Rufo Guerreschi is a serial entrepreneur, researcher and activist at the leading-edge of e-democracy and privacy. Driven for 20 years by rare grit to advance democratic global governance and media. Has over 20 years of experience as a leading-edge e-democracy entrepreneur and activist. Founder of the Trustless Computing Association and creator of the Free and Safe in Cyberspace event series. Founder of the open-source e-democracy startup Participatory Technologies, sold in 2006 to private equity. As Head of EMEA Business Development at 4thpass, acquired by Motorola, he sold +$10M mobile app store systems to top mobile network operators. As CEO at Open Media Park, he brought the valuation of a planned IT/media park from €3m to €21m, slated to be EU’s 2nd largest. Masters’ at Rutgers University. Graduate studies at Princeton. Lives between Rome and Zurich.

Gerhard Knecht was Chief Information Security Officer and Global Head of Information Security Services for UNYSIS, an house-hold name among global IT consultancies, with 20.000 staff globally and $ 3bn revenue - from 2007 to 2019. Senior Advisor to the Trustless Computing Association. Gerhard was the driver of UNISYS early positioning as a provider of IT security solutions and services around their Zero Trust approach.

Alexandre Horvath is a seasoned IT security executive with 15 years of C-level experience. Currently is Chief Information Security Officer at Cryptyx AG, leading Swiss IT security consultancy. Was Chief Information Security Officer at DHL Suisse. Was Cyber Risk Engineering Global Practice Leader at Allianz Suisse. Was Managing Consultant IT Security at Detecon International. Previously at Credit Suisse and PwC. Master in IT engineering from ZHAW School of Engineering. Hold over 15 international IT security degrees and certifications. Born and living in Zurich.

Simone Janin has over 25 years of experience in the design and engineering management of secure hardware, software, firmware in security-critical domains. Currently, CTO Cybersecurity at Aizoon, a multinational IT security consultancy group. Formerly IoT R&D lead at Zurich Insurance. For 2 years in Shenzhen leading as CTO IoT electronics design & production. Founder and CTO of leading smart-home startup ALYT, whereby he spent two years in Shenzhen, to lead design-to-manufacturing. He lead high-security physical security IoT devices for civilian and military sector. Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. (Advisor since 2019 for 400+ hrs.)

Roberto Gallo is the founder and CEO of the Brazilian Kryptus, President of the largest Brazilian Defense Industry Association. He designed: the World's 1st secure CPU inspectable in HW/SW source designs the security architecture of Brazilian voting machines, and ASI-HSM of the Brazilian PKI-root CA. Co-lead Scientist at Trustless Computing Association since 2014.

Reinhold Wochner is an experienced IT security top executive in the banking sector. Former Group CISO of Raiffeisen International Bank. Formerly Group CSO of Erste Bank, an Austrian banking group with 15 million clients. As CSO his role included Cyber Security, Digital Security Competence Center, BCM/CM, Data protection governance and physical security.

Dirk Simpson is an international marketing executive with 18 years of experience. Since 2008, he is Global Business Director at Hogarth Worldwide - the World largest marketing production agency - where he co-lead team with top global brands like Rolex, Apple, P&G, Novartis, HSBC, Philips, McDonalds.

Christian Wirth was formely Senior Blockchain Architect at IBM in Berlin. Full-stack developer and IT architect. Author of papers on blockchain security and governance, Hyperledger, and GDPR. Co-lead development of Hyperledger-based blockchain for a leading German logistics company. Master in Computer Science at Freie Universität Berlin.