Chiara Cecchini has a MSc in International Management (ICN Business School, France), a MSc in International Relations (MGIMO University, Moscow), and a MSc in Food Innovation (UniMoRe, Italy). In the last years she has been managing International Project in theFuture Food Institute, is a selected member ofBarilla中心食品营养基金会和Unleash, and has been selected for being a Research Affiliate at未来研究所. Chiara currently works as a Research Scholar at U.C. Davis, building thefirst comprehensive Internet of Food, leveraging the intersection between food systems and AI to digitalize and create a semantic enables food care.

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Tess Pereira’spersonal and professional mission is to empower others through food and technology. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and International Development at McGill University, focusing on entomophagy (eating insects) as a sustainable way to improve livelihoods by promoting food security and income diversification. She later studied at UniMoRe, earning a Masters in Food Innovation, where her research related to how we might leverage blockchain technology to incentivize higher quality food production and a more transparent food supply chain. Tess currently works atMLG Blockchain Consulting. She is also the organizer of theWomen in Blockchain Washington, DC meetup.