Carlos Moreira began his career as a 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 odaf Engineering at RMIT.

In 1999, he founded the Geneva-based online data security firm WISeKey, 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.

David Fergusson is the Executive Managing Director - M&A & Technology Practice Leader for Generational Equity, the largest volume middle-market M&A investment banking advisory firm in North America.

Prior to joining Generational Equity in 2018, he was most recently the CEO and President of The M&A Advisor, where he led global think tank services: market intelligence publishing, media, event and consulting, for the firm’s constituency of over 350,000 finance industry professionals, from their offices in New York and London.

Mr. Fergusson engages regularly with leading stalwarts in the finance and technology industries, media, and government. He is a respected speaker on the subjects of financial services and corporate transformation and social innovation at prominent educational institutions including Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, MIT and Cornell; a participant in leadership assemblies including the Vatican, World Economic Forum at Davos, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and a frequent contributor to major media organizations including CBS, BBC, NPR, ABC, CNBC – US/Europe/Arabia, Bloomberg, and Thomson Reuters. He is also the editor of 5 annual editions of the mergers and acquisitions handbook - “The Best Practices of The Best Dealmakers” series with a readership of more than 500,000 in over 60 countries,

As a Non-Executive Director of Swiss cybersecurity pioneer Wisekey International (Nasdaq:WKEY), he has played an instrumental role in the company’s M&A and public markets activities.

Mr. Fergusson is also the co-author of the bestselling book and forthcoming CNBC TV series - “The transHuman Code” that focuses on how to maintain the most harmonious relationship between technology and humanity for the advancement of social equality.

Recipient of the 2015 Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award for his work in global youth leadership development, Mr. Fergusson is a Director and former President of Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership (HOBY), the world’s largest social leadership foundation for high school students and is the Co-Founder of the 2021 Africa Future Leaders Forum.

Mr. Fergusson is a graduate of Kings Edgehill School and The University of Guelph.

Pierre Maudet is a Swiss politician with more than twenty years of experience in the management of public affairs. He has held several important public functions, including those of Mayor of Geneva (2011) and President of the Council of the State of Geneva ( 2018). From 2012 to 2021, he was Geneva State Councilor and Cantonal Minister in charge of Security, Energy, Digital and the Economy. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Fribourg. As the Director of Digital Transformation of WISeKey, Pierre Maudet focuses on expanding the company’s activities on issues related to artificial intelligence and digital transformation with the aim of strengthening its leadership position in AI through knowledge automation.

Ashok is Director of Professional Services at CasperLabs, where he leads enterprise engagements and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining CasperLabs, Ashok spent 12 years with Google Inc., in their India, Singapore, and Mountain View offices, where he led teams managing large programs and professional services for large clients. Before Google, Ashok served for 20 years with the Indian Navy and retired as a Commander. He was primarily involved in the design, development, and construction of India’s first unconventional submarine. He has a Post Graduate in Nuclear Engineering and also has a business degree.

I love intellectual stimulation, I'm passionate about ideas.
Non-Anarcho Decentralization and open source purist at heart.

Vicente González is the CTO and Co-founder of FOSSA Systems, the Spanish company democratizing mass access to interoperable low-power IoT devices from space with 13 picosatellites of its constellation already in orbit. Vicente has experience in the design of pico and nanosatellites. He cofounded FOSSA Systems at 26 with Julián Fernández (CEO of FOSSA Systems). He was chosen as a Forbes 30 under 30 in 2022. He has a background in aerospace engineering (Master in Space Engineering at UC3M and BSc in Aerospace Engineering at UPM), mission analysis and strategy, and currently manages a team of 25 people.

Laurent Vieira de Mello has 20 years experience in management and business development for telecommunication solution providers within SITA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Astrocast. In his current role, Laurent built and managed the Marketing, Project Management, Quality, Regulatory, Product Management and Strategy departments, ensuring effective deployment of the strategy regarding company expansion, sales, access to international markets and partnerships. In addition, he took care of the corporate culture, to ensure a healthy growth of the company.

Laurent holds two master degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Microtechnics, as well as an Executive MBA from HEC Lausanne. He also has experience in nonprofit organization, as a business angel in early stage startups and lecturer for a MOOC on New Space Economy.

