Pascal Mayer, winner of the Breakthrough prize in Life Sciences 2022 for his discovery of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, which revolutionized DNA analysis. It is thanks to this technology, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), that DNA can now be analyzed at high speed and at a much lower cost. One of the keys to its technique is to create clusters of DNA by cutting the genome into small pieces, then making thousands of copies of them and grouping them into islands of sorts. Taken together, they can be read simultaneously and more easily by fluorescence. For example, sequencing of the first complete human genome was completed in 2003, after ten years and an investment of more than $1 billion dollars. Thanks to NGS, also called massively parallel sequencing, this process can now be done overnight and costs $1,000. Massively parallel sequencing is now widely used worldwide for the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers and rare diseases, in forensic investigations or for sequencing COVID and its variants.

Dr. Pascal Mayer is currently Head of the research and scientific company Alphanosos, which he created in 2014 at the Biopole Clermont-Liman Science Center. After studying at the University of Strasbourg and completing postdoctoral internships in Canada and France, Mayer first tested his idea in Geneva, at the research center of a pharmaceutical company.

The Breakthrough Prize recognizes the latest scientific breakthroughs, has an impressive $3 million prize. Pascal intends to reinvest some of these funds to support the development of projects carried out by his company Alphanosos. Following "Next Generation Sequencing" (NGS), thanks to its rapid detection platform driven by artificial intelligence, is the development of "Next Generation Therapeutics" against pathogens, particularly those associated with eczema, acne, psoriasis and gonorrhea, as well as COVID-19.

Artem Oganov is a specialist in computational materials, known for his contribution to the development of computer search for materials and work on crystal structure prediction. He is a professor at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.

• He is best known for developing the USPEX algorithm, which allows predicting the crystal structure of materials based on their chemical composition and other properties.
  
• Chairman of the Department of Semiconductors and Dielectrics of MISIS
  
• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2020)
  
• Member of the Royal Chemical Society (2020)
  
• Member of the Academy of Europe Academia Europaea (2017)
  
• One of the most cited Russian scientists in Chemistry and Physics (2016,2017)
  
• Professor of the Russian Academy of Science (2015)
  
• Elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Association of America (2013)
  

Gerd Leonhard is a well—known and authoritative technology expert, a futurologist who focuses on the near future, "latest" observations and effective forecasts in the spheres of humanity, society, business, mass media, technology and communications.

• One of the 100 Most Influential Europeans (Wired)
  
• Co-author of the bestsellers "Technology vs. Humanity" and "The Future of Music"
  
• He is one of the most well-known futurologists and experts on the future of technology (Wired)
  
• Author of articles on technology The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Wired UK
  
• Commentator and guest expert BBC, CNN, ZDF expert
  

Vivek Wadhwa has been a globally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post and held appointments at Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley, Emory University, and Singularity University.

• Serial entrepreneur, founder of a $5 billion company
  
• One of the world's "Top 100 Global Thinkers" (by Foreign Policy magazine, 2012)
  
• One of forty of the most influential minds in tech (TIME magazine's list of "Tech 40")
  
• Author of five bestselling books: From Incremental to Exponential; Your Happiness Was Hacked; The Driver in the Driverless Car; Innovating Women; and The Immigrant Exodus.
  
• He was second on a list of "ten men worth emulating" (The Financial Times, 2915)
  

Arman Davletyarov is a well-known media manager and media manager and presenter of the Kazakhstan channel Jibek Joly TV. Previously, he was the general director of the Russian national music TV channel Muz-TV and the national television award in the field of popular music "Muz-TV Award". He was also the general producer of the closing ceremony of the VII Asian Winter Games in Almaty and is the author of the series of programs "Always Yours, Arman Davletyarov".

• Recipient of the Order "Kurmet" (2010)
  
• Winner of the award "Best Media Director of the Year" according to the BRAND AWARDS 2014 and BRAND AWARDS 2015
  
• Holder of the honorary title "Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2017)
  

Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstani public figure who made a great contribution to the development of education.

