David Fergusson is the president and co-CEO of “The M&A Advisor”, the world’s premier think tank for corporate finance, mergers & acquisition, and restructuring professionals. From London and New York, Mr. Fergusson leads the company’s market intelligence, media, event, and consulting services for a constituency of over 350,000 finance industry professionals around the world. Mr. Fergusson engages regularly with corporate, finance, media, academic and government leaders and is a sought-after speaker and contributor on the subjects of finance, technology and operational innovation for international media organizations, prominent educational institutions and leadership assemblies. A market expert on the subject of the financial value of technological innovation, Mr. Fergusson is also the editor of 5 annual editions of “The Best Practices of the Best Dealmakers” series featuring a readership of over 500,000 and distribution in over 60 countries. As the Founder and Co-Chair of the Brexit Task Force on Corporate Finance, Mr. Fergusson leads a forum for business, investment, trade, academic and policy leaders to collaborate in pursuit of corporate growth for the United Kingdom. As an advocate for the advancement of the finance industry, in 2013, he led the development of the Emerging Finance Leaders program to engage future global business stalwarts to affect significant change through social innovation. For this initiative he was the recipient of the 2015 Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award. Mr. Fergusson is a member of and frequent speaker to the City of London’s Guild of Entrepreneurs, British American Business and the premier global corporate membership organization – the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG). He is the president-elect of HOBY, the global youth leadership foundation and an advisor to several social innovation initiatives in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. An advocate for digital democracy, Mr. Fergusson is also a special advisor to civic technology pioneer Wikiburg in New York.

Don Tapscott, CEO of The Tapscott Group, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored over 15 books including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything which has been translated into over 25 languages.

Don has been advancing ground-breaking concepts for over 3 decades. His 1992 bestseller Paradigm Shift helped coin the seminal management concept, and in 1995 his book The Digital Economy changed business thinking about the transformational nature of the Internet. Two years later he helped popularize the terms “Net Generation” and “the Digital Divide” in Growing Up Digital. His most recent book is the 20^th Anniversary Edition of The Digital Economy.

Don’s next and perhaps most ambitious book is co-authored with his son, startup CEO and bitcoin governance expert Alex Tapscott. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology behind bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World was published by Penguin Random House in 2016, and is now a bestseller, and is being translated into 12 languages.

In 2015, Don became a member of the Order of Canada, and was ranked the 4^th most important living business thinker in the world by Thinkers50. He is Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management, a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, and Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario.

It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more prolific, profound, and influential in explaining today’s technological revolutions and their impact on the world.

Carlos Creus Moreira, Spanish-born, Swiss national, began his career asa UN expert on IT, eSecurity and Trust Models, working for ILO, UN, UNCTAD, ITC/WTO, World Bank, UNDP, ESCAP from 1983 to 1998. A recognized early stage pioneer in the field of digital identity, he was also Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1999 as well as Head of the Trade Efficiency Lab at the Graduate School of Engineering at RMIT.In 1999, he founded the Geneva-based online data security firm WISeKey SA, where he currently serves as Chairman and CEO. Mr Moreira’s unique profile, which combines extensive high level international diplomacy experience and emerging technologies expertise, has positioned him as a distinctive authority, thought leader, and entrepreneurial force in today’s digital world where the acquisition and trusted protection of a digital identity has become an essential step for citizens and entities across the globe. He is a Member of the UN Global Compact, Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council, Founding Member World Economic Forum Global Growth Companies. World Economic Forum New Champion 2007 to 2015, Vice Chair World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade 2012/15.Founder of the Geneva Security Forum SA, Member Global Clinton Initiative, Founder of the Geneva Philanthropy Forum, Vice President Malaga Valley, Co-Founder Association International Mobility AIM. Vice President, World Trade Center, Geneva, a Commitment holder at the Global Clinton Initiative On Mobile-Banking and digital identification for poverty alleviation 2007 to 2015, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative. PACI. Most recently he was named to the Swiss bi-weekly financial journal Bilan’s list of ‘the 300 most influential people in Switzerland’ for 2015.

A strategic thinker abreast of the latest managerial trends and technological applications, Mr. Sanspeur was solicited in 2015 to leverage his proven leadership capabilities and broad hands-on experience to orient the Board of Investment with a view to maximising the agency’s operational efficiency.

Mr. Sanspeur’s competence in the fields of finance, business innovation, project management and creation of new sectors of business will have a significant bearing on BOI’s performance at a time when FDI inflows are crucial for the country to embark on a high-income growth path.

Mr. Sanspeur is also the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. He has successfully developed the Mauritius Finance portal to promote and facilitate inclusive citizen engagement in the preparation process of the 2016-2017 national budget.

In the wake of the budget, Mr. Sanspeur is now spearheading the merger of parastatal organisations to effectively address the country’s growing needs in the area of modern infrastructure through the judicious management of national assets.

