Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi

Founder of the micropayments system Flattr and the Pirate Bay, Peter is most famous for his work on immaterial rights and societal change.

David Britton

Dave Britton is a professor of physics at the University of Glasgow and Project Leader of the GridPP project that provides Grid computing for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Video Here

David McCandless

David is an award-winning writer, designer and author based in London. His work has appeared in over 40 publications worldwide including Wired and The Guardian and he has received praise for his stunning presentations at the likes of TED and other high profile conferences. Video Here

Stephen Dunn

Stephen Dunn is Head of Technology Strategy for Guardian News and Media in the UK. Video Here

Gordon Guthrie

Gordon Guthrie is the CEO/CTO of hypernumbers an Edinburgh start-up. He has previously worked at senior positions in retail financial services, having been Chief Technical Architect at Intelligent Finance during its launch.

Jason Ball

Jason Ball is an Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures Europe and is based in London, where he focuses on investments in digital media and enabling technologies. He also manages Qualcomm’s Qprize Seed Competition and Seed investment activities.

Carlos Eduardo Espinal

As Partner, Carlos co-manages Seedcamp. His investment focus is on mobile, gaming, and networking technologies. Prior to Seedcamp, Carlos was a venture capitalist at Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, an early stage investment firm based in London where he worked with portfolio companies Flirtomatic and Mobango. Video Here

Colm Doyle

Colm is a Developer Support Engineer for Developer Relations at Facebook, where he focuses on systems and processes that aid Developers in building for the Facebook Platform. Prior to joining Facebook, Colm was a Digital Advertising Developer at McConnells Advertising, one of Ireland's largest advertising agencies. He is based at Facebook's EMEA Headquarters in Dublin. Video Here

Richard Stallman

Creator of GNU and founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard is a world famous advocate of freedom online and computer literacy.

Albert Wenger

Albert is a partner at Union Square Ventures (USV), a New York based venture firm. USV focuses on disruptive web and mobile services, such as Twitter and Foursquare. Video Here

Tom Chatfield

Tom Chatfield, a longtime gamer, is the arts and books editor at the UK current-affairs magazine Prospect. In his book Fun Inc., he argues that games, with their immersive quests and deeply satisfying (and carefully designed) virtual rewards, are a great place to test new approaches to real-world systems that need a reboot. Video Here

Ade Oshineye

Ade is a Developer Advocate in Google's London office who looks after Google's Social efforts in EMEA. He's deeply interested in the protocols, technologies and human conventions that power the social web.

Jen Topping

Jen's role is to ensure the smooth running of Channel 4's online activities. These range from budget management and commissioning frameworks to defining editorial guidelines and strategies for emerging platforms such as social media. A key focus for 2011 is defining ways to improve how Channel 4 Online works in partnership with digital agencies and TV production companies. Video Here

Stephanie Rieger

Stephanie is a designer and closet anthropologist with a passion for the many ways people interact with technology. With a diverse background, Stephanie's expertise lies in marrying design, technology and business goals to craft simple, elegant experiences. Stephanie is principal at Yiibu - a wee design consultancy based in Edinburgh, and works with clients such as Phillips, dotMobi, Nokia and the Symbian Foundation. Video Here

Patrick Vlaskovits

Patrick is a serial tech entrepreneur and Cofounder at Superpowered. He wrote “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development” in response to some of the hard lessons learned from his startup experiences. He become deeply involved in the emerging Lean Startup scene and is currently a mentor at 500 Startups. In addition, he is an Organizer at Twiistup & Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle.