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Tzvi Wiesel is an experienced whisky investor and trader, focused on fine and rare bottles and casks. He is the Founder and CEO of BAXUS, a marketplace for trading high-end wine and spirits, powered by blockchain technology. Tzvi got his start in the spirits industry initially by accident, when he was staffed as a production assistant. He quickly became fascinated by the expansive whiskey collections. He launched his own whiskey fund on his own while at school at Columbia University where he met Carrie, his current business partner. Tzvi is currently Head of Fine & Rare bottles for Dalkeith Brokerage, a premier whisky brokerage firm. Formerly Managing Director of The Negotiation Institute.

Tzvi Wiesel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web4O

Tzvi Wiesel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-wiesel/

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Blockworks podcast: https://blockworks.co/podcasts

Coindesk Podcast: https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts

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Parvaneh Parvin is a tech-savvy problem solver with a flair for all things culinary. She studied Digital Humanities and Computer Science at the University of Pisa in Italy, where she also earned her PhD in her research into Just-in-time health feedback systems for older adults with mild cognitive impairments. But she didn't stop at algorithms and data; her deep passion for food steered her on a different path.

Pari's journey into the world of food technology began when she joined Wageningen University & Research. Today, as a postdoc researcher within the Health and Nutrition division in the Sensory Science and Eating behavior group, she has carved out a niche in the world of Food recommendation systems. Her mission? To make the culinary world joyful and delightful for those dealing with smell disorder.

As a Persian, she has inherited a deep passion for the intricate dance of flavors and spices that define her cuisine. It's not just about algorithms; it's about creating digital experiences that tantalize the senses, much like crafting a delectable dish.

Join her on this unique journey where technology meets the kitchen, and together, we'll explore the flavors of tomorrow.

Pari Parvin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parvaneh-parvin/

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Julia has recently joined SAM Sensory and Consumer Research as Research Manager, Germany. Before joining SAM, Julia graduated with a doctoral degree in Food Science & Technology from the University of Florence. Her research focused on the role of emotions, personality traits, and sensory sensitivity in children's food preferences as part of the EU-funded project "Edulia - Bringing down barriers to children's healthy eating".

Julia holds a master's degree in Human Nutrition and worked as a research assistant at the Department of Design & Consumer Behavior at the University of Copenhagen, where she conducted research on children's food preferences and developed research-based teaching material within sensory science for primary schools.

Julia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliasick/

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Gern Huijberts is the global innovation portfolio manager at Cargill, with responsibility for businesses in Europe, the US, Brazil, West-Africa, and Asia-Pacific. In this position, he manages the global quality organization for food safety, quality assurance and quality control as well as regulatory affairs.

In previous roles, he has worked at international food companies like Heineken, H.J. Heinz, and FrieslandCampina, in the fields of Research & Development and Quality Assurance. Throughout his career, he has always had a keen interest in sensory analyses, both as an active member in sensory panels as well as from a research perspective. He is very interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning for applications in the quality assurance of food products.

Gern Huijberts holds an MSc degree in molecular biology from Wageningen University and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is married with two children and lives in Doorn near Utrecht in the Netherlands. In his free time, he likes to take long walks with his wife in the local national park and he plays guitar in a rock band.

Gern on LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/gern-huijberts-84a7331

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Vijay Pravin is the Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics and Forensics company focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Living in Munich, Germany for the last 10 years, and originally from India.

To date, Vijay has helped raise 6.5M USD from prominent Web3 VCs like Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, Chainlink, Polygon, Crypto.com Capital, Gate.io labs, Hashkey Capital, Borderless Capital, and a few others.

bitsCrunch tackles wash trades in the NFT space, provides price estimation of NFTs via Chainlink's oracle, and helps brands protect their IP. They work with Mastercard, CoinTelegraph & a few partners on the B2B side. They launched our B2C product: www.UnleashNFTs.com recently, a one-stop place for NFT insights and forensics. They are live across ETH, Polygon, BNB Chain, and AVAX - started indexing Solana.

Previous Work Experience: Siemens, Volkswagen in Germany

Education: Masters-Graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich.

TEDx Speaker - the first Indian to be invited for a TEDx talk in Germany below 30

Awarded as 'Top 40 Data Scientists under 40' in India

Nominated as '20+ Inspiring Data Scientists to follow on LinkedIn in 2020' by AI Time Journal from the United States

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijaypravin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VijayPravinM

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Lennox is the CEO & Co-Founder of Satoshi's Index, a token-gated SaaS platform that automates portfolio management for crypto investors.

In addition to this, he leads product initiatives at Starbucks Corp, and is the co-founder of NFT Seattle, the region's first large scale Web3 conference.

Lennox on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennoxmatsinde Lennox on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennoxtakura Lennox on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lennoxtakura/ Newsletter: https://www.noanswers.io/ To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com

Luiza is the International Sensory Science Manager at L'Oréal France.

She is a Food Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Sensory and Consumer Science applied mainly in cosmetics, food, and household product categories.

She has recently been assigned the Data Steward role, being responsible for Sensory Data Acquisition, Management, and Application

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Dr. G.B. (Garmt) Dijksterhuis studied experimental psychology and methodology at the University of Utrecht and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation at the department of Data Theory at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands. He has written or co-authored some 150 publications in sensory and consumer science, statistics and psychology. He is one of the founders of the Sensometric society and was its first president, and is a member of the editorial board of the journals Food Quality and Preference, the Journal of Future Foods, and Frontiers in Psychology/Eating Behavior.

He has some 30 years of experience in sensory science and experimental psychology and worked in academia, research institutes, and in the food industry. He has done research on a variety of topics including multisensory perception, consumer (food) choice, and sensometrics.

Garmt taught courses in sensory science and methodology and related topics and has been a guest scientist at several universities and research institutes. He is an invited speaker at many scientific conferences as well as at meetings for a more general audience.

From 2009-2014 he was Honorary Professor at the section Food Design and Consumer Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Garmt is currently teaching at the experimental psychology department of the University of Utrecht.

Garmt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garmt-dijksterhuis-a567045/

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Carlos Velasco is an associate professor at the Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), where he co-founded the Centre for Multisensory Marketing. Carlos received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, after which he worked on a number of postdoctoral and consulting projects in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. His work is situated at the intersection between Psychology, Marketing, and Human-Computer Interaction, and focuses on understanding, and capitalizing on, our multisensory experiences and their guiding principles. He wrote the book "Multisensory experiences: Where the senses meet technology" and edited the collection "Multisensory packaging: Designing new product experiences". Carlos has worked with a number of companies from around the world on topics such as multisensory experiences, food and drink, branding, and consumer research.

For more information, visit https://carlosvelasco.info/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velascop/

Twitter: Carlos Velasco (@velascop) / Twitter

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Carlos Gómez–Corona is the Director Human Insights & Sensory at Firmenich. His main responsibilities are to understand the future consumption of proteins, and the perception of natural and sustainable flavors and ingredients. He has conducted research both in academia and the industry, as well as teaching in the area of sensory and consumer science, collaborating with several research groups worldwide. His publications focus mainly on consumption experience, product perception and representation, and social responsibility. He obtained his master's degree in Sensory & Consumer Research from the University of Burgundy in France, followed by a Ph.D. in Consumer Research at UAM-Mexico, in collaboration with the Centre des Sciences du Gout and ISA Lille. Carlos was awarded the Rose Marie Pangborn Sensory Science Scholarship in 2014 and is part of the editorial board of Food Research International, and editor at Cogent Business & Management.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-gomez-corona-424b22109/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Gomez-Corona

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarlosXOOC

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