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Bettina Warburg is Co-Founder of Animal Ventures, blockchain researcher, entrepreneur and educator. Executive Producer at Techon Politics. Bettina Warburg is a thought-leader in the emerging blockchain space and leads the blockchain practice at Animal Ventures, including research, development, and commercialization across the ecosystem of blockchain innovation. She partners her network with Governments and members of the Fortune 500 to help drive the global commercialization and integration of blockchain technology. Bettina first became interested in blockchain technology’s ability to shift entire systems, disintermediating many traditional trusted parties through her research on cutting-edge governance practices. Bettina is passionate about the convergence of technology and politics and the impact it will have on our future. She is the Executive Producer of a new tech show called Tech on Politics, interviewing some of the greatest minds in technology, media, venture capital, and government about the convergence of technology and politics. Prior to Animal Ventures, Bettina received her MSc from Oxford University and BS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and developed a keen interest in global governance and cultural diplomacy. As a Public Foresight Strategist at the Institute for the Future, a Silicon Valley think tank, Bettina brought a futures lens to a variety of strategic initiatives with top corporations, foundations, education institutions, and city governments. While at IFTF, she also developed its future of philanthropy and future of governance research practices.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Adam Dossa
Head of Technology at Polymath, Founder of Enclaves DEX, Smart Contract Auditor and FinTech / Machine Learning Hacker. Passionate about blockchain technologies and deeply involved in the blockchain community and technology. 13 years experience in technology within the financial sector as a developer, manager and leader. In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income products, including interest rate swaps, path-dependent options, hybrid derivatives, emerging market products and structured notes. Experience across many functional areas of Fixed Income, including risk, pricing, regulatory change, operational processing, settlement, clearing, compression and trade lifecycle. Experience across a wide range of languages and technologies including Solidity, node.js, A+ (APL derivative), C++, Java, Scala, Objective-C / iOS, Python, Perl, Matlab, R, OCAML, SQL, Weka and MQ. Recent masters in Machine Learning from Columbia University (4.0 GPA). Worked at a senior leadership level whilst maintaining a very hands-on approach. Successfully managed a large global development team coordinating across multiple projects and clients. Widely recognised as being a team leader who is reliable, able to drive innovative solutions, deliver individually and within a team, and very focused on execution.
Edward Laws
Edward Laws is the Chief Operating Officer at Valence and AliceNet.He graduated from the University of Birmingham and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Tony Cheng
Tony Cheng, formerly General Partner at Foresight Ventures, covers investments in Web3 for the firm. Tony is convinced that blockchain will bring about a paradigm shift in innovation. Previously an investor at Sequoia Capital China and 3G Capital, Tony is also experienced in assessing traditional business models such as fintech, SaaS, and consumer internet. Tony has also worked as a consultant at Oliver Wyman after obtaining his Master's degree from Sa?d Business School, University of Oxford.
William Xu
William Xu is the Co-founder and CEO at Dmaster Labs.It's core product is BTCDomain.Previously, he worked at Bitmain and CICC.William Xu graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Peking University, Oxford University.
Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato
Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato is the COO of Zama. He is a graduate of the University of Phoenix, Lincoln University, Harvard University and Said Business School, Oxford University.
Jiahao Sun
Jiahao Sun is CEO of FLock.io and was previously a researcher at Imperial College London and Director of Artificial Intelligence at Royal Bank of Canada. He graduated from the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford.
Mihee Park
Mihee Park has over 30 years of work experience. Mihee began their career in 1991 as an Officer at Kyongnam Bank. In 1998, they became a Consultant at Korea M&A Corporation, where their main responsibilities included M&A Advisory. Mihee then moved on to Arthur Andersen in 1999 as a Senior Consultant. In 2002, they joined C&P Consulting as a Manager. From 2005 to 2018, they worked at Sibelco Group, where they held the roles of Chief Financial Officer - Asia, Vice President Corporate - Asia, Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Asia, Interim General Manager - Korea, and Integration Manager. In 2018, they joined Zilliqa as the Chief Financial Officer, where they worked on a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. In 2022, they joined Big Time Studios as the Chief Financial Officer. Mihee Park attended the University of Washington from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. Mihee then attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford from 2017 to 2018, where they obtained a Certificate in Fintech. In March 2018, they also obtained the Oxford Fintech Programme certification from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
Michael Bentley
Michael Bentley is the CEO of Euler XYZ. He was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCL and a Post-Doc in Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford.
Max Chamberlin
Max Chamberlin is co-founder and CEO of Bitfinity Network and previously was Chief Technology Officer at Chi Pay and a data scientist at Credit Suisse. He has a master's degree in machine learning from Cambridge University.