The keynote speaker for the 2025 OSCAR Expo will be Dr. Roger Firestien. The keynote speech from 12-12:45 will follow the opening remarks of the OSCAR Expo beginning at 11:30. The workshop with Dr. Firestien will follow the keynote speech from 1:00-2:00pm.
With 40 years as a university professor teaching Creative Problem-Solving, an innovation consultant with presentations to more than 600 organizations, a Breakthrough Lab facilitator, an executive producer of online innovation programs, an author of more than 100 articles and seven books on creativity and innovation, Roger’s work has been used in all aspects of work and life.
Roger has written seven books and hundreds of articles on the creative process.
Dr. Firestien is Associate Professor Emeritus at the Center for Applied Imagination at Buffalo State University, President of Innovation Resources, Inc. a founding member of the Buffalo Society for Creativity in Medical Education and guest lectures at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, NY. Click here to watch Roger's TED talk in Omaha.