Paul Mockapetris

A true pioneer, Paul invented the Domain Name System (DNS) which today identifies all web sites on the Internet by a readable name. A graduate of MIT, he's worked at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA/DARPA), Fiberlane/Cisco and Software.com/OpenWave. He's served as Chair of the IETF and is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences.

Justin Banon

Physics graduate of Imperial College London, Justin is now undertaking a second MA in digital currency, specialising in commercially-sustainable decentralised business models. Justin has led billion dollar global loyalty platforms and is a blockchain strategy advisor to the CCEG Blockchain UN Lab.

Christopher Darnell

A 20 year technology veteran, Chris has held leading finance roles for Microsoft Cloud, Office 365 and Xbox. Chris is a graduate of the University of Chicago and USC. Chris has also served as a board member for various early stage companies.

Chris Blackhurst

Former Editor of The Independent and the London Evening Standard, Chris is an accomplished and award-winning journalist, national newspaper columnist and TV presenter. Chris is graduate of Cambridge University, Law.

John Hunter Maxwell

John began his career at Xerox and went on to serve as CEO of Provincial Group and as Executive Director of Prudential Group. He's served on the board of Prudential Banking, Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Group, London Finance & Investment Group and Diageo. He is Chair of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.

Tom Yoritaka

Harvard educated, Tom is the former Global MD of Corporate Venturing at Cisco Systems, where he worked with early-stage startups innovating in IoT, AI, big data, cloud, cybersecurity and blockchain. His previous career highlights include executive and leadership positions at Yahoo!, Microsoft and The Boston Consulting Group.