VP and Founding Director, Hyundai CRADLE

“There are big dreams for technology, but a lot it depends on core, tough, and fundamental technologies.”

VP & Distinguished Analyst, Chief Data Officer Research, Gartner

“[Data's] economic characteristics and potential benefits far outstrip dead dinosaur juice.”

Regenerative Investing Expert

“I came to realize that a large portion of the environmental community is unaware of, and sometimes unwilling, to incorporate basic economic and business principles”

CIO for Financial and Professional Regulation at the State of Illinois

“Technology will continue to drive increasingly personal experiences that deliver the right processes, with the right data, for the right person/entity, at the right time and place, in a secure way.”

Founder — Saito

“For a lot of people: Blockchain = Money. I believe that this is the same as thinking: Internet = Email.”

Hannah Davis - CMO Mammoth Distribution and Heavy Hitters

"From staying on trend, to educational marketing, to constant innovation, many things I learned while working in craft beer I’m now bringing to the cannabis industry. "

Co-Founder & CTO — Ligero

“Secure multiparty computation will allow for all of us to collaborate towards a common good while maintaining privacy of our sensitive individual data.“

Director of Strategic Partnerships — ePesos

“Our focus on unbundling the bank for the next billion seeks to reach much further than the typical Silicon Valley event.“

Chief Executive Officer - Finfind

“Solving the problem of access to finance for Africa’s missing middle represents a substantial market opportunity for those up for the challenge.“

Founder and CEO of BlockchainMonk

“The real promise of Blockchain lies in its ability to transform the lives of 3 billion people who live close to the bottom of the Pyramid“

Global Vice President, General Manager Robotics at TASKI Intellibot

"Enough cannot be said for being in the right place and the right time, and taking advantage of opportunities when they open up. "

Vice President, Digital Payments Strategy at Mastercard

"I'm sitting between Mastercard's global product development team and its merchant and PSP partners, making sure that Mastercard's digital payment products are meeting the needs of both traditional retailers as well as the new digital first on-demand economy."

Senior Director Software, Samsung Research (America)

"As more and more devices become connected and AI/ML enabled, the attack pathways into your home will grow. What happens when an attacker gets control of your connected/AI enabled microwave?"

Full-time researcher at Monero research lab

“Working toward more private and fungible assets will require new advances in applied cryptography, specifically surrounding efficiency, scaling, and trust.”

Product Manager, IBM Watson

"At the moment, my focus on premium is surrounding the user experience. Specifically, how I, as a product manager, can gather the user pain-points and drive them into place while improving our products."

Founder & CEO - Base Zero

"In the next few years, the crypto ecosystem will become more integrated with today’s financial networks. This shift will bring about opportunities for both large and small players, and the most exciting new developments are yet to come."

Author

"As we get more and more information, we're going to get less and less forgiving as both customers and employees. That means it'll be up to every organization to embrace honesty as the ONLY policy in 21st century business, or risk losing trust forever."

Author, Founder

"Being a young immigrant black woman who was steered away from entrepreneurship because of all the assumed risks, to now being a successful entrepreneur regardless of my obstacles and resources, I want to pour back into my community."