Nicholas C. Niggli is Deputy Secretary General, Republic and State of Geneva. His mission is to strengthen Geneva's ecosystem and to strategically position it to benefit from the opportunities of the digital age but also the emergence of sustainable development economics. He works on building bridges between Geneva’s diverse clusters and its unparalleled network of multilateral governance actors. Reinforcing Geneva as a premier global hub for digital governance as well as for sustainable finance are two of his main areas of responsibility.

Since 2012, Nicholas has also been lecturing on complex negotiation dynamics, leadership, intercultural communication and global governance as part of the INP Executive Master at the Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies, Geneva. In parallel, he has been a guest lecturer on geo-economics, international trade, procurement and institution building in various other academic institutions across Switzerland and Europe since 2011.

Previously, Nicholas spent 15 years in Switzerland's trade and economic diplomacy. From 2013 to 2017, he headed the team responsible for defending and promoting Switzerland's economic, commercial, financial and scientific interests in the United Kingdom, at the Swiss Embassy in London. In parallel, he chaired the Multilateral Association of London-based Economic Attachés. He began his career in Swiss economic diplomacy in 2002 at the Swiss Mission to the WTO and EFTA. At the WTO, he chaired and successfully finalized the negotiations on government procurement at ministerial level, concluded two mediations, between China and Taiwan as well as between Russia and Georgia, and led a major institutional reform process as WTO pension plan management board Chairman.

Nicholas holds 1st Class Honours Masters Degrees in Economic History & International Relations and has studied at the Universities of Geneva and Aberdeen as well as the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He is also benefited from intensive training and practice in the field of change management, performance-generation, crisis management and intercultural management. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Top-100 personalities in Western Switzerland by the "Forum des 100".

Christian Lovis is professor of clinical informatics at the University of Geneva and leads the Division of Medical Information Sciences at the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG). As such, he was in charge of developing and deploying the clinical information system for the HUG consortium. HUG is the largest teaching public hospital group of Switzerland, 8 hospitals and numerous ambulatory care settings, covering primary, secondary and tertiary care.

Christian is a medical doctor trained in Internal Medicine with special emphasis on emergency medicine. In parallel, he studied Medical Informatics focusing on clinical information systems. In 2000, he graduated with a Master in Public Health from the University of Washington.

Christian Lovis is co-chairing the "standard and architecture" working group of the Swiss eHealth federal coordination committee, responsible to set-up the eHealth framework, architecture, infrastructure, standards, legal framework, etc. for Switzerland. He is a reviewer for numerous projects of the EU DG Connect.

He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed papers and editorial board member of major journals in medical informatics, such as the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, PlOS ONE, Applied Clinical Informatics and The International Journal of Medical Informatics. Christian is the president of the Swiss Medical Informatics Association. He is chairing the Health Information System working group of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and the Traceability working group of the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI).

Christian Lovis is member of the governing council of HIMSS Europe and board member of HIMSS World Wide.

Christian is involved in several companies as consultant or board member in the field of using information sciences and technologies for the strategic governance of health organizations.

After a wonderful experience in Seoul, South Korea, as associate professor in information systems (MIS) at Korea University Business School (KUBS), Jean-Henry works now in Geneva Switzerland where he is an associate professor of information systems and services at University of Geneva.

His researches are mostly on Digital Policy Management (DPM) and Information Security.

Johan is guided by his deep-rooted belief that the right answer is never found by working alone, but always through the exchange of different viewpoints and the interaction of diverse knowledge. When he began his philosophy degree, he did not expect that he would devote his time to jurisprudence as well. Today, he is committed to bringing the two disciplines together, with his particular passion being the search for philosophy within the law. In this context, the question of values and the question 'why' crop up again and again, and this impels him to seek debate everywhere and to take ethical topics into the public sphere, in community halls and the meeting rooms of far-flung restaurants. His aim in these engagements is to set up spaces and well-laid tables in readiness for real discussions, in which the arguments of all those who participate are carried forward into a shared debate. In the ethics lab, Johan is concerned with innovation, but he also works energetically on the issues of migration, integration and international politics. Occasionally, he hears his partner and two children say jokingly: "Papa's job is holding drinks receptions and chatting with people." And they are not entirely wrong.