Primavera De Filippi is a permanent researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. She is a faculty associate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, where she is investigating the concept of governance-by-design as it relates to distributed online architectures. Most of her research focuses on the legal challenges raised, and faced by emergent decentralized technologies —such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain-based applications —and how these technologies could be used to design new governance models capable of supporting large-scale decentralized collaboration and more participatory decision-making.

Primavera holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence. She is a former member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & IT Services and a current member of the Global Future Council on Blockchain Technologies at the World Economic Forum. Primavera is the founder of the Internet Governance Forum’s dynamic coalition on Blockchain technologies (www.coala.global), network neutrality, and platform responsibility.

In addition to her academic career, Primavera acts as a legal expert for Creative Commons France and she sits on the stakeholder board of the P2P Foundation. She is the co-founder of Backfeed (backfeed.cc), an initiative aimed at developing the foundational tools for distributed blockchain-based applications, and one of the main initiator behind the Okhaos artistic collective (okhaos.com) with whom she produces interactive works released under open licenses.

Richard Caetano is a veteran software designer from California. After 10 years of enterprise development in high tech security, government accounting and manufacturing and 3 years working with startups in digital music he discovered the Bitcoin Whitepaper in 2011. Since the discovery, he oriented his career around evangelizing this powerful new technology. He is the author of the book Learning Bitcoin and developer of the popular iPhone app, btcReport. In 2015 he co-founded the company Stratumn, located in Paris France, to focus on delivering enterprise grade tools that secure workflows using proof systems, cryptography and blockchains.

Matthew Bishop, senior editor, The Economist Group, is an award-winning journalist. His roles at The Economist have included Business Editor, Wall Street Editor, Globalisation Editor and New York Bureau Chief. He is the author of several books, including Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World (described as “important” by President Bill Clinton); The Road From Ruin, which set out an agenda for the reform of capitalism after the 2008 crash; and In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money In An Age Of Uncertainty, which told the history of money through to the emergence of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. His "Economics: An A-Z Guide", which explains the basics of economics for non-experts, is just out. He was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Global Governance, the Official Report author of the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investment and a member of the Advisors Group of the UN International Year of Microcredit. He co-founded and advises the #givingtuesday campaign and the Social Progress Index. He is on Twitter as @mattbish

Eugene Kaspersky is a world-renowned cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur. He is the chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest privately-held vendor of endpoint protection and cybersecurity solutions.

Eugene began his career in cybersecurity accidentally when his computer became infected with the ‘Cascade’ virus in 1989. Eugene’s specialized education in cryptography helped him analyze the encrypted virus, understand its behavior, and then develop a removal tool for it.

In 1997 Eugene and a group of associates founded Kaspersky Lab, which now has more than 3000 employees and operates all over the world.

Wang Wei Founding Chairman of China Mergers & Acquisitions Association (CCMA)

Mr. Wang has organized and supervised IPO underwritings for over 40 Chinese companies in both domestic and overseas markets. He is the financial consultant on restructuring, financing, M&A and IPO for many leading companies in China. He had worked in a number of international corporations including Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, the World Bank in Washington D.C. and the Chase Bank in New York. Mr. Wang also serves as the economic advisor in several ministerial and provincial governments in China as well as independent director for several listed companies.

Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in finance in China, a Ph.D. in economics from Fordham University in the United States. He is the author of many books and journal articles, also a well-known lecturer as he has given seminars and lectures in many universities including CEIBS and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Wang has been named “Top Five Chinese investment Bankers” by Talents magazine in 2003, “The Most Influential Independent Director” by Directors & Boards magazine in 2006 and “The Most Influential Investment Banker” by China Finance Network in 2006. He was selected as a member of Shanghai Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Advisory Committee since 2007. He founded the Chinese Museum of Finance (Group) in 2010 and currently has 6 museums in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Suzhou. Furthermore, he has received the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from The M&A Advisor in New York, the 2013 Social Innovator Award from The Wall Street Journal, 2015 IFFM Financial Literacy Award and many others. He has successfully summited the Mount Everest in May 2013. He was elected as the Chairman of Asia Mergers & Acquisitions Association (AMAA) and Co-chairman of International Federation of Finance Museums (IFFM) in November 2015.

Richard is a pioneer in high frequency finance with extensive entrepreneurial experience and well known for his academic work. He was a co-founder of OANDA, a currency information company and market maker in foreign exchange. Richard is the founder and CEO of Lykke, a Swiss fintech company that builds a global marketplace for all asset classes and instruments on blockchain.

Elena is the CIO of the Group Security Function at a major bank, where she works to protect the bank's technology estate and enable business lines to operate safely online. Her team's mission is to deliver the highest degree of privacy and security through platforms and applications that are convenient to use in an environment that is constantly changing. Previously, Elena was with the international organizations, where she focused on a portfolio of projects aimed at leveraging ICT for economic growth and security.