• In 2002-2004 actively participated in the development of the youth policy of Kazakhstan.
  
• Head of the sector of the department of personnel policy of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008).
  
• President of "Center for International Programs" JSC (2010-2013).
  
• Managing Director of the Astana International Financial Center (2016-2017).
  
• Head of educational projects of BTS Digital, CEO of BTS Education (2018-2022).
  
• Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (25.02.2022 - 14.06.2022).
  

Rae Kwon Chung is a famous economist and environmentalist, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

• Former Principal Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change, Director of the Department of Environment and Development of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  
• Former Climate Change Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
  
• Chairman of the International Committee for the Award of the Global Energy Prize
  
• Chairman of the High-level Panel of Experts and Leaders (GEO) on Water and Natural Disasters under the auspices of the United Nations
  
• Director of the Board of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation "For a Better Future"
  

Dr. Richard Frackowiak is best known for his role in the development of brain neuroimaging as the founding director of the Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL) at University College London (UCL) and as one of the initiators of the Human Brain Project (HBP), a ten-year European project, based at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and aimed at advancing knowledge in neuroscience, medicine and computing.

He is a member of the Academies of Medical Sciences of the UK, France and Belgium, a Fellow of the Academia Europaea and a Foreign Member of the Institute of Medicine of the American Academy. He is a past president of the British Association for Neuroscience and the European Brain and Behavior Society.

His interests are in the structure and function of the human brain. His scientific work, which includes 335 papers and the book Human Brain Function, is highly cited, with an h-index of 137 and more than 100 citations per paper. He is a recipient of the Ipsen, Wilhelm Feldberg and Klaus Joachim Zulch prizes.

American physicist, specialist in astrophysics and cosmology. Author of more than 300 scientific publications and several popular books. An active participant in the debate surrounding the teaching of evolution in American schools.

• The first physicist to simultaneously receive the most prestigious awards from the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
• Established an organization in Ohio that sought out and supported pro-science candidates for the state's School Board of Education Commissioners
• In December 2007, Krauss wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal proposing a presidential debate on science. The idea was sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Council on Competitiveness, and endorsed by twenty Nobel laureates, several congressmen, business leaders, and 12,000 scientists.

Tarun Wadhwa is an entrepreneur, strategist, lecturer, and writer who is working at the intersection of technological advancement, innovation, security, and public policy.

• He writes for Forbes, and his work has appeared in Fortune, CNN, Business, Foreign Policy, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Digital-Life-Design, Venture Beat, The Huffington Post, and many other publications.
  
• He was previously a Nonresident Fellow at Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, a Visiting Fellow at Emory University's Department of Political Science, and a Visiting Instructor at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering in Silicon Valley, where he co-taught the popular Exponential Innovation course.
  
• Founder of Day One Insights, a global technology-advisory firm he founded to address convergence, corporate reinvention, and social impact.
  
• Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Rsq Labs, a consultancy focusing on cryptography, machine learning, and emerging financial ecosystems.
  

Kazakh scientist, Doctor of Historical Sciences (2010), Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017), since May 16, 2018 - Rector of M. O. Auezov South Kazakhstan University.

• In 2013, she received the title of corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2017, she was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 2016-2023 - Deputy of the Zhambyl Regional Maslikhat of the VI convocation. Chairperson of the Standing Commission of the sixth convocation of the Regional Maslikhat on law enforcement, socio-cultural sphere, gender policy and relations with public associations.

As a technology pioneer in capital markets, entrepreneur, and world-class mountaineer, Olga Koroleva's capabilities and triumphs are limitless, both in the boardroom and on the mountain! She is the founder and CEO of Capital Brain, a company that creates AI-run investment strategies to invest in real estate and public securities. An adventurer by nature, she has also completed over 40 expeditions, summiting the highest, the deadliest, and the hardest mountains on the planet (Mount Everest, Annapurna I, and K2).

