GovDojo: AI+Blockchain+Governance

Alex is a Professor in the Department of Commercial Law and an Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT). She teaches a wide range of commercial law subjects. Her areas of research and publication include blockchain technology, in particular, DAOs (decentralised autonomous organisations), NFTs, the regulation of cryptocurrencies, legal issues surrounding smart contracts and the right to repair. Alex's legacy areas of research and publication are consumer law and intellectual property law (in particular copyright law).

Chris is a software engineering student and community builder exploring blockchain, AI, and decentralised technologies. He is the Founding President of WEB3UOA at the University of Auckland and has built across multiple ETHGlobal hackathons, while also contributing locally to New Zealand’s first Web3 hackathon. His work focuses on making emerging technologies accessible and bridging education with real-world innovation.

Klaus leads Hack Humanity a facilitation and product studio specialised in decentralised governance of AI and blockchains. He is committed to building the technology, social systems, and innovative business models that drive sovereign systems in this exponential age.

Lane is a veteran blockchain developer and researcher, currently Head of Research at NEAR Foundation and a core contributor to Spacemesh. Formerly an Ethereum Core Developer at the Ethereum Foundation, he writes and speaks on open protocols, crypto governance, metadata privacy, sci-fi and ultra distance running.

Memoona is a PhD candidate at the University of Auckland Business School, where she researches B2B blockchain ecosystems. Her work focuses on the challenges of multi-organisational collaboration, aiming to build frameworks and toolkits for effective, efficient, and ethical blockchain use cases. She has extensive experience facilitating academic collaboration as the former Secretary of the Association of Management Development Institutions in Pakistan (AMDIP). Her research has been presented at international conferences and published in reputed journals, with 500+ citations on Google Scholar.