Tom leads the legal engineering and digital transformation team at Mishcon de Reya. He has a deep understanding of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence/machine learning and DLT, and has advised a full range of clients from start-ups to government entities. A English qualified corporate lawyer, Tom advising clients on strategic, technical, legal and regulatory matters and in May 2020 was ranked the #1 most innovative lawyer in the UK by Legal Technologist magazine.

Anne co-leads the Blockchain Group at Mishcon de Reya, where she practices as a data protection, commercial and IP lawyer. Anne is a prominent figure in the DLT community, leads the Legal and Regulatory working group of Tech London Advocates, and is a director of ThinkBLOCKtank. Anne advises clients on emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data and privacy issues and a wide range of IT and commercial contracts including IP licences and assignments, franchising, agency, distribution agreements and sponsorship agreements. Anne was recognised by Legal 500 2020, noting her as a 'Rising Star' for Commercial contracts.

Niall is Head of Distributed Systems Engineering at Mishcon de Reya and is a key part of the Firm's legal engineering function. Niall specialises in data science and DLT, across sectors including legal, construction, real estate and supply chains. He trained as a software engineer and has experience in CTO and advisory roles, developing web, mobile and distributed applications, and most recently, 5G, IoT, Blockchain and Data Science solutions. Niall is currently driving innovation in real estate legal contract automation for the Accord Project, and is part of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technology.

Gustavo is a Collaboration Catalyst and Social Currency Analyst in Blockchain 4 Humanity. MBA and Telecommunication Engineer, Gustavo has been researching and designing on crypto-economic systems for Social Good since his first involvement with Ethereum in 2016. DAO specialist, has been collaborating with projects like Aragon, Giveth, Commons Stack. He’s a blockchain product-innovation freak and a facilitator in collaborative design. After all these years in the space, Gustavo is currently addressing his efforts on evangelizing, promoting and boosting bonding curves powered community currencies as the “killer-app’ for blockchain social impact use cases.

Blockchain for Impact activist, Blockchain 4 Humanity (b4H) and Giveth Co-Founder. Grace drives projects that carry a positive and transformational impact. She consults on the new generation purpose-driven, conscious businesses implementation and co-designs frameworks to accelerate the most impactful uses of blockchain in financial inclusion, identity, supply chain, logistics, and education in a manner that is strategic, forward-thinking and inclusive.

Vojtech is a software engineer, passionate volunteer, Co-Founder and core contributor for the Blockchain for Humanity and Giveth initiatives. Vojtech has worked at CERN and the European Organization for Nuclear Research as a software developer where he helped to organise and coach a number of humanitarian hackathons combining creative minds from CERN and non-profit organizations in interdisciplinary teams to work on current humanitarian problems. In 2017, Vojtech left CERN to fully focus on Giveth and Blockchain for Humanity, and is now leading a team building decentralised storage solutions for IOVlabs.

Brendan is a Developer Advocate at IOVLabs, the founder of the Decentralised Applications Development Club in Singapore, and runs a boutique technology consultancy. He is also a guest lecturer at university courses about blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and the author of many NodeJs modules.

After a successful career developing financial applications in the City of London, Laurence was captivated by the potential of blockchain technology and set up Extropy.IO back in 2015, a consultancy working with start-ups in the UK and overseas, developing decentralised applications, and consulting on blockchain technology and cryptography.
Laurence has a Physics degree from Durham University and currently taking an MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University where he founded the Oxford Blockchain Society. Laurence teaches blockchain and cryptography workshops and often gives talks on Blockchain, Ethereum and Zero Knowledge Proofs at conferences worldwide.

Dedicated multilingual IT Security and Blockchain professional. Highly skilled in utilizing cutting edge technologies and security best practices to develop successful technical solutions.

Areiel is an experienced business leader with over 25 years of experience in business transformation solutioning, sales, and execution. He served as one of IBM’s key thought leaders in blockchain, machine learning, and financial inclusion. Areiel has deep experience leading large, globally distributed teams; he has led programs of over 100 people through the full delivery life cycle, managing budgets in the tens of millions of dollars.
In addition to his delivery experience, Areiel also serves as a senior advisor on blockchain, machine learning, and technology adoption. He has addressed the G20 on financial inclusion, is currently an advisor to UK Parliament on blockchain, and has worked with central banks and financial regulators around the world.

Owanate Amachree is a Technical Writer and Content Developer at IOVLabs, owners of RSK, a smart contract platform for Bitcoin. Owanate is from Port Harcourt, Nigeria and has over two years of experience in writing technical articles and carrying out user research in the blockchain space
Owanate is the founder of Techrity Org, an organization focused on assisting people to kick-start their career in tech. She is also the co-founder of DApps4Africa, a proof of concept blockchain startup whose vision is to be a pioneer in the adoption of blockchain technology in Africa. Her hobbies include reading, R & D and travelling.

Solange is a Blockchain (architecture and development) expert, focused in Bitcoin, Ethereum and smart contracts, and provides lectures, courses and consultancy services. Solange has worked in systems, projects and databases for over 20 years and she is also a trader, investing in the stock and cryptocurrencies exchanges since 2011, with experience in exchanges and bots.
Academic background in Computer Science and Pedagogy at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, completes the technical and didactic side. Over the years, Solange has been travelling around the world to learn about Blockchain and in Brazil to teach in her own country.She has been a speaker in many conferences in Brazil and around the world including Spain, Chile, Uruguay, USA and Japan and won awards at hackathons in New York and Berlin in 2019 and Denver in 2020.
In 2020 she was listed in Cointelegraph Brazil top 50, the list of the most important and influential people in the cryptocurrency and Blockchain in Brazil.

Dulce holds a BS in Economics. She has been working for banks and fintech startups as a Data Scientist, Biz Dev, and Product Manager.
Currently working as a Blockchain Developer in RSK (sidechain of Bitcoin for smart contract) and advisor of startups. On the community side, she founded Happy Pride Tech, Latinx PM Career Workshop and Blockchain México (6,000ppl), she is Techqueria’s (10,000ppl) Chapter Director of Bay Area and Mexico City. Dulce organised a fundraising initiative to help immigrants without documents in the USA and successfully raised more than USD 57K in a few days.
Dulce’s passion is to empower people to achieve their dreams, for that, she builds communities, creates financial products and teaches blockchain. In 2020 she was listed in Cointelegraph Brazil top 50, the list of the most important and influential people in the cryptocurrency and Blockchain in Brazil.

Juraj decided to follow his long-term ambition to study ComSci with focus on artificial intelligence and enterprise systems development, after years working in hospitality. By the time he got his first class honours degree, he’d have had industry experience building an AI-based market research system for a local business, a year experience working in a public, super-national nuclear research organisation and hands-on experience with the IT and communication infrastructure for schools in Madadeni township (SA).
Since returning back to the rural parts of the UK, where he found his home, he has been improving his software development skills in a software-house, working on various projects, including a medical research software for Exeter university. Finally, Juraj had always been motivated by helping others and global inclusion, refusing to accept authority of those with no natural authority and forced compliance. As cheesy as it is, Juraj was asked whether he wants to change the world and the answer led him to IOVLabs.

Alejandro is a Computer Science Engineer, Global Executive MBA Candidate at IESE, Lecturer at University of Gibraltar and Head of Developer Relations at IOVLabs. Alejandro is passionate about the latest technologies, he helps developers, students and entrepreneurs to get the most out of them. He was part of the innovation and new technologies team for Microsoft Latin America and is Advisor in technological projects with social impact.

I am a Software Engineer at University of Buenos Aires with 15+ years experience working in software development with special focus in .NET and blockchain technologies. Assistant Professor of Operative Investigation University of Buenos Aires.

Ruben is a Tech Entrepreneur & Advisor. Ruben focuses on making a positive impact in the world we live in. Main areas of interest are Financial Inclusion (through blockchain and decentralized technologies) and Climate Change (we have 10 years to drastically change the way we live or we are doomed!)
Ruben’s last executive role was at IOV Labs, an organization he is still currently related to as an advisor. Prior to that, he co-founded RSK Labs in 2015, the company behind the building of the RSK blockchain, a general-purpose smart contract platform based on the Bitcoin Network.
Previous experiences included co-founding and being the General Manager of Kinetica Solutions, a boutique software factory specialized in mobile and web development; leading the European development team of MIVA UK (a pay-per-click advertising platform); leading the Disco Virtual Development team (first online supermarket in Argentina) and co-founding ANDA Turismo Responsable (one of the first inbound responsible travel agencies in Latin America).

Jonathan is a Software Engineer, Scrum Master and speaker with more than 13 years of experience as an engineer. I have a background in .NET and blockchain technologies. Jonathan has a passion for disruptive technologies that have a great impact on society. Currently working as a Softare Engineer at IOV Labs.

Agustin is the Social Impact Lead at IOVLabs with more than 15 years in the social impact space. Agustin is a strong believer in the transformational power of community currencies. Agustin hopes that blockchain technology is the key to financial inclusion and solve the injustices experienced by millions of people who are not included in this centralized financial system.

Ilan is a Technical Lead, Software Engineer and Smart Contracts developer at IOVLabs. He is a Computer Science student at Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Ian has worked at IOVLabs since 2018 participating in different projects, mainly in RIF Name Service, a DNS-like decentralized platform. Currently leading the SSI development team at RIF.

Nikhil Vadgama is the Deputy Director and a Research Associate of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. He is also an Adjunct Teaching Fellow in FinTech and Emerging Business Technologies at the UCL School of Management and at UCL Department of Computer Science. He has orchestrated numerous educational programmes including the Master’s in Financial Technology and Master’s in Emerging Digital Technologies at UCL and a Blockchain MOOC on the Future Learn platform.
His commercial experience has spanned multiple sectors including Education, Real Estate and FinTech globally. Most recently he has been involved in the commercialisation of and publication of academic research in the AI and Blockchain domains. He has previously worked globally as an Investment Banker for HSBC. Nikhil holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MPhys from the University of Oxford and has passed all three levels of the CFA Programme.