Henrique Rego Monteiro da Hora, Ph.D., is a Professor and Deputy Coordinator of the Master in Systems Applied to Engineering and Management (SAEG) program at IFFluminense, and CEO of TEC Campos Incubadora, a technology-based multi-institutional business incubator. He received a BSc in Informatics and an MBA in Production & Systems from CEFET-Campos, an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, and his Ph.D. In Industrial Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense. His research interests include management of technology transfer, market pull and technology push innovation, decision science, data analytics, technological prospecting, and entrepreneurship and innovation.
Alan Porter, Ph.D., is Director of R&D for Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, GA, producers of VantagePoint and Derwent Data Analyzer software. He is also Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and of Public Policy, at Georgia Tech, wherehe is Co-director of the Program in Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP). Dr. Porter is the author or co-author of some 260 articles and the author or editor of 17 books, including Anticipating Future Innovation Pathways Through Large Data Analysis (Springer, 2016), Tech Mining (Wiley, 2005) and Forecasting and Management of Technology (Wiley, 2011). He co-founded the International Association for Impact Assessment and later served as president. His research interests are focused on developing indicators of technological emergence (with current NSF support).
Denise Chiavetta is a Senior Consultant at Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, GA, a strategy, innovation, and foresight consulting firm. She brings expertise in organizational applications of technology foresight developed over 20 years as a consultant as well as a professional inside Fortune 100 companies and government agencies. She received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and an MS in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.