Mr. Moreno has more than 18 years experience in Sales Engineering, Sales Management and Business Development. He has worked extensively on strategic projects for both national and multinational companies in the financial and industrial sectors throughout his career. He has held executive roles in the areas of people management, sales coaching, market analysis, establishment and implementation of account plans. In his role in WISeKey, he oversees commercial relationships with strategic customers and helms market analysis and go-to-market strategies He has also contributes to the the design of solutions and architectures in projects related to infrastructure, data, applications, security, and dentity management, and the overall evolution of WISekey’s product suite. He oversees complex selling related to new technologies.

Expert in innovation and disruptive technologies, with more than 16 years of experience working in the public and private sector, I am an entrepreneur and Business Angel in different startups on Fintech, Blockchain, Biotechnology, E-Health and Cybersecurity.

Advisor and Consultant for Senior Managers 1st Order, in the development of technological strategies with specialization in horizon3. Currently, I collaborate with CSIC, IESE and Fundación Gadea in continuous training in management skills, both for public and private R&D&I management professionals as well as for scientists and researchers.

He has written articles in national and international media on technologies and their application in the biomedical sector. I collaborate with several Foundations on Entrepreneurship and New Emerging Technologies.

David Shrier is a globally recognized futurist and technology innovator. He leads Esme Learning, an AI-enabled workforce transformation company partnered with MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial College that is upskilling the economies of tomorrow. An educational innovator, David was responsible for launching the four most profitable online classes in history for MIT and Oxford, in the process creating a new $1 billion category.

David specializes in helping established organizations build innovative capacity, having developed $10 billion of growth opportunities with companies including Dun & Bradstreet, Ernst & Young, GE, Wolters Kluwer, The Walt Disney Company, UBS, Kyriba, Peoples Group, AOL Verizon, and Starwood, as well as leading private equity and VC funds. He currently holds board and C-level roles with multiple privately-funded technology companies.

David also has a distinguished academic career. David is a Professor of Practice (Artificial Intelligence and Innovation) with Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London. He previously was an Associate Fellow with the Said Business School, University of Oxford, and a Lecturer & Futurist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His government and nonprofit advisory portfolio includes supporting the European Parliament‘s new artificial intelligence legislative efforts and serving on FINRA’s fintech committee. He was principal author and lead consultant on the Commonwealth Fintech Toolkit, helping 53 countries understand how to shape web3 and fintech policy.

David’s published books include Global Fintech (2022, MIT Press), Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI (Little, Brown 2021), Basic Blockchain (Little, Brown 2020), Trusted Data (MIT Press, 2019), Frontiers of Financial Technology, New Solutions in Cybersecurity (MIT Press, 2018), and Trust::Data. David Shrier was granted an Sc.B. from Brown University in Biology and Theatre.

Jithin is the CEO and Cofounder of Accubits Technologies, a deep tech consulting, development, products and investment company with over 900 people world wide. Accubits also acts as a holding company for over 18 other deep tech companies offering products and services across multiple domains like climate change, Pharma, Insurance, Behavioural sciences and AI based automation. He is also the cofounder of Accubits Invent, which is Biotechnology & Material sciences research lab that invented and patented worlds first VOC sensor for olfactory AI systems.

Jithin believes that AI, Blockchain & Biotechnology would fundamentally re define what it means to be a human and how we live together, especially when those technologies are combined together. Most of his startup investments and initiatives are based on this fundamental thesis. He has so far invested in 8 different deep tech startups and sits on their board.

- Technology and cyber security executive. Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP).
- Inventor (30+ patents pending in security, privacy, digital payments technology, quantum computing)
- Top Innovators at Bank of America
- Top 100 CIOs; Wall Street Journal CIO Council; Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women International; ‘Leading CIOs Who Happen to Be Female’ (CIO Magazine), Business Role Model of the Year (Women in IT), Top Women in Cyber (Deloitte), 40 under 40 (Crain’s New York)

Alissa Starzak is the Head of Public Policy at Cloudflare, a web performance and security company that is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare protects and accelerates more than 20 million web properties worldwide, with customers ranging from individual blogs to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Cloudflare, Alissa worked for the U.S government in a variety of national security positions. Most recently, she served as the 21st General Counsel of the Department of the Army, after confirmation by the Senate. Before her appointment as Army General Counsel, Alissa served as the Deputy General Counsel (Legislation) of the U.S. Department of Defense, advising on legal issues with a legislative or congressional component and managing an office of attorneys responsible for developing the Department of Defense legislative program. Prior to moving to the Department of Defense, she served as Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as an Assistant General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of General Counsel. She also worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., and clerked for The Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She graduated from Amherst College and the University of Chicago Law School.