• Previously, Olga helped build a business intelligence platform for a $5 billion multifamily REIT BRE Properties, set up a reporting infrastructure for SBE Entertainment, and managed a workout of a $300 million multifamily portfolio for Redwood Mortgage.
  
• Olga was named Top 10 Women in CRE Tech, nominated for The Innovator of the Year Award by CREW.
  
• Olga is a high-altitude mountaineer who completed over 40 expeditions and summited the highest, the deadliest, and the hardest mountains on the planet. She summited 6 out of Seven Summits. In 2019 she completed the unguided summit of Mt. Everest (8,848m) from Tibet. She is the 1st Russian (3rd American) woman to summit Mt K2 (8,611m), the Savage Mountain, the second highest and the most challenging mountain on the planet, and the 1st Russian woman to summit Annapurna I (8,091m), the deadliest mountain on the planet.
  

#1 venture investor in the world, the most popular venture capitalist according to AlwaysOn, 7th place in the Forbes Midas List and 48th among the most influential Harvard graduates. Global Guru named Draper one of the top 30 startup gurus in the world.

• Tim is a founding partner of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as Draper University, Draper Venture Network, Draper Associate and Draper Goren Holm.
  
• He is recognized as a global ideological leader for entrepreneurs around the world. Tim is a well-known bitcoin supporter who has invested in fifty crypto companies and managed investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos and Bancor.
  
• Tim Draper is the winner of various awards, including the "Entrepreneur of the World" of the World Entrepreneurs Forum.
  
• He is included in the hundred most influential people in the field of finance according to Worth Magazine and in the list of the twenty most influential people in cryptography according to CryptoWeekly.

Dr. Bastiaan Quast is a Dutch-Swiss economist and data expert. His interests include artificial neural networks (R and Python), machine learning, data science, microeconomic estimators, quantum machine learning, and complexity modeling.

• Author of "rnn" (>1000 downloads/month) machine learning framework, helping to expand the analyses of these algorithms from the computer science field to the fields of statistics and social sciences.
  
• Also author of "sigmoid", "datasets.load", "learNN".
  
• Quast is the great-great-grandson of Nobel Peace Prize winner Tobias Asser.
  
• He previously worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Internet Society, and The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) in The Hague.
  
• He currently works for the International Telecommunication Union.
  
  

Nurdaulet Aidossov - is a finance specialist, CEO of Jusan Bank. Nurdaulet has three degrees in finance and law, including an MBA degree from Warwick Business School (UK). He acquired the necessary leadership skills through the successful completion of a number of projects, including the development and launch of new departments, process optimization and attracting new customers.

• Nurdaulet Aidossov started his professional career at HSBC Bank Kazakhstan, has more than 14 years of experience in Kazakhstan and international financial organizations.
  
• From 2019 to the current moment, he held the position of Chairman of the Management Board of JSC "Jusan Invest", combining it with the position of Managing Director of the Private Banking unit at Jusan Bank.
  

Zaure Rozmat is the founder of The Steppe, a Kazakhstani media startup that started functioning in 2016. This project focuses on education, technology, cultural economy and tourism. The Steppe was one of the first media outlets to use local advertising in Kazakhstan, and successfully cooperates with both Kazakhstan and international brands such as UN, Uber, Cartier, Microsoft and others.

• Entered the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list
  
  
• Previously, she founded the Kids Lab kids club and won a scholarship of $20 thousand as part of the "Build Your Business" project
  
  

Doszhan Zhussupov is an entrepreneur with an experience in HealthTech, E-commerce (online pharmacy) and software development with a passion for AI in Medical Imaging, especially in Neuroradiology. He founded CEREBRA in 2018. CEREBRA is a startup for automated diagnosis of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. The project is successfully operating in 18 stroke centers in Kazakhstan.

• The Kazakh startup won the nomination Best VerTech startup of the international competition Global Startup Awards 2023, which was held in Copenhagen.
  
