Framing the Future

Innovation Director leading Futures explorations at the Frontier Technology Hub. A programme designed to help the FCDO apply frontier technologies to real challenges in development.

Team Leader at the Frontier Technology Hub. A programme designed to help the FCDO apply frontier technologies to real challenges in development.

Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton and co-author of Four Internets: Data, Geopolitics, and the Governance of Cyberspace.

Director at Careful Industries.

Working to understand the social impact of technology, shape new futures, and design policies for a more equitable world.

Co-Founder at Pluriversa.

Focusing on the transitions that Latin American society needs to respond to structural inequity, the climate crisis, the technological revolution, and what we need to do today.

Co-Founders at phas3.

An innovation consultancy focused on Web3 technologies, specialising in data, science and decentralised innovation.

Team Leader, Innovation at UNDP RBEC

Working on systems transformation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Leads Digital Research at the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, and co-authored the original 10 Frontier Technologies for International Development Report for DFID in 2016.

Founder at Aniseed.

Running the world’s first Charity NFT marketplace.

A founding team member Protein Community & now instigator at RADAR, both decentralised communities at the forefront of reimagining social impact through the lens of good growth.

Leading on digital technology innovations for elevating humanitarian responses in crisis contexts.

Leading UrbanEmerge, a consultancy focused on inclusive and sustainable urban development, circular economy and climate finance and the role of digital solutions to enable progress.

CTO at CuriosityXploring in Calabar, Nigeria, and Head of R&D at Yokunbo NYC, USA. Building cryptocurrency tokens, decentralised apps, and training students in his local community.

Director and creative technologist at Takram London, specialising in futures research, digital prototyping and interaction design, and designs for better-informed decision-making about our future.

Founder of Seidea, a career development platform helping 1500+ Black and Ethnic Minority women build careers in cyber security, and co-founder of NFTSec, a security platform for NFT creators and investors.

Founder and managing partner of Changeist, a futures consulting group that works with governments, third-sector, cultural organisations and brands to create a clearer view of what’s next, through research, advisory and capacity building. He is the author of “How to Future: Leading and Sensemaking in an Age of Hyperchange”.

Compulsive Connector | Co-founder @we_are_liminal @100open | Trustee @participatoryC | Dad of 3 | Failed Astronaut | Physicist | Piano | #OnTheEdge Podcast

An Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, Technologist, Innovator, and Blockchain enthusiast with over 25 years of experience. He is a co-founder at E-Livestock Global, an award-winning globally recognized solution, powered by Blockchain.

He brings 16 years of experience in MEL, adaptive management, and information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D) to his role as MERLA director at Panagora Group. Michael has led numerous evaluations, studies and trainings for USAID, UN agencies and the World Bank.

Project Lead of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator. At the Forum he leads initiatives across the public and private sectors to advance the Web3 policy and impact agenda.

President at Learning Economy Foundation.

Focused on equitable social impact, Web3, DAOs, digital identity/privacy, exploring the future of education and digital trust.

Director of R&D and Special Projects at Labrys Group

Research and Foresight Lead at Careful Industries

Head of Technology in Distributed Systems. Aiming to improve the UK’s economic position through the appropriate use of this technology.