Galina Sagan

Prinicpal

Hitachi Ventures

Galina Sagan is a Principal at Hitachi Ventures, a global venture fund (with >600m USD AUM) with Hitachi being a single LP. Galina specializes in Enterprise SaaS B2B and digital investments. Some of the relevant deals include Trustwise AI, Archetype AI, Rescale and WekaIO. Formerly a Senior Investment Associate at Speedinvest, a pan-European early stage fund with > €1 billion AUM.

Galina has been recognized as one of GCVs Rising Stars in 2022.

Salam Al Mosawi

SVP Growth

Nscale

Manoj Saxena

Founder and Executive Director

Responsible AI Institute

Greg Ombach

Head of Disruptive R&T Technology & Engineering, Senior Vice President

Airbus

Dr. Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach is a highly accomplished and visionary senior executive passionate about driving innovation and change. Throughout his career, he has led the development and implementation of game-changing innovations that have disrupted industries and driven growth. With a truly global outlook, having worked at various companies e.g. Siemens VDO, Qualcomm, Airbus across Europe, the USA, and China, he specializes in creating innovative solutions that meet customers' needs and transform industries.

As the Head of Disruptive Research and Technology at Airbus, Greg focuses on accelerating the development of disruptive technologies and solutions that can shape the future of aerospace. He collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify emerging trends and opportunities and develops strategies that drive innovation and continuous learning across all Airbus divisions.

Greg's leadership and commercial expertise have led to his success in high-tech
innovations, change, and commercialization. As the Chairman of the Board of Directors at AdvEn Industries Inc, he has helped transform the company from a research and development startup to a disruptive growth company with a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and industry-leading patented and patent-pending technologies for next-generation batteries, energy storage systems, and other applications.

Greg is a dynamic leader passionate about managing technological innovation from ideation to broad market adoption. His ability to drive transformative change across multiple industries has earned him a reputation as an effective and inspiring leader who thrives in dynamic environments. With a track record of leading game-changing innovations, Grzegorz has the potential to transform industries and is a respected leader in the field of innovation and change.

Eiman Kanjo

Provost's Visiting Professor in TinyML

Imperial College London

Professor Eiman Kanjo is the Provost’s Visiting Professor in tinyML at Imperial College London. She is recognized among the Top 50 Women in Engineering and is a recipient of the Turing Network Development award. She is actively involved with the tinyML Foundation, serving on the steering committee for tinyML Research Symposium, tinyML EMEA, as a publication chair, and as the tinyML UK academic lead. Additionally, she is an editorial member of the Data Centric Engineering Journal and an Associate Director at Health Data Research UK.

With over 140 publications and grants from prestigious funders like DCMS and EPSRC, she collaborates extensively with industry charities and local authorities.

Prior to her current roles, she conducted significant research at the Computer Science departments at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham.

Currently, she is also a Professor of Pervasive Computing at Nottingham Trent University, leading the Smart Sensing Lab.

Matthew Burns

Technical Marketing Manager

Samtec

Matthew Burns develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, applications engineering, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries. Mr. Burns holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.