Dr. Cahana is an internationally recognized anesthesiologist and pain specialist. He joined the faculty of the UW Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine to lead as chief of the newly formed Division of Pain Medicine in 2008. Born in Israel, he studied medicine at Tel Aviv University and was awarded the Purple Heart as a medical officer in the Marine Corps. He completed his training in anesthesiology in his native Israel and completed a fellowship in pain management and palliative care at Vanderbilt University. Most recently, he served as director of the Postoperative and Interventional Pain Program at Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. He is leading the creation of the National Pain Registry and is developing the Washington State Opioid Reform Initiative. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Cahana holds a master’s degree in bioethics and medical humanities from the Faculty of Theology, University of Lausanne. He is the associate editor in the journals Pain Practice, Pain Medicine and Pain Physician and is chair of the research committee of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is the assistant-at-large to the president of the World Institute of Pain. Patient Care Philosophy "Always listen to the patient’s history. It is his story, not ours. If you do that, you will always get the answer and be able to help the patient get to the 'ah-hah' moment."

After working in journalism and finishing his MBA in New York he created and was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange for one of the most successful polish media companies, Kino Polska SA.

Over 20 years experience in European film industry as a producer, distributor, and script consultant. Produced or coproduced over 20 feature films working with such directors as Wojtek Smarzowski, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ken Loach and Roman Polanski. Producer of the successful polish theatrical animation “Lorts of the Flys”, currently runs the most popular animated Youtube channel with over 20 M views monthly.

Owner of Spinka Film Studio, creator of TV channels, expert of Polish Film Institute, coach, start-up mentor, European Film Academy member, PFA founding member.

Currently with Edi Pyrek setting up a company Hundredth Monkey exploring edges of the consciousness and expanding human potential in innovation processes.

Jerome Berthier is Head of Artificial Intelligence at ELCA and Head of ELCA Innovation Lab on the Innovation park at EPFL. He is an AI enthusiast and helps his customers to drive their digital transformation using this new disruptive technology. But he is conscient too that we are living through a new revolution, the Digital Revolution with impacts on all aspects of our lives: in ecology, medicine, education, employment, etc. That's why as an expert in AI he is convinced that it's the experts' duty to help people to understand the coming challenges which will concern us all, not only the general public, but business as well, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as much as big companies.
This is why he has decided, in added of his job, to join the Empowerment Foundation as vice-chairman of the board. This foundation has strong values: sharing knowledge of innovation, training individuals and companies in new technologies and finally keeping the human being at the center of this revolution to create a world of free choice.

Traveler, writer (National Geographic), film maker (Discovery), mentor and lecturer. He advised three Polish prime ministers and the Marshal of the Sejm . He worked as a peace negotiator in Afghanistan after 9/11 and he trained the Belarusian opposition. Mentor of start ups in the Global Silicon Valley – Founder Institute and president of the Polish branch of internationale Think Tank – Club of Budapest Poland.

Nicolas Capt is a leading specialist in media and technology law. In 2016 he was rated by the German language magazine Bilanz as one of the top 100 "digital shapers" in Switzerland. In 2015 he was also ranked as one of the "100 individuals shaping French speaking Switzerland".

Nicolas Capt specializes in all issues relating to online reputation and data protection (right to be forgotten, identity theft, the drafting of terms of services and privacy policies, etc.) and the management thereof. He provides his services to public institutions, corporations and to private individuals who have a particularly exposed online presence. He also provides a complete strategy and legal assistance service for the preparation and launching of large digital projects.

A founding partner of the firm, he assists his clients in all issues relating to modern technology and media law, both on an advisory and litigation level.

Registered at the Paris Bar (list of EU lawyers), Nicolas Capt also represents his clients before the French courts.

He regularly gives talks at conferences, both in Switzerland and worldwide, on media and technology law; he often appears on prominent media broadcasts and regularly publishes articles being a recognized author in the field.

