Damien Manuel
(MBA, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, GAICD)
Director for the strategic research centre – Cyber Security Research and Innovatio, Deakin University Melbourne , Australia

Dr. Ganesh Kishore,
Managing Partner; Spruce Capital Partners LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Dr. Kishore has a distinguished track record of accomplishments in biotechnology research and development and business. A Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Dr. Kishore received postdoctoral training in chemistry and biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He held key leadership positions at two Fortune 500 companies, Monsanto and DuPont where he served as Chief Biotechnologist and Chief Biotechnology Officer.

Jaap Akkerhuis
Member, Internet Security & Stability Advisory Committee at ICANN Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

One of the founding members of the Internet Security & Stability Advisory Committee forICANN, the global regulator for domain names.He is a scientist, researcher and engineer that has been instrumental in the development of the Internet since the early eighties. In 2017 he was inducted in the Internet Hall of Fame as a “Global Innovator”. He remains an active ports maintainer in FreeBSD. Outside of the internet world, Jaap Akkerhuis is a member of the Stanford Solar Center and SuperSID Software Committee.

Dr. Ashok Gulati
Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Dr. Ashok Gulati is a well known Indian agricultural economist. For his contribution to the field, he was honored with the Padma Shri, a high Indian civilian award, by the President of India in 2015. His research centers around issues related to agriculture and food security, agri-trade and agri-value chains, crop insurance, subsidies, sustainability and poverty alleviation.

Dr. Edmond Rock, PhD
National Institute of Agronomical Research, Research Director, Human Nutrition Unit & Scientific Officer for India, International Affairs, France

With a background on “Biochemistry & Cellular Biology”, he started as a meat scientist in 1981, then he moved to Human Nutrition area in 1990 where he developed several projects focused on health effects of micronutrients including minerals & trace element, vitamins, carotenoids and polyphenols. Presently, he goes on research focused on food, enlarging the reductionist concept governing the research on nutrients-health relationships to a more holistic one to make a link also on agriculture and environment. He published >100 pair-reviewed papers, with > 4,000 citations and a H-factor of 40.