PRELEGENT DTB SUMMIT
Roland Harwood is a compulsive connector of people and ideas. Roland is also the founder of Liminal, a collective intelligence community focused upon addressing complex and collaborative challenges working with the likes of the United Nations Development Programme, Nesta and the Wellcome Trust. He also leads IOVIA’s European operations, to deliver community participation experiences and communities for the likes of LEGO, IKEA and Unilever. Prior to that he was Co-Founder and Managing Director at 100%Open, the multi award-winning open innovation agency that worked in over 25+ countries around the world to co-innovate with their partners. Graduating with a PhD in Physics, he has held senior innovation roles in the public and private sector and in addition has worked with hundreds of start-ups. He is board member for several including the Participatory Cities Foundation, a visiting lecturer at Universities around the world including the Royal College of Art, and a start-up accelerator mentor. He hosts the On The Edge podcast, and is a failed astronaut, a failed MP, an occasional composer of TV and film music for Sony, and a proud dad of three children.