Nicolas Capt teaches media law at the Centre de Formation au Journalisme et aux Medias (CFJM).

He is a member of the Innovation and Modernisation of the Geneva Bar Association Commission.

Toufi chairs the ACM Practitioner Board Conference Committee on the global blockchain + AI initiative called AiDecentralized backed by the ACM (No1 in computer science). Toufi also works with the UN ITU on blockchain and AI (No.1 UN tech agency) and was invited to the Wuzhen Summit World Internet Conference (No.1 CEO/leader conference) for his global expertise. He also advises the Financial Services Roundtable (No1 in financial services) on Blockchain (FSR: 100 CEOs, $100 Trillion USD AUM). He is also CEO at Toda Algorand, a world leader in blockchain tech. And redefining network protocols at layer zero with Toda-T which he is a credited co-author of and runs a startup factory PrivacyShell. In addition, with one set of partners, Toufi has done 27 Billion usd in exits and with another 19 Billion in exits as a serial entrepreneur, co-founder or investor.

Federico Pistono is an entrepreneur, angel investor, researcher, author, science educator and public speaker. He holds a BSc in Computer Sciencefrom the University of Verona, and he's a graduate of Singularity University, NASA Ames Research Park. He is Head of Blockchain at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the first supersonic travel on land in history; and Futurist and Technology Expert in the program "Codice: la vita è digitale" (Code: life is digital), which airs on Rai1, the major national TV channel in Italy. He is Head of Blockchain at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the first supersonic travel on land in history; and Futurist and Technology Expert in the program "Codice: la vita è digitale" (Code: life is digital), which airs on Rai1, the major national TV channel in Italy. At 31 years old, Federico became the youngest member of Italian Angels for Growth, the largest and most prestigious Angel Investors group in Italy. He has co-founded four startups—two in Italy and two in the US—in the fields of e-learning, media production and distribution, wireless communication technology, and has consulted on technology and innovation for governments and Fortune 500 companies across the world, including Lufthansa and Google.He's author of three books: "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and be Happy", which became an international success, published in English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese; the sci-fi novel "A Tale of Two Futures"; and "Startup Zero.0", a book on innovation written in Italian.His work has been cited and utilized by major economic institutions, universities, and think tanks, such as The Economist Intelligence Unit, the Italian Government, Google EU Public Policy and the European Commission.

Enzo Maria Le Fevre is a Senior Expert on International and European affairs working in the international activities coordination and in the Technical Secretariat and Public Relations Office at the Agency for Digital Italy - Presidency of the Council of Ministers (AgID). He works in the international projection of the Agency's activities, particularly of those focusing on digital governance and Artificial Intelligence. Specifically, he closely collaborates with the OECD as the Agency's delegate in the expert and thematic groups where AgID is involved. He is coordinating the Thematic Group on Emerging Technologies (AI & Blockchain) of the OECD Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders). He is also a Researcher Coordinator on international practices of digital governance at the Laboratory on Innovation and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Buenos Aires and in late 2018 has been appointed Member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Expert Group Meeting on the "Role of public institutions on the transformative impact of new technologies". Since 2002 he has covered numerous leading positions in governmental and non-governmental institutions. Currently a fellow at the European Center for International Affairs, he also served as research associate at the Center for International Conflict Resolution of Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in international and European studies with a focus on international law and theory of the state, an MA in International Relations (with honours), and a postgraduate specialization in International Law and Public Law.

22+ years of experience in information technology, large-scale systems and mobile applications. Pietro is a Committee Member for ISO TC 307 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies standards. Pietro is an expert in government blockchain applications and is focused on blockchain implementations, including work with several governments across the world.

