A veteran technology entrepreneur and investor, Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming. Yat has won numerous accolades, including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum.

Yervand Sarkisyan is a venture investor and ecosystem builder with over 20 years of experience across the US, UK, and Europe. He is the founder of DeepTechX, a venture platform focused on deep tech and AI investments, and the founding partner of Granatus Ventures, Armenia’s first venture capital fund. He has also been involved at the intersection of art and technology.

Dr. Joseph (Yossi) Vardi is a co-chairman of DLD. With 40 years experience in building over 60 high-tech companies, he is one of Israel’s early entrepreneurs. Yossi co-pioneered instant messaging as the founding investor and the former Chairman of Mirabilis Ltd., creator of ICQ, later acquired by AOL.

Zarah Bruhn heads the society program at SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovations. Her initiatives include a real-world laboratory that radically rethinks citizen participation. Previously she founded socialbee and became the first Commissioner for Social Innovation at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.