2024 Keynote Speakers:
Anne M. Meore, MA, LMSW, HTR Licensed Master Social Worker & Registered Horticultural Therapist Ms. Meore is a licensed social worker in New York and a registered horticultural therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association. Anne is the Garden Projects Coordinator for Bon Secours Charity Health System in Suffern, NY, where she is responsible for designing and managing therapeutic garden spaces and conducting Horticultural Therapy programming in the accessible and therapeutic, “Garden of Hope,” at Good Samaritan Hospital. At the New York Botanical Garden, Anne serves as the Horticultural Therapy Program Coordinator for THRIVE (Therapeutic Horticulture and Rehabilitative Intervention for Veteran Engagement) in partnership with the Bronx VA’s Resilience & Wellness Program. |
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Lori V. Quigley, Ph.D. Full Professor & Program Coordinator in Leadership and Policy at Niagara University
Dr. Quigley has enjoyed a career in education that ranges from achieving the rank of tenured full professor to university president. Currently, Dr. Quigley is a full professor of leadership and policy at Niagara University and is also an educational consultant and advisor to many school districts and colleges/universities in areas ranging from curriculum development to strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusionary policies and practices. Lori grew up on the Allegany territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians; currently, she lives in Grand Island, NY, with her husband, Don, and their Goldendoodle, Clancy. In her address, "Multigenerational Effects Resulting from the Native American Residential Boarding School Era", Dr. Quigley will draw on her lived experience growing up on the Allegany territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians and reflect on her mother's experiences as a survivor of a residential boarding school.
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Steve Petersen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University Steve Petersen is a philosopher at Niagara University. He first started publishing on the philosophy of Artificial Intelligence in 2006, and for the past ten years his focus has been on philosophical and mathematical aspects of "the alignment problem" for artificial superintelligence. Related research involves formalizing scientific theorizing using tools from algorithmic information theory. He is also a local part-time actor and improvisor - though not so much since the birth of his delightful children. Dr. Petersen's keynote address, "Why AI is an Existential Risk", will explore the myths and realities behind the worries about future super-intelligent computers. |
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