Raphael Roettgen is the founder of E2MC Ventures, a space-focused early-stage venture capital firm. He is also the co-founder of Prometheus Life Technologies, a space biotech startup that just became the first startup to win the Orbital Reef innovation challenge.

He lectures on space entrepreneurship and finance at several universities including the International Space University (ISU) and the Swiss Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), hosts the popular Space Business Podcast, and is the author of “To Infinity”, an introductory book on the space economy.

Previously, Mr. Roettgen held senior roles at global investment banks and hedge funds and was also a fintech entrepreneur in Brazil.

He holds degrees in finance from Wharton, machine learning from PUC-Rio and space studies from the International Space University, where he also serves as a governing member.

Hossein Rahnama is a professor of data science and an entrepreneur. As a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and professor at Ryerson University, where he co-founded Ryerson DMZ, his research explores artificial intelligence, data governance, and the transparent design of data-driven services. He is also the founder and CEO of Flybits Inc., a data intelligence company that is serving a global customer base. Rahnama has written more than 30 publications and patents in computer science. He is currently a Fellow at the MIT Connection Science Group and one of the global directors of the MIT City Science Network. He served as a council member at NSERC (National Science and Research Engineering Council of Canada) and is currently serving on the board of Canadian Science Publishing and the Home Capital Group. In 2012, MIT Technology Review selected him as one of its global TR35 list - The list of top 35 Innovators under the age of 35. In 2017, he was selected as part of Canada's 40 under 40. Dr. Rahnama holds a Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Ryerson University as well as a B.A.Sc. in Computer Science from Ryerson University.

For a brief period while receiving his University education, Murat Seitnepesov engaged in scientific studies as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of Russia. Upon completing his University degree, Murat pursued a career in banking as the Leading Specialist in the Central Bank of Turkmenistan and then Head of International Operations Division in the State Agricultural Bank of Turkmenistan. After that, he fully immersed himself in the areas of trading and logistics – first as an Area Manager and Board Member for Golden Bridge Ent. Inc. in UAE, then as Managing Director of Militzer & Muench Turkmenistan Ltd and Chairman of the Board of Emex Turkmenistan Ltd.

With ten years of hands-on and comprehensive experience in trading and logistics, Murat Seitnepesov moved his business operations to Geneva, Switzerland where he founded Integral Petroleum SA, company dedicated for development of the oil and petroleum products exports and logistics from the Caspian Region. For the next 12 years he has successfully developed his business into a Group of Companies which established itself as a reliable and socially responsible regional and global player.

Nishant is a global leader with broad experience in strategy and technology development and portfolio management, as well as in having significant profit and loss responsibilities across the telecom and enterprise sectors. He has been intimately involved in bringing cutting-edge products to market across industry domains and has a deep understanding of the silicon, software and system requirements necessary for innovation.

At Nokia, Nishant is the Chief Strategy and Technology Officer (CSTO) with responsibility for corporate strategy, technology architecture, and pioneering research at Nokia Bell Labs; Nokia’s information technology (IT) infrastructure and digitalization initiatives; centralized security domains; and Nokia’s venture capital activities. His function lays the path for Nokia’s future technology innovation and identifies the most promising areas in which Nokia can create new value.

As SVP of Security at DXC Technology, I’m accountable for all go to market security activity globally.

We use our deep understanding and experience in security for the benefit of our customers with the DXC Security Portfolio. We help our customers defend their most precious assets and stay one step ahead of the ever changing global security threat. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, our capabilities and knowledge continue to go from strength to strength.

As one of the largest information technology service providers in the world we have unique insight into the emerging threats. We seek out the brightest and most talented individuals to join our team. We work collaboratively with best in breed global partners whose capabilities strengthen ours.

