Vitalik Buterin is a programmer and writer best known as the co-founder of Ethereum, a decentralized platform that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications. He became involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011, and launched Ethereum in 2015, significantly influencing the blockchain landscape.

E. Glen Weyl is the Founder and Chair of the Plurality Institute, Founder of RadicalxChange, and a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. His work focuses on developing technologies and economic systems that promote pluralism and cooperation across diverse communities.

Audrey Tang served as Taiwan’s first Digital Minister from 2016 to 2024 and currently holds the position of Cyber Ambassador-at-large. A prominent figure in the open-source community, Tang has been instrumental in promoting digital democracy and transparency in government.

Primavera De Filippi is a legal scholar and digital governance expert, serving as a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She is renowned for her work on blockchain technology and decentralized governance, notably as the co-author of Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code. De Filippi has introduced the concept of “coordi-nations”—collaborative, transnational governance structures that offer an alternative to traditional nation-states and network states, aiming to address global challenges through decentralized cooperation. Through initiatives like the BlockchainGov project, she explores how distributed technologies can foster more inclusive and participatory institutional models. Beyond academia, De Filippi engages in digital rights activism and creates blockchain-based art installations, such as the Plantoid, to examine the intersection of technology, law, and society.

is the Founder and CEO of the Ubuntu Group, an organization dedicated to socio-economic development across Africa. Recognized by Forbes as one of the top 10 most influential men in Africa, he leverages his global network to launch impactful projects throughout the continent

Lisa Witter is the Co-founder and CEO of the Apolitical Foundation, as well as a Co-founder and Board Member of Apolitical, a global peer-to-peer learning platform for public servants. She is recognized for her work in political innovation and public sector leadership development.

Indy Johar is an architect and the Co-founder of Dark Matter Labs, a field laboratory focused on building the institutional infrastructures for radical civic societies. His work involves developing new support frameworks for collaborative system change and rethinking the underlying structures of governance and policy.

Ferananda Ibarra is the CEO of the Coventina Foundation and a visionary civic architect. She focuses on creating harmonious social systems through economics and collective intelligence, guiding organizational structures and decentralized technologies for conscious evolution.

Nele Leosk is the Ambassador-at-Large for Digital Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, where she leads the country’s digital diplomacy and global partnerships in the digital domain. With over two decades of experience, she has advised political and public sector leaders on digital governance and the digital economy in more than forty countries across Central and Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Nele has also worked with international and intergovernmental organizations such as the UNDP, UNU, and OECD, as well as in academia. She holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute and lectures on technology policy, digital foreign policy, and legal aspects of the information society. As a promoter of a free and inclusive digital society, Nele chairs the Digital Cooperation and Digital Diplomacy network, leads the GovStack Initiative in Estonia, and is active in several networks supporting women in tech.

Mei Lin Fung is the Chair and Co-founder of the People-Centered Internet, an initiative she started with Vint Cerf to ensure that people are at the center of the internet’s development. Her work focuses on building resilient communities and promoting digital interdependence that supports societal and economic well-being.

Kalypso Nicolaidis holds the Chair in Global Affairs at the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute. She convenes the EUI Democracy Forum and has a distinguished academic career, including positions at the University of Oxford and Harvard University.

Kaliya Young, also known as “Identity Woman,” is the Co-founder of the Internet Identity Workshop, which she established in 2005 to bring together technologists interested in decentralized identity. She has been a pivotal figure in the development of internet standards such as OpenID Connect and OAuth.