Carlos Moreira began his career as a UN expert on IT, eSecurity and Trust Models, working for ILO, UN, UNCTAD, ITC/WTO, World Bank, UNDP, ESCAP from 1983 to 1998. A recognized early stage pioneer in the field of digital identity, he was also Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1999 as well as Head of the Trade Efficiency Lab at the Graduate School of Engineering at RMIT.

In 1999, he founded the Geneva-based online data security firm WISeKey, where he currently serves as Chairman and CEO. Mr Moreira’s unique profile, which combines extensive high level international diplomacy experience and emerging technologies expertise, has positioned him as a distinctive authority, thought leader, and entrepreneurial force in today’s digital world where the acquisition and trusted protection of a digital identity has become an essential step for citizens and entities across the globe. He is a Member of the UN Global Compact, Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council, Founding Member World Economic Forum Global Growth Companies.

I love intellectual stimulation, I'm passionate about ideas.
Non-Anarcho Decentralization and open source purist at heart.

Vicente González is the CTO and Co-founder of FOSSA Systems, the Spanish company democratizing mass access to interoperable low-power IoT devices from space with 13 picosatellites of its constellation already in orbit. Vicente has experience in the design of pico and nanosatellites. He cofounded FOSSA Systems at 26 with Julián Fernández (CEO of FOSSA Systems). He was chosen as a Forbes 30 under 30 in 2022. He has a background in aerospace engineering (Master in Space Engineering at UC3M and BSc in Aerospace Engineering at UPM), mission analysis and strategy, and currently manages a team of 25 people.

Laurent Vieira de Mello has 20 years experience in management and business development for telecommunication solution providers within SITA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Astrocast. In his current role, Laurent built and managed the Marketing, Project Management, Quality, Regulatory, Product Management and Strategy departments, ensuring effective deployment of the strategy regarding company expansion, sales, access to international markets and partnerships. In addition, he took care of the corporate culture, to ensure a healthy growth of the company.

Laurent holds two master degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Microtechnics, as well as an Executive MBA from HEC Lausanne. He also has experience in nonprofit organization, as a business angel in early stage startups and lecturer for a MOOC on New Space Economy.

Mr. Moreno has more than 18 years experience in Sales Engineering, Sales Management and Business Development. He has worked extensively on strategic projects for both national and multinational companies in the financial and industrial sectors throughout his career. He has held executive roles in the areas of people management, sales coaching, market analysis, establishment and implementation of account plans. In his role in WISeKey, he oversees commercial relationships with strategic customers and helms market analysis and go-to-market strategies He has also contributes to the the design of solutions and architectures in projects related to infrastructure, data, applications, security, and dentity management, and the overall evolution of WISekey’s product suite. He oversees complex selling related to new technologies.

Raphael Roettgen is the founder of E2MC Ventures, a space-focused early-stage venture capital firm. He is also the co-founder of Prometheus Life Technologies, a space biotech startup that just became the first startup to win the Orbital Reef innovation challenge.

He lectures on space entrepreneurship and finance at several universities including the International Space University (ISU) and the Swiss Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), hosts the popular Space Business Podcast, and is the author of “To Infinity”, an introductory book on the space economy.

Previously, Mr. Roettgen held senior roles at global investment banks and hedge funds and was also a fintech entrepreneur in Brazil.

He holds degrees in finance from Wharton, machine learning from PUC-Rio and space studies from the International Space University, where he also serves as a governing member.