Quentin Ladetto is research director at armasuisse Science and Technology. He leads the Technology Foresights program which goal is to anticipate and get the necessary understanding of the emerging technologies which might have implications for the military in general and the Swiss armed forces in particular. After a PhD in Geomatics from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Quentin joined Safran Vectronix AG to produce the pedestrian navigation system developed during his thesis. The product was successfully selected to be part of the US Land Warrior military program. Prior to joining armasuisse he worked with different start-ups companies helping developing various hardware and software solutions in the field of Internet mapping, fleet and asset management, Internet of Things (IoT). In parallel Quentin completed an Executive MBA in management and corporate finance from HEC Lausanne and a diploma in Technology Management from IMD.

In 1998, she obtained a Bachelor degree in mathematics from University Paris 7 Denis Diderot. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Communication Systems from the EPFL in 2003 and the PhD. degree from the Biomedical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh in 2008, for which she received the biomedical engineering research award. She then held a Postdoctoral Researcher position with the Audiovisual Communications Laboratory, EPFL, from 2008 to 2012. Her expertise lies in extracting information and knowledge from data (signal and image) processing, analysis and interpretation (pattern recognition, machine learning), and multiresolution representations.

Mr. Kenneth Kwok is the Founder of Global Citizen Capital, based in Hong Kong. The firm engages on off-shore and cross-border financial investment and asset management solutions with investors from more than 12 countries across Asia, Middle East and Europe. Such solutions include secondary citizenships and residencies programs, foreign company establishment, off-shore banking accounts set-up, family office formation and estate planning. The anchor investor of Global Citizen Capital is Shanghai-listed Orient Group (China) Holdings.

Kenneth is also Managing Partner of the UK-based Chord Group, an investor and developer in Special Economic Zones around the world. Kenneth has worked over 10 years across UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in the investment banking and equities divisions, and have originated more than USD 3.5 billion of fundraising for clients across China and Southeast Asia.

Kenneth studied at Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School of Business), speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and conversational French, and is passionate about charity work through his own Better Together Foundation which supports minority communities related initiatives across Asia.

Paul is a clinician, scientist, and an entrepreneur. As a graduate of St Paul's School and University of Oxford with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, he received an M.D. from The School of Medicine at Catholic University of Korea. Paul is also a graduate of Futuremed at Singularity University 2013 and Exponential Medicine 2014. As CEO & Cofounder of Curely and Kuddly, he grew the platform into one of the largest media channels in the US for the health and pet health industries with a viewership of over 6B. He served in the Republic of Korea Army as a lieutenant doctor and a director of Pogok public health center in Yongin. Paul also cofounded JNP LAB in Seoul that acts as a development hub for global exponential technologies.

Josh is a serial, internet-media entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. He worked at Accenture as technology and corporate strategy consultant and Deutsche Bank in its global investment banking and M&A group prior to starting North America's first free-to-play MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) publisher, GamersFirst, which became one of the largest free-to-play MMORPG publishers in the Western Hemisphere with offices in U.S, India, Brazil and Turkey. He also started a virtual game asset trading platform in Asia and one of the largest virtual currency payment platform for gamers in North America, Playspan, as its early backer, shareholder and a board member, and it was acquired by Visa International. He won the local Business Journal's Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award in 2010 and was chosen as one of 40 under 40 in 2011. He is also Founder and General Partner of a $150M early-stage venture fund. He also founded and chaired YPO Singularity University Seminar, which was awarded one of the highest rated educational programs in YPO, Young President's Organization. He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

John has been researching and developing artificial intelligence software for over 10 years. John started programming a computer after 8th grade, with an Apple ][+ computer, in AppleSoft BASIC. At Carnegie Mellon University, he began learning languages such as Scheme, Lisp, and C. Afterwards, John began researching and developing artificial intelligence software. John's mission has been to pioneer the development of the world's first true artificial intelligence.

Danver is the Director of the Futurama Summit Global Pipeline Program, which evaluates and premiers top ICOs from around the world. Danver was an educator early in her career, and focused on increasing student learning and achievement internationally and in the USA before she transitioned into tech, joining the team of a mobile animal wellness app and later media community. She now takes her knowledge of how humans grow and learn into the world of Artificial Intelligence. She is most passionate about her direct participation in helping to develop a benevolent AI for humanity as a member of the Mind AI team.