Conference Contributors


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ACK Design & Consulting, Scott Kuntz

 

Adams Immersive, Morgan Adams, Cleveland, Ohio

 

ALDnet media Group LLC, Tony Colan

 

All-tronics Technical Systems, Dennis Althar

 

The Asian Leader, Editor and Publisher, Prof. Azaad Khaira

 

The Aesthetic Technologies Laboratory @ Lab, Ohio University, Katherine Milton, Philip Mallory Jones, Suguro Goto, Athens, Ohio

 

Ball State University, Lawrence Smith, Professor of Elementary Education, Muncie, Indiana

 

Brian Sooy & Co., David Buchmueller

 

Bruce Perens, Vice President of Developer Relations & Policy, Sourcelabs, Inc., Seattle, Washington, Author of The Open Source Definition and Co-Founder of The Open Source Initiative, Founder of Linux Standard Base & Co-Founder of Software In The Public Interest

 

Brulant, Inc., Doug McKay, Beachwood, Ohio

 

Case Western Reserve University Physiology & Biophysics, Thomas Nosek, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Case Western Reserve University, Gregg Wrenn

 

Mace Mentch Ph.D., Mngr. & Sue Schick, Learning Technologies, Department of Academic Computing and Instructional Technology, Case Western Reserve University

 

The Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS), John Hancock, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Charles Burkett, Cleveland, Ohio

 

City of Cleveland Technology Department, Michael DeAloia, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Cleveland Botanical Garden, Peggy Irwin, Manager of Research and Development, University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Cleveland Motion Controls, Lucian Fogoros

 

Cleveland State University, Career Services, Nancy Edwards-Grady, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Consortium of African American Organizations (CAAO), Beverly Peterson, William Holdipp, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Corporate College, Key Entrepreneur Development Center, Brad Kleinman, Warrensville Heights, Ohio

 

Cronosys, LLC, Tony Felice, Cleveland, Ohio

 

CulturalTechnologyStrategies, Leonard Steinbach, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Dan Tranberg, Artist & Writer, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Designing Life, Jack Ricchiuto

 

EcoCity Cleveland, Marc Leftkowitz, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Ed Dale

 

Digital Aiport Initiative, LLC Barbara Siss Oney, Shaker Heights, Ohio

 

Entrepreneurship Innovation Institute, Lorain County Community College, Susan Sturm

 

EDR Media LLC, Steve Simmons, Beachwood, Ohio

 

EDS, Michael Mullaly

 

Envision Center for Data Perceptualization at Purdue University, Steven Dunlop, West Lafayette, Indiana

 

Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.; rescheduled to Defrag Youngstown, July 2007

 

The Ferneway Company, Ferne Zigler, Cleveland, Ohio

 

FLEXMatters, Dr. John L. West, Kent, Ohio

 

Funutation, Ted Jordan, Beachwood, Ohio

 

FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer, David Moss, Cleveland, Ohio

 

The Game Research and Immersive Design Lab (GRID), Karen Riggs, Athens, Ohio

 

Geniocity.com, Carolyn Jack

 

Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), Blake Andres, Vice President for Education & Programs

 

Green Energy Ohio, William A. Spratley, Exec. Dir., Athan Barkoukis

 

Green City Blue Lake, Marc Leftkowitz, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Hand Turkey Studios, Jason van Gumster, Mechanicsville, Virgina

 

Ideas Unleashed, Lisa Lehman, Lorain, Ohio

 

Ingenuity, the Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology James Levin, Rich Weiss

 

Innovative Delta Technology, Michael Nilsson

 

The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open),Ed Morrison, Betsey Merkel, Susan Altshuler, Dennis Coughlin, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Iq-ity, Manda Holt

 

I Will Shout Youngstown, Janko

 

Keyphrase-Marketing, Jan Limpach

 

Kent State University, College of Communication and Information, James L. Gaudino, Dean, Kent, Ohio

 

Knotice Ltd, Douglas Craver, Akron, Ohio

 

Knowledge Information Technology Inc., Rick Pollack, Cleveland, Ohio

 

KnowledgeWorks Foundation/Collaborative Communications Group, David Moore, Washington, D.C.

 

Kovan Consulting, LLC, Matt Novak

 

Lakewood Public Library, Ken Warren, Lakewood, Ohio

 

The Lakewood Observer, Jim O'Bryan, Lakewood, Ohio

 

Laurel School, Eve Semenoro, Shaker Heights, Ohio

 

Lorain County Community College,Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College; Terrence Green, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Hikmat Chedid, Florin Muscutariu, Mike Substelny

 

Lorain Growth Corporation, Mike Challender, Lorain, Ohio

 

MKM Management Consulting, Monika Moss, Roland Robinson, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Media Design Imaging, Johnny Wu, Cleveland, Ohio

 

MediaVision, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Mike Kubit

 

Meet The Bloggers, George Nemeth, Gloria & Tim Ferris, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Mindgrab Media LLC, David Walker, Stephen Brand, Ph.D., Akron, Ohio

 

NASA Glenn Research Center, Kathleen Zona, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Near-Time.com Joel Bush, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

NEOhio.org Mike Gesing, Bay Village, Ohio

 

New Image Media, Inc., Steve Petit

 

Nomar Perez

 

Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative, Daniel Carl, Lakewood, Ohio

 

NOTACON, Paul & Judy Schneider

 

Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio

 

Ohio Board of Regents, David Barber, Director, Technology Strategy

 

Ohio State University, Chester Bowling, Community Development

 

Ohio University, Karen Riggs, Athens, Ohio

 

OneCommunity, Scot Rourke, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Orgnet.com, Valdis Krebs, Rocky River, Ohio

 

Portage-Geauga County Juvenile Detention Center, Thomas Rehnert

 

PBWiki, Clif & Rebecca Sipes, Celine, Ohio

 

Philip Mallory Jones, Hamilton, New York & Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

QIN Inc., Mike Mata

 

Razor Graphics, Inc., Joe McCrystal

 

REALNEO, Sudhir Kade, Norm Roulet, Sudhir Raghupathy, Derek Arnold

 

Recognition Robotics, Simon Melikian

 

Renee Whiteside

 

Kent State University, Department of Computer Science, Robby Friedman

 

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT),Matthew Bernius, Visiting Professor, School of Print Media, Rochester, New York

 

The Search Guru, Leslie Carruthers

 

The Shaker Heights Public Library

 

Silent Partner Online, Inc., Andre Bryan

 

Soren Hansen

 

SourceLabs, Inc. Athena Diamantis, Director of Sales, Seattle, Washington

 

Southern Lorain County Historical Museum, William McCracken

 

Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), Robert Sopko, Case Western Reserve University

 

STEP, Edward M. Caner, Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs, College of Arts & Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Susan Schaul

 

Susan Miller

 

The Search Guru, Leslie Carruthers

 

TRG Studios, Michael Roth, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Think Beyond Media, Mark Gajewski, Elyria, Ohio

 

The University of Cincinnati

 

United Way of Greater Lorain County, Jerry Skully

 

Youngstown Business Incubator, James Cossler, Youngstown, Ohio (rescheduled to Defrag Y'Town July 2007)

 

Wendell Robinson

 

Williamson College of Business,Youngstown State University, Betty Jo Licata, Youngstown, Ohio

 

Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, Thomas Humphries, Reid Dulberger, Youngstown & Warren, Ohio

 

Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Hunter Morrison, Youngstown, Ohio

 

Zender + Associates, Micah Zender, Design Strategist

 

Zoo and Aquarium Visitor Magazine, Rudy Socha

 

 

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