We live in unprecedented times which has placed cyber security firmly on every boardroom agenda. Many organisations, even those you’d think have a handle on their security ‘posture’ have major concerns. As the security perimeter keeps on expanding, the number of endpoints keeps growing. Cloud computing and mobility has simultaneously transformed business and government and created new security challenges.

The only thing that is constant is change but we all have the capability to be ahead of that change. If you think that DXC can help you secure your organisation, or if you think you have the right skills to join our talented and growing team of experts just connect with me here.

Ruma Bose is a purpose-driven executive, entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author.

Ruma is currently Chief Growth Officer (CGO) at Clearco, a SoftBank-backed fintech unicorn and the world’s largest e-commerce investor (in which she was previously a longtime advisor, venture partner and early investor). She has built from scratch and scaled Clearco’s international operations to 11 countries, building and leading a 100+ team responsible for Revenue (Sales, Marketing, Partnerships) and Growth (Strategy, Operations, Business Intelligence), deploying $500M+ into 1000+ companies, generating 30% of the company’s overall revenues in under 18 months. As CGO, Ruma also leads Clearco’s corporate development function, working closely with the CEO and Executive Chair.

Previously, Ruma was Managing Partner at Humanitarian Ventures, investing in high growth technology companies and leveraging their potential for the humanitarian sector. Ruma was previously on the management council of Chobani, one of the world’s largest yogurt companies, where she served as President of Chobani Ventures and the Chobani Foundation, supporting organizations and entrepreneurs making better, more nutritious food for more people. In addition to her roles at Chobani, she was also Founding President of Tent Foundation, which she helped establish as one of the leading foundations in the humanitarian sector, mobilizing the largest global network of private sector businesses committed to creating jobs for refugees.

Ruma’s earlier leadership roles include President and co-CEO at Sprayology, a pioneering homeopathic company; President at Vincent Longo, an iconic global cosmetics brand; Director at Roseworth Capital, a private equity investor focused on consumer/brand/retail and specialized business and financial services sectors; and Cofounder and VP Market Development at Finishline, a national chemical and products services company. Ruma was part of the Bose Corporation startup team sent to launch and scale operations in India. Ruma started her career as an analyst at Scotiabank in the International Banking Group.

Ruma co-authored the international bestselling book, “Mother Teresa, CEO”, which has been translated into eight languages. The book describes the management and leadership principles of Mother Teresa, who Ruma worked with in Calcutta, and explains how they can be applied to businesses and non-profits alike.

Ruma is an Independent Director at Iron Spark (NASDAQ: ISAA), sits on the Governing Board of Directors of Calvert Impact Capital, one of the pioneers of impact investing, gender lens investing and climate impact, which in the last 25 years has deployed over $3bn in 100+ countries and on KAO Corporation’s (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4452) ESG External Advisory Board, the largest household and personal care product manufacturer in Japan with a $20B market cap and a footprint across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Ruma is additionally an advisor to Teralys Capital, one of the world’s largest fund of venture capital funds with $2bn in assets under management and Global Ventures, a $100M UAE-based venture capital fund investing in growth stage companies across the Middle East and Africa. Her non-profit boards include the Refugee Investment Network, the first impact investing and blended-finance collaborative dedicated to creating durable solutions to global forced migration and Global Dignity, an initiative of HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

Ruma is the 2021 recipient of the Scotiabank Ethical Leadership Award which recognizes ethical leaders in Canada who, through their actions and decisions, have demonstrated character, courage, and adherence to ethical principles. In 2022, Ruma was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

In 2017, Ruma cofounded and launched the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative (CEI), to help improve the state of entrepreneurship in Canada, which she launched with Sir Richard Branson. She authored their flagship report Entrepreneurship: Canada’s Golden Opportunity.

She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO); the Global Entrepreneurs’ Council at the United Nations Foundation; and is active at the World Economic Forum as a member of its Expert Network.

Ruma is a frequent speaker and keynote at conferences around the world, including the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women’s Summit, World Humanitarian Summit, World Economic Forum, Banff Forum and meetings of the United Nations. She has been featured in publications including The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, NY Times, Financial Times, LA Times, Business Insider and Bloomberg.

Ruma lives between London and New York with her husband and son.

