Nicola Fabiano is a lawyer specialized in civil law and digital law (new technologies, privacy and ICT law). He is counsel in the Italian Supreme Court (Suprema Corte di Cassazione), a member, on behalf of the Italian node, of the European social networking task force called from the European Commission, and external expert and consultant for ADICONSUM (Italy) for the “EAST2 - Easy to Stop-it” project.
Retired naval Lieutenant Commander currently living in the U.S. Information Technology professional for the last 15 years. Earned a BA degree in mathematics from the University of NC at Asheville in 1975. Obtained a Masters of Science degree in IT with emphasis in Advanced Network Architecture and Systems Design from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN in 2008. Currently pursuing a PhD in IT education at Capella. Taught mathematics for the University of Maryland while living on the Island of Bermuda. Served as consultant to NAVSEASYSCOM on the LORA and ACIM mathematical models associated with weapons system development and support in 1984 - 1985. Currently serving as an expert networking consultant for the IoT Council.
Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás is Principal User Experience Research & Design Consultant and founder of Acanda Ltd. He has been User Experience Research Manager at Vodafone Group Services, Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, Visiting Lecturer at Westminster University, at the Politecnico di Milano, the National Institute of Design and the IIT Mumbai (India). He has been a Human Interface Engineering Director at the Mobile Internet Services Provider, HiuGO SpA and user experience consultant for Omnitel-Vodafone and the Nokia Research Center among others. He has been British Telecom Fellow at the BT IT Mobility Research Centre and his work has also been supported by institutions such as the Vodafone Group Foundation and the British Royal Academic of Engineering. He is panel member of the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and has been expert-evaluator for the in IST, eContent and Science & Society research programs at the European Commission and member of the Executive Committee of the British HCI Group chairing the Events sub-group and UX ambassador for the South East of England.
Anxo has a Licenciatura in Industrial Engineering at the University of Navarra (E), a Laurea in Managerial Eng., School of Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (I), a MA in Design Direction at Domus Academy (I) and a Ph.D. in Communication Design from the School of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Milano (I).
Peter made his mark as a Technologist at O'Reilly Media and a blogger for Make Magazine, where he celebrated hacking, tweaking and bending technology. Later he went on to co-found Ignite Toronto, a wildly popular festival of geek culture.
More recently he can be found connecting the planet with Project Noah, which began as an app for people to share their nature sightings but has evolved into a scientific and culturally relevant tool for both the masses and experts. It's been featured on Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times, Huffington Post, Slate and is officially partnered with National Geographic.
He attend the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU.