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Below is a list of the attendees who joined the Edge City Bhutan expedition, Sep 14-21, 2025.

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Yicheng 'YC' Sun

Senior Portfolio Director, IDEO | LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Digital health products, emerging tech product design, human-centred design strategy.

Nick White

COO, Celestia | X

Areas of expertise: Blockchains, cryptocurrency, yoga.

Devansh Mehta

Head of AI x Public Goods & Governance, Ethereum Foundation | LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Digital public goods, Blockchain & AI, citizen journalism and community engagement

Steve Ojeda

Independent Research (Ex-Principal Propulsion Engineer, SpaceX) | LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Aerospace engineering, fluids and heat transfer, complex system simulation, analysis, and optimization.

Interested in hosting sessions on: Discussion group on developing sustainable communities/eco-villages, and holistic community design. East-West philosophy collaboration and alignment. Talk on lessons from a full lifecycle on complex systems.

James Tunningley

Senior Advisor & Co-Founder, ARCHITECT | LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Venture ****investment (crypto, AI, neurotech, longevity), developing technology ecosystems, technology R&D, and international diplomacy.

Sunny Aggarwal

Co-founder, Osmosis | LinkedIn | X

Areas of expertise: Decentralized finance, crypto exchanges, blockchain, Bitcoin.

Interested in hosting sessions on: Talk/workshop on how countries (i.e. Bhutan) and governments can become more involved in the stewardship and governance of the Bitcoin network and protocol.

Mark Tyneway

Cofounder, OP Labs (Optimism is one of the biggest Ethereum L2 chains) | LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Software engineering, blockchain protocol development, layer 2 protocols.

Catrina Wang

General Partner, Portal Ventures | LinkedIn ****| X | Substack

Areas of expertise: Venture Capital, consciousness, crypto, psychology, pre-seed investing, community curation. Other info: Has visited Bhutan prior, has affinity for the country, and wants to evangelize the country to her friends and broader community.

Aaron Hsu

General Partner, Actual VC ****| ****LinkedIn

Areas of expertise: Biochemistry, molecular biology, medtech, community building.

Interested in hosting sessions on: Community building, specifically on conference design.