International interactive network promoting and implementing knowledge management and collaborative solutions in both high and low income countries. Promote collaborative and collective intelligence. Scientist and Artist

Specialities:
Organic and creative design
Knowledge Translation
Knowledge Management
Evidence Informed Policy Making
Public Health
Public Health, Economic & Business Intelligence
Health Information Systems
Collective & collaborative Intelligence
Public private partnerships & Pro-Poor Public private partnerships
Intersectoral policies
Complex Adaptive Systems
Interactive and action learning
Health Systems

Solene is an expert in client relationship and new technologies. Very involved in real estate web3, she is the perfect partner for the Emeritte new NFT art and collectible marketplace which proudly boast a new physical state of the art gallery in the heart of the Sardinian city of Geneva, Carouge. Solene is social media savvy and her experience as a millennial and a woman can only benefit the NFT and blockchain industries. Emeritte are very adamant about the importance of cyber security and the protection of each individuals’ valuables digital or physical. Their approach to the market will be what differentiate them from the pack. The other founder, Romain Bagnoud has a financial and private banking background which complements Solene’s career.

Matthias Rüthmüller is a leader in art & culture management with a work experience over more than 35 years. After his studies at the University of Basel in economics, art history and law, he pursued his studies with a master degree in CCM FHNW. He went on to create the Society for Art & Culture and conceived a Masters’ of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Kultur Management” with the University of Basel. Subsequently, he taught at this institute over the years as a professor in communications sciences for the arts.

In response to the fall of the Berlin wall 1989, the gallery “Ruethmueller Contemporary” opened in the old city of Basel. At the time, nobody expected that 25 years later, around 300 shows would be organised there. Artists like Yoko Ono, Richard Serra, Not Vital, HR Giger, Oleg Kulik, Joseph Buys and many more joined the community one after another to be part of the gallery programme.

In 2002, a call from the Russian company “Expopark”, brought Matthias to Moscow. As the International Director, he was responsible for the organisation and development of the prestigious art fair “Art Moscow”. During the next 10 years, he was committed as well to other projects like “The Moscow World Art Fair”, “Arch Moscow” and the “Moscow Antiques fair”. In 2014, the Swiss and Russian foreign Ministry selected him as the responsible Manager for Swiss-Russian Jubilee year.

Nowadays, Matthias President and Manager of several companies in the art industry is an expert for art logistics, he leads international and - continental art projects and exhibitions. As CEO of the “Basel Art Center” (a competence centre for art management), he paves the way for the next NFT artist generation. The “BAC Crypto Lab” created in collaboration with WISe.ART for raising artist’s opportunities to participate successful in the Metaverse.

FDK is Executive Chairman of Kaufmann & Partners (K&P), a financial advisory and investment company headquartered in Madrid focused on the impact on disruptive innovation targeting the convergence of Artificial Inteligence (AI), blockchain, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and the evolution of energy storage and distribution. FDK is Ambassador at Large at the World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival and a past-director of the Italy-China Foundation, as a delegate of the Ministry of Industry and Economic Development (MISE).

He is director of Todini Costruzioni Generali, in charge of International Relations and Sustainability, and Executive Chairman of Todini Construcciones y Servicios in Madrid.

Together with Roland Schatz and Matthias Vollbracht, FDK has been an active member of the United Nations Global Sustainability Index Institute (https://www.ungsii.org), working jointly together at the launch of the CSR Report (Corporate Sustainability Report), presented in Davos at the World Economic Forum, since 2012.

FDK is founder and director of Aerobic Technologies (www.aerobictechnologies.net), launched together with Rupert Galliers-Pratt, a tech company chaired by Lord Patel of Bradford, addressing the challenge of food and organic waste (https://www.aerobictechnologies.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Aerobic-Technologies-2021-Environmental-Systems.pdf.)

He is a Senior Advisory Board of Syroco (www.syroco.com), a scientific and technical laboratory that generates innovation through moon shots, enabling players in the transportation and energy sectors to meet the economic and environmental challenges they face. Syroco has launched the challenge to shatter the world sailing speed record, targeting 150 km/h, under the stewardship of Alex Caizergues, the fastest kitesurfer on the planet (107,3 km/h).

FDK is Chairman of One Firewall Alliance (London, UK), (www.onefirewall.com). OneFirewall Alliance has been founded to address and prevent malicious cyber activity through data sharing, analysis and distribution. Through its Threats Info Sharing Platform and IP Reputation Score Engine, it helps increasing security while decreasing its cost. With the aim to mapping out the “universe” of IP addresses, One Firewall has already indexed more than 34% of the whole internet space.

Iolanda Rubio is a Senior Cultural Advisor for Fundación ONUArt and Chief Marketing Officer at Climatecoin. She is an expert in blockchain, climate, and internet culture, having studied digital marketing and Solidity programming. She is also a web3 projects advisor. Iolanda is passionate about the intersection between tech, economy, and culture and is a leader in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Danil (Dan) Kerimi is a technology aficionado, international public administrator, corporate communications, governance and philanthropy executive, science diplomat, focused on building collaborative platforms for national/regional/urban/corporate security, competitiveness & development. His projects in corporate strategy, national and corporate digital transformation, ESG, DEI, innovation policy, tech, security and economic diplomacy in developed, emerging and frontier markets took him across 5 continents ( a trip to Antarctica awaits!), working with the international organizations (UN, OSCE), non-for-profits (WEF, Edgelands Institute), academia (Berkman-Klein Center/Harvard, Arrell Food Institute, Fuxi Digital Development Institute) and corporations (AWS, D3A Investments, Rourke&Gunner). Currently, Danil is advising the Secretary-General of the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (We-GO) and is a member of WIPO’s Independent Advisory Oversight Committee. Danil is a graduate of Shandong University (LLB), Vienna Diplomatic Academy (MA), the Executive Global Leadership Program offered by WEF together with Wharton, Insead, LBS and Columbia University and other partners.

Sixtine studied at the University of Denver, USA for a Bachelor of Mass Communications including History of Art and History of Theatre. After graduating, she landed her first job with the Jan Krugier gallery where she became a proficient art dealer before moving to Australia.

Sixtine worked for the Australia Council, Brown’s Mart Community Arts in Darwin, NT where she was responsible for the arts development among the local and Aboriginal Communities. She returned to Melbourne and among other things, Sixtine taught French at the Alliance Française. It is there that she met Ken Armstrong and together they built a futuristic eco tourism facility on Phillip Island. She then completed a Corporate Law degree from the University of Sydney, NSW.

Upon returning to Geneva with her family, Sixtine opted for a career change and was employed as a client relationship manager at Banque Edouard Constant. This period included the introduction of the Euro currency and concerns relating to the Y2k/Millenium potential IT bug. As part of the Bank’s training programme, Sixtine was given the opportunity to study at the Geneva Business School. This was the start of a long relationship that continues with the Geneva Business School.

In 2003, Jan Krugier invited her to become Managing Director of the gallery. It was during a business trip to Moscow to set up an Art show that Sixtine was asked to manage the event and she decided to leave the gallery once again to take on the new challenge. After that, she was involved in the development of ArtbyGeneve, the Moscow and Salzburg World Fine Art Fairs, Art & Jewels Baku, ArtMallorca, as well as the development of two state-of-the-art Freeport facilities in Singapore and Luxembourg.

In August 2020, the Geneva Business School should have celebrated its 25th anniversary. Instead, to embrace the next quarter of a century, Sixtine designed a new MBA specialising in Fine Art International Management (FAIM) whereby art experts and market specialists will share their professional experience with students who can attend courses online or in person in Geneva. The MBA programme will commence in September 2021.

María Pía Aqueveque Jabbaz is Token Economist, financial innovator and investor. She has been advisor to public and private financial organizations on the regulation and implementation of digital assets and deep technologies. She has recently been featured as one of the global TOP 100 Women in the Future in Metaverse & Web3.0 and Bloomberg Línea named her as one of the Crypto Leaders in Latin America. Ms. Aqueveque has been board member of Cybersecurity and IoT listed companies in Europe and North America, as well as regulated financial companies in Chile. Since 2019, she leads the Chilean chapter of the 30% Club. And Co-author of the book "21st CENTURY FORESIGHT, understanding megatrends and the new globalisation to build futures from Strategic Foresight".