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Christopher G. Fox, PhD, Founder, Ideas-Led Growth. Chris amplifies voices. As a communications and marketing strategist, ghostwriter, and mentor, he helps people who have a passion for change to develop and deliver messages that influence and inspire. He works with founders and C-level executives in fintech and financial services organizations of all sizes. He also helps innovators and entrepreneurs increase their presence and impact in the communities they serve. Prior to his corporate world career, Chris taught literature and culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. He holds a PhD in French Literature from The Johns Hopkins University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergfox/Newsletter: https://www.ideasledgrowth.com/newsletter/

Christopher G. Fox, PhD, Founder, Ideas-Led Growth. Chris amplifies voices. As a communications and marketing strategist, ghostwriter, and mentor, he helps people who have a passion for change to develop and deliver messages that influence and inspire. He works with founders and C-level executives in fintech and financial services organizations of all sizes. He also helps innovators and entrepreneurs increase their presence and impact in the communities they serve. Prior to his corporate world career, Chris taught literature and culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. He holds a PhD in French Literature from The Johns Hopkins University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergfox/Newsletter: https://www.ideasledgrowth.com/newsletter/

Sam Mudie, Co-founder and CEO of Savea, has worked in the wine investment industry since 2012, including 9 years at Cult Wines, the world’s largest specialist advisor with USD 360m assets under management. He founded Cult Wines Singapore office, managed the business across Southeast Asia and was on the Investment Committee.

Sam Mudie, Co-founder and CEO of Savea, has worked in the wine investment industry since 2012, including 9 years at Cult Wines, the world’s largest specialist advisor with USD 360m assets under management. He founded Cult Wines Singapore office, managed the business across Southeast Asia and was on the Investment Committee.

Jeroen Offerijns is the Chief Technology Officer of Centrifuge, the open standard for tokenized finance. With 10+ years of software development experience and co-founder of several startups, Jeroen brings deep expertise as an engineering & product leader. As the author of ERC-7540, the leading tokenized vault standard for RWAs, as well as ERC-7575, Jeroen has collaborated with key DeFi protocols to push the space forward.

Jeroen Offerijns is the Chief Technology Officer of Centrifuge, the open standard for tokenized finance. With 10+ years of software development experience and co-founder of several startups, Jeroen brings deep expertise as an engineering & product leader. As the author of ERC-7540, the leading tokenized vault standard for RWAs, as well as ERC-7575, Jeroen has collaborated with key DeFi protocols to push the space forward.

Months before Ethereum’s mainnet launch, Jason Teutsch introduced the Verifier’s Dilemma in the first-ever scientific publication about Ethereum (CCS 2015). His solution to the Verifier’s Dilemma, known as “Truebit,” ranked among Ethereum’s earliest scaling protocols. While optimistic “Layer-2” platforms use Truebit’s Verification Game as a secure basis for high transaction throughput, Jason has continued to expand this technology’s application trajectory beyond smart contracts through Truebit Verify. Before NFTs existed, Jason kicked off the art and blockchain movement with the steel-and-plexiglass Dogethereum #ArtProject as a medium to showcase Truebit’s original raison d'être. He has persisted in his role as Founder and Chief Scientist at Truebit for the past decade.

Months before Ethereum’s mainnet launch, Jason Teutsch introduced the Verifier’s Dilemma in the first-ever scientific publication about Ethereum (CCS 2015). His solution to the Verifier’s Dilemma, known as “Truebit,” ranked among Ethereum’s earliest scaling protocols. While optimistic “Layer-2” platforms use Truebit’s Verification Game as a secure basis for high transaction throughput, Jason has continued to expand this technology’s application trajectory beyond smart contracts through Truebit Verify. Before NFTs existed, Jason kicked off the art and blockchain movement with the steel-and-plexiglass Dogethereum #ArtProject as a medium to showcase Truebit’s original raison d'être. He has persisted in his role as Founder and Chief Scientist at Truebit for the past decade.

Justin Banon is a technology, market, and thought leader in Web3, focused on the tokenization of physical real world assets.Justin has contributed op-eds to Coindesk, Blockworks, and The Defiant, and has been featured in Tatler, The Drum, and Cointelegraph. He’s appeared on CNBC and is an active speaker and panellist at tier one events such as DEVCON, Davos, NFT NYC and EthCC. Justin founded Boson Protocol - Web3’s decentralized commerce layer.  In 2021, Boson raised $36 million and was later named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In 2024, he announced the launch of a second protocol, Fermion, for the verified tokenization and fractionalization of high-value assets. Together, Boson and Fermion serve as the de facto decentralized infrastructure for tokenizing any physical asset.Boson has partnered with brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Hogan, as well as technology platforms like WooCommerce, the world’s largest e-commerce platform. As a partner at Outlier Ventures, a leading Web3 accelerator, he mentors startups and helps shape the future of Web3. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and two master’s degrees in Digital Innovation and Crypto Technology. He is actively involved in research, focusing on the Web3 computable economy, and has co-authored several papers on the subject, including with blockchain economist Professor Jason Potts. Justin’s mission is to enable a new computable economy—unlocking exponential wealth and driving a step change in human progress—by building the general-purpose decentralized infrastructure for tokenizing physical assets.

Justin Banon is a technology, market, and thought leader in Web3, focused on the tokenization of physical real world assets.Justin has contributed op-eds to Coindesk, Blockworks, and The Defiant, and has been featured in Tatler, The Drum, and Cointelegraph. He’s appeared on CNBC and is an active speaker and panellist at tier one events such as DEVCON, Davos, NFT NYC and EthCC. Justin founded Boson Protocol - Web3’s decentralized commerce layer.  In 2021, Boson raised $36 million and was later named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In 2024, he announced the launch of a second protocol, Fermion, for the verified tokenization and fractionalization of high-value assets. Together, Boson and Fermion serve as the de facto decentralized infrastructure for tokenizing any physical asset.Boson has partnered with brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Hogan, as well as technology platforms like WooCommerce, the world’s largest e-commerce platform. As a partner at Outlier Ventures, a leading Web3 accelerator, he mentors startups and helps shape the future of Web3. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and two master’s degrees in Digital Innovation and Crypto Technology. He is actively involved in research, focusing on the Web3 computable economy, and has co-authored several papers on the subject, including with blockchain economist Professor Jason Potts. Justin’s mission is to enable a new computable economy—unlocking exponential wealth and driving a step change in human progress—by building the general-purpose decentralized infrastructure for tokenizing physical assets.