The project is managed by a virtual team covering all the key areas required for a successful launch and implementation with members and inputs from major players in the Business South area.
Team Leader
Sam Lupton
Digital South Project
Chris Cooper
Technical Validation
Mel Krokos - University of Portsmouth
Sam Lupton -Independent Consultant
Local Authority Input
Rob Watson & Stuart Fenton – Business Development at Hampshire County Council
Retail Strategy
Dr. Carl Adams – University of Portsmouth
Legal Input & Common Contract development
( a cryptocurrency can programme in contract conditions to a payment unlike normal currency which requires trusted third parties)
Paul Page-Tickell (Field Seymour Parkes LLP) – Ex Chair of Digital South and developing a common IT Contract Process for the Digital South which could also be programmed into the GALA block chain
Other Inputs
Cryptography & Social Impact
Professor Valdimiro Sassone & Dominic Hobson - Southampton University