Jean-Baptiste de La Mettrie jean@collaborativeperks.com Collaborative Perks Founder – Managing Director Jean-Baptiste de La Mettrie is the Managing Director and Founder of Collaborative Perks. With over 10 years of experience in Digital Business in a international Insurance company. Most recently, he worked for the insurance company in New York City as Head of Digital Business. He was in charge of the digital business to sale financial products helping the

William Rhoads Virginia Tech Research Scientist Ph.D. Student in civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech

Caitlin R. Proctor Purdue University Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow Caitlin R. Proctor currently works at Purdue University. She was previously working at the Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, where she completed her PhD through ETH Zurich. She completed her master’s degree at Virginia Tech. Since 2012, Caitlin has been involved in research at the nexus of civil engineering, molecular microbiology, and drinking water. She is concerned with the safety

Dr. François Iris francois.iris@bmsystems.org BMSystems Chief Scientific Officer Founder of BMSystems; Chairman, CSO-CTO – Geneticist, physiologist & molecular biologist; Inventor of the CADI methodologies and tools. He holds a Ph.D. in Zoology and is in charge of all model-building activities within the company. Creator of Millennium Pharmaceuticals’ (USA) high-throughput DNA sequencing unit. Former collaborator of Nobel Laureate Prof. Jean Dausset. Inventor of new technologies in molecular biology (6 issued patents). MRC Overseas