• CEREBRA was recognized as the "Best Innovative Project" by EY entrepreneur 2021.
  
• Doszhan Zhusupov's startup has joined the prestigious StartX Entrepreneurs Club at Stanford University.
  
• Former CEO at Europharma.kz, CEO and Co-Founder of Med365.kz
  

Professor Chee Yeow Meng is Director of the NUS Enterprise Academy and Professor at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management. He was previously Vice Provost (Technology-Enhanced and Experiential Learning). Also, he served as a Head of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (2008-2010), Chair of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (2011-2017), and Interim Dean of the College of Science (2018-2019) at the Nanyang Technological University.

• Fellow and Council Member of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, and a senior member of IEEE.
  
• Member of the APEC Electronic Commerce Task Force in 1998, member of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Electronic Commerce in 1998.
  
• Member of the Smart Solutions Committee of Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) in 2015, member of the Core Group of NRF's Singapore Data Science Consortium in 2016.
  

Author of the book "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism" and a leading representative of the movement against age discrimination.

• She has been recognized by The New York Times, National Public Radio, The New Yorker and the American Society on Aging as an expert in the fight against ageism.
  
• Ashton is blogging on This ChairRocks.com and writes for Harper's, The Guardian and The New York Times. He is a fellow of the Knight Foundation, Yale Law School and the Royal Society of Arts.
  
• In 2015, she was included in the list of 100 inspiring women by Salt magazine.
  

Oguzhan Atay is the CEO of BillionToOne, a company that develops a prenatal genetic test to detect genetic disorders, including some single-gene diseases such as thalassemia, by sequencing maternal blood. BillionToOne has raised more than $200 million in funding, and their well-known investors have previously invested in companies such as SpaceX, Uber, Spotify, Palantir, Braintree, WebMD and DexCom.

• Oguzhan Atay graduated from Princeton University with honors in molecular biology in his department and received a PhD from Stanford University, where his work was published on the cover of Cell Systems magazine.
  
• Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
  
• Winner of the Shapiro Award for Academic Achievement by Princeton University.
  

Professor Stevens is the Director of the British Center for the regenerative Medicine platform "Smart Materials", Deputy Director of the EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary research center in the field of early detection systems of infectious diseases, Deputy Director of the Center for Advanced Research of the British Heart Foundation, a former member of the Global Council of the Future World Economic Forum on Advanced Materials.

• She was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA, 2019), an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022).
  
• Winner of more than 30 prestigious awards, including the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics (2018), the Surfaces and Interfaces Award of the Royal Chemical Society (2019), the Mabel Fitzgerald Prize, Oxford University (2021).
  

Bernardo Kastrup is a scientist in the field of artificial intelligence and reconfigurable computing, who led the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the idea that reality is essentially empirical. Previously, he worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Philips research laboratories. His work has been published in many well-known journals, including Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think.

• Author of the books "The Idea of the World: A Multi-Disciplinary Argument for the Mental Nature of Reality", "Decoding Jung's Metaphysics".
  

Simon Trimborn's work focuses on the analysis of multidimensional data for time series, with which he solves specific problems of the cryptocurrency and blockchain market from an econometric and statistical point of view. The research is aimed at developing methods and methodologies that allow obtaining economically significant information. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Econometrics and Data Science at the Amsterdam School of Economics of the University of Amsterdam.

• Conducted research at the City University of Hong Kong (City University of Hong Kong), Humboldt University in Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), National University of Singapore (National University of Singapore).
  
• Two research projects, the CRIX index for cryptocurrencies and the VCRIX volatility index for cryptocurrencies, led to the construction of the CRIX and VCRIX indices, which were acquired in 2021 by Royalton Partners. At the moment, Simon is a member of the Scientific Council for the Royalton CRIX Index.
  
• He is an assistant editor of Digital Finance and Annual Review of FinTech magazines.