Having served as the Group CIO at Novartis and ArcelorMittal, Leon transitioned to entrepreneurship, founding multiple pioneering firms in the realms of cybersecurity, privacy, tokenization, and CBDCs. He holds also the position of co-founder & chairman at Taler Systems (a privacy-preserving CDBC solution), and has written a book on CBDCs & Digital Assets, set to be published in the first quarter of 2024.

Ekho is a global consultancy specializing in digitization, privacy, security, tokenization, and the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, from cloud, IoT to key-your-own key self-custody and privacy preserving CBDCs. It has devised a framework instrumental in crafting three distinct CBDC solutions (1 wholesale/2 retail).

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This presentation will provide a technical basis for what AI is and situate many of the terms that can be associated with artificial intelligence for a better understanding of the following program.