Category Archives: Industry

Dr. Chris Ballance and Dr. Tom Harty | Founders, Oxford Ionics

Chris and Tom have been working together at the forefront of Quantum Computing for over a decade. They earned their PhDs in Quantum Computing from the University of Oxford focusing on trapped ion quantum computing.

Rob Panepinto | MD, Govo Venture Partners

Rob is the managing partner of Global Venture Partners. He serves many other roles, including Director of Innovation Districts Strategy at UCF, CEO of Entrepreneurs in Action, and several other board and advisory positions.

Cory Lopes-Warfield | Chief Growth Officer, Agora World; Thought Leader, Web3, NFTs, Metaverse

Cory is the Chief Growth Officer of Agora World. He is a thought leader in the areas of Web3, NFTs, and the Metaverse.

Erik Solheim | Green Diplomat | 6th Exec Director | UN Environment | Fmr Min of Environ, Norway |

He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, and as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018.

Simon Mulcahy | Co-founder and CEO, TIME CO2

Simon is the President at Sustainability at TIME Inc. He is responsible for founding and launching CO2.com, a new division of TIME, focusing on reducing the carbon blueprints of businesses.