such as block chain and artificial intelligence are beginning to intrude on the delivery of commoditized professional services. Although the technologies have been around for some time, we're just beginning to see the tip of the accelerated commoditization iceberg. MORE >

  It's difficult for many professionals to imagine, but just as robotics replaced humans in low level manufacturing tasks, artificial intelligence and machine learning will replace humans in low level, high commodity, information-based tasks. It's only a matter of time, and that timeline is shrinking. The most readily visible examples are tax returns, insurance, medical diagnoses and prescriptions, investments, and others.

  Vic Clement discusses methods of redefining your role and transforming your practice to decommoditize and compete at a level that information technology can't reach - the human level. Taking a deep dive into the modern psyche, Vic shares his experience and lessons learned from transforming his own practice and, thereby, improved his client's lives and, more importantly, his own life by building his practice around his own aspirations.

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  From Concept to Cosmos: A Journey through Project Management Principles and NASA’s Best Practices

  David Lehman, Project Manager, Retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  In this presentation Mr. Lehman will summarize the basic principles of project management. This will be followed by a summary of NASA’s process for managing space projects throughout the life cycle, including formulation which consists of Phase A (concept & technology development) and Phase B (preliminary design and technology completion phase), approval for implementation, and implementation which includes Phase C (final design & fabrication), Phase D (system assembly, integration & test, launch & checkout), and Phase E (operations and sustainment). He will address how NASA forms teams including the importance of key roles such as Project Manager, Project Systems Engineer (PSE), Safety & Mission Assurance Manager, and System Managers. He will then address the role of systems engineering in project management and the process of how PSEs mature their systems-level preliminary designs, and then address the expected maturity state of projects as they progress through the life cycle. Finally, Mr. Lehman will present three case studies in project management: the Deep Space 1 mission, the Mars Climate Orbiter failure lessons learned, and the last mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. MORE >

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  What Does My DNA Have To Do With My Spiritual Growth? Everything!

  Carla Weis, M.D., Spiritual Healer, Teacher and Guide, The Spirituality Center of SoCal

  Yes, our DNA holds the coding for our Physical body. Epigentics and gene therapy show us that getting closer to our original coding may be one of the best ways to improve our physical condition and therefore our lives. But what about our spiritual growth? Does our DNA hold codes for our inner growth? If so, are there ways to enhance that to improve our physical condition and therefore our lives? Dr. Weis addresses these questions and presents extraordinary information regarding how our DNA can not only support, but holds the keys for our spiritual growth. MORE >

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  From Fear to Freedom: Building Confidence in Dating and Relationships

  Alex Ray, Coach Alex Ray

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  Dating and relationships can feel like a rollercoaster—especially if fear, insecurity, or past heartbreaks hold you back. In this transformative talk, intimacy coach Alex Ray will show you how to break free from self-doubt, attract the right people, and build deep, meaningful connections. Whether you're single or in a relationship, you’ll learn how to feel more confident in your own skin, navigate rejection with ease, and create relationships that feel safe, exciting, and fulfilling. MORE >

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  How to become a Rocket Scientist? For Kids

  David Lehman, Project Manager, Retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a rocket scientist? In this talk, students will discover the amazing science and teamwork behind building rockets. We’ll start with Newton’s Three Laws of Motion—the simple rules that explain how rockets lift off the ground. Then we’ll meet pioneers like Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocket propulsion, and learn how scientists and engineers worked together to develop even better rockets. We’ll explore how rockets work, how spacecraft launch into space, including NASA’s Apollo missions that sent the first astronauts to the Moon. We will then discuss the status of NASA’s Artemis program and SpaceX’s Starship that are preparing humans to return to the Moon and travel to Mars. Most importantly, future rocket scientists will learn why teamwork, perseverance, and curiosity are the true fuel of discovery! MORE >

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